Tour of Foreign Lands in Autos Aids Deaconess Fund
Thousands toured a motor fete by the Deaconess Aid Society of New England traveling through recreated countries. Hosts in Back Bay and Brookline opened estates with guided tours and refreshments, including America at Longwood Avenue and Bellevue Street, Japan at Mrs. R. S. Douglas in Brookline, Germany at Henry N. Whitney in Newton Highlands, and England at Lasell Seminary Auburndale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Germany
Holland
Italy
Japan
Deaconess Aid Society of
New England
Back Bay
Brookline
Park Street
R. S. Douglas
Harvard Street
Henry N. Whitney
Lincoln Street
Newton Highlands
Lasell Seminary
Auburndale
W. G. Gibson
Arborway
Jamaica Plain
Compensation for Workmen and Safety Advocates at Hearing
Henry Sterling denounced the Boston Chamber of Commerce for delaying a workmen compensation bill at a Massachusetts public hearing. Senators and commissioners heard from advocates for safety devices and broad compensation, with about 30 prominent attendees present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sterling
Massachusetts Commission On
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Rothwell
Sterling
Hollis R. Doyle
James A. Lowell
Amos T. Saunders
Magnus W. Alexander
Henry Howard
Joseph A. Parks
Carroll Doten
Nason Could Succeed Batchelder on State Committee
Haverhill September 23 rumors say Senator Arthur L Nason who swept the district at re nomination yesterday may seek a seat on the Republican State central committee succeeding J Franklin Batchelder. Last year Nason backed Batchelder over J Otis Wardwell, the king of the lobby, and Batchelder now aligns with Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Arthur L Nason
Republican State Central Committee
J. Franklin Batchelder
Nason
Batchelder
J. Otis Wardwell
West End Dance Hall Hearing Reverses License Decision
Testimony branded the Green and Chardon street hall as a crook hangout and vice venue. Mayor Fitzgerald held the hearing after Captain Peabody refused license renewal for the hall leased by Harry Rosenburg. The mayor reversed the captain’s ruling, allowing renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green and Chardon Streets
West End
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Captain Peabody
Peabody
Harry Rosenburg
Miners for Ballinger Oppose Roosevelt Pinchot Policies
The American Mining Congress adopted a resolution opposing Roosevelt and Pinchot conservation policies and calling for state rather than federal control of water power and minerals. It backed a report attacking L. R. Gravis, a land office agent dismissed by Ballinger, and urged opening Arctic coal fields while condemning leasing as confiscatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
American Mining Congress
Congress
Committee
L. R. Gravis
Land Office
Ballinger
Alaska Mining Laws Committee
Arctic Circle
Jail raid targets Scheffels & Co and alleged bucket shop
A raid ordered by Attorney General Wickersham shuts a brokerage office as deputies seize records and subpoena about a dozen witnesses. The government accuses Scheffels & Co of false quotations and handling customers' money without actual trades while sharing profits on rising stocks. The firm, linked to George Rice and Nat Goodwin, saw notable stock crashes after the raid and faces $1000 fines or five years’ imprisonment.
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Holbrooke
Federal Building
United States
Guy Murchie
New York
United States District Court
Southern District
Wickersham
J. Symansky
Broadstreet
Post Office
Scheffers & Co
Scheffels & Co
Boston
Providence
B. F. Scheffels & Co
George Graham Rice
Maxim & Co
Arrest Scheftels in Raid Heads of Firm and Five Others
In New York seven members of B. H. Scheftels & Co. were jailed on $5,000,000 bail for using the mails to defraud. B. H. Scheffels is named president. George Graham Rice, alias Simon Herzig, is sought as the true head of the firm. Warrants for 16 others were issued. Rice fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheffels & Co
Ely Central
Bovard Consolidated
Jumbo Extension
Rawhide Coalition
New York
Bernard H. Scheffels
Bernard A. Scheffels
Charles S. Vesler
George Bowles
Holbrook
West
B. H. Scheftels & Co
Curb Brokers
Broad Street
B. H. Scheffels
United States
Shields
George Graham Rice
Simon Herzig
Department of Justice
Scheffels Company
Bri. H. Scheffels
Charles F. Belser
George T. Sullivan
Clarence McCormack
John Delaney
William T. Seagrave
Charles B. Stone
Rice
Charles S. Herzig
Whose Auto Is This Photo Mystery
A Boston photo shows an automobile snaped in Greater Boston. The driver must visit the City Editor at 275 Washington Street within five days to claim a five dollar gold piece. Proof of identity is required. A second photo and full page of images with awards will appear next Sunday.
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Greater
Boston
Post
The
Washington Street
Eastbound fortunes shift after stock market plunge
A man who had recently moved East and lost everything in the stock market reflects on his rapid reversal of fortune. He had previously accumulated wealth but the downturn wiped out his assets.
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Deaconess Aid Society
Frank Baker
Laura Baker
Ethel Cooper
RFA
Pea
Filenes Lone Near
Washington and
Winter Streets
Serge Sailor
Rmee
Campbell's
Pke
Golden Rose
Quaker Oats Co
Porto Rico
New Maine
Eros
Ury Inessy
de la Sierra
Spain
Pure
California
Santa Teres
Eokane
Enka Tenet Ata
Gintor Ca
Cor. Elm and Union Sts
Washington St
Eg. & Place
Summer St. Jerminsi
Canal St
Heublein
Henry Siegel Co
Orchestra
Stein- Bloch and Society
Stein-Bloch
Men’s Clothing Dept
Congress Square
Ruhl
Waters, Young
Bancroft
Harris and Farrell
Nat C. Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
Nat Goodwin
McMillan
Debonair
Reno
Goodwin
Miss Goodrich
Scheftels
Hilton
HE Hilton
Hilton Co
Newark
Broad and
Market Sts
Philadelphia
Chestnut St
Broadway
37Th St
Temple Place
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