Nears Hub to Battle for Riches
Henry Johnson a Fresno laborer and new claimant to a share in the Daniel Russell estate arrives in Boston with attorney Senator George W. Cartwright claiming to be Daniel Blake Russell the long missing son He says he can prove identity and seeks to meet William C Russell and schoolmates but opposing counsel doubt his claims and identity remains contested
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Henry Johnson
Fresno
Daniel Russell
Daniel Blake Russell
Boston
George W. Cartwright
California
William C. Russell
Johnson
Senator Simpson
Described Man with Speech Impediment Sought by Police
Police describe a lean 5 foot 8 or 9 inch man weighing about 130 pounds who left the West shaved mustache to look younger. He has brown hair, full and ungray, with a slightly larger left ear said to be from a childhood frost injury. He has a faint speech impediment not quite stuttering.
Rival Opera Stars Arrive for Boston Week of Rivalry
Manhattan and Metropolitan opera companies arrive in Boston on special trains with 16 principals, orchestra, chorus, and ballet. Mazarin Tetrazzini and Enrico Caruso headline, guarded by police. Scenery cars arrive as both groups prepare performances at Boston Opera House and Boston Theatre.
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Enrico Caruso
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Guilio Gatti-Cazazza
Henry Russell
Boston Opera House
Metropolitan Company
Manhattan Company
Boston Theatre
Two Women Die As Motor Boat Swept Over Dam
In Hillsboro New Hampshire a motor boat lost engine control and surged toward a dam on the upper mill pond. The craft overturned plunging two young workers Nellie Davies 20 and Mildred Craig 17 to their deaths. Parker 40 survived after being thrown clear and reaching shore. Bodies not recovered as floodwaters hamper search.
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Hillsboro
N. H
Mill Pond
Nellie Davies
Mildred Craig
William N. Parker
Contoocook
Mr. Parker
Standard Oil Company
Parker
Caruso Arrives in Boston for Opera House Singers
Enrico Caruso the famed tenor arrives at Back Bay station Boston with three members of the New York police department Italian squad accompanying him. Continued on Page 12-Third Column.
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Enrico Caruso
Boston
Back Bay
New York
Opera stars arrive in Boston for Manhattan Company performances
The Manhattan Opera Company troupe, led by Mme Mazarin and Mme Louisa Tetrazzini, arrived in Boston by a nine car train with 16 principals among 261 performers. An orchestra of 120 and a chorus of 125 accompanied the company at South Station as they headed to hotels.
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Manhattan Opera Company
Boston
Mme. Mazarin
Elektra
Mme
Louisa Tetrazzini
M. Henri Scott
M. Constantin Nicolay
M. Gustave Huberdean
M. Giovanni Poleso
M. David Devries
M. Emilio Venturini
M. Pierre Taroux
Augusta Doria
French Sent for in Haste on Bank Case
United States District Attorney Asa P. French left town Saturday night for Washington after being summoned by the Attorney General to discuss the looting of the National City Bank of Cambridge by George W. Coleman. He stopped in New York to confer with the local district attorney on the criminal prosecution of the faro men involved with Coleman.
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United States
Asa P. French
Washington
National City Bank of
Cambridge
George W. Cole
French
New York
Coleman
Massachusetts
Eight Killed in Gun Accident Aboard Charleston
A report from Manila on March 27 says a gun on the United States cruiser Charleston exploded during target practice, killing or wounding eight sailors. The Charleston is returning from Olongapo, but no details or confirmation have been received in Washington.
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Manila
United States
Charleston
Olongapo
Miss Larkin in Hat Causes Canoe Upset on River
On the Charles River near the Waltham line Miss Hilda Larkin 22 of Cambridge capsize in a canoe while a unnamed male companion was aboard. A squall lifted her Chantecler hat acting like a sail, leaving them to struggle in the current until rescue by her companion and John Hardy of Waltham.
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Waltham
Hilda Larkin
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Charles River
Miss Larkin
John Hardy
Washington to discuss bankers looting case with high officials
The district attorney heads to Washington to report on lax bank oversight and the Cambridge Boston looting scandal. Attorney General Wickersham and the treasury comptroller want details from New York prosecutors and bank workers tied to the scheme and the bookkeeper’s $250,000 theft. Coleman denies a marriage to Miss Hightower as reports surface.
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Washington
Coleman
Miss Hightower
Oxford
Boston
Wickersham
Examiner Hann
Cambridge
Hann
Murray
Edmands of Harvard Dead and Appalachian Club Leader
John Rayner Edmands a charter member of the Appalachian Club and longtime Harvard collaborator died in Baltimore from a stroke while returning from Florida. He helped found chair paths and camps in the White Mountains and funded extensive alpine trails to Mount Washington and the Mt. Pleasant area at his own expense.
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John Rayner Edmands
Appalachian Club
Harvard University
Baltimore
Florida
Professor Edmonds
White Mountains
Randolph
Mt. Washington Range
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Washington
Charleston flagship of Rear Admiral Hubbard in Asiatic fleet
The United States cruiser Charleston serves as flagship of Rear Admiral John Hubbard commander in chief of the Asiatic fleet. Commander John H. Gibbons leads her as commanding officer. The protected cruiser weighs 9700 tons and carries 14 guns.
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United States
Charleston
John Hubbard
John H. Gibbons
Navy reports no word on Charleston cruiser accident
Officials at the Navy Department had received no word by midnight on any accident aboard the cruiser Charleston. Rear Admiral N. E. Mason, chief of ordnance, said if confirmed the damage likely occurred in a 6 inch turret. Steps were taken to determine the extent of the incident.
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Washington
Navy Department
Charleston
N. E. Mason
Predict Week of Warm Weather
Washington weather experts forecast a mild week ahead with rising temperatures likely for spring. Rain and cooler days are expected after the period of warmth, so prepare for shifting conditions next week.
Forecast for Boston and New England Weather
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Monday fair with warmer temperatures and unsettled Tuesday possibly continuing fair. Moderate to brisk southerly to westerly winds. Washington reports March 27 as New England expected to be fair and warmer Monday and Tuesday with moderate southerly and southwest winds.
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Boston
Vicinitrs Monidaay Fair
Washington
New England
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Hammerstein
Songbirds
Caruso
Aida
Manhattan
Song Birds
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Swain
Kansas City
Edmands
Harvard
Pfs
Certified Public
Tooklet A
Sony
Home Savings Bank
Tremont ST
Tremont Templar
Washington, D. C
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