Importer Arrested for Libel in New York
Henry W. A. Page importer of linens and cottons was arrested on a federal warrant charging libel against Representative Henry D. Clayton of Alabama and other members of Congress. Page posted 5000 bail and consented to extradition to Washington.
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New York
Henry W. A. Page
District of Columbia
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
House Committee On Judiciary
Congress
Page
Washington
Indictment Charges Page Circulating Libellous Pamphlet
The indictment alleges three counts against Page for circulating a pamphlet titled The crime of the Hon Henry D Clayton with a protest on Congressmen perjury The cover includes Q A dialogue about oaths and crooks and a Ecclesiastes quote The pamphlet was distributed to all members of the House committee on judiciary and circulated among the 624th Congress.
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Page
Henry D. Clayton
House Committee On Judiciary
Kenney and Deehan Named Defendants in Contempt Action
Herbert A. Kenney and Peter E. Deehan have been named as defendants in contempt proceedings brought by James J. English and associates. They allegedly violated an injunction by going before the Legislature to seek a charter as an Order of Owls and claiming the “encante and the Honest” were conducting illegal business.
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Deehan
Herbert A. Kenney
Peter E. Deehan
James J. English
Order of Owls
English
Encante
Honest
Margaret Crocker Weds Delano Wight
Miss Margaret Crocker eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs George Glover Crocker and Delano Wight of this city were married at 3:30 yesterday at the bride’s parents home 343 Commonwealth avenue. Wight a Harvard graduate and Harvard Law School alum now practices law in Boston. They will reside in Cohasset for the summer on Jerusalem road.
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Margaret Crocker
George Glover Crocker
Delano Wight
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston Transit Commission
Wight
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Boston
Jerusalem Road
Cohasset
Wedding Brings Crocker Family to Forefront in Courtenay
The ceremony featured Miss Muriel Crocker as maid of honor and Constance and George Crocker as train-bearers. Warland Wight, brother of the groom, served as best man. The venues sparkled with lilies of the valley and rambler roses as the Crocker family connections to George G. Crocker Jr and Courtenay Crocker were noted.
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Muriel Crocker
Constance
George Crocker
Warland Wight
Washington
Boston
George G. Crocker, Jr
Courtenay Crocker
Lyneman Crocker
Harvard
Defends Italy Against Turks at Circolo Italiano
Baron Bernardo Quaranta di San Severino spoke at 48 Commonwealth Avenue defending Italy's action in the war with Turkey. He praised Marconi's wireless work in Tripolitania and described Italy's early efforts in Tripoli including schools, a railroad, a port project, hygienic stations, hospitals, a civil judiciary, and public services.
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Turkey
Bernardo Quaranta di San Severino
Commonwealth Avenue
Circolo Italiano
Africa
Marconi
Tripolitania
Tripoli
Criticism of Attorney General over Boston attorney case
George Whitelock of Baltimore secretary of the American Bar Association denounces Attorney General Wickersham for efforts to retain William St Lewis as a member. He calls out coercive press statements and questions whether the AG has protected Lewis or advanced social justice.
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Washington
George Whitelock
Baltimore
American Bar Association
Wickersham
William St. Lewis
Boston
Lewis
Whitelock
Mr. Whitelock
C. F. King to Undergo Operation
Bridgewater report notes C F King has lost 35 pounds recently and doctors anticipate surgery after a prison transfer and medical review by Dr Maurice Richardson of Boston. Charlestown State Prison confinement was deemed life threatening, prompting preoperative preparation.
King’s Health Deteriorates as Surgeon Plans Operation
Dr. Richardson describes King as suffering one of the worst hernias he has seen and aims to restore him by surgery. The superintendent says King is not in immediate danger, though he is thinning and has lost 35 pounds since arriving at the hospital.
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Woodbury
Vermont
King
Richardson
Boston
Post
Melrose Hospital Site decision expected tonight
Trustees convene to finalize plans for a new Melrose hospital funded by 125000 raised in a nine day drive. Some donors oppose the Porter and Lebanon street location near Bay State street railway citing noise from passing trolleys as a problem.
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Melrose Hospital
Porter and
Lebanon Streets
Bay State Street Railway
Lodger Saves Life in Dover Street Fire
Bernard Donahue, a lodger across the hall, dragged 42 year old John J. Powers from the burning room at 127 Dover Street South End. Fire gutted the fourth floor. Powers to City Hospital with burns to face and neck. Damage estimated at $200. lodging house run by Cecilia Gibner.
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John J. Powers
Dover Street
South End
Powers
City Hospital
Bernard Donahue
Cecilia Gibner
Tragic Self Immolation at Augusta Library
Miss Mary B. McDavid 35 assistant in the Augusta city library died from severe burns after pouring kerosene over herself and thrusting her head into a furnace during a personal crisis. She was well known in musical circles and daughter of Dr and Mrs William McDavid.
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Augusta
Mary B. McDavid
Miss McDavid
William Mce- David
Palma Murder Trial Opens In Superior Court
Raffaele Palma stands trial in the Superior Criminal Court for first degree murder in the Jan 7 shooting of Giovanni Megna on Unity Court. Witnesses testified to an Italian finger game called gocco before Megna slapped Palma and shots were later heard outside.
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Raffaele Palma
Giovanni Megna
Unity Court
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