A P Board Elects Directors For Three Year Terms
The Associated Press annual meeting in New York named Frank B. Neves Washington Star W J McLean Philadelphia Bulletin Adolph S Cols New York Times A Weiss Duluth Herald Vincnes Morgan Hutchinson Kan News to three year director terms R M Johnston Houston Post fills one year vacancy caused by Thomas G Rapier New Orleans Picayune Hearst San Francisco Examiner accountability action approved Eastern division advisory board elected with James Elverson Jr Philadelphia Inquirer George B Utter Westerly R I Sun Edward H Butler Jr Buffalo News William H Dow Portland Me Express A P Moore Pittsburg Leader Nominating committee Don C Seitz New York World Benjamin H Anthony New Bedford Standard Auditing committee E E Smith Meriden Conn Record
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Frank B. Neves
Washington Star
W. J. McLean
Philadelphia Bulletin
Adolph S. Cols
New York Times
A. Weiss
Duluth Herald
Vincnes Morgan
Hutchinson
Kan
R. M. Johnston
The
Houston, Post
Thomas G. Rapier
New Orleans Picayune
Board of Directors
William R. Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
James Elverson, Jr
Philadelphia Inquirier
George B. Utter
Westerly
R. I
Sun
Edward H. Butler, Jr
Buffalo, News
William H. Dow
Portland
Express
A. P. Moore
Pittsburg
Don C. Seitz
New York World
Benjamin H. Anthony
New Bedford Standard
E. E. Smith
Meriden
Conn
Record
Killed by 11 000 Volts on Repair Job
Miles R. Ashton head linesman for the Boston and Maine railroad electrical zone died in North Adams Hospital from injuries after an insulator exploded atop the car repair shop. As he crouched to dodge debris his wrists touched a 11 000 volt high tension wire and he was hurled to the ground forty feet below crushing his skull.
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North Adams
Miles R. Ashton
Boston & Maine Railroad
Yale to form cavalry troop in New Haven
Yale halfback Don Markle has called meetings of undergraduates tomorrow to form a Yale cavalry troop in New Haven. Keen interest is shown and several hundred members will probably join the company.
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New Haven
Don Markle
Yale
Subscription list for elephant fund raises community aid
A historical subscription list records neighbors contributing to an elephant fund. Names and small amounts span addresses in Chestnut Street West Port, Dorchester, Dedham, Waltham, and surrounding towns. The document totals collected and final grand sum.
Haggerty Dies in Vera Cruz Conflict Marine Corporal from Brookfield
Corporal Daniel A. Haggerty of the Marine Corps, the first man killed in the Vera Cruz occupation, was a 30 year old Massachusetts native who studied at Sacred Heart Parochial School in Brookfield. He enlisted in 1906, re enlisted in 1911, served on the battleship Utah, and was survived by his father Michael and six siblings. News of his death broke shortly after midnight. his sister Cecilia expressed pride in his sacrifice.
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Daniel A. Haggerty
Marine Corps
Vera Cruz
Massachusetts
Brookfield
Boston
Utah
Haggerty
Harding Street
Cambridge
Michael Haggerty
Cecilia
Mary
Daniel
Corporal Haggerty
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Sister calls for respect for Marines after Haggerty death
Minnie Haggerty urges Americans to honor Daniel A. Haggerty and his three Marine comrades who died, insisting slurs against Marines fade in peace and that their sacrifice teaches respect for those who fight for the country. Daniel, formerly a Cambridge conductor and machinist, had served in Nicaragua before his death.
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Nwspapermen
Daniel A. Haggerty
Minnie
Daniel Haggerty
Cecilia
Annie Delaney
Cambridge
Andrew
Joseph
George
Charles Heffernan
Chestnut Avenue
Jamaica Plain
Haggerty
Blake & Knowles
Nicaragua
Unclear fragment references Panama and revolutionists
Fragment mentions someone recalling affairs of that country and combat with revolutionists, plus prior service in Panama.
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Panama
Grandfather Proud as Navy Fights Wounded Grandson at Vera Cruz
John R. Geisburn the oldest Navy Department employee, 77, speaks of his grandson Edward A. Geisburn wounded at Vera Cruz. Edward, 20, enlisted from Quincy after high school, became an electrician on the Florida. Geisburn recalls urging him to join and vows to await his return, praying he lives or, if he dies, that it is in service to his country.
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Washington
John R. Geisburn
Navy Department
Edward A
Vera Cruz
Mr. Geisburn
Appotomax
Edward
Quincy
Gesburg
Ned
Geisburn Remembered by Quincy Residents
Edward Geisburn longtime Quincy resident lived with his grandmother at 54 Summer street. His letters and visits cheered Mrs. Catherine L. Allen who was prostrated by news of his wounding. He was born in Providence and worked as a reporter on the Quincy Ledger before enlisting in Boston four years ago.
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Edward Geisburn
Summer Street
Quincy
Catherine L. Allen
Providence
Quincy Ledger
Boston
Brookline Pair to Wed at St Mary's Assumption
Miss Minnie Knight Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Miner Tupper Foster will marry Leon Ernst Ober of Brookline this morning. The ceremony at St Marys Church of the Assumption will be conducted by Rev M J Coffey followed by a nuptial high mass. The bride will be attended by her sister Miss Gladys Foster as maid of honor with Francis McGuire as best man.
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Brookline
Minnie Knight Foster
Miner Tupper Foster
Leon Ernst Ober
St. Mary's Church of the Assumption
M. J. Coffey
Gladys Foster
Francis McGuire
Four month-old boy damages store window over rent
William Martin aged 4 months from Virginia attempted to secure lodging by throwing a brick through a plate glass window in a grocery and liquor store on the corner of Northampton and Washington streets. He admitted the act saying he could not pay his room rent and was arrested by officers. The window valued at $100.
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William Martin
Virginia
Northampton
Washington Streets
S. Johnson
Official Records of Men Killed in Washington April 21
The Navy Department lists three of the first four men killed, with the fourth unnamed. Marine Corporal Daniel Aloysius Haggerty of Cambridge Massachusetts served from 1906 to 1910 then re enlisted in 1911 on the battleship Utah. Coxswain John S Shoemaker born Brooklyn December 5 1889 enlisted 1907 re enlisted 1910 and served on ships including the Florida. Seaman George Poinsett of Philadelphia born April 10 1894 enlisted 1911 assigned to the Florida after Newport training.
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Washington
Navy Department
Daniel Aloysius Haggerty
Michael Haggerty
Harding Street
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Utah
Fighth
John S. Shoemaker
Isabella McKinnon
Harmon Street
Brooklyn
Navy
Iancock
New York
Wheeling
Florida
George Poinsett
William P. Poinsett
North Twelfth Street
Philadelphia
Newport
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