Extortion Charge In Hearst Property Dispute
Mrs. Hetty Green, famed as the world’s richest woman, faced an extortion claim in New York court after designer William Randolph Hearst’s attorney sought payment of 275000 plus interest on a mortgage. Attorney C M Bovee said Green capitulated and turned over the mortgage, denying the extortion accusation and claiming she asked Hearst’s reps to wait for her son's return.
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New York
Hetty Green
William Randolph Hearst
C. M. Bovee
Boston University Law School elects officers for senior class
The senior class at Boston University Law School has chosen officers led by President Thomas C. McKone of Hartford Connecticut and Vice President John P. Lawlor of Valley Falls Rhode Island. Other posts include Secretary Daniel W. Flynn Treasurer George Fine Historian Daniel J. OConnell and Orator John P. Driscoll.
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B. U. Law School
Boston University Law School
Thomas C. McKone
Hartford
George F. Leary
Scitice
Conn
Joseph J. Donovan
Dorchester
E. E. Allen
Brookline
Hugh A. Cregg
Lawrence
Francis G. Duffy
Louis H. Sawyer
Boston
Ravel Archambault
Arctic
R. I
J. R. Cotton
Lexington
William N. Cronin
FE. F. Dupray
Ipswich
Luke F. Kelley
Middleboro
Natick Armory Dedication by Ninth Regiment
The new Natick armory on East Central Street was dedicated with Lieutenant-Governor Luce Adjutant-General Pearson and Governor’s staff in attendance. The $100,000 building was richly decorated and opened with a luncheon, dedicatory exercises, and a reception that evening. Speeches honored the occasion and a grand march followed led by Captain James Hickey and Mrs. Young.
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Natick
I, Company
Ninth Regiment
East Central Street
Robert Luce
Pearson
Luce
James Hickey
Company
L Company
Ninth’ Regiment
Boston Public Heated by Plan for Pumping Station on the Common
Boston figures including Mayor Higginson Edwin D. Mead and Joseph Lee oppose placing a high pressure pumping station on the Common. Commissioner Rourke defends its central location citing 15 miles of piping and eight pumps to achieve 300 psi, while Mayor Fitzgerald says he will seek public opinion before deciding.
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Boston
Edwin D. Mead
Joseph Lee
Henry L. Higginson
John D. Long
Boston Common Society
C - Man
Boston Common
Maneuill Hall
Old South Church
Rourke
Long
Charles River
F. A. McInnes
McInnes
Causeway Street
Eliot
Charles Street
Columbus Avenue
Fitzgerald
Albany
Ime
West Roxbury Doctor Dies in Beaver Brook Pennsylvania
Dr Edgard T Newsome of West Roxbury died suddenly in Beaver Brook Pennsylvania yesterday where he had been for two months. He is survived by his widow and one daughter. Funeral services will be held from the Church of Our Saviour Rostindale at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
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West Roxbury
Pennsylvania
Beaver’ Brook
Penn
Church of Our Saviour
Rostindale
Boston Man Receives Medal for Arboretum Work
A Boston man honored for Arboretum achievements details his trips to China to collect seeds and specimens. He helped establish oil trees, English walnuts, almonds, cork trees, a date plum, and a rubber tree, with many plants thriving in New England soil and aiding future economic value.
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Wilson
Sargent
Arborétum
Far East
Tibetan Highlands
New England
Japan
China
McKinley Named Taft Campaign Manager in Washington
Representative William B. McKinley of Illinois will run the President's political interests from now until the Chicago convention. Taft supporters pushed for this step as the campaign work intensified. Headquarters will open soon near the White House to maintain close contact with national political affairs.
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Washington
Taft
William B. McKinley
Illinois
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Chicago
Hilles
McKinley
Republican Congressional Committee
White House
Taft vows GOP nomination despite opposition
President Taft studied the Postal Rate Commission report in the White House study and prepared speeches for his New York trip. He reportedly said nothing but death could keep him from pursuing the Republican nomination, signaling confidence in victory over any Democratic nominee.
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Taft
Washington
White House
Postal Rate Commission
New York
Democratic ‘Party
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Jewett
Tler Butlers Lighabliisis
Hamburg
R. Prise
Cc Soc
D . Aedat
Oxford
Green
Hearst
Higginson
Brockton
Beverly
Ryde Park
Lynn
Worcester
Kuppenheimer
House of Kuppenheimer
Emedys
Summer Ay
M’kinley
Ading
Nobby Advance
Henry Siegel Co
Mass
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