Hospital aides held for death in Pierce Farm case
An inquest into the death of Richard F. Mitchell at the Pierce Farm Roslindale led Jamaica Plain court to hold Roderick C. McKenzie and Murdock McGregor in 5000 bail each on manslaughter charges. Andrew V. Elmer also held on 200 bail as a principal witness. Four others faced 50 each on their recognisance. Autopsy reported seven broken ribs and a fractured breastbone. The case may trigger a wider investigation into Pierce Farm management.
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Richard F. Mitchell
Pierce Farm
Roslindale
Perrins
Jamaica Plain Court
Roderick C. McKenzie
Murdock McGregor
Andrew V. Elmer
McDonald
McKenzie
McGregor
Mitchell
Riot at opera house sparks Tufts Med School student aid
Several men were arrested on mutual assault charges and others on assaulting officers as a riot erupted outside the new opera house. Tufts Medical School students joined officers to subdue combatants after a shovel assault and a flurry of rescues and resisting arrests.
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Huntington Avenue
New Opera House
Tufts Medical
New
Boston Opera House
Opera House
Joseph Puderbaugh
John J. Crowley
William Niby McDonald
Puderbaugh
Joseph Galvin
Tufts Medical School
Back Bay
Jamaica Plain
Tech
Son of Packing King Swift Adjudged Insane in Chicago
Herbert L Swift son of Gustavus FF Swift was declared insane and committed to a Kenilworth Illinois sanatorium. Excessive alcohol use blamed. He is married with no children and receives an $8000 annual annuity from his father's estate and will gain $1,000,000 after four years. A conservator will be appointed for his estate.
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Chicago
Herbert L Swift
Gustavus FF. Swift
Kenilworth
Swift
Surround the Wily Redskin Crazy Snake Surrounded Near Pierce
Oklahoma City March 29 Crazy Snake Chitti Harjo was surrounded at midnight in the north Canadian bottoms near Pierce by about 300 militia cowboys and deputy sheriffs. Capture expected at daybreak after scouts relayed information leading to a trap. Couriers hurried the news to Camp Hickory.
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Oklahoma City
Chitti Harjo
Crazy Snake
Pierce
Hickory
Attack on Indians at Pierce and Checotah
Militiamen march on the Indians led by Crazy Snake plan to trap the Creeks at Pierce and Checotah. Colonel Hoffman orders heavy arms and prevents any escape while a large local mobilization gathers within 25 miles of the hickory grounds in anticipation of a final stand.
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Pierce
Hoffman
Checotah
Crazy Snake
Hickory Grounds
Freight Crash on Bangor & Aroostook Wrecks Yard Hits Potatoes
A south bound freight with a yard engine collided near Millinocket Maine. Engineer Vinal Henry of Houston is missing and believed buried. Twenty cars were wrecked scattering potatoes hay and lumber as crews escaped serious injury.
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Millinocket
Bangor & Aroostook
Vinal Henry
Houston
Tea Tax Debate Splits Taft and Gillette in Congress
President Taft opposes a tea and coffee tax as burdens on the people while Representative Gillette of Massachusetts argues for emergency duties on those items. He proposes a heavy levy that cannot be passed to middlemen and would rise when the treasury needs funds and fade when it is full.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
House
Representative Gillette
Massachusetts
Federal Treasury
Gillett
Opera Mad Crowds Welcome Hammerstein's Songbirds
A Boston Theatre crowd of over four thousand roars for soprano Mme Tetrazzini as she performs with the Hammerstein company in Lucia di Lammermoor. The night features a moving mad scene and a celebrated introduction of Mr. Hammerstein's ensemble, marking a historic Boston debut.
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Hammerstein
Boston
Mme. Tetrazzini
Mme.Letrazzini
Signor Constantino
Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera
Donizetti
Old Sailor Dies of a Broken Heart Over Missing Boy
Lowell March 29 Stricken by grief for the sudden disappearance of a baby boy the solace of his life retired sailor Robert Thompson died today aged 70 He lived with Mr and Mrs John W Howarth whose two year seven month old son Johnny has been missing since Saturday The police believe the lad wandered to the Merrimac river and drowned while a mute playmate pointed to the river as the missing child was sought
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Lowell
Robert Thompson
Thompson
John W. Howarth
John William
Howarths
Merrimac
Johnny
Cortelyou Takes Up New Duties as Gas Co President
George B. Cortelyou former Secretary of the Treasury began his role today as president of the Consolidated Gas Company in New York. He assumes leadership at a key energy utility, signaling a return to public service at a major city firm.
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New York
George B. Cortelyou
the Treasury
Consolidated Gas Company
Roosevelts on Hamburg Express in Azores
The Hamburg American liner Hamburg arrived in Horta Azores with former President Roosevelt and party aboard. An attempted assassination on Roosevelt was thwarted and Kermit Roosevelt enjoyed dancing during a shipboard event while the party was welcomed ashore by Governor A de Vreitas.
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London
Daily Express
Horta
Azores
Hamburg
Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt
A, de Vreitas
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit
Steerage Passenger Tosti Threatens Roosevelt On Hamburg
Aboard the Hamburg, steerage passenger Giuseppio Tosti allegedly threatened former President Theodore Roosevelt as the ship neared America. He shouted accusations of child loss and sought to confront Roosevelt on the upper deck before sailors restrained him and placed him in irons.
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New York
Giuseppio Tosti
Hamburg
Roosevelt
Aorta
America
Tosti
Kermit
Mr. Roosevelt
Priest Calmly Quells Fire Panic at St Joseph's Church
The Rev. George A. Gately kept 300 worshippers seated and prevented a stampede during a fire in St Joseph's Catholic Church on Union Street. Altar boy Joseph McManus stamped out the flames fed by embers that fell on the carpet near the altar as the incense lamp was readied for benediction.
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Father Gately
New England Forecast Warns of Showers and Fair Interludes
The forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather today with a fair outlook Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds will be light to moderate from the west. In Washington the New England forecast predicts showers or possible ferries on Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate west winds. Steamers bound for European ports Tuesday will encounter partly cloudy skies and moderate westerly winds toward the Grand Banks.
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Boston and Vicinity
Washington
New England
European Porta
Grand Banks
Boston Americans watch Cubs beat Nashville and practice
Boston Americans attend a Cubs victory over Nashville and then hold a practice session. Doves defeat Squabs in the last club game. Second division starts in the North with Jeffries unmoved by Johnson's 85000 deposit for a side bet. Great ovation for Johnson on his arrival in New York. National Bowling Association president hopes Boston Post's team will fare well in the tourney. Harvard begins its first spring football practice. Juniors win key meet.
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Boston Americans
Chicago Cubs
Nashville
Doves
Jeffries
Johnson
New York
National Bowling Association
Boston Post
Harvard
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Campanini
Lucia Tate
Mme, Tetrazzini
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Howard Muin
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State Board of Insanity
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Redskin
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