Hearings Set On Massachusetts Workers Compensation Bill
A tentative bill to modify the Massachusetts workingmen's compensation act will be presented for public criticism at hearings in Boston and Worcester on the 28th and 29th inst. The commission cautions it is not committed to the bill and seeks employer and employee input. Provisions include death benefits of one half the deceased's average wages for 300 weeks with a minimum of four and a maximum of ten dollars weekly, and creation of an Industrial Accident Board to determine awards. The bill covers state and local employees and most private employers, with certain small firms exempt.
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Massachusetts Workingmen’s Compensation Act
Special Commission
Worcester
California
Bigamist Keeler Sentenced to Four Years In Prison
New York report states dentist Harry B. Keeler, indicted for bigamy, was sentenced by Judge Fawcett in Brooklyn County Court to four years and eleven months plus nine years ten months in Sing Sing for stealing 11 216 from Mrs. Wilhelmina Lynch. Keeler pleaded guilty to larceny and had allegedly married two other women who claim he defrauded them. His sentence on Emma C. Keeler was suspended.
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New York
Harry B. Keeler
Sing Sing
Fawcett
Brooklyn
Wilhelmina Lynch
Keeler
Lynch
Emma C. Keeler
Robbed Victim Sentenced After Carrying Revolver
James Martin, 25, was sentenced to one month in the house of correction by Judge Parmenter for carrying a loaded revolver. He had been robbed of $45 by May Morris in a doorway and dropped the revolver while walking to the police station with officers and the Morris girl, who received four months in the house of correction.
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James Martin
House of Correction
Parmenter
Martin
May Morris
Morris
Davie Bankrupt Petition Filed In U S District Court
Robert Se. Davie, a fugitive stock broker, is petitioned into bankruptcy by creditors in federal court. Creditors claim amounts of 120, 350, and 8200 on merchandise, a note, and mortgage interests. Hearings before special master George W. Estabrook were private in Superior Court, with suits involving stock and asset recovery.
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Robert Se. Davie
State Street
United States District Court
London Harness Company
Davie
Collins & Fairbanks Co
Francis J. Kelter
Superior Court
George W. Estabrook
William H. Jackson
Federal Trust Company
American Woolen Company Preferred
Swift & Co
American News Company
Baker, Ayling & Co
Congress Street
Winfield C. Towne
James E. Cotter
Adams Gets Prison Term for Larceny Case
Almon D. F. Adams, a State street broker and money lender, was sentenced by Judge Stevens of the Superior Court to not less than three nor more than five years at hard labor in the State prison at Charles Town. He was convicted of larceny of about $800 worth of securities belonging to James H. Robinson that had been left with Adams to secure other stock purchases. The judge conducted a personal inquiry into Adams character before sentencing.
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Almon D. F. Adams
State Street
Stevens
Superior Court
Charlestown
Adams
James H. Robinson
Robinson
Stiveng
Jury pleas mercy in manslaughter verdict for Mrs. Anderson
In New York on December 19 the jury found Mrs. Jeannette Anderson guilty of manslaughter with a mercy recommendation for stabbing and killing James Wilson, her husband's half brother, last July. She admitted the act but said Wilson insulted her. she faces sentencing Thursday.
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Mercy
New York
Jeannette Anderson
Supreme Court
James Wilson
Wilson
Body of Lost New Bedford Seaman Recovered
A body believed to be Theophile Cambra of New Bedford, missing since the Olive May wreck near Vineyard Haven on December 7, was found on Squidnocket Beach near the disaster site on December 19.
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New Bedford
Vineyard Haven
Theophile Cambra
Edgartown
Olive May
Squidnocket
Dream Belief Tied to Shipwreck of Belle Halladay
The Belle Halladay crew blame their loss on a night dream had by John Anderson prior to the collision with the General E. S. Greeley off Pollock Rip last Wednesday. They insist the dream of black fish and black cats foretold the disaster as firmly as the collision itself.
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Belle Halladay
Pollock Rip
General E. S. Greeley
John Anderson
Anderson
Dream of Black Cat Foretold Shipwreck Crew Belief
The crew and Captain Brockett recount a dream of a black cat and black fish cited as premonitions before their shipwreck on the Greeley. A carrier pigeon sighted aboard was also read as ill omens, fueling waterfront superstitions as the Halladay crew traveled to New York.
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Anderson
John Anderson
Greeley
Brockett
North Square
New York
Providence
Regina Saves Crew In Bold Rescue Of Binghamton Barge
The Erie Company's barge Binghamton, adrift after breaking from tug Margaret during a blizzard, was towed into Boston harbor by Underwriter after Regina, a Boston fishing schooner, salved her. Captain Jeremiah Shea led a volunteer crew to rescue three men aboard the Binghamton as Regina located the vessel. Cumberland ships searched for Number Twelve, which broke away, with fears of foundering and loss of crew.
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Erie Company
Binghamton
Margaret
New York
Underwriter
Boston
Regina
Maywood
Scranton
Highland Light
Jeremiah Shea
Shea
Peter Burns
John Shea
Grady
Everett
Providence
Cumberland
Consolidation Company
Vineyard Haven
Cape Cod
Svendsen
The
Baltimore
Adams
Maine
Cat Detective Catches Fox Raiders in Bangor Poultry Yard
Buffie, a prize Bangor cat known as the cat detective, tracked a fox raid on a poultry yard. The fox was shot after Buffie engaged it. Buffie is owned by Gertrude Buck of 23 George Street Bangor.
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Buffie
Bangor
Maine
Gertrude Buck
George Street
Hyde Park Burglar Arrained in Norfolk Grand Jury Plea
Charles Stock, 19, held in $1000 bail after Hyde Park robbery inquiry at the Keltie dwelling. He told Judge Grover he met Dunkel in New York and that Dunkel opened the window. Carl Dunkel lies critically ill from a police bullet at Hyde Park Hospital. Stock remains in Dedham jail awaiting the Norfolk county grand jury in April. court sessions resume next June.
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Hyde Park
Grover
Keltie
Charles Stock
Stock
Dunkel
New York
Carl Dunkel
Hyde Park Hospital
Dedham
Norfolk County Grand Jury
Superior Criminal Court
Prohibition Drive Aims at Hawaii Territory
Washington December 19 Congress faces a push to pass legislation that would force prohibition upon the territory of Hawaii. The move seeks federal control over alcohol laws in Hawaii amid national tension over the prohibition policy.
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Washington
Congress
Territory of
Hawaii
Dr Dewey to Succeed Jelly as City Examiner
Dr George F Jelly resigns as examiner of the insane for the city. Dr Charles G Dewey will take Jelly’s post. Dr William H Prescott succeeds Dewey. Jelly, born Salem 1842, educated at Salem schools Boston University and Harvard, practiced in Boston since 1868 after work at Springfield and McLean. He has served on boards related to insanity and married Ellen A Parker in 1873. resides 69 Newbury Street.
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George F. Jelly
Charles G. Dewey
William H. Prescott
Dewey
Jelly
Registration Department
Boston
Salem
Boston University
Harvard
City Hospital
Springfield
McLean Hospital
Ellen A. Parker
Bath
Newbury Street
White Becomes Chief Justice In Elevated Supreme Court Ceremony
In a formal Washington ceremony Edward Douglass White was sworn in as chief justice of the United States. Associate Justice Harlan administered the judicial oath as spectators watch the new chief seated in a cane chair with a single electric light to aid his reading.
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Washington
Little Court Room
Edward Douglass White
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan
White
Supreme Court
Taft Dinner Attended by Vice President Sherman
The first official dinner of the season honoring President and Mrs. Taft was hosted by Vice President and Mrs. Sherman. The event took place in Washington with notable attendees and ceremonial welcomes marking the season's start.
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Washington
Taft
Sherman
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Limerick
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Ernest Sadler
Jordan Marsh & Co
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Slade
Austin Sele Co
Woodward Drug Co
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S. S. Miller & Son
M. Read & Sons
London Harness Co
Varick Co
Manche St
Mark Cross Co
Jaynes Drug Stores
Gilchrist Co
Hill & Hill
Pinkham & Smith Co
Geo. F. Saunders & Co
J. B. Hunter & Co
N. A
Halladay
Waltham
Waltham Colonial Series
Waltham Watch CO
Waltham, Mass
Loose Leaf Books
Twinlock
Franklin Street
DR. Dewey
Veteran City Examiner of Insane
Louisville
John Hershman
White Kisses
United States
Tafts
Henry Siegel Co
Orchestra
Oxford
Henry Siegeld
BY Siegeld
We Pure Food Dept
Franco - American Food Co
C. C. Barrett & Bro
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Empire State
Syracuse
Lipton
Aey
Hazel Westphalia
Averwas
Hesco
Sunshine Bakery
Veronique
Gansebrust
Germany
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Florida
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D $ Alfredie
Ihe
Soc
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Fine Sugar Corp
Doz
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Lecce
Italy
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