Lawson recounts Keene copper dealings and stock fraud ties
Thomas W. Lawson claims James R. Keene aided selling 290,000 Amalgamated shares at 90 to 96, generating about 22 to 23 million net. He asserts Keene advised Roger to sell to the public, denies compensation, and promises to detail further in his story. The piece describes a copper deal leak, Wall Street intrigue, and Standard Oil’s tarnished influence, plus Keene’s role in rubber ventures and ensuing fallout.
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Keene
Rogers
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Company
Mr. Keene
William Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Broadway
Wall Street
New York
James R. Keene
New Rubber Company
Pirate Name On Schooner Demanded By Lawyer
Boston maritime attorney Eugene P. Carver demands Thomas W. Lawson relinquish the seven masted schooner named for him and change its title. In a Dec 21 letter, Carver accuses Lawson of stock schemes and improper influence, calling the vessel sailing under false colors and a pirate. He offers terms for surrender by Dec 31, 1904, including valuation of Lawson’s Coastwise Transportation Co. shares by three Massachusetts surveyors.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Newport News
Boston
Weymouth
Mass
Waldorf-Astoria
Eugene P. Carver
Carver & Blodgett
High Seas
Mr. Carver
Coastwise Transportation Company
Commissioner of Navigation
Bay Colony
United States
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
T. G. Crowley
State Street
Young's
Eugene Pendleton Carver
Deep Sea Dogs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Fire chief promotes Flaherty to engineer at Engine 4
Fire Commissioner Henry S. Russell elevated Benjamin J. Flaherty from assistant engineer of Engine 25 to engineer of Company 4 in Boston. The promotions marked the fifth within two days. Thomas Finneran moved from Engine 22 to Combination 4 and Henry J. Enross shifted from Engine 10 to 22.
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Boston Fire Department
Henry S. Russell
Benjamin J. Flaherty
Thomas Finneran
Combination 4
Henry J. Enross
Lawson's Challenge 10 Editor Donohoe
Denis Donohoe accuses me in the New York Commercial with insults and false crimes. Lawson cites private letters, threats $100,000, and a public dispute over ownership of the New York Commercial led by Henry H. Rogers and D. O. Haynes, with denials and a claim to prove facts in court.
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Commonwealth
Denis Donohoe
New York
Boston
Donohoe
Y Donohoe
Thomas W. Lawson
Rogers
Henry H. Rogers
Heinze
Montana
D. O. Haynes
Haynes
New York Commercial
Eta Chapter Alpha Phi Initiates Five at Miss Taft Banquet
The Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi at Boston University held its annual initiation and banquet at Miss Helen Taft's Arlington Heights residence. A graduate delegation attended. Elizabeth C. Northup served as toastmistress. New members are Lillian C. Eldredge Helen L. Lacount Margaret B. Flewelling Elizabeth Wilson and Victoria M. H. Zeller.
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Eta
Alpha Phi
Boston University
Helen Taft
Arlington Heights
Elizabeth C. Northup
Lillian C. Eldredge
Helen L. Lacount
Margaret B. Flewelling
Elizabeth Wilson
Victoria M. H. Zeller
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Plymouth Rock
California
Pe Martin
New England
Qur
Westland Club
Mail Order Department
Hanover Street
CORE
Waldberg Brewing Co
Haymarket
Lawson
Stock Exchange
Mr. Rockefeller
Third Avenue
Financial
Grand Jury
Carver
Mr. Lawson
Russell
Ass’t
Engineer Flaherty
Broad Exchange Building
Spruce Street
Thomas W. Lawson, Esq
Sieur Bayard
Hagar
Miss Taft
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