Taft Chooses Harvard Expert as Assistant Secretary
President Taft, urged by Massachusetts Senators, selects A Pyatt Andrew PhD Harvard 1900 current Mint director to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Andrew, 37, formerly economic assistant at Harvard, is a noted finance authority and former National Currency Commission expert. He predicted the 1907 money panic in a magazine article.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Taft
A. Pyatt Andrew
Harvard
Mint
Treasury
Charles D. Norton
Andrew
Flarvard
National Currency Commission
D’academie
Officier D’academie
Paris
Professor Andrew Born in La Porte and Princeton Graduate
Andrew, a La Porte Indiana native, graduated from Princeton in 1894 after prep at Lawrenceville School.
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Andrew
la Porte, Ind
Princeton
Lawrenceville School
Harvard Backward Look Warned by Graduate Critic
A harsh critique in the Harvard Bulletin under the signature Graduate accuses Harvard University of threats to its primacy. The writer asserts loyal graduates must face unpleasant facts and address whether Harvard will sustain its leading rank amid complex challenges.
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Harvard University
Harvard Bulletin
Harvard
Harvard in Decline Prompts Reform Debate
A lecturer argues Harvard faces competition from state universities and stronger peers, citing endowments and prestige. He calls for modernizing facilities, boosting laboratories and the library, and restoring faculty strength to keep Harvard as America’s leading university.
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Yale
Harvard
Law
Medical School
Harvard College
Lafayette Dagger Stolen As Thieves Enter Roxbury Home
Three boys broke into Horace W. Vinson’s Roxbury residence on Monday afternoon while the family was away and carried off valuables valued at over 350 dollars including a dagger brought from France by General Lafayette. The theft was discovered yesterday.
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Horace W. Vinson
Hutchings Street
Roxbury
General Lafayette
Cadum Promises Swift Relief for Eczema Sufferers
A new remedy Cadum is praised for rapid easing of eczema and various skin conditions. The ad argues eczema is a skin ailment not cured by internal medicine and touts immediate relief and healing with early use.
Trustees Dismiss O'Brien Over Bath Department Charges
The Bath Trustees after an intense session found General Superintendent Joseph P. O'Brien guilty of two charges and voted three to two to dismiss him. The board exonerated him on three other charges including chest weights disappearance and private car use. O'Brien plans to seek court relief as he has served since 1960 after a prior Dover Street baths post.
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Board of Bath Trustees
Joseph P. O'Brien
Bath Department
Timothy F. Callahan
O’brien
Walter R. Mansfield
Francis M. Carroll
Agnes J. Bulger
George Morison
Lawrence J. Logan
O'Brien
Department
Arthur D. Hill
Donovan
Democratic City Committee
James J. Storrow
Hill
Bath
Dover Street
Surveyor McCarthy and Governor Draper Hold Talks at State House
Jeremiah J. McCarthy met with Governor Draper at the State House for about twenty minutes. The visit marks the surveyor’s third since the Civil Service Commission blocked his mayoral fire commission appointment. He plans to file charges of neglect of duty and seeks a public hearing at the upcoming Governor and council meeting. Republican leaders voiced support in the dispute over the commission’s interpretation of appointment laws.
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Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Draper
State House
Civil Service Commission
Council
Incendiary Fire Strikes Chelsea Stable Near Everett Line
A purposeful blaze damaged the Chelsea Iron and Coal Company stable on Third Street Chelsea near the Everett line. Firemen saved the 18 horses and vehicles as kerosene was found at the corner, amid two prior fires in the area. The Sixth Street hay shed fire caused about 5000 dollars in losses.
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Chelsea Iron and Coal Company
Third Street
Chelsea
Everett
Woodlock & Brennan
Sixth Street
Charles Doyle
Arthur Edminister
Pope & Cottle Lumber Company
Cracksmen Blow Up Postoffice Safe at Rensselaer Falls
Yeggmen using nitro glycerine blew the postoffice safe at Rensselaer Falls early today. They escaped with cash stamps money orders and books. Information on the loss was refused by the officials.
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Ogdensburg
Rensselaer Falls
Taft May Be At Dedication of Pilgrim Monument
Provincetown June 2 President Taft expected to attend the Pilgrim monument dedication on August 6 marking the Pilgrims voyage anniversary. The cornerstone was laid with President Roosevelt’s address recalling corporate attacks. Taft may travel from Beverly across Massachusetts Bay to attend.
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Provincetown
Town Hill
Roosevelt
Delft Haven
Holland
Taft
Massachusetts Bay
Beverly
New Haven Guarantee Approved on Railroad Stock Bill
The committee on railroads voted yesterday to report a bill letting the Boston Railroad Holding Company issue preferred stock guaranteed by the New Haven road. There is no limit stated on the stock amount.
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Committee On Railroads
Boston Railroad Holding Company
New Haven Road
Legislature Hears Banks Bond Investment Measure
Governor Draper backs a bond investment bill after opposition to legalizing company bonds for savings banks. The committee favors the measure 11 to 1 with Rep Washburn dissenting. New Haven validation bill also reported in the Senate as session nears a likely clash over two key measures.
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Draper
Washburn
New Haven
Senate
Sears Family Pays 1800 Duty on Ivernia Arrival
The Cunard steamer Ivernia reached East Boston with a record customs duty haul for Boston passengers. The Philip S. Sears family led duties at 1800 while others listed included Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Allen and Madame Alice Esty, among several Bostonians and a noted singer planning an American tour.
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Cunard
Ivernia
East Boston Pier
Boston
Philip S. Sears
Sears
C. W. Allen
A. D. Austin
Jurors in Big Suit Report Tampering Probe
Five hours into deliberations in the $20 000 case of Henry Taffe against the Bostott Elevated Road, two jurors disclosed that men had approached them. Judge Fox permitted further deliberations after noting no names or money were involved and verdicts would be based on evidence.
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East Cambridge
Henry Taffe
Bostott
Fox
Ben
Akiev, Coakley
State Room
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Harvard Chemical Laboratory
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O’ Brien
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M’carthy
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We As
Pilgrim Monument
Sears Family
Henry Siegel Co
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Siegel Co
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