Lowell Machine Shop Faces Buyout Bid Claims Value at 1500 Per Share
Boston reports an outside corporation offered $1180 a share plus a $20 semiannual dividend for Lowell Machine Shop stock. Supt. Hildreth opposes the offer, valuing stock at 1500 and the plant at 2.5 million. Directors require 901 shares to vote before April 1 annual meeting.
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Boston
Lowell Machine Shop
New England
Robert F. Herrick
Saco & Pettee Company
Saco, Me
Newton Upper Falls
Lowell
Herrick
Hildreth
Associated Press
Ayer
Signs of Weakening in Subway Strike
New York reports show no mass demonstrations today despite sensational rumors. The Interborough strike persists, though many strikers remain away from uniforms and trains run more regularly. The uptown subways see heavy crowds with injuries in a major platform crash and trolley line disruptions cause congestion. Union leaders push for persistence while some workers seek to reclaim jobs, amid warnings of dynamite threats against company property.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Uptown
Ninety-sixth Street
Eighth Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Eighth Aventue
Interborough Company
Frank Hedley
Hedley
H. H. May
Amalgamated Association of Electric and Street Railway
Fire at Suffolk Street broom works causes $500 loss
An early morning blaze at 189 Suffolk Street, owned by Edward D. Talbot, started near a pile of brooms and spread to the upper floor. Firefighters fought a brief battle, inflicting little interior damage. the roof was touched and the total loss is about $500 with no insurance.
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Suffolk Street
Edward D. Talbot
Passenger Train Collides Head-On Near Pittsfield
Corry Pa March 10 Passenger train No 6 from Erie to Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania railroad collided head on with a freight engine near Pittsfield Pa Engineer Adams of the freight engine was killed and his fireman was seriously hurt Many passengers were bruised but none sustained serious injuries
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Corry
Erie
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsfield
Adams
Cardinal Satolli Returns to Vatican After Illness
Cardinal Satolli, former papal delegate in the United States, appeared at the Vatican this morning for the first time since his grave illness.
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Rome
Cardinal Satolli
United States
Vatican
Mukden Falls To Japanese In Major Battle
Tokios report Mukden fell at 10 a m as Japanese forces completed their encirclement. Kuropatkin retreats toward Tie pass with Russian position described as critically exposed while Oyama secures a major objective near Mukden and prepares for further moves north.
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Mukden
Oyama
Tokio
Yinkow
Kuropatkin
Tie
Kawamura
St. Petersburg
Engine leaps frog and drags three cars off rails
A 6.50 Lowell to Boston train derailed at North Billerica station after the engine climbed the switch frog, dragging three coaches. No main-line traffic delay, wrecking crew moved the train by 9:30. Conductor Leach and Engineer Frank Gifford led the wrecked service recovery.
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Lowell
Boston
Bedford and Billerica
North Billerica Station
North Billerica
Leach
Frank Gifford
Adverse report on Boston police reform bid
The Massachusetts house committee on metropolitan affairs reported adversely on Mayor Collins's measure to abolish the Boston police board and replace it with a single police commissioner. A separate bill allowing the mayor to appoint a city police board also faced opposition. Critics say the current three member board lies outside city control.
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Boston
Collins
Boston Police Buard
Massachusetts House
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Board of Police
Cains
Little Girl Burned To Death In Sebois Hotel
Island Falls Maine March 10 One life was lost and possibly three others in a fire that burned a woodmen s hotel at Sebois bridge twenty miles northwest of Patten The victim was Luther Hall s three year old daughter Hall was severely burned unable to detail the event three sleeping women were in the building Hall carried from the scene semi conscious and horse raced toward Patten before collapsing A searching party went into the woods to investigate with no immediate return expected
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Island Falls
Sebois Bridge
Patten
Luther Hall
Hall
Charges moderator was candidate for office in Cohasset meeting
The first complaint under the law banning candidates from serving as moderators or assistants at town meetings was filed in Quincy on March 10. Judge Avery ordered an investigation to determine if the Cohasset town meeting held March 6 should be nullified. Philander Bates and Newcomb B. Tower are accused of serving as election officers while candidates for selectman and town treasurer, respectively. The inquiry is set for March 18.
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Quincy
Judge Avery
District Court
Cohasset
Avery
Asa P. French
Plymouth County
Philander Bates
Newcomb B. Tower
Verdicts of murder in Mrs Stanford case at Honolulu
A Honolulu coroner jury returned a verdict that Mrs Jane L Stanford died an unnatural death from strychnine poisoning placed in a bottle of bicarbonate of soda by an unknown person. The murder verdict leaves Honolulu police without leads while San Francisco connections and Alameda detectives may reopen the case.
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Honolulu
Jane L. Stanford
San Francisco
Stanford
Shorey
Alameda
Lowell Man Hurt In Subway Strike In New York City
Edward F. Maguire, 16, son of Joan E. Maguire, a police station messenger, was swept up in a subway charge with strikers in New York on Thursday. He suffered a badly pinched arm but was freed before more serious harm and sent home. He is a high school student visiting his brother in Pasadena. exact injury details are unclear.
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Edward F. Maguire
Joan E. Maguire
New York City
Edward Maguire
Joseph A. Maguire
Pasadena
Maguire
Train collides with freight after open switch mishap
The noon Gloucester to Boston passenger train struck a freight train after hitting an open switch west of Salem station on the Boston and Maine line. The Gloucester locomotive derailed and damaged, baggage car and smoker cars derailed, three freight cars smashed. No injuries reported and inward track remained blocked for hours.
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Salem
Gloucester
Boston
Boston & Maine Road
Criticism of Library Motion to Expunge It from Records
A committee criticizes Lowell city library administration citing a 16 000 dollar last year 2 612 92 overrun and 18 500 requested this year The Davis bequest yields about 3000 annually and trustees favor using it for running expenses The board may move to expunge the criticism and add 3000 to the library budget The meeting promises excitement with other notices on Mystic river bridge costs and a tax error involving Samuel Taylor
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Lowell
Davis
Casey
Mystic River
Middlesex County
State House
Rebellion in Arabia draws Turkish reinforcement
Constantinople reports a large scale insurrection in Yemen with 32 Turkish battalions mobilized to suppress the revolt. Ali Riza Pasha command recalls seven battalions and artillery from Hodfeda toward Manakha as the road to the city opens and fighting is expected toward Sanaa.
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Contantinople
Yemen
Arabia
Ali Riza Pasha
Hodfeda
Manakha
Sanaa
President nominates Allen Smith for brigadier general
Washington on March 10 reports the president sent to the Senate the nomination of Col. Allen Smith of the Sixth Cavalry to be brigadier general on the retired list of the Army.
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Washington
Senate
Col. Allen Smith
Sixth Cavalry
Chadwick case opening arguments in Cleveland trial
In Cleveland on March 10, Judge Taylor set the Chadwick case for likely Monday jury deliberations. District Attorney Sullivan and defense counsel Dawley agreed to extended arguments. Assistant DA Garry argued the law and conspiracy elements for about 90 minutes, detailing Chadwick’s large bank withdrawals.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Chadwick
Taylor
Sullivan
J. P. Dawley
Thomas H. Garry
Mr. Dawley
Wing
Garry
Garry’s Argument Was At Times Disconcerting To Mrs. Chadwick
Oberlin Bank
Last Hours of Fight at Mukden Described In News Desk
Mukden March 9 Japanese forces push from south across the plain between the Shakhe and Hun rivers. Diushantun, six miles west, saw brutal hand to hand fighting as Japanese siege guns opened fire. Russians drove them back, then Japanese retook the village at great cost, with dead unburied for days. A dust storm blurs the scene as both sides brace for a brutal showdown near the railroad and surrounding troops.
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Mukden
Shakhe
Machiapu
Diushantun
Dinshantun
War Office
Kuropatkin
Sinmintin Road
Oyama
Net Around Russians Near Mukden Reported Tightening
St. Petersburg reports indicate a widening Japanese net around Kuropatkin’s army with Mukden communications cut and Bilderling’s rear guard under heavy pressure. Kuroki pushes to Fu pass while Nogi and Kawamura conduct forced northern marches.
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St. Petersburg
Mukden
Kuroki
Fu Pass
Nogi
Kawamura
Russian Defeat Attributed To Bureaucracy And Courageous Foe
Reports from the front describe a brutal battle under a dust storm as Russian lines faltered near Diushantun. Descriptions praise the Japanese as fearless and cunning, while Russian nerves and leadership draw sharp blame for bureaucratic weakness and stifled initiative.
Russian squadron voyage claims disputed by naval attache
London March 10 The Russian naval attache here discredits Paris reports of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky leading a returning squadron. He says the Ro jestvensky mission objectives are not as claimed and questions the reported developments.
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London
Paris
Rojestvensky
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