Boston Declared Quake Proof by MIT Expert
Professor T A Jaggar Jr of MIT warned at a Society of Arts meeting that a major quake could strike within 18 months. He mapped quake centers from Manchester to New York and argued Boston lies between risks, citing the Charleston disaster and international German studies.
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Manchester
N. H
Providence
R. Tis
New York City
Boston
Brooklyn
United States
Charleston
America
San Francisco
Earthquakes Seen as forerunner to Mount Etna eruption
The Messina quake is viewed as a precursor to a major Etna eruption. The geologist Perret has long predicted such eruptions and linked earthquakes to volcanic events. American earthquake studies are noted in this discussion of volcanic forecasting.
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Messina
Mt. Etna
Perret
Vesuvius
Dartmouth Men Hold 44th Banquet Tonight
The 44th annual Dartmouth Alumni reunion and dinner will be held at Hotel Somerset in Boston tonight. William B. Stevens will preside, with guests including President Tucker and other notable officials from Dartmouth, Harvard, and state boards.
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Association of Dartmouth
Boston
Hotel Somerset
George H. M. Rowe
William B. Stevens
Tucker
Eliot
Harvard
Samuel L. Powers
Board of Trustees
Charles A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce
E. K K. Hall
Julius A. Brown
John C. O'Connor
David Cross
New York
A Shuman & Co Dinner for Store Heads at City Club
Heads of departments and retail managers of A. Shuman & Co were hosted at the Boston City Club for a dinner. Plans for the coming year and methods to boost business were discussed. A. Shuman was absent, but his sons Edwin A. Shuman and Sidney E. Shuman attended with others from the firm.
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A. Shuman & Co
Boston City Club
A. Shuman
Edwin A. Shuman
Sidney E. Shuman
Messrs
W. E. Simmons
Fire Breaks Out at MIT Lowell Building
A fire caused excitement at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last evening in the Lowell building on Clarendon Street. The blaze began on the Clarendon Street side in the electric wiring under the roof, from a short circuit in the dynamo powering the institute’s lighting plant.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lowell
Clarendon Street
Modern Language
Institute
Fire damages books in Vogel office library
A fire in the Vogel building damaged many water soaked books in the general electrical library while the structure itself sustained modest damage. Janitor Robert Lovely raised the alarm at Clarendon and Boylston streets and occupants evacuated safely as smoke filled the building.
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Frank Vogel
General Electrical Library
Robert Lovely
Clarendon and
Boylston Streets
Boston's Two New Subways Details and Costs
The Riverbank subway will branch from the Cambridge connection at Joy Street and run under Chestnut Back streets to surface near Beacon street and Charlesgate West. Estimated cost is about 3 700 000 dollars due to below sewer connections. Work may not start until autumn next year until Washington street tunnel opens. Tolls from East Boston tunnel total 111 21 17 and Tremont street subway tolls equal 211 735 31. Rentals paid by Boston Elevated amount to 51 371 09 under statute three eighths of 1 percent.
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Riverbank
Cambridge
Joy Street
Chestnut
Back Streets
Beacon Street
Charlesgate
Fens
The
Transit Commission
Boston Elevated Company
Commission
Elevated Company
Washington Street
Boston
East Boston
Tremont Street Subway
Boston Elevated
Connolly to return with fleet from abroad
Boston journalist James B. Connolly will rejoin the United States battleship fleet returning from worldwide voyage. He joined the Vermont as Roosevelt’s representative and travels with the squadron to Gibraltar and home to Hampton Roads, remaining a private observer after exclusive talks with the President.
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James B. Connolly
Boston
United States
Straits of
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Connolly
New York
the Straits
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Vermont
Roosevelt
Mr. Connolly
Washington
Post
Straits of Gibraltar
Mary Garden and Cavalieri Resolve Thais Role Dispute
New York Jan 21 The threat of a split between Miss Mary Garden and Oscar Hammerstein over Lina Cavalieri singing Thais ended as Cavalieri relinquished all claim to the role. Garden, appeased by the sacrifice, agreed to remain with Hammerstein's company.
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New York
Miss Mary Garden
Oscar Hammerstein
Mme
Lina Cavalieri
Thais
Mme. Cavalieri
Miss Garden
Mr. Hammerstein
Fortify Against Jap Rush Fortify Against Jap Rush
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a general staff report urging fortifications for San Pedro Harbor California. The War Department denied any link to potential trouble with Japan and said the harbor improvements had been under consideration for over two years, prior to any dispute.
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Roosevelt
Congress
General Staff of
Army
San Pedro Harbor
Cal
Japan
War Department
United States
San Pedro Seen as Easy Target for Pacific Coast Invasion
A naval base assessment declares San Pedro offers substantial advantages for an enemy staging against the Panama Canal region. It warns that if unopposed a Pacific coast invasion could reach 100000 troops within a month and 200000 within two months, with San Pedro Harbor being left unfortified and highly vulnerable.
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General Staff
San Pedro
Panama Canal
Orient
Pacific
Los Angeles
San Pedro Harbor
May Robson Deposition in Gould Separation Case
Actress May Robson testifies before a Supreme Court referee in New York regarding the Katherine Clemons Gould Howard Gould separation suit. Robson, a guest at Castle Gould, recounts social events with Gould and others including Dustin Farnum, noting nothing improper and describing lodging and meals during October 1906 trip.
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New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
May Robson
Supreme Court
Miss Robson
Mrs. Gould
Castle Gould
Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Gould
Miss Sells
Miss Shackford
Dustin Farnum
Miss Stones Rescuer Selim Shakir Dies in New Mexico
Selim Shakir the guide who led Turkish troops to rescue missionary Miss Helen Stone died in a Roswell hospital of pneumonia at age. He had lived in Chicago before coming to New Mexico for health. His body will be sent to Jerusalem for interment. Shakir had converted to Christianity years earlier.
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Roswell
N. M
Selim Shakir
Macedonia
President in White House hails postponed action on inter party talks
The White House sees postponement of legislative action to next Wednesday as a hopeful sign of a satisfactory outcome in presidential intervention. The president is described as nearing death amid political maneuvering.
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White House
California aims to block anti Japanese legislation
He acts on the belief that Japanese officials in Japan are using every effort to prevent any overt acts or agitation against Americans, while he pursues measures to counter anti Japanese sentiment in California.
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Mrs. Gould
Farnum
Atlantic City
Marlborough-Blenheim
California
Japan
Trueblood Defends Peace Society Against Navy Expansion Critique
Dr. Trueblood of the American Peace Society counters President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, stating Japan has no intention to attack the United States and that peace groups will back the government’s efforts to curb anti Japan suspicions amid Pacific coast unrest.
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Peace Society
Los Angeles
Japan
California
Orient
Pacific
Trueblood
The
American Peace Society
Roosevelt
Root
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