Limited Receiver Sought in New Haven Railroad Case
A petition in equity seeks a limited receiver for the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Co alleging $24,000,000 wasted outside its sphere and that the 1916 dams suit failed. The suit names 1738 stockholders, cites past directors from 1890 to 1914, and accuses extravagant property purchases, lobbying, and improper banker payments. The court set February 21 for a hearing.
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New York
Equity
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
United States ‘District Court
Harold Norris
Knox
Conspiracy Suit Aimed at New Board Over 1916 Action
The petition charges Edwin Adams and other stockholders filed on August 26 1916 to install a new board succeeding William Rockefeller Charles M Pratt and Lewis Cass Ledyard and the estates of J Pierpont Morgan and Hamilton Meek. Twombly and others are named conspirators and are described as controlling the case.
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Edwin Adams
William Rockefeller
Charles M. Pratt
Lewis Cass Ledyard
J. Pierpont Morgan
Hamilton Meek
Twombly
Actor Will Auction Off Russian Samovar
To aid the West Field Battalion Signal Corps casualty fund, Mr. Smith of the Hotel Georgian allows home workers to auction an antique Russian samovar at the Valentine dinner. Donated by Mrs. Charles Goldberg for cash to help the boys, the item was kept for overseas troops. Leo Carrillo of Lombardi Ltd will serve as auctioneer, praised for prior charity work.
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West Field Battalion Signal Corps
Smith
Georgian
Charles Goldberg
Signal Corps
Stage Womens War Relief
Leo Carrillo
The
Lombardi, Ltd
Carrillo
Librarians Urged to Save War Posters and Soldiers Stories
At the Massachusetts Library Club midwinter meeting in Faneuil Hall Walter B. Briggs described American soldiers’ sacrifice in France and urged librarians to preserve war posters and soldiers’ stories. Professor Tart urged rapid gathering of war sources. posters and papers were praised as future history aids.
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France
General Pershing
Massachusetts Library Club
Faneuil Hall
Walter B. Briggs
Widener Memorial Library
America
Albert Bushnell Tart
Harvard
Ception
Professor Tart
E Leven
Manenil Hall
Boston Post
J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr
Wipling
Theodore Roosevelt
Post
New England
Trent Row
S. Kathleen Jones
War Service
John Adams Lowe
Massachusetts Free Public Library Commission
A. Bancroft
Henry N. Sanborn
Bridegport
Mary Hall
Brooklyn
Katherine P. Loring
Beverly
Alice G. Chandler
Monthly Communion Day Observed by Holy Name Society
The Holy Name Society of St. Peter's Church Dorchester will observe its monthly communion day with a special mass at 7 30 a m inviting all parish men. The Forty Hours Devotion starts Feb 2 at St Leonard Port Maurice and St Francis de Sales Charlestown. The Guild of St Camillus marks its third anniversary today.
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Ely
Price Facial Specialty CO
Eliot St
Boston, Mass
Holy Name Society of
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
St. Leonard of
Port Maurice
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Charlestown
Guild of St. Camillus
John B. Keating
Mother Michael Supple
F. W. Beeckman
Paris
Cathedral Church of
St. Paul
Trinity Church
Francis of Agissi
Henry Sartorio
Situation improves at Nadish on Archangel front
The British war office says the Nadish situation on the Archangel front is more satisfactory. It notes that on February 10 Allied troops drove about 800 Bolsheviks back six miles in the region of Sredmakrenga.
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London
Nadish
Archangel
British War Office
Sredmakrenga
Bolshevik Attacks in Sred Makrenga Repulsed by Allied Forces
Allied troops and Bolsheviks clashed near Sred Makrenga and Kadish sector with severe winter conditions. A Feb 19 attack drove enemy back six miles south of Svredmiakreimpra after strong afternoon shocks on Feb 11. American reinforcements of 20 miles through forest aided British and Russian lines, forcing Bolsheviks to withdraw to the south.
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Sredmakrenga
Archangel
Svredmiakreimpra
Et. l
Anpar
Bolsheviks withdraw after failed move near Kadish
The Bolsheviks withdrew before American forces reached Sredmakrenga fearing rear exposure. At Kadish, Bolshevik assault Tuesday afternoon was repulsed with the statement that the attack was not strong and the situation was more satisfactory.
Reading to Return to United States Soon
The Earl of Reading, Britain's ambassador to the United States, is expected to sail for America in about a week. He had planned to go aboard the Olympic but illness confined him to his room, delaying departure. if improved, he will board the Aquitania.
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London
Associated Press
Earl of Reading
United States
America
Ife
Aquitania
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