Freshman President Kidnapped at MA College Banquet
Four sophomores seized Charley Gould the freshman class president of Massachusetts Agricultural College as he headed to the Exchange Club banquet. Gould was handcuffed and restrained in Amherst, prompting a search and a missing chair at the event. Police involvement followed, and Gould remained under guard with the sophomores claiming they could handle him. A reward and no questions asked offer was noted if he returned within three days.
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Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Charley” Gould
Boston
Charley Gould
Exchange Club
Ralph McLean
Rod’’ Hall
Sidney Masse
George Nelian
Charles Gould
Brookline
Sophs
Gould
Pope Pius II Fully Recovered Aboard Vatican Return
Cardinal Diomede Falconio reports Pope Pius II is entirely recovered from illness. The American citizen and former apostolic delegate at Washington found the pope bright and keenly engaged in current affairs during a briefing at Rome on May 5.
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Rome
Pius
Diomede Falconio
Washington
Pope Illness Delays Audience With Cardinal Faleconio
The Vatican postpones the April audience as Pope Pius XI recovers from illness. Cardinal Faleconio reports the cardinal’s visit went well and the Pope, despite doctors orders, celebrated mass this morning. Six American priests and Bishop Schrembs remain in Europe awaiting a possible audience in London.
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Faleconio
Vatican
Schrembs
Toledo
Europe
London
Rome
Vatican Gardens
Bandit Gang Sentenced After Guilty Pleas in Robbery Case
Four members of a bandit gang pleaded guilty to robbery charges in Chicago on May 5 and received penitentiary terms after accusing Policeman William Ohm of pointing out lucrative robbery locations on his beat.
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Chicago
William Ohm
Cape Race Radio Station Destroyed by Fire
A fire devastated the wireless station at Cape Race in St John s Newfoundland on May 5. The cause remains unknown and authorities reported the loss tonight.
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Cape Race
ST. John's
N. F
Cambridge Drowning Inquiry Aims at Criminal Responsibility
Medical Examiner George Bagmath plans to file today with Chief Justice Bolster a report on the Charles River drowning Saturday evening that claimed six Cambridge children. He urges a rigid investigation to determine criminal responsibility and to prevent a similar tragedy.
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George B. Magrath
Bolster
Municipal Court
Charles River
Cambridge
Inquest Likely After Cambridge Boating Tragedy
Lieutenant Chapman reports to the medical examiner after interviews with survivors Anthony Nimiskey and John Walker and others including boat owner Gabriel Farrell. Two boys hired the boat, Walker paid 30 cents for an hour, Nimiskey clung to the overturned craft, six victims to be buried at Sacred Heart Church and Holy Cross Cemetery with a requiem high mass.
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Chapman
West
Metropolitan Park Police
Anthony Nimiskey
John Walker
Gabriel Farrell
Bifogel
Dwyer
Nimiskey
Farrell
Bolster
Missing Youth Found Near Twin Mountain
Henry F. Shea of Waterville Maine a Coburn Institute student had been missing since April 24. He applied for work at the Twin Mountain House and was recognized by manager J F Whalen. He said he ran away unable to bear the disgrace of failing exams. His mother was notified and will come to take him home.
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Twin Mountain
N. H
Henry F. Shea
Waterville
Coburn Institute
Twin Mountain House
J. F. Whalen
Whalen
Taft Calls For Free Trade In Yale Lecture
In New Haven on May 5 former President William Howard Taft urged free trade, saying if it is to happen the party in favor should vote for it. He spoke during a lecture on questions of modern government at Yale, addressing the Progressive political thinkers.
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New Haven
William Howard Taft
Kent
Yale
New School
Taft Defends Progressives Against Corporate Influence
Professor Taft outlines three aims of the new school calling themselves Progressives. They seek to curb corporate control of government, create equal opportunity, and ease property inequalities. He says reactionaries oppose the exact methods and urges continued effort toward reform within the representative system.
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Taft
Deputy Munroe Dead A Boston Port Official
Deputy Collector Martin Adams Munroe of the port of Boston died at his Brookline home after a long illness. Born August 30, 1845, he served in the Civil War, rose through the Boston Custom House, and became chief special deputy collector and disbursing agent. Collector Edward W Curtis praised his punctuality and expertise in customs law.
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Martin Adams Munroe
Port of
Boston
Centre Street
Brookline
Collector Monroe
30Th
Massachusetts Infantry
Fourth
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Monroe
Boston Custom House
John M. Fiske
Lyman
Curtis
Port Edward WU
Customs Service
More Balmy Days Ahead Prompt Warm Spell
The forecast promises several balmy days to follow. Yesterday reached 78 degrees, the year's high, and today is expected to match that warmth.
Robert C. King of Malden Dies After Long Illness
Robert C. King a credit man for United States Leather Company of Boston and Malden resident died at his home 47 Francis street Malden after a long illness His son Hervey Wellman King on his honeymoon with Mildred Rogerson rushed home to his father’s bedside.
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Robert C. King
United States Leather Company
Boston
Malden
Francis Street
Hervey Wellman King
Mildred Rogerson
Coal Gas Ghost Up to Courts
George P. Hamlin secretary treasurer of the Metropolitan Coal Company is sued and his property in Suffolk county attached for rent for the unexpired term of his lease of the Holden house at Beacon and Gloucester streets Back Ray.
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George P. Hamlin
Metropolitan Coal Company
Suffolk County
Holden
Beacon and
Gloucester Streets
Back Ray
Haunted Holden house fuels $25,000 spook suit
The Hamlin family alleged the Holden estate house was haunted by coal gas causing illness and visions. The Holdens countered with a rent claim as the lawsuits move toward trial, with a professor inquiry and notices of a possible spook case in records.
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Holden House
Hamlin
Holden Estate
Vote on Subway Terminus Result To Be Announced Today
The outcome of the vote on making Postoffice Square the terminus of the Boylston Street subway will be announced at noon today. Officials at the Boston Transit Commission and Boston Elevated Railway Company had no information last night.
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Postoffice Square
Boylston Street
Boston Transit Commission
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Ignorant of Her Millions Miss Margaret Folsom
Miss Margaret Folsom aged 70, blind and frail, has an estate that grew from 365000 to about 2000000 while she resided at McLean Asylum Waveley. Her brother George W. Folsom of New York reported the estate to the New York Supreme Court, with income around 85000 yearly and 4100 annual maintenance. He received 20000 as special recognition and seven nieces were later granted 3000 each when the estate reached 1500000.
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Margaret Folsom
McLean Insane Asylum
Waveley
George W. Folsom
New York
Supreme Court
Miss Folsom
Nerces
Insane Hospital
Folsom
Bankers in Conference Open Spring Meeting at Briarcliff Manor
About 150 bankers from across the country attend the American Bankers Association spring meeting at Briarcliff Manor New York. Financial legislation currency reform agriculture and vocational education are debated in committees with reports due for general discussion tomorrow and Wednesday.
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New York
American Bankers’ Association
Briarcliff Manor
To Try Gibson Again in Szabo Murder Case
Burton W. Gibson, New York lawyer, charged with murdering his client Mrs. Tiosa Menschik Szabo at Greenwood Lake last July, was moved from Goshen County Jail to Newburgh for a second trial after the previous jury failed to reach a verdict in November.
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Goshen
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Tiosa Menschik Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Newburgh
Gibson
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Tremont St
Tremont Theatre
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Summer St
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