Belmont Hero Saves Two From Icy Brook Accident
Frank R. Thompson of 68 Garrison street West Somerville risked his life by diving into the icy Alewife brook near Little Pound in Belmont yesterday afternoon. He rescued George Wellman 14 son of Herbert Wellman of 87 Brighton street and Ernest H Frothingham 13 son of Clarence M Frothingham of 83 Brighton street.
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Belmont
Frank R. Thompson
Garrison Street
West Somerville
Thompson
Little Pound
George Wellman
Herbert Wellman
Brighton Street
Ernest H. Frothingham
Clarence M. Frothingham
Boys risk life on thin pond ice rescue by Thompson
Four youngsters ventured to a snow covered pond and then a frozen brook. Wellman and Frothingham slid on the ice and fell into the water as the ice cracked. Thompson, nearby on Brighton street, pulled Frothingham onto a plank and dragged Wellman to shore after breaking the ice with a plank.
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Wellman
Frothingham
Thompson
Belmont
Brighton Street
Young Frothingham
Gunman shots strike crowd kill and wound in Rochester
Valentine Sauter owner of a clothing shop on Clifford Avenue fired a shotgun into a demonstrator crowd during the garment workers strike. A girl was killed and three persons were wounded as the violence continued after a February afternoon rally.
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Valentine Sauter
Clifford Avenue
Sauter Gunfire at Shop Kills Teenager in Strike Riot
About 700 strikers gathered at Sauter’s shop to press walkout. Stones were thrown and Sauter fired from a second floor window, killing Ida Braeman, 17. A woman and two men were wounded. Sauter charged with first degree murder. arrests for rioting expected. James McManus urged mediator meeting to settle strike issues.
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Sauter
Ida Braeman
James McManus
State Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration
Golden Cup Presented to Chairman McCombs in New York
In New York on February 5 a gold loving cup was presented to Chairman William F. McCombs of the Democratic National Committee by campaign associates. Norman E. Mack delivered the presentation. Morgenthau spoke for the campaign committee and Martin J. Wade for Iowa state committeemen.
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New York
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Norman E. Mack
McCombs
Henry Morgenthau
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
Mystery crewless ship found adrift near Azores
Newport News dispatch reports the British tank steamer Roumanian rescued the Norwegian bark Remittent on January 19 while 10 days from Port Arthur near the Azores. The vessel was seaworthy provisioned and fully rigged but with no crew aboard, mirroring the Marie Celeste mystery.
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Newport News
Port Arthur
Azores
Who Gave Out Grand Jury Secrets Revealed in Suffolk Case
A disputed chain of disclosure surrounds Suffolk county grand jury records in the Coleman case. Pelleteir and French clash over who released Coleman's evidence, while Kelcher claims a Boston lawyer possessed a full copy shortly after testimony. Kelcher asserts the leak aided his defense by clarifying Coleman’s statements about the National City Bank wreck.
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Big Bile Kelikers
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Coleman
Pelletier
Kelcher
United States
Asa P. French
French
Drowning on Vassar Campus Toboggan Run
Five Vassar students slid onto an artificial pond after their toboggan went out of control. Elizabeth B. Mylod of Poughkeepsie drowned, while Myra Hurst New Hampshire, Mildred Keniston Cambridge, Laura Reimer Kingston, and Anna J. Oldham Cleveland were rescued after a desperate struggle.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar
Elizabeth B. Mylod
Miss Mylod
Myra Hurst
New Hamburgh
Mildred Keniston
Cambridge
Mass
Laura Reimer
Kingston
Anna J. Oldham
Cleveland, O
Tragic Ice Rescue Ends With Youthful Victim
Sunset Hill toboggan party plunges into a lake as the group skirts the college. Professor George B. Shattuck rescues three girls, Miss Phebe Briggs saves another, but Miss Moylod is found beneath the ice in eight feet of water an hour later.
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Sunset Hill
George B. Shattuck
Phebe Briggs
Sacramento
Cal
Walsh Admits He Took Graft in Police Scandal
New York February 5 Police Captain Thomas W Walsh, accused by Patrolman Eugene F Fox of taking graft payments for five years, tonight asked for District Attorney Whitman and, per the DA, confessed to his role in the allied police graft scheme.
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New York
Thomas W. Walsh
Eugene F. Fox
Whitman
WalshAllen Whiteman Statement on Graft and Police Ties
District Attorney Whitman reports Walsh said he sought no immunity and was offered none. Walsh implicates two higher ups in the police with graft, and says every cent Fox collected was shared after Fox kept 10 percent. He claims Fox was his collector and that the inspector received 50 cents per dollar, with funds aiding Fox’s release and a plan to shield Sipp.
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Whitman
Walsh
Fox
George A. Sipp
Council Not Agreed as to Form of Pardon
The article notes disagreement in council over pardon terms with a majority leaning toward conditional release. It then shifts to the puzzling story of Edwin B. Rice’s $1800 diamond, a gem that vanished and reappeared multiple times, fueling a mystery comparable to legendary jewels.
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Edwin B. Rice
Himalayas
Mystery Diamond Recovered From Hotel Touraine Case
Mr. Rice explains he recovered a large white diamond that vanished from his washstand at the Hotel Touraine. A hotel boy found a glass stone in a ring and sold it to a Washington Street dealer who alerted police. The dealer and boy gave conflicting stories. Rice will not press charges and will not pay the dealer. Inspector Smith aided Anderson in the inquiry and Rice plans new settings for the ring.
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Rice
Hotel Touraine
Lagrange Street
Washington Street
Warrenton Street
Anderson
Inspector Smith
Outdoor Life Under Southern Skies Ad Highlights Resorts
A winter season feature promotes joyous outdoor life and winter resorts accessible via Southern Railway with connections. Inquiries directed to 382 Washington St. Boston.
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Southern Railway
Washington St
Boston
May Act on the Case at Meeting Next Week
The council discussed King’s conditional pardon for about two hours but did not grant freedom. The decision on a pardon may go to the Supreme Court on a legal question, delaying King’s liberation by at least another week.
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Cardenio IF
King
Council
Supreme Court
Mrs Mollie King Faces Delay as Council Deliberates
In the tense scene at the State house Mrs Mollie I King and her son C F King Jr waited as word came to drive to Bridgewater for the released husband. Charles Osgood and Irving P Dodge handled the arrangements. Mrs King, ill and advised to rest, said she could not bear the suspense and would seek her husband’s return once the council acts next week.
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Mollie I. King
C. F King, Jr
State House
Bridgewater
Charles [. Osgood
Irving P. Dodge
King
Fair cold forecast for Boston and New England
A Washington forecast reports fair conditions for New England and eastern New York on Thursday and Friday. Mild temperature change, moderate west winds, and little variation expected.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
Weather summary at Thompson's Spa yesterday
Yesterday’s weather data from Thompson's Spa shows an average temperature around 22 to 24 degrees with typical daily variation. Previous year’s average was 2 to 4 degrees higher, and conditions a year ago were clear.
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