Novelist Shot by Violinist Then Commits Suicide
David Graham Phillips, a novelist, was shot four times near Gramercy Park by Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough a violinist once with Emil Paul’s Pittsburg orchestra. Goldsborough then killed himself, saying he intended to finish. Family notes hints of a grievance over Phillips’s writings.
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New York
David Graham Phillips
Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough
East Nineteenth Street
Emil Paul
Pittsburg
Princeton Club
East Twentyfirst Street
Mr. Phillips
Goldsborough
Phillips
Fitzhugh Doyle Goldsborough
Chantecler Brilliant Spectacle Opens in New York
In New York the Rostand farmyard drama Chantecler opened in English for the first time in America at the Knickerbocker Theatre with Maude Adams as the title role. Producer Charles Frohman organized a robust supporting cast for the premiere.
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New York
Edmond Rostand
Paris
America
Knickerbocker Theatre
Brilliant audience fills first night in New York
Social literary and artistic circles attended the New York first night with Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller among the guests. Miss Adams delivered a poetic prologue describe upcoming scenes as farmyard sounds echoed from the stage.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
First official Cambridge subway trip with officials and press
About fifty officials engineers contractors and newspaper men rode in seven cars through the Cambridge subway route where tracks will be laid. The excursion marked the first official test of the project as elevated officials observed the corridor and prepared for future construction.
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Cambridge
Subways Visit by Boston Railway Officials in Historic Tour
Major General William A. Bancroft leads a party of Boston Railway executives and engineers on a ceremonial run through a two mile stretch of the West End subway. The group includes Charles S. Sargent George A. Kimrball and other officials as the car procession advances from Cambridge side to the rear. The dry tunnel and electric lights create a striking arterial vista as the party proceeds. Continued on Page 14 Third Column.
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William A. Bancroft
Boston Milerated Railway Company
Charles S. Sargent
George A. Kimrball
Charles H. Hile
Matthew C. Brush
Daniel L. Prendergast
Augustus C. Reynolds
John Lindall
James D. Andrew
John P. Boyden
Charles P. Gleason
J. Harvey White
Harry P. Nawn
Hugh Nawn
Harry and
Hugh
Bancroft
Nawn
Cambridge
West Boston Bridge
Prisoners Accused of Brokerage and Engraving Schemes
A Worcester county jail prisoner allegedly ran a stock brokerage business and another carried on an engraving operation with help from the chaplain and jail officials during a committee hearing on rules yesterday.
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Worcester County
Committee On Rules of the Legislature
Jail broker Wilfred Bailey linked to jail misuse
Witnesses accuse Wilfred A. Bailey of running a stock brokerage from the jail with aid of officials and the chaplain. Officials say county commissioners lack authority to remove accused, as appointees answer to the keeper recently removed. Hearings target overhauled jail administration. details stem from State Police investigators and a tuberculosis ward defense.
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Wilfred A. Bailey
Committee On
Flanagan
Worcester
Murray
W. A. Washburn
Molt and Murray
Taft, Whitney and Young
Simmons
Batley
Oldest psychic reader in US found destitute in Winthrop
Mrs. Alvira Woodbury age 87 claims to be daughter in law of Lord Kenyon of England and is said to be visited by an Indian control speaking words of wisdom. Mr and Mrs Louis Spillman report she is in destitute circumstances and are supporting her hoping friends will assist.
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Alvira Woodbury
United States
Lord Kenyon
England
Louis Spillman
Moore Street
Winthrop
Last Keliher Chance Today Before Appeals Court
The last bid to save Big Bill Keliher from 18 years in state prison comes today as his lawyer argues before the full U S Circuit Court of Appeals for a new trial. He was convicted last December for aiding George W. Coleman in wrecking the National City Bank of Cambridge.
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Keliher
Charlestown
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Firemen quit Limón ship over pay cut to thirty five
Six union firemen aboard the United Fruit Company steamer Li mon refuse to sail after learning they will be paid 35 a month instead of 40. Nine or ten coal passers and others linked to the firemen join the refusal. Company officials say the ship will sail as scheduled and non union workers will likely be hired.
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United Fruit Company
Limon
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Thieves Break In At 3 Portsmouth Street Brighton
Thieves with fake keys entered and ransacked the suite of Thomas J. McDonough on 3 Portsmouth Street Brighton yesterday afternoon. They found about 110 dollars in jewelry.
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Thomas J. McDonough
Portsmouth Street
Brighton
Harvard Student Groom Weds Boston Bride Aboard Tug
Alfred Bowne Scott of New York and London, secretary of the Scott Bowne Corporation, married Stella Mabel Pearling of Boston aboard the tug Conqueror in the Firth of Forth off Edinburgh on January 23. The romance began when the groom was a Harvard University student.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Harvard University
Alfred Bowne Scott
New York City
London
Scott- Bowne Corporation
Stella Mabel Pearling
Boston
Firth of Forth
Trio of teen bandits nabbed in Westfield burglaries
Three boys aged 18 to 23 are under arrest in Westfield facing burglary charges. Two were arraigned today and a third will be arraigned tomorrow on a hold-up charge. Police describe them as a desperate trio linked to numerous burglaries across two states.
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Westfield
Automobile Tug Marriage at Leith Sparks Legal Romance
An American couple toured Europe and wed aboard the tug Conqueror near Inchkeith Island New Edinburgh. With two Scottish lawyers as witnesses Rev Kennedy performed the ceremony. Lawyers declare the marriage legal as the couple returns to Edinburgh by car. Mr Scott, heir to 700000, is known in New York where sister Mrs Anthony lives. mother resides in Geneva. Bride's father reportedly an automobile maker from Boston.
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Edinburgh
Conqueror
Leith
Inchkeith
Kennedy
Mr. Scott
New York
James S. Anthony
Geneva
Boston
Worcester youths in custody tied to multiple robberies
Ward Lapoint 19 Warren Phelps 18 and William Blaine 25 were arrested in separate cities for breaking and entering and larceny. Phelps and Lapoint pleaded guilty to several Chester Southwick Westfield thefts. Blaine faces arraignment for a Dec 16 hold up. Police link suspects to Templeton and other depots, with loot found in Gardner.
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Ward Lapoint
Warren Phelps
William Blaine
Phelps
Lapoint
Worcester
Blaine
Northampton
Smithie
Chester
Southwick
Marihhal’s
Westfield
Alice BE. Wheeler
Western Union Telegraph Company
Car strikes taxi injuring two men in Waltham
A Lexington car struck a taxi at the corner of Lexington and School streets as a woman stepped from a local depot cab. Driver John Maloney, 30, and companion Edward Keenan were thrown to the ground and rendered unconscious. Keenan suffered severe scalp wounds and the cab was splintered.
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Waltham
Lexington
School Streets
John Maloney
Edward Keenan
Keenan
Doctor Grainger Dies in Mother's Arms at Home
Dr. Joseph H. Grainger of 400 Cambridge Street East Cambridge died yesterday afternoon in his mother's arms after collapsing a block from home. A 28 year old graduate of Wats College class of 1906 he was son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Grainger.
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Joseph H. Grainger
Cambridge Street
East
Cambridge
Wats College
Thomas Grainger
Wires Start Fire in City Brick Building
Defective insulation sparked a blaze at 410 Washington Street in a five story brick building. The fire began on a vacant floor and climbed an air shaft to the fourth floor where optician H. L. Klein resided and to the fifth floor of jeweler C. M. Ward. Heavy smoke and water damaged the Leslie Clothing Company on the second floor and the Sphinx Hat Company on the ground floor.
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Washington Street
H. L. Klein
C. M. Ward
Leslie Clothing Company
Sphinx Hat Company
Letters Threats and Hidden Ties Surround Phillips Case
Mr Phillips received threatening letters demanding money and told friends at the Princeton Club. A telegram warning him his life was in peril was read and destroyed after he was hospitalized. Mrs Frevert, his sister, recalls trouble with men in Washington linked to the article The Treason of the Senate and possible contact with Goldsborough.
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Phillips
Princeton Club
Carolyn Frevert
National Arts Club
Fast 19Th Street
Goldsborough
Day 9 Hours 4 Minutes Long
A note marks the ninth day with a running time of nine hours and four minutes. It also records the 24th day of the year and forecasts that winter has fifty five more days to endure.
New England Weather Forecast Calls For Fair Warm Days
The forecast predicts fair and warmer conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday in New England. Winds shift from light to moderate southwest, with slightly higher temperatures overall.
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Washington
New England
Boston Nationals block Shean-Sha trade stalls NY talks
Johnson accuses Langford of avoidance while Boston Nationals deny a Shean-Sha deal. Dr Bowler listed for Dartmouth football training. Brookline High to attend banquet as guests of honor. Racquet tourney holds four preliminaries. Lace hockey results. Con O'Kelly defeats Madden at Newedford Shea. Perren beaten at Hyde Park.
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Boston Nationals
Shean-Shafer
New York
Johnson
Langford
Dr. Bowler
Dartmouth
Brookline High
Con O'Kelly
Madden
Newedford Shea
Perren
Hyde Park
Contractor Arrested After Dorchester Cave-In Tragedy
Martin McGuire of 184 Adams Street Dorchester faces arraignment in South Boston Court on manslaughter charges for a cave-in that killed two workers and injured two others during excavation for a parish school behind the Church of Our Lady near Andrew Square. Foreman Barney Kelly and worker Adam Marchinkiewicz died in the landslide.
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Martin McGuire
Adams Street
Dorchester
South Boston
Church of Our Lady
Andrew Square
South
Boston
Barney Kelly
McGuire
Adam Marchinkiewicz
Cambridge Caved-In Rescue and Injuries Reported
After a cave-in at 12 30 pm and a second collapse, workers named Marchinkiewicz living at 18 Lombard Street East Cambridge, while Antonio Kulbachi of 682 Dorchester Avenue South Boston and Antone Anderson of 285 West Fourth Street South Boston were injured. Rescue efforts by firemen under District Chief Perkins and Captain Cauldwell included a dig-out of Kulbachi who was buried up to his waist and Anderson who jumped and hurt his shoulder. Police later arrested McGuire as details were verified at headquarters.
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Marchinkiewicz
Lombard Street
East Cambridge
Antonio Kulpachi
Dorchester Avenue
South Boston
City Hospital
Antone Anderson
West Fourth Street
Kulbachi
Anderson
William J. Allison
McGuire
Dugan
Perkins
Cauldwell
Kelly
Fearful report on Elfreda May disappearance at sea
No news has arrived from the British schooner Elfreda May which sailed December 13 for Grand Bank Newfoundland and is regarded as having likely foundered. Captain Trowbridge and five crewmen were aboard along with passenger Captain Walter A. Patten of Grand Bank, owner of the vessel, which carried coal and provisions.
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Grand Bank
N. F
Trowbridge
Walter A. Patten
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Harvard
Park Street
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Woman of 84
Kenyon
HUB Girl Wedson
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Simsbury
Conn
Templeton
Gardner
Doctor
A. M
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