24 More Ships Fly U S Flag
Washington reports 24 foreign built vessels totaling 100 820 tons have been admitted to American registry under the new shipping law. Customs offices are processing registers for 27 more ships totaling 106 800 tons. Assistant Secretary Sweet says one transfer delay, on the British steamer Kert Dollar at Rio Janeiro, was due to a customs error and is only temporary.
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Washington
Sweet
Department of Commerce
Rio Janeiro
Preference Given to Keliher by Mayor in Ward Room Allocation
Ex Congressman Keliher will receive preference in ward room distribution in the 10th Congressional District until the Democratic nomination battle ends. Mayor Curley said he would act to punish Representative Tague, a Kelcher rival, for accusing him of unfairness over permits for ward room use next Monday evening.
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Keliher
10Th Congressional
Congress
Curley
Tague
Kelcher
Colonel Roosevelt Letter Drops Hint on 1916 Run
Edward C. Carrington Jr a Republican Senate nominee in Baltimore released a Roosevelt letter dated Aug 27 noting the Colonel hopes he will not run in 1916 and that endorsement carries no weight unless the principles are endorsed. Carrington had backed Roosevelt in the prior campaign before returning to the Republicans.
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Baltimore
Edward C. Carrington, Jr
United States Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Carrington
Roosevelt
Beef and Lamb Prices Edge Down at Wholesale
Quotations show a slight drop in wholesale beef with dressed beef 1 to 2 cents lower per pound and Argentine beef 1 to 1.5 cents lower. Lamb falls by 1 cent per pound while flour sugar eggs and potatoes hold steady.
Hormel Denies Republican Slate Sent to Voters
Herman Hormel, president of the Republican city committee, issued a statement last night denying charges that the committee sent a card to Republican voters designating an official slate and urging support for it.
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Herman Hormel
Republican City Committee
Auto Skids and Upsets Injuring Four in South Boston
Four persons were hurt when an auto skidded on smooth rail tracks on Southampton street and overturned. Louis Danielli, driver, fractured arm and facial injuries. Mrs Mary Berate, and Pietro Zorxa, both with neck and shoulder abrasions. Frank Hanson, 34, Dorchester, sustained multiple injuries and was listed as dangerous. City water department wagon aided injured.
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Louis Danielli
Newman Street
Mary Berate
Third Street
South Department
Pietro Zorxa
Danielli
Frank Hanson
Juliet Street
Dorchester
City Water Department
Garfield
Manary
Woody
Hanson
Two Cardinals Due This Week At Waterfront Liner Arrivals
Next week will be busy at the waterfront with four transatlantic liners due to land Americans returning from the war zone. The Leyland line Bohemian from Liverpool arrives Sunday with over 100 passengers, the Pretorian from Glasgow docks Monday, the White Star Canopic from Naples expected Wednesday with 441 passengers including Cardinals O Connell and Gibbons, and the Franconia of Cunard also due Wednesday.
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Glasgow
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White Returns to GOP Backing Stevens for Lieutenant Governor
Norman H. White left the Progressive party to back Elmer A. Stevens for Lieutenant Governor. Speaking from Saturday Cove in Northport Maine White launched the Stevens campaign and faulted Speaker Grafton Cushing for aiding the New Haven with its desires while praising Stevens and criticizing Goetting on experience.
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Norman H. White
Progressive Party
Elmer A. Stevens
Northport
White
Grafton Cushing
New Haven
Colonel Goetting
Cushing
Stevens
Kinney Charges Official Slate for State Ticket Emerges in Boston
Norman White returns to Republican politics as William Kinney charges that an official slate for the State ticket is being circulated in Boston. Kinney says he was told by Brighton representative Hays of a slate with McCall for Governor Cushing for Lt Governor Brier for Secretary of State Pierce for treasurer Monette for auditor Curtin for attorney general.
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William 8. Kinney
Boston
Kinney
Hays
Brighton
Thurston
Cook
Norfolk
Death Dive in Path of Street Car
A shabbily dressed man of unknown identity plunged in front of an electric street car at Corning and Washington streets, dying almost instantly. Police reported no witnesses to the fatal plunge and the motive remains undetermined.
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Corning and
Washington Streets
Motorman Arrested for Manslaughter in City Collision
A motorman was arrested on manslaughter charges after a fatal collision and later released on bail by the Elevated Railroad. The victim was a man 50 to 55, about 5 ft 11 in, 130 pounds, with gray hair and a gray and black mustache, wearing a black suit. A gold gilt watch marked with jeweller’s number 51119 was found. no identity clues or letters were recovered.
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Elevated
Runaway horse fatality claims East Boston man
John S. Thompson age 55 of 549 Sumner Street East Boston was killed yesterday when he tried to stop a bolting beer wagon on Vale Street Chelsea. He grasped the bridle as the horse sped off and the left shaft struck his right temple causing a fractured skull. Thompson died before reaching Frost Hospital.
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John S. Thompson
Sumner Street
Boston
Vale Street
Chelsea
Frost Hospital
N. H. Narwin
Commercial Street
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Frost
Sprague Brooks Returns With Arctic Yrd Skins
Harvard ornithologist Sprague Brooks arrived from Nome after wintering on the Polar Bear near the Mackenzie River. He traveled to Point Barrow aboard the Anna Olgy and was later taken to Nome by the Bear, bringing a precious collection of Yrd skins.
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Seattle
Symphony players on way home from Europe to Boston
An official announcement from Symphony Hall confirms the Boston Symphony Orchestra will return largely intact for the new season. Seats for Oct 8 and 9 sales begin, with rehearsals set for Oct 16 17 and the first public concert near Oct 17. several players abroad in wartime service are expected to resume by October.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Dr. Muck
Europe
Charles A. Ellis
Boston Symphony
Mr. Ellis
Boston
Frita Kreisler
Jacques Thibaud
Gold
Symphony auction dates shift to October start
Preparations for the season proceed as the Western tour plan is dropped and season-ticket sales move up a week before usual. Now sales begin on the first Monday in October with Friday rehearsals seats going on sale Monday October 5 at 10 p.m. and continuing Tuesday morning.
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Boston
House Banking Committee Backs Commercial Paper Basis Bill
A favorable report was ordered on the Senate bill extending commercial paper as a basis of issue for emergency currency. The committee struck out granting emergency currency privileges to state banks and trust companies and amended the bill to cap notes issued on commercial paper at 100 percent of unimpaired capital and surplus. The measure aims to aid the South and Southwest where much commercial paper is used as securities.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Senate
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
National Banking Association
Reserve Board
Tne
Malden Fire Commissioner Walter W Campbell Resigns
Fire Commissioner Walter W Campbell of Malden resigns to Mayor Schumaker citing inability to give the department the necessary time to justify his holding the office.
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Malden
Walter W. Campbell
Schumaker
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