Versocky Receives 5-Year Term For Prison Attack
Michael Versocky, inmate at the State prison, was sentenced by Judge Chase to not less than five nor more than ten years for a murderous assault on prison instructor Martin Leftovitch. The attack in a workroom used an ironing board. a fellow prisoner restrained Versocky, preventing serious injury. The sentence imposes 30 days in solitary confinement at the outset.
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Michael Versocky
Martin Leftovitch
Chase
Leftovitch
Versocky
Violinist Kube lik and Tenor Bonci Book Second Symphony Hall Show
Tickets are on sale for a second concert at Symphony Hall featuring Kube lik, the great violinist, and Bonci, the famous tenor, on Sunday afternoon in May. The previous February performance drew large crowds and many were turned away, signaling strong demand for the upcoming event.
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Symphony Hall
Kubelik
Bonci
Boy saved after swift Piscataquog river drift
John Wallace a ten year old boy unable to swim drifted an eighth of a mile in the Piscataquag river during spring freshets. A passerby senator A J McDonnell leaped in and failed to catch him. Gustave Wenzel then leaped in and held the boy by the hair until a boat reached them. The rescue occurred near 86 Mast Street Manchester New Hampshire. Meanwhile in federal court nine of the United Shoe Machinery Companys defendant corporations were discharged from a civil suit for dissolution as they had no part in the organization or profits of the company or leases in dispute. The Thomas G Plant Company remains engaged in shoe manufacturing.
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Manchester
N. H
John Wallace
Piscataquag River
Wallace
United Shoe Machinery Company
Dodge
United States District Court
United States
French
Department of Justice
Washington
Thomas G. Plant Company
United Awl & Needle Company
United Fast Color Eyelet Company
S. A. Felton & Son Company
Campbell-Bosworth Machinery Company
Boston Blacking Company
J. C. Rhodes & Co., Inc
Rimmon Eyelet Company
S. 0. & C. Corporation
Court orders books to grand jury in federal case
Judge Dodge of the United States District Court orders Warren B. Wheeler and Stillman Shaw to produce the books and papers of Wheeler & Shaw, Inc. before the federal grand jury at 2 PM. The firm was dissolved recently and the men had refused to comply since the summons was directed to the corporation. If they fail, they face contempt. counsel says they may comply to preserve their rights.
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Warren B. Wheeler
Stillman Shaw
Dodge
United States District Court
Federal Grand Jury
Wheeler & Shaw, Inc
Grand Jury
Wheeler and Shaw
W. G. Thompson
Campaign Manager William Harrity Dies at 62
William F. Harrity former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and key figure in Grover Cleveland's 1892 campaign died at his Overbrook home aged 62 after years of ill health. He remained active in law and politics until recently.
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Philadelphia
William F. Harrity
Democratic National Committee
Overbrook
Harrity
Grover Cleveland
William J. Bryan
Charles Bruno, 67, Millionaire Instrument Maker Kills Self
Charles Bruno a 67 year old millionaire instrument manufacturer shot himself in the head at his New York office and died instantly today. He had been in ill health.
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New York
Charles Bruno
Direct Vote Measures Rejected in Legislature Session
In yesterday’s session the initiative and referendum failed in the House by two votes short of the two thirds needed. The public opinion bill in the Senate also failed, with 11 to 13 votes against it, prompting a move for reconsideration.
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House
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Republican House Caucus
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Legislature Debates Referendum and Redistricting Measures
Wolcott attacks Wilson writings on referendums. Meaney counters. Legislature caucus led by Alvin Bliss as redistricting fight continues against the congressional bill. Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange urges Greater Boston plan. Avery street widening passes to engrossment 94 to 27, cost 1.25 million with bond issuance. Judiciary committee reports a worker compensation scheme variant to last year's law.
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Wolcott
Milton
Wilson
Meaney
Blackstone
Alvin Bliss
Malden
Senate
John J. Martin
Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Greater Boston
Exchange
House
Board of Street Commissioners
Avery Street
Washington
Tremont
Committee On Judiciary
Tragedy in Philadelphia Ends in Murder Suicide
Meyer Blank, 29, killed his mother-in-law Mrs. Esther Wasserman and wounded his wife at the home of her parents before taking his own life. Mrs. Blank, holding a 5 weeks old infant, survived. The couple had been separated amid a family quarrel.
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Philadelphia
Meyer Blank
Esther Wasserman
To Believe Rheumatism Take Eimer and Amend’s N Y 2851
Advertisement note claims widespread belief in an rheumatism remedy. Mentions T Metcalf Co at 535 Boylston Street Boston as distributor. Short, promotional tone with no verifiable claims.
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Eimer & Amend
N. Y
T. Metcalf Co
Boylston St
Boston
Society Girl Dies by Own Action in Philadelphia
Miss Julia Carter, well known in Philadelphia society, committed death by own action by inhaling gas in her apartments. The coroner found a note to a sister and said she had prepared to end her life. Relatives had threatened to cut her allowance if she did not return home. Her mother, Mrs. Henry Levis Carter, visited her yesterday.
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Philadelphia
Julia Carter
Miss Carter
Henry Levis Carter
Magdalena Bay Reply Held Until Knox Returns
At a White House conference President Taft and Senators Root and Lodge agreed the President’s reply to Mr Lodge’s resolution on Japan’s Magdalena Bay territorial claim would not be sent to the Senate until Secretary of State Knox reviews the matter.
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Magdalena Bay
Knox
Washington
Taft
Root
Lodge
Japan
Mexico
Senate
Glover Case Set For Next Week In Supreme Court
Judge Braley in East Cambridge ordered that the appeal of Mrs. Lillian M. Glover widow of Clarence F. Glover the murdered Waltham laundryman on the accounts of her husband s estate be heard next Wednesday before Master Winfield S Slocum Two other issues including ownership of the Waltham Laundry Company and the brother Seymour S Glover s appeal against a widow s allowance will be heard by the same master on the first Monday in May Attorneys S D Elmore for the estate and J A Coulthurst for Mrs Glover appeared at the hearing and the judge noted Mrs Glover s possible need for funds pending the settlement
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Braley
Supreme Court
East Cambridge
Lillian M. Glover
Clarence F. Glover
Waltham
Winfield S. Slocum
Equity
Waltham Laundry Company
Seymour S. Glover
Estate settlement prompts appeal through counsel
The text notes that she could appeal to him via counsel for a partial allowance and that he was assured she was not in actual need at the present time.
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