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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
8
Radcliffe seniors hold a class night tonight at Agassiz House with a dean and college president attending. Red Tassel officers greet guests, then a parade to Agassiz steps where 1919’s banner is presented to 1929 before dancing to close the evening.
In Federal Court Rudolph L Agassi president of major copper mining firms testifies about income taxes of 1917 and 1918. He contends $26,009 assessed by Tax Commissioner Telfry should not be collected. Residences listed include Boston Hamilton Newport and New York.
Copper magnate Mr. Agassiz claims Newport as his legal home to dodge Massachusetts income taxes. He testified he has voted in Newport since 1915 and moved securities to a Providence safe deposit, citing sentimental ties to his father’s Newport home. He spends little time there, travels for mining business, and states April visits align with tax day.
In Middletown Connecticut nine jurors were selected for the trial of Mrs Amy E Archer Gilligan charged with murdering Franklin R Andrews at the Archer Home for the Aged Windsor on May 8 1914. The panel includes Carl H Schultz Frederick Brewer August R Carlson Benjamin R Prout Almon D Emmons Albert E Dickinson Albert H Stevens Daniel D Meigs and John F Bull with Judge John F Keeler presiding.
A third breakdown on the New Haven electric railway between Nantasket and Pemberton delayed hundreds of Boston and Hull workers yesterday. The Nantasket Junction power house outage slowed the 7:81 train by over 20 minutes and caused the Nantasket Steamboat Company to hold its boat.
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