No Action For Delay By Board In Boston Schools
Boston public schools will likely open next Monday with no postponement of the Oct 2 start, as the school committee met and considered delays. Retirements of several vice teachers were announced with pensions, and James M McLaughlin was named assistant director of music at a salary starting Oct 2. Resolutions honored four teachers who died in summer or early fall.
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Boston
David D. Scannell
Mary I. Conley
Franklin
Kate R. Hale
Mary F. Bigelow
Horace Mann
Julia F. Sawyer
Prescott
Nellie M. Tooley
Wendell Phillips
James M. Mclaughlin
Francis Dem. Punn
Public Latin School
Grace T. Pratt
Girls’ High School
Adna W. Marsh
Hyde
Abbie EF. Wilson
Prince District
Bathing Disaster Hits Belvidere Road Home
In Haverhill the home of Mrs Dora Goodwin at 1 Belvidere road a costly bath caused hundreds of dollars in damage. A gas stove was left on and a hot water tank exploded, blowing away part of the rear of the house and hurling debris over 60 feet. No injuries reported.
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Haverhill
Dora Goodwin
Belvidere Road
Goodwin
L Road Submits Plans for Relief
The Boston Elevated Railway Company told a special legislative commission that it needs relief from its financial plight and outlined nine legislative options. Key proposals include higher fares, a zone system, transfers, and removal of the eight cent check, plus a multi year dividend guarantee if managed well.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Special Legislative Commission
The
Elevated
Special Commission
Elevated fare plan proposals from L Road leaders
The discussion outlines fare increases and a zone system, plus transfers, enclosed transfer areas, and removal of the 8 cent transfer check. It proposes state purchase of the Cambridge subway to reduce operating costs and return of a public deposit to free capital for improvements.
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Snow
Cambridge
Arbitration Commission
Elevated
Malden
Everett
East Cambridge Viaduct
Blame U. S. for Wreck of Steamer Bay State
United States government and Eastern Steamship Corp clash over the wreck of the steamer Bay State at Holycomb Cape Elizabeth after 20 people were saved. Captain Levi Fordan says he mistook a whistling buoy for the lightship, while US lighthouse officials cite buoy removal for repairs. An inspection hearing opened with Captain Thompson and others testifying. Salvor arrives to salvage cargo but hull salvage appears unlikely. Insurance firms control the vessel during salvage efforts.
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Portland
United States
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Bay State
Holycomb
Cape Elizabeth
Calvin Austin
United States Lighthouse Department
Levi Fordan
Old Anthony
Henry JL. Thompson
Forhan
New London
Early signs of kidney trouble warn fatigue and stress
Many feel tired cross and achy as kidney trouble looms from overwork without rest. Rest the body, refresh nerves, and strengthen the kidneys with Doan's Kidney Pills as endorsed by Robert B. Woods who reports relief and lasting benefit.
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Dean
Boston
Fire damages paint plant in Dresden and chase with car
A fire at the James H. Prince Paint Company on Lancaster Street caused $2000 damage. Fire crews from three alarms confined the blaze to the third floor. A car chase on Tremont Street involved a man driving toward Engine 26 but avoiding collision by inches. A possible spontaneous combustion sparked the fire. In New York City, police arrested Siegfried Wallace in the Dresden doll kidnapping case, wiring in extradition for Bernstein’s missing wife.
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Snow
James H. Prince Paint Company
Lancaster Street
Scollay Square
Tremont Street
C. H. Gilman
Portland Street
New York
Constance A. Kopp
Hackensack
N. J
May Ward
New Jersey
Freeman Lt. Bernstein
Motion Picture Theatres
Leonia
Cook and
Campbell
Bernstein
Aviator Daucourt Celebrated for Essen Bombardment Valor
Paris reports Lieutenant Henri Daucourt famed long distance flyer, who with Captain de Beauchamp bombarded the Krupp home in Essen. Born in 1879 at Troyes, he previously flew Paris to Berlin in 1913 and Paris to Cairo via Constantinople in October.
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Essen
France
Paris
Henri Daucourt
de Beauchamp
Krupps Works
Daucourt
Troyes
Berlin
Cairo
Constantinople
Berlin Philosophical Over Lost Zeppelins
Berlin newspapers accept the loss of two Zeppelins in the raid on England. The Kreuzzeitung notes a British attempt to copy the airship but dismisses the idea since France, holder of a captured Zeppelin, has never duplicated it.
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Berlin
London
England
Kreuzzeitung
France
Hero rescues five from drowning off Nahant Hull
Ralph S. Neill of Everett braved three miles from shore to save five men from a capsized sail boat between Nahant and Hull. He reached three by circling the craft and used a boathook to pull two men aboard. All were revived after being brought to Beachmont, though one wallet containing money was lost.
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Ralph S. Neill
Everett
Nahant
Hull
Neill
Beachmont
Fishing trio in 27-foot boat encounters capsized sailboat
Neill of 37 Argyle Street Everett fished Sunday morning with Ralph Kelley of Mansfield Street Everett and George Morris and his son of Saugus in a 27 foot power boat. Heavy sea forces them to float and in the afternoon Morris Jr spots a capsized sailboat three boats from shore.
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Neill
Argyle Street
Everett
Ralph Kelley
Mansfield Street
George Morris
Saugus
Young Morris
Arabian Rebels Score Another Victory in Taif Surrender
Reuters dispatch from Cairo reports the Sheerif of Mecca announcing that the Turkish garrison at the Taif forts near Mecca has surrendered. The force totaled 00 officers and 800 men with 10 guns and military stores captured.
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London
Cairo
Sheerif
Mecca
Taif
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