Coroner rules Keffer death not self-inflicted
Winsted Conn Jan 2 Coroner Samuel A Herman finds Charlies Keffer who was shot to death at his Morris home last May did not commit suicide and died at the hands of another person unknown to the coroner Mrs Keffer had testified her husband shot himself after firing at her but the coroner states the wound and revolver position indicate a non suicide killing and the inquiry closed Dec 24
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Winsted
Conn
Charlies Keffer
Morris
Samuel A. Herman
Keffer
Port of Portland Breaks Record in 1913 Grain and Passenger Traffic
Grain shipments through the Port of Portland totaled 12,102,533 bushels in the year, the highest in a decade and about 5,000,000 more than 1912. The year also set a new record for passengers landing from transatlantic steamers at 26,522, most immigrants bound for the Canadian northwest.
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Portland. Me
Portland
MIT to Move Fall 1915 for New Tech Building
MIT plans to complete the $10,000,000 educational block and have it ready for occupancy by fall 1915. The old Tech will close in spring 1915 as classes move to Cambridge during the summer. The rest of the Cambridge campus, nicknamed the White City on the Charles, will be built in the following years. Walker Memorial will not be part of the immediate project.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Charles
Walker
Ritchie
Boston Woman to Get Keenan Bequest
Mrs. Marty Barnes of 28 Moreland Street Roxbury is John Keenan’s sister in Boston. Keenan died recently in Spokane Washington leaving one fourth of his estate to his sister in Boston. Lewiston authorities asked Boston police to locate her. Barnes will receive about 1500 dollars.
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Moreland Street
Roxbury
John Keenan
Spokane
Washington
Boston
Lewiston
Keenan
Barnes
Hitchcock accused of piracy in Beauty Shop case
Ray Hitchcock the comedian faces an injunction suit by Philander C. Johnson Washington DC dramatic critic alleging that parts of Hitchcocks current musical The Beauty Shop were taken from Johnsons Dr Fakewell Johnson claims his manuscript was in Hitchcocks possession for three weeks before Hitchcock returned it saying he had found another vehicle The Beauty Shop Services of subpoenas target Hitchcock Pollock Wolfe and others while Cohan and Harris are named as collaborators Hitchcock denies knowledge of Dr Fakewell or the other figures mentioned
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Chicago
Raymond Hitchcock
Philander C. Johnson
Washington, D. C
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Hitchcock
Dr. Fakewell
Beauty Shop
Channing Pollock
Rennold Wolfe
George M. Cohan
Samuel Harris
Pollock
Wolfe
Change in Street Car Routes Tonight
Outward bound Boylston street surface cars will detour at 8 15 from Copley square to Huntington avenue and Massachusetts avenue then resume their routes until about 8 o clock Sunday morning. In ward bound cars follow same detour at midnight. Detour enables track connections at Exeter street. Service resumes on both tracks after work ends early Sunday morning.
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Boylston Street
Copley Square
Massachusetts Avenue
Huntington Avenue
Exeter Street
Subway
Boston Mayoral Election Plans to Block City Vote
Boston citizens contemplate petitioning the Legislature to halt the scheduled city election by rewriting the charter and extending terms. They push for a special session, urge Walsh to press action, and consider a preferential mayoral primary to reshape the contest amid fraud investigations and shifting endorsements.
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Boston
Dr S Weir Mitchell Ill in Philadelphia at 88
Dr S Weir Mitchell physician and author is ill with grip at his Philadelphia home. His age of 88 has caused concern among relatives and friends, though he was reported somewhat improved today.
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Philadelphia
S. Weir Mitchell
Maine Solon Ramsay Dies After Despondent Wound
John M. Ramsay, a Maine state legislator and insurance man who served as a newspaper correspondent, died from a self inflicted gun wound. He had been ill for over a year and was despondent. Ramsay had traveled to Augusta last winter to vote in the U.S. Senate selection.
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Democratic State Committee
Fitzgerald
Curley
Curley General Committee
Kenny
Ward 2
W. F. Casey
Henry Brockshaw
Blaine, Mo
John M. Ramsay
Augusta
United States
Edwin C. Burleigh
Ramsay
Appointments by Cardinal Named to Diocese Council
The Pilot announces in this week's issue the appointment of five consultors to the Diocese Council by Cardinal O Connell. The appointees are the Right Rev Joseph G Anderson D D V G the Right Rev Denise O Farrell the Right Rev Ambrose Roche the Right Rev M J Spla PD D the Right Rev Patrick J ple D D and the Rev James Chittick. The term is three years starting January 1 1914.
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Cardinal O’connell
Pilot
Joseph G. Anderson
V. G
Denise O'Farrell
Ambrose Roche
M. J. Spla
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