Railroad Men Not Like Sheep
Washington Dec 11 Justice Stafford sustains a demurrer by F E Goldenstein injured in the service of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company finding the company cannot dodge liability under the employers liability act by claiming prior contracts limited damages. The decision declares that indemnity insurance and relief benefit contracts are attempts to restrict common law liability.
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Washington
Christ
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
F. E. Goldenstein
Officials May Inoculate California Convicts
In Sacramento on December 11 the suggestion by Dr. Briggs of the State Board of Health prompts debate over inoculating convicts with tuberculosis germs for research. The plan includes a potential pardon if a convict’s constitution is harmed by the inoculation.
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Sacramento
Cal
Briggs
State Board of Health
State Board of Pardons
Giant China Tiger Skin Given To Mrs Roosevelt
Mrs Roosevelt received gifts from China sent by Special Chinese Ambassador Tene Shao Yi. The cache includes a large tiger skin lined with yellow silk, bolts of silk, sables, and silver to thank the United States for remission of Boxer indemnity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
China
Tene Shao Yi
Tour world in 24 hours miracle claim from Butler pastor
The Rev. Phillip Shredanovich of Butler announces a method to travel by lifting above the earth so the planet’s rotation carries a traveler around the world in 24 hours. He says the concept is guarded by himself and his wife and seeks 190 900 dollars for the invention.
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Butler
Penn
Phillip Shredanovich
Justness
Newton
Franklin
Edison
Mr. Shredanovich
Verdict Awards $21 025 to W L Morrison Co in Gulesian suit
In Superior Court the W L Morrison Company won a verdict of 21025 against M H Gulesian for materials and labor on buildings at Broad street and Columbus avenue. Gulesian counterclaimed for delays and was allowed a set off of 10567.
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W.L. Morrison Company
M. H. Gulesian
Broad Street
Columbus Avenue
Gulesian
Greenough Heirs to Receive 600000 in Estate Distribution
Judge grants Archibald M. Howe authority to distribute 600000 from the late Joseph F. Greenough estate among Martha Higgins Greenough and six other next of kin amid a contested claim by three women alleging widow status of the millionaire.
Boy Skater Dies on Thin Ice in Lowell Incident
Montcaln Street resident Wilfrid Couillard, 12, skated with peers on the Merrimack River today and sank through fragile ice. He was part of a group of boys who ventured too far from shore.
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Wilfrid Couillard
Montcaln Street
Merrimack River
Coouillard
Amesbury Girl Says She Left On Her Own Will
Amesbury December report states Mary Antell who vanished last week and returned home claims to have been kidnapped. Police Chief Ryan identifies her as the girl who boarded the 5 o clock Plaistow line car Saturday afternoon. Fireman Charles R. Scott confirms her presence on the car. Mr Sevutt recalls departing Wimball Street Hillverhill with the girl still aboard.
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Mary Antell
Ryan
Miss Antell
Here
Plaistow
Charles R. Scott
Fire Department
Sevutt
Wimball Street
Hillverhill
State chancellor dies during initiation in Hartford
Mrs. Alicia Hewlett, state chancellor of the Order of the Golden Sceptre, collapsed and died last night in Hartford while initiating seven candidates, authorities said.
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New Haven
Conn
Alicia Hewlett
The
Order of the Golden Sceptre
Hartford
Girl Circles Half the World to Wed in Far East
Philadelphia December 11 Miss Mary F Shedwick of Canton China will wed Lewis Penn Bailey on December 2 an announcement says The couple met in West Philadelphia and plan to settle in the government colony of the Philippine Islands The bride's father is William J Shedwick
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Mary F. Shedwick
Canton
China
Lewis Penn Bailey
Stuid West
Philippine Islands
Miss Shedwick
William J. Shedwick
Maine Court Allows Seizure of Adulterated Liquor
The Maine Law Court ruled that adulterated or misbranded liquors can be seized upon arrival within the state even if they have not reached their destination. The decision, issued in Augusta on December 11 by Chief Justice Emery, marks the most significant liquor case ruling in a decade.
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Augusta
Law Court
Emery
Russian police chief jailed for mistreating prisoners
Kazan reports that M. Dubbin off, the local commissioner of police, received a six year prison sentence after being found guilty of systematically ill treating prisoners in his care.
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Kazan
Russia
M. Dubbinoff
Abduction charge leads to bail for Robert Fullerton
Robert W. Fullerton, son of St. Louis financier S. H. Fullerton, surrendered to the New York District Attorney and was held on $2000 bail after indictment for abducting Gladys Hebar of Yonkers. He allegedly lured her to South America with promise of marriage and deserted her in Jamaica, giving no funds to return. The case ties him to a Carnell University graduate with business ties to his father.
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Robert W. Fullerton
S. H. Fullerton
St. Louis
Gladys Herbar
Yonkers
Jerome Today
Fullerton
Miss Hebar
South America
Jamaica
Maderouise
Ed Carnell
Miss Hebat
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