Oiler shoots at engineer over denied employment
Francisco Boccaro, 19, attempted to kill Calvin W. Jefferson, engineer of the steamer West Point, after being told he could not work as an oiler for not being an American citizen. The shot missed, striking only a pocketbook. Boccaro was arrested for assault with intent to kill. Captain J. T. Culver helped subdue him and police took him into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Boccaro
Calvin W. Jefferson
West Point
Mystia Wharf
Charlestown
Shipping Board
Commercial Street
Boccaro
J. T. Culver
Jefferson
Commercial
Clinton
Culver
Yale Establishes School Administration Department
Yale University announces the creation of a department of school administration as part of building a graduate education program. William Adams Delano of New York, Class of 1895, is commissioned to design a new educational building costing $200,000 funded by the late William N. Harkness gift. The building will be on the site of the old library on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale University
Wiliam Adams Delano
New York
William N. Harkness
Mass. Couple Fatally Hurt In Snowbound Crash
Mr and Mrs Francis Ames of Westwood Massachusetts were fatally injured when a car driven by Charles Andrews skidded on ice, plunged into a 10 foot embankment and landed on a barbed wire fence. Both aged 64. They suffered internal injuries and long burial in snow led to hopeless condition. The accident occurred near Westwood while visiting a son James Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Lows
Francis Ames
Westwood
Mass
Charles Andrews
Ames
Andrews
James Ames
West
Massachusetts
Corkery Elected to Cambridge City Council Ward 9
Matthew J. Corkery of 1 Auburn Street Cambridge was elected to the Cambridge City Council from Ward 9 to fill a vacancy left by Councillor Alexander H. Bill. The 954 total votes included Corkery 571, Arthur N. Holcombe 33, and John H. Cook 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew J. Corkery
Auburn Street
Cambridge
Alexander H. Bill
Corkery
Arthur N. Holcombe
Harvard
John H. Cook
Mrs Blake Abandons Kidnapping Tale In Mental Conversation
Esther Mitler Blake, a nurse at City Hospital, now says her 5 year old son was not kidnapped by two Negroes in Ventnor but that the kidnapping story was a delusion. Dr. L Souder, county physician, cites her as admitting delusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Esther Mitler Blake
City Hospital
Ventnor
L. Souder
Mrs Blake Presents New Account In Ocean Incident
Dr Souder reports Mrs Blake denies throwing the child from a fishing pier and offers a fall on a slippery board pavement as the cause. She claims unconsciousness followed by panic and memory gaps, noting the boy ran away and she did not interfere after the fall. The physician cites possible mental impairment.
Deluxe Homes for Very Rich in New York
An all millionaires apartment house in Central Park West will rise 16 stories at a cost of 4 million dollars. A 21 year lease in the syndicate's hands covers more than 2 million in rent. Apartments range from 29 rooms with 10 baths to 87 rooms with 17 baths. A staff will handle housekeeping and a large ground floor restaurant will operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central Park West
Abbott Retires as Legion Head in Watertown
Raymond Henderson of Belmont Street succeeds Selectman Charles W. Abbott as chairman of the executive committee of the Watertown Post American Legion. Abbott retires after a Legion constitutional ruling forbids members in political office from holding officer posts. Rev. Ernest S. Meridith retires as post chaplain and Theodore Morton succeeds him as chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Raymond Henderson
Belmont Street
Charles W. Abbott
Watertown Post
American Legion
Abbott
Legion
Fost
Ernest S. Meridith
Meridith
Theodore Morton
Galen Street
Morton
First Baptist Church
Brookline Special Town Meeting Passes All Articles
The Brookline town meeting last night approved all nine warrant articles in about two percent minutes. Officials allocated $17,801 to cover shortages in running expenses due to higher material costs, mainly in the school department. Judge Philip S. Parker praised Moderator Fred H. Williams, who announced he would not seek another term after a decade of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Philip S. Parker
Board of Selectmen
Fred H. Williams
Town Seeks $800 for Summer Band Concerts Approved
Judge Parker paid tribute to Police Alonzo W. Corey and the two men received a rising vote and cheer. A key warrant article urged the Legislature to allow the town to spend more than $800 on summer band concerts, and the measure passed unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo W. Corey
Parker
Posse hunts for assailant in Alberta axe attack
In Calgary Alberta a posse seeks a man who assaulted Mrs. Frank Soares wife of a prominent citizen. He entered her home and beat her with an axe handle leaving her in serious condition in hospital.
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Calgara
Alberta
Frank Soares
Thawing Pipes Cause Early Season Fire in South Boston
A fire last evening damaged an unoccupied three story house at 355 Dorchester Street South Boston owned by John Shea. The blaze, started during an effort to thaw frozen water pipes, caused about 1000 dollars in damage.
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Dorchester Street
South
Boston
John Shea
French aviator Lecointe hits high speed record
Paris December 16 Sadi Lecointe, famed French aviator, achieved bursts near 226 miles an hour in an official test. He logged a kilometre at 207.225 kilometres per hour and peaked at 364.5 kilometres per hour, about 334 miles per minute, while previously holding height and speed records.
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Paris
Sadi Lecointe
Lecointe
Ethie Coast Steamer Rescued After Line Severed by Surf
Passengers and crew of the coastal steamer Ethie, about 92 people, were brought ashore at Martin's Point after the vessel stranded. A Newfoundland dog guided a lifeline to shore when boats could not overcome the hazardous surf and the initial line attempt failed.
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Curling
N. F
Martin's Point
Prominent Rail Executives Named as Receivers and Presidents
A long list of railroad leaders including receivers, presidents and chairmen from major lines such as Atchison Topeka Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Pennsylvania, Chicago Great Western and many others appears. Roles span presidents, chairmen, receivers and general counsels across the national network, reflecting ongoing corporate reorganizations and governance in the railroad industry.
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Alfred P. Thom
Frank Andrews
Gulf Coast Lines
J. A. Baker
International & Great Northern Ry. Co
A. R. Baldwin
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co
W. H. Beardsley
Florida East Coast Railway Co
W. G. Besler
Pres. & Gen. Mgr. Central Railroad Co
New Jersey
S. T. Bledsoe
Atchison, Topeka 7 Santa Fe Railway Co
W. G. Brantley
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Ry. Co
Harry.bronner
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
E. N. Brown
Pete Marquette Railway Co
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co
William Buchanan
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co
E. G. Buckland
Central New England Railway Co
Rutland Railroad Co
New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co
Ralph Bud
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Co
R. Darlow
Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Corporation
A. T. Dice
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co
W’. M. Duncan
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Newman Erb
Ann Arbor Railroad Co
S. M. Felton
Chicago Great Western Railroad Co
W. H. Finley
Chicago & North Western
C. A. Peabody
Illinois Central Railroad Co
E. Pennington
Duluth South Shore , Atlantic Railway Co
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co
C. E. Perkins
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co
Colorado & Southern
Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Co
Mark W. Potter
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad System
H. Reed
Bessemer & Lake, Erie Railroad Company
E. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co
Bird M. Robinson
American Short Line Railroad Association
W. L. Ross
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Co. Co
E. Schaff
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co
T. M. Schumacher
el Paso & Southwestern System
A. H. Smith
New York Central Lines
E. C. Smith
Central Vermont Railway Co
Milton H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Co
W. T. Stewart
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Co
R. H. Swartwout
Norfolk Southern Railroad
L. B. Tigrett
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad Co
W. H. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co
Frank Trumbull
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Hocking Valley Railway Co
F. D. Underwood
Erie Railroad Co
P. van Sweringen
New York, Chicago & St Louis Railroad Co
Roberts Walker
Chicago & Alton Railroad Co
Henry Walters
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co
Louisville
Nashville Railroad Co
William H. White
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R. Co
Washington Southern Railway Co
A. Wickersham
Atlanta West Point Railroad Co
Western Railway of Alabama
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co
W. H. Williams
Wabash Railway Co
R. A. Worthington
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Western R.R. Co
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Alien
Yale
Huri
OF Hovey Co
Legion Head
Virginia Dare
Garrett & Company, Inc
Ethie
Scott & Bowne
Scott's
United States
Association of Railway Executives
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler
Carl R. Gray
Western Marland Railway Co
John H. Hammond
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co
Chas. Hayden
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Coa
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Co
Thomas D. Heed
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co
M. Herbert
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. Co
W. Huntington
Virginian Railway Co
J.H. Hustis
Boston & Maine Railroad Co
L. E. Ingersoll
Midland Valley Railroad Co
L. E. Johnson
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
Larz
Ex. Com
Southern Pacific Company
H. R. Kurrie
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co
A. R. Lawton
Central of Georgia Railway Co
C. M. Leveyt
Western Pacific Railroad Co
E. E. Loomis
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson Company
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Morris McDonald
Maine Central Railroad Company Co
H. Markham
Nee Central Railroad
S. Meldrum
Tos & Pacific Railway
J. L. Nisbet
Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co
William T. Noonan
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