Trial of Vote Buying Case In New Bedford Leader Murphy
John E. Murphy Republican leader faces trial before Judge Milliken in New Bedford for vote buying at the November 7 1911 election. He pleaded not guilty to two counts including influencing a vote and outright purchase of a vote involving Patrick H Foye. Murphy is the first of four arrested to be tried.
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John E. Murphy
New Bedford
Joseph V. Daly
Patrick H. Foye
Commonwealth
Foye
Milliken
Murphy
Candidate Aroused by School Support Controversy
Mrs. Susan W. FitzGerald denounced a Public School Association statement accusing teachers of excessive political activity in her favor. She compared teachers' actions to a private citizen's political visit and cited past school committee actions pushing teachers into campaign roles. A Jamaica Plain meeting featured teachers claiming the committee paid salaries during campaign duties. The association cited letters from several teachers supporting FitzGerald.
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Susan W. FitzGerald
The
Public School Association
FitzGerald
Brock
Teachers push for FitzGerald in ward politics
The association reports women teachers press for Mrs. Susan W. FitzGerald’s nomination to the school committee. They solicit names and urge ward chairmen to secure Republican endorsement after the teachers failed to win party committee support.
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Susan W. FitzGerald
Voters’ League
FitzGerald
Republican City Committee
F. Louise Dacey
Marionl. Owen
Eleanor C. Butler
Caroline M. Kingman
Not Enough Life Boats, Says Union Leader
William H. Frasier of the International Seaman's Union told a House committee that most Atlantic passenger ships lack sufficient lifeboats. He noted ships carry lifeboats only for about 75 percent of their passenger capacity.
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Washington
William H. Frasier
International Seaman’s Union of
Boston
Mass
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Atlantic
Sailor Opposes Slo Cum Disaster Causes and Wilson Bill
A witness with sea experience criticizes lack of lifeboat drills and blames the Slo cum disaster on insufficient crew. He notes life loss could have halved with proper staffing. He joins sailors urging the Wilson bill to raise crew space from 72 to 100 cubic feet and deck space from 12 to 16 feet, plus reforms for fire rooms and other work areas.
Political corruption probe unsettles city amid arrests and hush news
Hon. David I Walsh leads the prosecution with Commonwealth representation as rumors swirl of further arrests. State Detectives Flynn and Daly close loose ends implicating a major local political leader while searches for Patrick J. Foye continue.
Berth and Wash Services Featured on Sunset Route
Tourist line offers berth at nine dollars with wash and sunset route stops at 12 Milk and 362 Wash. Education dept. unspecified.
Murder Mystery in Jamaica Plain Shocks City
Charles W. Brehm of 33 Smith Street Roxbury was found dead beside his team on Day Street Jamaica Plain on Wednesday afternoon. He was shot through the heart the bullet entering his left arm and lodging in the heart. An inquest will be held today to determine who fired the fatal shot and why.
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Charles W. Brehm
Smith Street
Roxbury
Day Street
Jamaica Plain
Leary
City Hospital
Bury
Brehm
Roxbury Crossing
Timothy Leary
Murdered Roxbury Teamster Die From Silent Gunshot
Brehm a Roxbury teamster was found dead after a gunshot wound to the left arm and heart. Police call the death murder with a concealed assassin. autopsy by Dr. Leary confirms gunshot cause of hemorrhage. Burial set for tomorrow at Mission Church Roxbury.
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Mission
Tremont Street
Rox
Senate Weighs Immediate Abrogation of 1832 Russian Treaty
Debates in Washington focus on terminating the Russian treaty of 1832 over discrimination against American Jews. The Sulzer resolution passed in the House seeks a year's notice. the Senate contemplates reporting it Monday or adopting a Culberson alternative. Key players include Culberson, Cullom, and Lodge.
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Washington
Congress
Sulzer
House
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Culberson
State Department
Holdigas
Cullom
Lodge
Autopsy Today On Unknown Man Found In Charles River
Medical Examiner George B. Magrath will perform the autopsy on the body of the unknown man found floating in the Charles River near the Cottage Farm railroad bridge. The death is believed to have occurred before immersion, the body recently surfaced after about five hours in water. He is about 55, five feet seven, 150 pounds, wearing a black derby hat and mixed suit with blue woolen underwear. A two foot rule was in his jacket pocket and a pair of spectacles were found. the right index finger is missing.
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George B. Magrath
Charles River
Cottage Farm
Clinton Woman Burned To Death In Home Lamp Explosion
Mary C. Williams aged 65 died at the Northboro road home of O. E. Kingsley after a kerosene lamp exploded. She carried the lamp down stairs and dropped it when she fell, and died before aid arrived. Medical Examiner George L. Tobey examined the body.
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Clinton
Mary C. Williams
O. E. Kingsley
Northboro Road
George L. Tobey
Millionaire Denounced as a Monster in Murder Trial
In New York on December 14 the jury in the Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad case heard final pleas for acquittal amid sharp denunciations of a wealthy sportsman now critically ill after an operation. Prosecution will be summed up tomorrow as the judge prepares to charge the jury.
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New York
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. FE. D. Stokes
Buckner
Marcus
Stokes
Attorney Moore Portrays Stokes as Monster in Trial
In closing arguments, attorney Robert M. Moore paints Stokes as a predatory figure seeking control over a beautiful young woman and using an exonerating note to avoid responsibility. He claims a plot with Lillian Graham to extort money from a millionaire is unfounded and cites witnesses, photos, and alleged expenditures to suggest wealth influences the case.
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Stokes
Robert M. Moore
Moore
Miss Graham
Lexington
Lillian Graham
Court Hearing Highlights Faith in Husband in Morality Case
Mrs. Stokes testified in court defending her accused husband, declaring she judged the girls by a single moral standard and did not favor a man for wealth. The remark shows a wife standing by her spouse amid the trial.
City Union Moves to End Christmas Presents to Supervisors
The Boston Joint Council of City Department Employees votes to stop city employees from giving presents to department superintendents. It argues workers with low wages cannot afford such gifts and that the practice benefits only a few. The plan to end the system is deferred to the next meeting.
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Boston
City Department Employees
Snow Storm Hits Boston in Mild Morning Flurry
A light snowfall began at 2 30 am in Boston with a mild flurry and steady winds. The barometer read lower, signaling the end of unseasonably warm temperatures and no blizzard expected.
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Boston
Dorchester Doctor C S Greene Dies of Pneumonia
Dr Charles Sumner Greene of 1107 Washington Street Dorchester died at home yesterday afternoon aged 77 from pneumonia. He contracted a severe cold at a church fair last week that developed into the illness. His wife died last February from pneumonia and two weeks later their only son also died from the same disease.
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C. S. Greene
Dorchester
Charles Sumner Greene
Washington Street
Two Men Buried Alive In Halifax Cranberry Cut
In Halifax Massachusetts a cave in the cranberry bog cut at the United Cape Cod Cranberry Company station killed two workers Samuel Maki and Samuel Jussila by suffocation. The 11 man crew started at seven with foreman Andrew Anderson fetching planks to shore the cut while two men watched the bank for slides.
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Halifax
Mass
United Cape Cod Cranberry Company
Samuel Maki
Samuel Jussila
Andrew Anderson
Tragic Tunnel Collapse Claims Two Finnish Workers
At 8 30 a hill mass released by a monster stump slid into a cut, burying two workers. Maki died of suffocation at 11 30 with Dr O W Charles of Bryantville and Dr E D Hill confirming the cause. Jussila’s body followed. he had one week old child at home. President Urann of the company arrived as the rescue continued. Both men were Finnish natives with families left behind.
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Maki
O. W. Charles
Bryantville
M. L. Uwrann
Boston
Jussila
E. D. Hill
Plymouth
Finland
Urann
Wareham
Fear Taft Balk at Dollar Pension
Washington officials report President Taft is unlikely to sign any act increasing pensions for Civil War veterans, despite appeals from Judge Harvey M. Trimble and Grand Army of the Republic officers. The demand centers on the sherwood dollar-a-day bill recently passed by the House.
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Washington
Harvey M. Trimble
Grand Army of the Republic
Taft
House
Sherwood
Boston Seeks $60,000 Ward for Tuberculosis Kids
Mayor Fitzgerald asks City Council to appropriate 60 000 for a children’s ward at the Consumptives Hospital in Mattapan to study tuberculosis among school children. The ward would replace and expand on the Franklin Park School program, broadening the scope of work.
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Boston
Fitzgerald
Mattapan
Franklin Park
National League Adjourns and War Measure Silence
Johnson asserts no war will occur as the league adjourns without action on the war measure. Shibe rejects Brush’s claims about ticket sales. Carlisle claims Harvard dodges playing the Indians while riders near a six day race record.
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National League
Johnson
Shibe
Brush
Carlisle
Harvard
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Walnut Avenue
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Marion L. Owen
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David I. Walsh
Wamsutta
Flynn
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BO Misi Hick
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