Boston Post Elephant Fund Grows to 1379
The Greater Boston community raises funds to obtain three famous trained elephants for Franklin Park Zoo. By night the total reaches 1379.29 dollars as children, men and women pledge support and call in with approbation. Continued on Page 5.
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City Zoo
Greater Boston
Franklin Park Zoo
Eiven
Vis
Molly
Waddy
Boston
Franklin Park
William Orford
Elephant Fund Contributions Listed in New England Notice
A Boston fundraising list shows donors for the Elephant Fund totaling up to 1379.29 dollars last night. The page names numerous individuals including Mrs. Oliver Ames Sr., ex-Governor Curtis Guild, Thomas W. Lawson, and William H. Woods with gifts ranging from one to fifty dollars, and notes continued on Page 5-Vifth Column.
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Boston Post
Oe Ee
B. F. Keith
A. Pawal Keith
David J. Walsh
Oliver Ames, Sr
Commonwealth Ave
Thomas W. Lawson
Scituate
Curtis Guild
Dorothy Whipple
Warren Ave
Brookline
Clayton
Dewey
William Grant James
Boston
William H. Woods
John KH
Ainsley
Harrison Avvo
Walter B. Pope
Heten Finigan
Barr St
Jamaican Plain
James EK
Finigan
Burr St
Jamaica Plain
H. T. Knight
Wsccce
Persis Johnson
William E. Pestell
Cesar Ree
Beth Broadbent
Wollaston
Jucy Maarr
Wolaston
Lillian Norris
Park Drive
Thomas H. Callahan
Abert A. Grover
Revere
J. M. Deam
BS. Denam
35 Missing In St Louis Club Fire
Fifty or more guests of the Missouri Athletic Club were inside the building when fire broke out this morning. Officers believe 23 to 29 men are dead. Seven bodies recovered by sundown and searchlights lit the ruins tonight as firemen looked for more. Fifteen injured remained under hospital care. Names of the recovered bodies proved hard to match due to multiple names.
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ST. Louis
Martha
Missouri Athletic Club
Deadliest St Louis blaze wrecks club and bank building
A downtown St Louis fire wrecked the seven story Missouri Athletic Club and Boatmen's Bank building in the city’s worst blaze. Property losses reached 466000 with missing club records stalling the intercollegiate track meet. Vaults remained intact, bank opened nearby. About 100 guests housed, many escaped or were unaccounted for. Dramatic escapes included improvised rope descents and a leap to a nearby roof. One firefighter was seriously injured.
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St. Louis
Missouri Athletic Club
Boatmen’s Bank
Robert Magill
Mr. Magill
Fourth Street
Dr Thomas Morgan Rotch Dead Harvard Pediatric Leader
Dr Thomas Morgan Rotch of Harvard Medical School died at his home 197 Commonwealth avenue aged 64 after two weeks of illness. A veteran pediatric specialist, he suffered from valvular heart trouble and had hoped to lecture in the Thomas Morgan Rotch Jr building at the Infants Hospital which memorializes his son.
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Thomas Morgan Rotch
Harvard Medical School
Commonwealth Avenue
Roteh
Thomas Morgan Rotch, Jr
Miss Minnie Goldstein Defendsself After Pocketbook Theft
In Brockton on March 9 Miss Minnie Goldstein aged 20 living at 14 Haywood Street severely beat a man who had snatched her pocketbook and then criticized Captain Connolly of the police department for sending officers to her aid.
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Brockton
Minnie Goldstein
Haywood Street
Captain Connolly
Police Department
Pocketbook Thief Captured By Courageous Woman
Miss Goldstein pursued and captured Charles A. Peterson after he grabbed her pocketbook. She recovered the bag and thrashed him, then escorted the arrestee to the police station as bystanders summoned help. Peterson, 50, 160 pounds, awaits morning court.
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Miss Goldstein
Charles A. Peterson
Main Street
Peterson
Fifth U S President Mystery Halts North End Committee
Jerome Pettit provoked a delay in the North End constitutional amendments committee by asking who was the fifth U S president. Few could answer without an almanac. Monroe was later cited as the fifth president. Pettit argued for voting rights for aliens with first papers, criticizing literacy tests as too hard, saying conditions here disappoint many immigrants.
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Jerome Petiti
North End
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
United States
Clarence Hobbs
Joseph Walker
Pettit
Mr. Petiit
Post Cane Goes to Silas R. Gilman
Silas J. Gilman becomes the new possessor of the Boston Post cane after the death of George Love in Southport Missouri from pneumonia. Love died last Tuesday at age 85 years 5 months 12 days and had a long voting record from 1840 through 1912, including support for the Progressive ticket in the final election. He is survived by son James Love and daughter Mrs. Georgiana Fisher.
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Southport
Silas J. Gilman
Boston Post
George Love
Love
Republican Party
James Love
Georgiana Fisher
Veiled U S Response After Vergara Raid Sparks Tension
Washington reports show the US silent on Clemente Vergara’s death amid a raid that critics say pushes toward armed intervention. An American citizen enticed across the border, tortured and executed by federals, could trigger a major diplomatic crisis.
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Washington
Clemente Vergara
Vilain
Texas Rangers Denial of Body Removal Sparks Skepticism
Officials deny Rangers crossed the line to secure the body amid investigations. Many quarters doubt the denial, citing reasons of state, as Washington remains in the dark about the affair.
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Texas Rangers
Washington
Moon and clock details mark spring near in 19th century note
The notice lists moonrise and moonset times for Gloucester and Newport, mentions the 69th day of the year with 10 days to spring, and 32 days to Master Sunday. It also records Dudley Buck born in 1839, the Monroe’s Cross Roads battle in 1865, and a suffragette protest a year ago at King's carriagebound Parliament opening.
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Venus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Dudley Buck
Monroe’s Cross Roads
N. C
King
Weather Forecast for Boston and New England
Fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday with little temperature change. Moderate westerly winds. Forecast issued from Washington notes fair skies for New England and eastern New York with similar conditions through midweek.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Fr. John’s Medicine Celebrates 50 Years In Use
An advertisement notes Fr. John’s Medicine has been used for half a century to treat colds and stubborn coughs, highlighting its long-standing presence in the market.
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Fr. John
New Haven to Resume Negotiations in Washington
Reported changes in the stance of New York New Haven and Hartford officials raise expectation that Chairman Elliott and road counsel will return to Washington to resume talks on a peaceful dissolution. The railroad may pursue anti trust litigation if the directors choose confrontation rather than negotiation with Attorney General Mc Reynolds.
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Washington
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Elliott
Washinon
New Haven Board of Directors
McReynolds
New Haven Board Meetings Delay on Boston and Maine Demands
New Haven board discussions in New York fail to reveal major new objections to the three year term for trustees to operate and sell Boston and Maine stock. Rail officials argue three years is too short to secure disposition amid weak B and M finances. Attorney General supports finishing the trustees' work within the current administration.
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New Haven Board
New York
New Haven
Boston & Maine Railroad
The
Boston Railroad Holding Company
Boston & Maine
New England
Mayor Curley Names New Azalea The Mary Curley
Florist Thomas J. Clark sent a pale pink hybrid azalea to Mayor Curley who promptly named it after his wife. Only 50 plants exist and the bloom presented yesterday is the sole specimen in full bloom, now prized at the Curley home in Roxbury.
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Mary Curley
Thomas J. Clark
Curley
Boston
Florist Clark
Roxbury
Cobb Signs For Two Years With Detroit
Detroit March 9 Ty Cobb signed a two year contract with the Detroit baseball club afterPresident Frank J Navin confirmed Cobb could choose one or two seasons Cobb will report to join the club in New Orleans next Saturday Navin denied reports that Tris Speaker's salary would be the highest in baseball noting Cobbs deal is the biggest in the game.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank J. Navin
Detroit Baseball Club
New York
Ty Cobb
Navin
Cobb
Tris Speaker
New Orleans
Cook Succumbs While Being Transported to Hospital
Miss Bessie Sweeney a 45 year old cook employed by Mrs. Thorndike at 181 Marlboro street became suddenly ill in front of 1040 Boylston street last night and died en route to the hospital. Death attributed to natural causes.
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Bessie Sweeney
Ulster Compromise Plan Aims To Short-Circuit Home Rule
Premier Asquith offers a double stage Ulster vote to stay out of home rule for six years then an imperial decision in 1920 if needed. Nationalist leader Redmond signals support with Liberal passage likely, ensuring home rule proceed despite Ulster resistance.
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John FE. Redmond
Asquith
Ulster
Emmeline Pankhurst Arrested in Glasgow Meeting
Emmeline Pankhurst leader of the militant suffragettes was arrested tonight at St. Andrew's Hall following a fierce clash with police. A score of women were hurt and several constables severely bruised in the disturbance.
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Glasgow
Emmeline Pankhurst
St. Andrew's Hall
Suffragette Outbreak as Police Disperse Hall Rally
Mrs Painhurst declares for women’s rights as police flood the hall. Barbed wire hidden by flowers halts attackers briefly while suffragists hurl missiles. Police seize Mrs Pankhurst, drag her to a taxi and to the station amid fainting crowds and detonations.
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Pankhurst
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