Braves Acquire Allston Park Site For Boston Baseball Park
In Allston between Babcock and Pleasant extensions and from Commonwealth Avenue to the railroad, the former Allston Golf Club land is set for a new Braves park. Boston club president James E. Gaffney announced the deal with W J McDonald to purchase the property with clear title. Owner W Stanley Tripp was listed in the transaction.
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Allston
Babcock Street
Pleasant Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston & Albany
Allston Golf Club
Braves
New York
James E. Gaffney
Boston Club
W. J. McDonald
Milk Street
Cubis Anu
W. Stanley Tripp
Cobb Pleads Not Guilty in Collateral Loan Looting Case
Former President William Cobb pleaded not guilty and remained jailed after no bail was posted. Investigators say a inside contact aided looting at Collateral Loan Company, with letters and a messenger boy involved. Detectives focus on employees and several pawnbrokers and jewelers questioned. more arrests expected today.
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Patrick Fallon
District Attorney’s Office
Sergeant Burke
Lavelle
William Cobb
Cobb
Charles Street
Col Alexander Held as Slaver in Providence
Col Charles Alexander a wealthy Rhode Island capitalist and social figure was arrested in Providence on a charge of unlawfully transporting Miss Jesse F. E. Cope from Los Angeles to Chicago in February last year. He ranks among Rhode Island’s top social and political leaders and is the era’s most prominent figure held under the Mann White Slave act.
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Providence
R. IL
Chales Alexander
Rhode Island
Jesse FE. Cope
Los Angeles
Chicago
Colone Alexander
Blackmail Charge Shocks Colonel After Court
This afternoon he muttered about blackmail as he left the office of U S Commissioner Archibald Co. Matteson after being arraigned. Held on $7500 bonds he supplied them without trouble. His lawyer asked him not to talk while he claimed the Cape woman extorted funds and then filed the charge. Colonel Alexander appeared a wreck as he exited the commissioner's office.
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U. S
Archibald Co. Matteson
Henry W. Hayes
Cape
Moon Phases and Evening Sky Brightens for Winter
Moon's phase updates include last quarter on Dec 10, first quarter on Dec 24, and the 830th day of the year with 16 days till winter and 9 till Christmas. Jupiter appears in the southwest at dusk while Venus and Saturn rise in the morning and early evening, with auto lamps to be lit at 4 45 and 5 13 respectively. Anniversaries note Martin Van Buren born 1782 and General George A Custer born 1859.
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Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Martin van Buren
United States
George A. Custer
Cloudy Weekend Forecast for Boston and New England
Cloudy conditions and unsettled weather expected for Boston and surrounding areas over Saturday and Sunday. Winds shift from northeast to east with only slight temperature changes. Forecast from Washington notes cloud cover across New England through the weekend.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Burst Water Main Floods Tremont Area Belts City
A high pressure water main burst at Tremont and School streets at 2 15 this morning. Water shot into the air to the fifth story level at the Parker House and flooded basements along nearby streets. A river flowed down School street through Postoffice square and into the harbor across Atlantic avenue.
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School Streets
Parker House
School Street
Postoffice Square
Atlantic Avenue
Tremont Street Water Main Burst Floods City Streets
A main shot a hole into Tremont Street creating a geyser that reached 60 feet and flooded the Parker House basement. Water streamed down Tremont and School Streets, washing paving blocks into Washington Street as frightened guests joined onlookers. No serious damage occurred.
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Parker House
Tremont
School
Water Department
Washington Street
School Street
Seollay Square
Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Mt Holyoke College
Miss Isa bel Vosburgh an Oak Park Illinois chemistry instructor at Mt Holyoke College died at a Holyoke hospital from injuries after a car accident near the college. She was riding with a student who lost control causing the vehicle to plunge down a bank and throw her from the car.
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South Hadley
Isabel Vosburgh
Oak Park
Ill
Mt. Holyoke College
Holyoke Hospital
Vosburgh
Sale of world champions delayed by papers and price secrecy
President Gaffney announced the deal over the phone to the Boston club office while McDonald confirmed the sale upon arriving in Boston from New York. The purchase price will be disclosed after vial papers are passed, a process not expected to occur soon. The team is slated to play in the Allston area along Commonwealth Avenue in due course.
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Gaffney
Boston
Mr. McDonald
New York
Allston Way
Commonwealth Avenue
Compensation Act Extended Advances Public Employee Benefits
An arbitration committee of the industrial accident board ruled that firemen and policemen injured on duty are entitled to workers compensation. The decision, if upheld by the board and courts, would broaden coverage including public employees. The committee awarded $3000 to the widow of a fireman. appeals to the board and courts may follow.
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Industrial Accident Board
New Bedford
Arbitration Committee
Malden Man Accidentally Kills Companion in New Hampshire Hunt
Archibald A. McCoy of Malden fatally shoots Albert P. Howe during a hunting trip in the Jefferson area of New Hampshire. Howe was a prominent figure in Jefferson local affairs.
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New Hampshire Woods
Jefferson
Archibald A. McCoy
Davis Street
Malden
Albert P. Howe
Partridge hunting accident ends life of Kilkenny man
In Kilkenny back of Burnel Mountain a hunting trip with McCoy and Harmon ended when a shotgun exploded as McCoy prepared a shell. Howe, a Jefferson Selectman and school board member, died after the blast. McCoy and Harmon, Malden residents, were widely known in local business and social circles.
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Kilkenny
McCoy
Benjamin F. Harmon
Post Office
Malden
Mr. Howe
Mr. McCoy
Howe
Jefferson
Linden
Boston
Harmon
New Hampshire
Druggist License Suspended in South Boston
James L. Halloran a druggist at 241 Dorchester Street South Boston had his sixth class license suspended until January 1 by the Licensing Board after a hearing on a police complaint that he sold liquor without a physician prescription.
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James L. Halloran
Dorchester Street
Boston
Licensing Board
Halloran
Czar's troops shell Cracow as advance nears gates
Desperate fighting around Lodz shifts attention to Cracow where Russian forces shell five forts surrounding the city and report Wieliczka occupation six miles from Cracow's gates. Berlin and Paris officials describe ongoing battles and repulses on multiple fronts.
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Cracow
London
Lodz
Wieliczka
Castle Square Hotel Dinner Menu Highlights
A historic hotel menu lists Bluepoints on Half Shell and Whole Roast Guinea Chicken with Partridge Sauce and Red Currant Jelly, Delmonico Potatoes, Waldorf Salad, and Mayonnaise Dressing for two. It notes Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple, Fresh Mackerel, and options like Mashed or French Fried Potatoes, plus Native Spring Chicken and Tenderloin Steak. Guests may order wine until 11:55 PM.
Marriage kept secret for nearly a year
Dorchester couple Miss Lillian Ethel Dudley and Joseph W Curran were secretly married on December 26. Both sets of parents learned of the marriage only yesterday. Miss Dudley resides at 298 Adams Street and Curran at 25 Maple Street. Curran lives with his parents in Harrison Square. Burdett Business College advertises new day and evening classes at 18 Boylston Street.
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Lillian Ethel Dudley
Adams Street
Joseph W. Curran
Maple Street
Burdett Business College
Boylston St
Cor. Wash
Uy Oe
Ex president tied to $28,000 thefts and $86,008 stock deals
The accused former leader first notified directors about the $28,000 thefts linked to pledges, after which $86,008 mining stock transactions surfaced and led to his arrest. Marie E. Le Claire, friend of the president, hid from public gaze after her name appeared in the mining stock case. A mail based loan scheme described as a key tactic emerged amid broader revelations.
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Marie E. le Claire
Christian Science Reader
Cobb
Express
Adams Recess Appointment Postmaster of Provincetown
President Wilson names John Adams of Provincetown to the postmaster position by recess appointment over Senator Lodge who has blocked confirmation for more than a year. Adams opposed Lodge in 1910 and wrote a campaign song Lodge found objectionable. West died, replacing by appointment, likely facing renewed opposition when Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
John Adams
Provincetown
Wilson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Adams
Senate
Lodge
Senate Committee On
Massachusetts
John W. Coughlin
Fall River
Senator Lodge
J. A. West
White House
Congress
Cambridge Reformers Flayed by Public Safety Chief
Henry J. Cunningham Cambridge commissioner of public safety harshly criticized the Cambridge Club board of survey for their charges against Policeman James D. Russell who was found not guilty in the order.
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Henry J. Cunningham
Public Safety of
Cambridge
Board of Survey
Cambridge Club
James D. Russell
Russell
Court Order Attacks Cambridge Reformers and Police Chief
Commissioner Cunningham condemns a Harvard Law professor a Andover Academy professor and a local judge for publishing false accusations against a police official. He laments the erosion of evidence and praises Officer Russell as not guilty, urging police sympathy and noting a preposterous plot in city annals.
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Cunningham
Cambridge
Harvard University
Andover Academy
Union of Social Workers
Russell
De Wet Lined Up for Possible Hanging in South Africa
Dispatch from Johannesburg reports General Christian De Wet, pale and calm, arriving in London under guard and imprisoned at the fort. Uncertainty hangs over his fate with some factions urging execution for traitors and others urging caution as government action against those who inspired the rebellion proceeds.
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Johannesburg
Reuter
Christian de Wet
DeWet
Gailowa
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