Fireman Runs Amuck Aboard Burmese Prince
Arthur Kitchings a Yale graduate and purser on the freighter Burmese Prince reached Boston after surviving a knife attack by a German fireman in Cebu Philippines. Chief Officer J J Duncan shot and crippled the attacker as he aimed to stab Kitchings while the steamer idled in Cebu harbor.
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Arthur Kitchings
New York
Yale
Boston
Kitchings
J. J. Duncan
Cebu
Philippines
Young passenger fights for life as ship fires knife attack
Kitchings, a college man, narrowly escaped a murder attempt on the Burmese Prince near Cebu after a fireman stabbed Chief Engineer Ford in the engine room. Officers restrained the assailant with a revolver shot, and Cebu police took him into custody. Ford was severely stabbed and hospitalized.
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Kitchings
New York
Far East
Manila
Cebua
J. Ford
Lascar
Duncan
Cebu
Ford
Merchants Face Losses in Gloucester Bank Tangle
In Gloucester on January 17, leading dry goods merchant William G. Brown heads a stockholder drive to stop liquidating agents of City National Bank from selling assets. Brown is tied to a $30,000 note on the estate of William A. Pew. Liquidators reportedly negotiated with Rockport National Bank to take $10,000 fixtures for $1,000.
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Gloucester
City National Bank
William G. Brown
Mr. Brown
William A. Pew
Rockport National Bank
Plan to seek federal bill to ban one man control of national banks
Gloucester plans to ask Congress to draft a law making it unlawful for a single individual to control a national bank. The move follows exposure of William A Pew’s scheme to reduce a huge bank debt to under the legal limit with help from five directors and a treasury inspector.
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Congress
National
A. P. Gardner
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gloucester
William A. Pew
United States Treasury
Pew
Comptroller of the Treasury
National Bank
Automobile Fire Destroys Flour Load in Chelsea Street
An automobile truck loaded with flour caught fire while passing Broad Way in Chelsea last night. Several barrels of flour owned by Hanson Brothers, a Commercial street business, were destroyed in the blaze.
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Broadway
Chelsea
Hanson Brothers
Miss Hunt Seeks Lost Silk Hose
Miss Belle Hunt of 17 Gloucester street niece of the late Robert D. Evans and member of the blue stocking Back Bay set has lost one silk stocking described as bright dark blue causing unease in Back Bay and with the Evans family connected to her.
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Belle Hunt
Gloucester Street
Robert D. Evans
Back Bay
Evans
Miss Hunt
Lost blue silk stocking sparks citywide hunt in Boston
A bright dark blue silk stocking vanished between Slattery's and Shreve Crump & Low on Tremont Street. B H of Gloucester Street Boston offers reward for return. Detectives and multiple groups search as Miss Hunt’s tale of needing a matching pair unfolds.
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Shreve
Crump
Low’s
Tremont Street
Slattery’s
Crump & Low's
B. H
Gloucester Street
Boston
Miss Pami
Order of the Garter
Miss Hunt
Blue Stocking Vanishes as Hunt Seeks Perfect Shade
A Boston woman, Miss Hunt, shops for an esthetic blue stocking to match a muff. Despite visiting many stores, she cannot find the exact shade and returns home discouraged. After a short walk, she discovers the coveted stocking has disappeared, prompting further inquiries.
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Miss Hunt
Boston
Back Bay
Wakefield Boy Jumps From School Injuring Self
Vito Christoforo a 10 year old Wakefield pupil leaped from the Woodville school second story yesterday, a 20 foot fall that left him seriously hurt. Taunted by fellow pupils and believing he was persecuted by his teacher he acted after being kept in at recess for three days by Miss Bertha Lawson.
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Vito Christoforo
Wakefield
Woodville
Christoforo
Bertha Lawson
Boston to Get New High Class Theatre in Winthrop Site
A major Boston real estate deal completed in the Mayor's office involves wealthy Bostonians purchasing the old Winthrop School property at Tremont and Dix Place. They plan a real estate trust to build a theatre with Shuberts set to operate it and develop remaining property for business use.
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Boston
Winthrop School
Tremont and
Dix Place
Boston Theatre Site Sold For 26720 As Dix Place Extends
Two lots on opposite sides of the new Dix place extension change hands for 26 720 dollars. South side at 10 400 square feet will host the proposed theatre. north side goes to a real estate trust for future development. Brokers Codman Street and George Adams Woods. city represented by John Cc. Kiley. Wilbur Shubert Company plans a 1000-seat house aiming for intimate plays and modern fittings. Edward D. Smith confirms the Boston theatre project at the Majestic and Shubert Theatres venue network.
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Dix Place
Codman & Street
George Adams Woods
New
John Cc. Kiley
A.L. Wilbur
Wilbur-Shubert Company
New Theatre
Majestic Theatre
Boston
Shubert
New York City
Smad
Edward D. Smith
Majestic Theatres
Wilbur
Money Trust Hearings Halts Delay Senate Inquiry
The House money trust committee will suspend hearings next week due to doubt over the panel’s authority to probe banks internal affairs and the banks refusal to disclose individual loans and borrows over 1 million dollars affecting about 138 institutions. Representative Pujo cited these obstacles as blocking evaluation of bank use by major financial interests.
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Washington
House Money Trust Committee
Pujo
United States
Poincare Journeys From Versailles to Paris Amid Cheers
President elect Poincare travels from the Versailles palace to his Paris home as crowds cheer. He is greeted at the Chateau gate and escorted to the railway station for a special car to Paris.
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Paris
Poincare
Versailles
Chateau
M. Poincare
Poincare Arrives at Invalides Station Amid Energetic Welcome
The crowd packed the Invalides station as the President-elect arrived. Police barely contained the mass while M. Briand and M. Le pine accompanied him. Poincare raised his hat in acknowledgment as the train halted.
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Invalides
M. Poincare
Justice Briand
M. Le‘pine
Professor Weber Injured in Cambridge Auto Collision
Harvard German instructor Herman J. Weber was knocked unconscious by a car owned by Charles Peabody. Only chauffeur Joseph Powers was in the vehicle at the time. The accident happened at Brattle and Craigie streets as Weber walked home from Lexington Avenue after stepping into the path of the car being driven toward Radcliffe.
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Herman J. Weber
Harvard College
Charles Peabody
Peabody Museum
Joseph
Powers
Brattle
Craigie Streets
Cambridge
Weber
Lexington Avenue
Radcliffe
Young Bank Examiner Named by Governor Foss
Rockland Jan 17 Governor Foss appointed George C Mansfield a bank examiner after he just reached his majority. Mansfield will assume duties Monday and becomes the youngest official in the state as assistant State bank examiner.
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Rockland
Foss
George C. Mansfield
Mansfield
Two Brothers Drown When Ice Breaks on Pond
In Worcester near New Worcester Bar nd’s pond Millean F E Denault Jr nine and his seven year old brother William H Denault slipped through ice. The younger boy broke through first and the older brother drowned trying to save him. Their father witnessed the accident.
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Worcester
Millean FE. Denault, Jr
William H. Denault
Barnard’s Pond
New Worcester
Bangor and Aroostook Railway Faces Imminent General Strike
Bangor Me Jan 17 Directs of the Bangor and Aroostook railroad received word from labor leaders that a general strike by locomotive engineers and firemen would be ordered within 24 hours. The directors refused the men’s demands for higher pay, saying approval would add about 34000 dollars annually to expenses.
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Bangor
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Brandt Pardoned After One Day In Albany
Folke Engel Brandt was pardoned by Governor Sulzer, just 24 hours after arriving in Albany as a convict. He walked free with Senator Nelson of Minnesota, who offered to arrange Washington travel and Minnesota employment. The pardon is conditional on Brandt refraining from public statements about the case and denying false stories about Mrs Schiff and others. If violated, the pardon can be revoked and he must return to prison.
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Albany
N. Y
Folke Engel Brandt
William Sulzer
Brandt
Nelson
Minnesota
Washington
Sulzer
Mortimer L. Schiff
Schiff
Governor Sulzer Grants Pardon Before Largest Crowd
Tears filled Brandt's eyes as Governor Sulzer handed over his pardon before the largest crowd that ever gathered. Continued on Page 2 first column.
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Brandt
Sulzer
Night sky and anniversaries listed for today
The column records astronomical data for Portland Gloucester Newport and Moon phases including Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn and two solar events. It notes daylight length 9 hours 30 minutes and sets times. It also lists TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES Daniel Webster Seth Low and General Gordon with a historical note on Charles W. Morse's pardon one year ago.
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Daniel Webster
Seth Low
New York
General Gordon
Egypt
Charles W. Morse
Taft
Tragic Ice Rescue Ends in Deaths on Ly man Street Pond
Brothers William and Millan Denault fell through thin ice at a pond behind 54 Ly man street in the afternoon. The older boy attempted to help after William sank, but both disappeared. Their father, a Spencer Wire Company worker, searched frantically but Miilan was recovered while the younger boy remained missing for hours.
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Lyman Street
William Denault
William
Spencer Wire Company
Mr. Denault
Miilean
Maine Railroad Elects New President at Board Meeting
The board announced no dividend funds since last July with receipts over two years at 104000 dollars. The railroad, not part of a New York arbitration on engineers wages, will keep service nearly uninterrupted. Percy R. Todd was named president, replacing Arthur Holland who resigned to ensure the role is held by a Maine resident.
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New York City
Percy R. Todd
Arthur Holland
Maine
Rain Forecast for Boston and New England
Rain and clouds dominate the weekend with cooler nights. In New England expect rain Saturday and Sunday, with possible rain or snow and a drop in temperatures as winds shift from southwest and west to variable.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Weather Tidbits and Odd OCR Fragments
Report appears as noisy OCR with scattered numbers and words. Mentions Thompson's Spa and temperatures with averages and a reference to a cloudy Saturday a year ago.
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