Governor warns potential loss of 110000 Boston and Maine shares
Governor Draper cautions the Legislature that without a holding company bill the 110,000 shares of Boston and Maine stock held by Billard New Haven interests may be lost to Massachusetts. He says creation of a holding company under the bill could repatriate the shares, while other conditions could thwart the deal.
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Draper
Boston & Maine
Billard-New Haven
Massachusetts
Governor Draper Warns on New Haven Merger Bill
Governor Draper speaks with President Mellen and Vice President Byrnes as the railroad holding company bill nears committee hearing. Advises that the New Haven may reject all but the attorney general draft, fearing a stock sale to outside interests. Anti merger critics Brown and White condemn the bill as legalizing merger and granting New Haven control.
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Draper
Mellen
New Haven
Byrnes
Committee On Railroads
State House
Executive Chamber
Brown
Medford
White
Brookline
Electric car hits carriage killing horse on Massachusetts Ave
Mrs W A Rust escaped injury when an electric car struck her carriage at the Marlboro street corner. One horse was killed and the coachman John H McManus, 80, of Brookline, was injured and taken to City Hospital. The car sustained only minor damage but was put out of commission. Accounts differ between police and railroad officials on how the collision occurred.
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W. A. Rust
Bay State Road
Massachusetts Avenue
Marlboro Street
Rust
Arlington Heights
John H. McManus
Villa Lane
Brookline
Hurley Bros
Brooks Avenue
Harvard Names New President As Eliot Retires
The Harvard bell marks a quiet change as Professor A Lawrence Lowell becomes president, succeeding Charles W Eliot who steps down as the school’s longtime head. Harvard men worldwide hail Eliot as the Dean of American Educators.
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Prof
Lowell
Harvard
Harvard Hall
America
A. Lawrence Lowell
Government
Harvard University
Charles W. Eliot
Eliot
Transition of power as Lowell to preside at University
The two men travel to University 5 this morning amid university officials debating who will serve as official president until Dr. Eliot is fully briefed. From now on all university documents bearer the signature of A Lawrence Lowell as president, marking the formal handover after Dr Eliot attended his last faculty meeting yesterday afternoon.
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University
Dr. Eliot
A. Lawrence Lowell
Eliot
Governor Draper Trapped for Speed by Wellesley Police
In Wellesley on Washington street at 4 pm Governor Eben S. Draper was cited for speeding after his Packard was stopped by Special Officers Smith and Sweeney and Patrolman Burnett. Chauffeur Elmer Hough will be summoned in Dedham for exceeding the limit, with a court date likely next week. The governor cooperated, stating he was subject to the law, and Chief Kingsbury was notified.
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Wellesley
Eben S. Draper
Ilis
Washington Street
Elmer Hough
Dedham
Smith and Sweeney
Burnett
Draper
Hopedale
Boston
Columbia Street
Charles River
Smith
Sweeney
Eben §. Draper
Massachusetts
Hough
Kingsbury
Red Sox Win Over Tigers In Extra Innings 5 3
Baseball brief notes a 5 3 Boston victory over Detroit in 10 innings and a 3 1 rally by the Cardinals against the Doves. Other scores include Philadelphia 5 Chicago 0 and New York 4 Cleveland 2. Also listed are regional results and school sports updates.
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Red Sox
Detroit
Cardinals
Doves
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
New England
Lynn
Lowell
Worcester
Haverhill
Brockton
Lawrence
Fall River
New Bedford
Hutchison Found Then Disappears After Worcester Sightings
Harvard instructor Dr. Percy Adams Hutchison who vanished from New England Sanitarium Melrose was seen in Worcester by students last night, then boarded the 12:52 New York sleeper with a companion. Telephone messages to Cambridge relatives confirmed his safety and intent to live.
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Percy Adams Hutchison
Harvard
New England
Melrose
Worcester
New York
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Dr. Hutchison
Doc
Hutchison
Mrs Annis to Play Piano in Vaudeville Sketch
Mrs. William F. Annis wife of the man whose death led to Peter C. Hains starting a Sing Sing sentence announced she signed a contract with United Booking Offices to provide piano accompaniment in a vaudeville sketch. She says she must earn a livelihood after being thrown on her own resources.
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New York
William F. Annis
Peter C. Hains
United Booking Offices
Annis
Robber Grabs Diamond Pin From Retired Captain
Police charge that 32 year old Charles H Roberts tried to steal a $200 diamond pin from former Police Captain Henry Dawson in a Washington street theatre foyer last night. Dawson, retired five years, restrained the assailant until Patrolman Miller of Station 4 arrived.
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Washington Street
Henry Dawson
Charles H. Roberts
Columbus Avenue
Miller
Station 4
2000 Horned Toads for Use as Hat Pins
Chicago May 18 Two thousand horned toads from Texas are being chloroformed then metalized at the Metallic Reproduction Company plant in Waukegan to become hat pins. Each pin requires a fresh toad and the firm plans to produce 50,000. The toads are supplied by a man gathering them for the company. The idea is aimed at fashion conscious women. The factory operates at full capacity.
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Chicago
Ill
Texas
Metallic Reproduction Company
Waukegan
Ten Thousand Join Fenway Deer Hunt in Boston Muggy Chase
A wild doe eluded capture after a dramatic chase through Brookline and Fenway, drawing a massive crowd and police from Station 10. The deer fled into the Crafft estate near Roxbury, leaped a wall, and escaped as observers misidentified it, turning the day into a local spectacle with schoolchildren and residents joining the pursuit.
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Nixon
Crafft
Huntington Avenue
Roxbury
Boston
Brookline
Fenway
George Condon
Commercial High School
Condon
Farragut
Station 10
Shean
Sensational Allegations Against Oklahoma Federal Officials
In Tulsa on May 18 petitions filed in Federal Court accuse Sylvester R. Bush and Gregg of misconduct in Muskogee land fraud cases. Nine grand jurors allege improper influence by Gregg and Bush and seek a court investigation into juror coercion and indictments against Governor Haskell and others.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sylvester R. Bush
United States
Gregg
District
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Marshall
Messrs. Gregg
Bush
Haskell
Will of Benjamin Hale Ignites Family Feud in Haverhill
In Haverhill on May 18 the will of Benjamin P. Hale reveals a fortune near 500000. Mrs Maude FE Short receives 50000 outright and the widow gains 75000 annual income for life, with residue held in trust for two daughters Miss Mary P and Miss Mattie M and future children. Executor Arthur D Veasey, longtime Hale associate, objects, while guardianship and future cash bequests shape a tense settlement.
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Haverhill
Benjamin P. Hale
Maude FE. Short
Mr. Hale
Arthur D. Veazey
Mary P
Mattie M
Hale
Rhode Island
Benjamin Hale
Bradford
Short
Post
Mrs. Short
Miss Hale
Arthur D. Veasey
Veasey
Groveland Woolen Mills
Mr. Veasey
Boxford
Isaac Co. Day
Fr. Hearn to Leave Boston for New York Parish
Rev. David W. Hearn of the Immaculate Conception in Boston has been named pastor of St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City, succeeding the late Rev. William O'Brien Pardow. The appointment, approved by Rome and announced to parish priests, specifies Hearn’s arrival and installation expected Thursday.
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New York
William O'Brien Pardow
David W. Hearn
Immaculate Conception of
Boston
St. Ignatius Loyola
Park Avenue
Eighty-Fourth Street
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Archdiocese of
P. J. Dooley
Joseph Hanseman
New York-Maryland
Rome
Father Hearn
City
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