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...whose dream became a nightmare is a far more famed Californian- nimble, thimble-sized John Downey Harvey, son of Society Leader Eleanor Martin and San Francisco's chief dandy in the early 1900s. Like Dr. Roberts, he in his day cast his eyes shoreward, conceived a passenger railroad to link San Francisco and Santa Cruz, 80 mi. south. Downey Harvey incorporated Ocean Shore R. R. in 1905. Big sums were subscribed by prominent San Franciscans and construction soon began at both ends under great engineering difficulties. Then came the 1906 earthquake. Most of the subscribed money was never...
Players on the Harvard team were Riecken, goal; Witherspoon, pt.; White (Tonner), cp.; Magurn, 1st def.; Cushman (Sullivan, Damon), 2nd def.; Campion (Blanchard, Taliaferre, Downey), c.; Scott (Elrod, Baker), 2nd At.; Hunsaker (Hammond) 1st At.; Hartstone (Flynn, Cleveland, Sheperd), out home; Wood, in home...
...Harvard lineup--Riechen, g; Witherspoon, pt; White, c. pt; Magurn, ld; Cushman, 2d; Campion, c; Scott, la; Hunsacker, 2a; Hammond, o.h; Wood, lh. Harvard Substitutes--Tonner, Dorman. Taliaferro, Sullivan, Blanchard, Baker, Hartstone, Shepard, Elrod, Downey, Cleveland. Referee--Dugan...
...Published this week was Portrait of an Era -As Drawn by C. D. Gibson (Scribner, $3.50) in which Biographer Fairfax Downey records the artist's career, his long connection with Life. *For reproductions of this and other great Life pictures...
...mails to defraud. To questions about it, flushed and flustered Dr. Townsend sullenly pleaded ignorance. Finally he asked for a five-minute recess, went out to pace the corridor. The committee adjourned until 2:30 p. m. At that hour Dr. Townsend did not reappear. His personal attorney, Sheridan Downey, pertly announced that he would not show up until 3:30. Was he ill? asked a committeeman. "No," said Mr. Downey. "My Duty." At 3:20 Dr. Townsend stalked into the room, his gaunt face drawn and grey. Trembling, he approached the committee table, said in a near-whisper...