Prison Reform League backs Osborne at meeting
At the Prison Reform League gathering in Copley Plaza Secretary Charles Gibson was instructed to convey to Governor Whitman of New York the league’s confidence in ex Warden Osborne of Sing Sing. The group also endorsed Curley’s call to end solitary confinement at Deer Island and backed Representative Hill’s bill to abolish capital punishment. Rev William Harman van Allen spoke.
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Prison Reform League
Copley Plaza
Charles Gibson
Whitman
New York
Osborne
Sing Sing
Osborn
Curley
Deer Island
Representative Hill
William Harman van Allen
Recall Consul at Frontera Recalled by State Department
Washington reports that Alphonse J. Lespinasse, consul at Frontera Mexico, has been recalled after charges filed by Congressman James A. Gallivan and Boston businessmen. Thomas D. Bowman will replace him. Accused of obstructing Americans, Lespinasse had served for years in Mexico.
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Washington
James A. Gallivan
Boston
Alphonse J. Lespinasse
Frontera
Mexico
State Department
Thomas D. Bowman
Lespinasse
Taft Speaks on Discipline to Bangor High School
Former President William H. Taft addressed Bangor High School students on discipline and obedience as a foundation for tomorrow’s citizens. He also spoke at the University of Maine Law School on the powers and duties of the executive.
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Bangor
William H. Taft
Bangor High School
Taft
University of Maine Law School
Germany Expropriates Nearly All Textiles in War Order
Berlin reports a broad expropriation effective Feb 1 covering almost all textiles from animal hair and plant fibres. The rule targets cloth for army navy prisoners officials bed and horse blankets underclothes dress goods lining sailcloth sand bags socks shirts and related items. Newspapers call it a wartime necessity but warn of potential mass layoffs in the women’s clothing sector.
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Berlin
London
Miss Teiper Improves After Orchard Park Tragedy
Grace J. Teiper shows marked improvement at Buffalo hospital as authorities pursue Sunday night killings of her mother and brother. She briefly spoke of her mother earlier, but later reported head pain and remained largely silent. John Edward, her brother’s son, remains a prisoner at police headquarters without charge, held by Erie County Sheriff Stengel.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Grace J. Teiper
Orchard Park
John Edward
Stengel
Erie County
Russia Opens New White Sea Rail Outlet
Petrograd reports completion of the Petrograd to Soroka short line railway on the White Sea, 530 miles, adding an outlet besides Archangel to relieve congestion at the northern port.
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Russia
White Sea
Petrograd
London
Soroka
Archangel
Mrs Russ Attacked by Pedlar Witness Recall
Elizabeth Kangur testified for the State in the Peter Russ wife murder trial, recalled by the defense to courtroom suspense. Emily Russ was found on the floor with a throat wound and a cord about her neck, and Peter Russ faces charges of slaying his wife.
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Elizabeth Kangur
Peter Russ
Emily Russ
Testimony in Russ Case Links Pedlar Threats to Death
On the stand Miss Kangur said before her death Mrs. Russ warned of a persistent pedlar who attempted to kiss her and she drove him away after a threat to shoot. The witness later discussed this with Wendell P. Murray who did not recall the testimony. Dr. Frank N. Whittier testified Mrs. Russ could have tied and cut her own throat. Mrs. Russ, mother of the defendant, described the troubled home life and two prior departures by her daughter-in-law.
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Miss Kangur
Cumberland County
Briggs Released in Contempt Case
Osborne F. Briggs son of Frederick L. Briggs was released from Charles Street jail where he had been held since November eighteenth for contempt of court. He was jailed for approaching a juror’s brother during his father’s civil suit trial and was released by Judge Fox who sentenced him.
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Osborne F. Briggs
Frederick L. Briggs
State Board of Registration
Hembalming
Charles Street
Fox
Belle of France Sunk off Karachi with crew losses
The British steamer Belle of France has sunk. The Europeans and 22 Lascars were landed while 19 Lascars are missing. The ship last appeared at Karachi after leaving Port Said on December 24. Built at Sunderland in 1859 for Belle Steamship Agency of Liverpool.
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London
Belle of France
Karachi
India
Port Said
Sunderland
Eng
Belle Steamship Agency, Ltd
Liverpool
Styr Floods Forcing German Forces From Positions
Kiev reports from February 3 that thawing waters in the Styr region flood roads and trench water reaches knee depth. The river overflows have compelled Teutonic troops to evacuate fortified positions and many deaths are due to pleurisy and lung ailments among prisoners.
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Kiev
Russia
London
Styr
Sullivan a Constable Appointed in Health Dept
Former Representative Lewis R. Sullivan of Ward 20 is named a health department constable with a yearly salary of 1200 dollars.
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Lewis R. Sullivan
Ward 20
Huckins Weds Miss Ramsay in Nashua Society Wedding
Frank Pembroke Huckins of Brookline, a Boston business leader and former divorcee, wed Miss Florence Rowland Ramsay of Boston and Cambridge in Nashua New Hampshire. The ceremony was at the Nashua Unitarian Church followed by a honeymoon to St Augustine Florida. The couple will reside at 38 Berkeley Street. Huckins recently named executor of his father’s half million dollar estate and holds multiple Boston business roles. Mrs Huckins had sought divorce and alimony last year, which was granted.
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Frank Pembroke Huckins
Brookline
Nashua
N. H
Florence Rowland Ramsay
Charles Cornell Ramsay
Boston
Cambridge
Manley B. Townsend
Nashua Unitarian Church
St. Augustine
Florida
Berkeley Street
Huckins
Frank P. Huckins
Frank Huckins
P. 8. Huckins Company
Metropolitan Trust Company
Central Wharf Company
Mitchell Lighter Company
Harvard Club
Boston Yacht Club
Boston Power Company
Hazel Littlefield
Herbert Littlefield
Hawley Folsom Company
Armenians Refugees Arrive in Bergen En Route to U S
A number of Armenian refugees who escaped into Russia arrived yesterday in Bergen on the Bergenfjord, en route to the United States where wealthy compatriots have promised assistance.
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London
Russia
Reuter
Bergen
Bergenfjord
United States
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