Boston Brewery Unions Trial Sees Denials Of Boycott Claim
In Boston hearings over brewery labor disputes, witnesses testified about a boycott and non license rhetoric. D J Driscoll denied stating November votes would defeat brewers, while others described protest signs and pickets near liquor stores and an assault on a dealer after a July 12 incident.
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Boston
Teamsters
Brewery Workers
D. J. Driscoll
American Federation of Labor
Central Labor Union of Boston
Samuel K. Hamilton
Crogier
Central Labor Union
McCarthy
Cigar Makers’ Union
Lowell
R. Driscoll
Richard Wood
Fall River
Loom Fixers’ Association
Central Labor Union of
Cunningham
Danial Crowley
Longwood Street
James Sullivan
Joseph Kern
Washington Street
George H. Gay
George H. Denver
Charlestown
William J. Higgins
South Boston
Bold Hold-Up on Commonwealth Avenue near Clarendon Street
In Boston on August 6, W S Blake of Cambridge was assaulted by two men on Commonwealth Avenue near Clarendon Street. After beating him and threatening with revolvers, they stole his gold watch and $11. The attackers, who tailed him from Boylston Street to the Tremont Theatre, appeared to have planned the robbery.
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Clarendon Street
Blake
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Commonwealth Avenue Parkway
W. S. Blake
Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge
Tremont Theatre
Mr. Blake
Rev. E. L. Atkinson Buried In Reading After Plymouth Drowning
Boston August reports the funeral for Rev. Edward Lincoln Atkinson a young clergyman who died by drowning near Plymouth. Relatives and clergy attended at G. H. Atkinson’s Reading home with services led by Leighton Parks and John Cotton Brooks. Burial followed at Laurel Hill cemetery Reading with representatives from the Epiphany New York and other connected churches sending flowers.
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Boston
Edward Lincoln Atkinson
Plymouth
G. H. Atkinson
Woburn Street
Reading
Leighton Parks
D. D
Emmanuel Church
Church of the Ascension
South End
Parks
John Cotton Brooks
Christchurch
Springfield
Atkinson
Aken
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Church of the Epiphany
New York
Mr. Atkinson
Charles H. Russell
William Lane
Percy J. Pyne
Frederick A. Trowbridge
Bank Clerk Nickerson Bailed After Embezzlement Charge
Walter C. Nickerson assistant bookkeeper at National Suffolk Bank posted 3000 bail and was released from Charles street jail after pleading not guilty to a 600 embezzlement charge. He appeared before United States Commissioner Fiske following arrest at a downtown hotel by U.S. officers. Nickerson, from Newton, had been in custody since yesterday afternoon and remains under $3000 bond until Friday.
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Boston
Walter C. Nickerson
National Suffolk Bank, Exchange
State Street
Charles Street
United States
Nickerson
Fiske
Newton
Boston Latin School
The Friar Lands Sold to American-led Syndicates
Vatican information says nearly all friar real estate in the Philippines was sold before American occupation to American-led syndicates and corporations registered in New York. Friars reportedly hold minority shares with no controlling interests, sparking surprise at Governor Taft’s plan to buy the lands and his supposed lack of awareness.
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Rome
Vatican
Philippines
New York
Taft
Earl Cadogan's Successor in Ireland Lieutenancy
London reports on August 6 that the Earl of Dudley is considered likely to succeed the Earl of Cadogan as lord lieutenant of Ireland.
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London
Earl of Dudley
Earl Cadogan
Ireland
Lynn Converts Major Shoe Factories to Electric Power
Lynn August 6 report highlights a shift from steam to electricity in the city s two largest shoe plants owned by the Lynn Realty company. The eight story buildings will run mainly on electricity supplied by Lynn Gas and Electric with a 260 horsepower engine idle as a back up while boilers stay active for drying and heating.
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Lynn
Lynn Realty Company
Lynn Gas & Electric Company
Violinist Jan Kubelik in Fierce Brother Fight
Vienna reports a short, heated fist fight between violinist Jan Kubelik and his elder brother over claims about Julius Skri van, the private secretary. Neighbors separated them. Jan denied the elder’s accusations the next day. The elder blamed the secretary for Kubelik’s purported ruin.
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Vienna
Jan Kubelik
United States
Julius Skrivan
Jan
The Popular Excursion to Newport Festival
A special train runs Friday Aug 8 with departures from Lowell 7.50 am Chelmsford 7.58 and Concord Junction 8.22. Round trip tickets cost 1.25 with a limited number available.
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Lowell
Chelmsford
Concord Junction
One Month to Live: Best Faces Electrocution Verdict
Boston hears that John C Best, killer of George E Bailey at Breakheart farm in Saugus in October 1900, will be electrocuted. A state hearing at the State House resulted in unanimous council vote against commuting the sentence to life imprisonment. Gov Crane and Lieut Gov Bates attended as Attorney General Parker and D A Peters defended the conviction. Best’s attorney argued juror hearing flaws. Peters opposed commuting, noting the premeditated murder with a skilled shooter. Electrocution slated for the week of Sept 7.
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Rue
John C. Best
George E. Bailey
Breakheart Farm
Saugus
State House
Gov
Crane
Bates
Salem
John Co. Sisk
Lynn
N. D. A. Clark
Parker
Peters
Essex County
Best
Sisk
Mears
Bailey
Archbishop Riordan Sails to The Hague for Pious Fund Case
Archbishop P J Riordan of San Francisco sails from New York aboard the Celtic en route to The Hague for the international court decision on Mexico paying interest on the Pious Fund of California. He is with legal adviser G W McEnerney and will be followed by Senator Stewart of Nevada. The involved amount is about 1,000,000 dollars.
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New York
P. J. Riordan
San Francisco
Hague
International Court
Mexico
Pious Fund of
California
Celtic
G. W. McEnerney
United States
Stewart
Nevada
Clara Barton Arrives From Red Cross Meeting
Miss Clara Barton president of the American Red Cross returned from St. Petersburg where she attended the International Red Cross meeting in May. She was a passenger aboard the steamship Pennsylvania which reached New York today from Hamburg.
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New York
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
International Red Cross
St. Petersburg
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Gold Bar Shipment To Bremen Via Paris Planned
Ladenburg Thalman and Co engage 500000 dollars in gold bars at the assay office for shipment to Bremen via Paris tomorrow. The deal is special and not indicative of current exchange rates.
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New York
Ladenburg, Thalman & Co
Bremen
Paris
Baldwin Zeigler expedition sparks debate over Arctic failure
Rear Admiral George W. Melville questions internal strife and overambitious provisioning as causes of the Baldwin Zeigler mission's retreat. He notes depots, balloons, and a few scientific outputs but argues the effort was too lavish, with no lasting scientific gain, and contrasts it with historic explorers who endured hardship to push toward the pole.
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Washington, D. C
George W. Melville
Tromsoe
Rudolph Land
Lat
Camp Zeigler
Nansen
Arctic Ocean
Richard Chancellor
Baldwin
Tegetthof
Mariner
Willoughby
Jackson
Barents
Livingstone
Ross
Franklin
Arctis
Pole
Ghastly Record Of Siberia Exile Hell Revealed
Harry de Windt recounts his Siberia overland journey from Paris to New York and details the exile camp at Srednokolyak. He says most inmates are political agitators, not criminals, and describe flogging, indignities, suicides, and madness. He faults St Petersburg authorities for ignorance of the hellish conditions.
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San Francisco
Cal
Harry de Windt
Siberia
Paris
New York
Srednokolyak
Hell Upon Earth
Kennan
St. Petersburg
Fugitive from Justice Nabbed in Boston
Boston police arrested Paul Brigham alias Bailey L Jamison 76 a fugitive from justice from Pittsburg for alleged forgery of checks totaling 2500 drawn on Merchants National Bank of Boston He is held awaiting Pittsburg officers papers in Boston today Aug 6.
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Paul Brigham
Bailey L. Jamison
Pittsburg
Merchants National Bank of
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Natural Food Co
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Baldwin Cruise
Bailey L. Jamson
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Japan
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A. G. Pollard &C
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A. G. Pollard & CO
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John Street
Eastman Kodak Co
Rochester Optical Co
Gundlach Blair Camera Co
H. B. Shattuck & Son
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Lora A Kendall
Mass
Frank Emerson
South Lawrence
Respiro
Chas. T. Saul
Benj. A. Gilbert
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