Attorney General Criticizes Middlesex Suffolk Law Administration
Attorney General J Weston Allen told the legislative judiciary committee that the administration of criminal law has broken down in Middlesex and Suffolk counties due to district attorneys not pressing, filing or disposing of cases. He accused officials of lax handling and cited delays and gaps in prosecutions at a hearing yesterday.
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Middlesex
Suffolk
J. Weston Allen
Legislative Committee On the Judiciary
Aged Couple Gas Victims in Tragic Home Incident
Medical Examiner Leary and City Point police investigate a gas poisoning death of 90 year old Aeneas MacEachern and injuries to his 75 year old wife Johanna at their Mt. Vernon street home. The couple were found in a gas filled kitchen with their患者 dog dead beneath the stove, authorities say the cause remains under inquiry.
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Leary
City Point
Aeneas MacEachern
Mt. Vernon Street
City Hospital
MacEachern
Johanna
Mr. MacEachern
Old Socks Too Much for Wife in Divorce Plea
Grace W. Prisco seeks leave of absence from marriage in Brooklyn Supreme Court claiming marital misery caused by wearing her husband George W. Prisco's cast off socks and mother in law's clothes. She alleges he awakens her at night to boast of an affair and forbids laughter or speaking English in her presence.
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New York
United News
Grace W. Prisco
George W. Prisco
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Miss X
Readjustment of Wages at Whitin Machine Works
Whitin Machine Works in Whitinsville announced a wage readjustment effective next Monday. The firm employs about 3000 workers and did not disclose the new pay scale.
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Whitin Machine Works
Whitinsville
Didnt Want Son to Marry Genie Case Shocks Springfield
Pauline Smith testified that her love for Genie Reed Smith was not strong enough to deny rumors about the younger woman's morals on the day she married her son. The admission came during rebuttal after the defense rested, marking her first acknowledgment that she didn’t like the defendant.
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Springfield
Pauline Smith
Genie Reed Smith
Genie
Yap Island Mandate Allegedly Slipped to Wilson at Versailles
Washington report claims the committee on foreign relations found a memorandum by the Big Four granting Japan control of Yap, slipped to President Wilson during the Versailles conference. A Republican member said Wilson trusted the matter and did not push for US reconsideration, despite prior objections.
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Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Yap
Wilson
Pacific Ocean
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Japan
United States
Blaze Moves Sign At 612 Devonshire Street
Patrolman Hammerslaugh noticed a shimmying sign in Henry Bilbaur’s window at 612 Devonshire Street that moved from heat and drew an alarm. Firefighters arrived to find a blaze under control with estimated damage about 400 dollars.
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Hammerslaugh
City Hall Avenue
Devonshire Street
Henry Bilbaur
Murdered Man Identified as Woburn Resident
The body of a man believed to be James Higgins of Dorchester, killed in a lumber camp near Bald Mountain, Missouri, was identified as Charles W. Carroll of Woburn, a former member of the 72d Field Artillery of the 28th Division. Identification was made by his brother William J. Carroll, who brought the body to their father’s home at 29 Porter Street in Woburn. He will be buried in Calvary Cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
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James Higgins
Dorchester
Bald Mountain
Charles W. Carroll
Woburn
72D Field Artillery
William J. Carroll
Charles Carroll
Porter Street
Calvary Cemetery
Noted coal men under indictment in six states
Indianapolis Feb 25 A federal grand jury indictment charged coal operators and miners in six states with conspiring under the Sherman anti trust law to force high prices for soft coal by restricting production. Two hundred twenty six defendants were named including 127 operators or miners and 99 operators associations or companies.
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Indianapolis
Indicted Coal Leaders Face Arraignment in $10,000 Bonds
Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio and Pennsylvania defendants named by District Attorney Van Nuys face arraignment set for May 3. Judge A B Anderson ordered $10,000 bonds per defendant as prominent operators and United Mine Workers officials including John L Lewis and William Green are among the defendants. The National Coal Association is also charged alongside major miners and operators for collusion to raise wages, fix prices, create shortages and restrain production.
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A. B. Anderson
van Nuys
Thomas T. Brewster
Edward C. Searls
Jackson Dering
Phil Penna
William K. Kavanaugh
United Mine Workers’ Union
John L. Lewis
William Green
The
National Coal Association
Federal Department of Justice
Rival Officers Probe Missing Treasurer in Mexico Elopement
The New England Piano and Phonograph Company awaits an auditor report amid possible irregularities as attorney Louis Cohen, missing assistant treasurer and believed to have eloped with his wife Violet Bornstein, faces action. parents of a girl report losing faith in husband as authorities inquire about the elopement.
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New England Piano and Phonograph Company
Louis Cohen
Mexico
Violet Bornstein
Trustees Back Pay Cut Plan Amid War Cost of Living Drop
Trustees inform Carmen's union of an 18 percent wage reduction effective May 1, citing a 20 percent drop in the cost of living and a sliced war pay increase. The move targets balancing budgets as inflation recedes.
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Carmen
Grandson and Spooks Leave Trustees Say They Will Also Lower Fares
Trustees announce fare reductions as unions oppose wage cuts. The move follows pressure from riders and city officials seeking relief, with labor groups warning against concessions that could affect long term pay scales.
Massachusetts Retail Merchants Back National Sales Tax Plan
Members of the Massachusetts Retail Merchants Association voted unanimously to endorse the National Retail Dry Goods Association sales tax plan after considering options from the National Tax Conference Board and other groups. The taxation committee, led by A Barry Bacon and Maurice Wrigley among others, submitted the pamphlet showing the endorsed plan to all members for a referendum vote.
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Massachusetts Retail Merchants’ Association
National Retail Dry Goods Association
National Tax Conference Board
National Association of Manufacturers
National Retail Dry Goods’ Association
A. Barry Bacon
Chandler & Co
Maurice Wrigley
Jordan& Marsh Company
Fred Vorenberg
Gilchrist Company
James W. Eadie, Jr
L. E. Studley
The
Chalifoux Company
Lowell
Hartford Library Bans Ford Weekly Publication
Hartford Public Library directors voted to remove The Dearborn Independent from the reading room citing the publication as part of the anti Jewish race attack linked to Henry Ford. The action was announced this week in Hartford Connecticut.
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Hartford Public Library
Hartford
Sinn Fein MP Dr Bryan Cusack Arrested at Galway Home
Sinn Fein member of Parliament for Galway Dr Bryan Cusack was arrested today at his home in Swords. He was elected to Parliament in 1918 and has previously been interned at Birmingham prison.
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Dubolin
Bryan Cusack
Sinn Fein
Galway
Swords
Cusack
Birmingham
Londonderry Mystery Furnishings Haunt High Range Road
In Londonderry New Hampshire for four days locals watched as a rumor of haunted furniture at the Lowd family home on High Range road persisted. Strange activity previously reported had stirred suspense until a calm night contradicted prior fears and no spook or spirit appeared.
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Londonderry
N. H
Lowd
High Range Road
Champ Clark Condition Worsens in Washington
Washington, Feb. 5. Physicians said Champ Clark's illness had suddenly worsened as he nears 71 next month. His son Bennett Clark of St. Louis and daughter Mrs. James H. Thompson of New Orleans rushed to be with him. Doctors cited a combination of ills from a cold and rheumatism.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Bennett Clark
St. Louis
James H. Thompson
New Orleans
Pogroms Reported by Balakovich Troops Near Minsk and Hamel
The Federation of Ukrainian Jews in London states that Balako vitch troops killed or tortured women and children in a pogrom in Minsk and Hamel regions. The report says more than 1000 Jews were victims.
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London
Balakovitch
Minsk
Hamel
Federation of
Woman Seeks Tax Position in Pembroke Election
Miss Ethel M. Graham, praised for a million dollar smile and efficiency, runs for Pembroke tax collector against a two-year veteran with a clean record. She avoids campaign stunts, says she will do her best, and vows not to misuse town funds if elected.
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Bryantville
Ethel M. Graham
Pembroke
Miss Graham
Union Opposes Wage Cut To Save Five Cent Fare
Union men testified that wage reductions would barely affect fares and challenged trustees figures. They argued five-cent fares require sweeping economies, lower supply and coal costs, and increased traffic for the road, calling the five-cent fare idea propaganda to sway public opinion against the union.
Public trustees notify union carmen heads of strike plan
The public trustees of the Massachusetts Eastern Street Railway Company yesterday notified the heads of the union carmen organizations that they intend to make an action regarding labor relations.
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Massachusetts Eastern Street Railway Company
Union Carmen
Anniversaries and historic notes from today
Today’s items include anniversaries for Thomas Lawson born 1857 and William Cody Buffalo Bill born 1845. It recalls 1915 Provence torpedoed in the Mediterranean with 3300 lives lost and a note that US troops had been withdrawn from Siberia a year ago. Bolshevik advances in Siberia and Lodge treaty reservations are mentioned amid the recap.
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Thomas Lawson
Wiliam KF
Cody
Buffalo Bill
Warsaw
Mediterranean
United States
Siberia
United States Senate
Fair Weather Forecast for New England Region
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions on Saturday with Sunday bringing light snow or rain and a rise in temperatures. Winds become east and southeast, increasing by Sunday. Northern New England sees fair Saturday and light snow with warming Sunday. The storm centered over Minnesota moves east, bringing snow to Great Lakes, northern New England, and the Middle Atlantic within 24 hours.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi River
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Weather outlook hints at dry day then possible rain
Forecaster expects fair weather until tonight followed by a chance of rain or snow. After a cold morning, temperatures will rise significantly as conditions improve.
Yesterday's Temperatures and Odd Notations At Spa
Report shows yesterday's average temperature around 21 with high 22 to 24, and last year around 52. Data attributed to Thompson's Spa. Includes garbled time stamps and stray numbers, offering little coherent context beyond temperature notes and a few unreadable entries.
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Thompson’s Spa
Theft of Liberty bonds 772000 par value reported
The Northern Trust Company announced the theft of Liberty bonds with a par value of 772000 in Chicago. The bonds were worth 670000 at market prices. A clerk named William Dalton, who handled Liberty bond transactions, is accused. Dalton earned 65 dollars per month.
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Chicago
Northern Trust Company
William Dalton
Dalton
Bank thief Dalton vanishes after noon hours heist
A Thursday theft at the bank led to a 24 hour manhunt for 17 year old Dalton who worked in the securities cage. H O Edmunds, bank vice president, notes Dalton had been with the bank three years and slipped away with bonds during lunch hour while others were in the cage.
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Dalton
H. O. Edmunds
Trust Department
Cox to Be at C I S Dinner
Governor Cox will attend the Charitable Irish Society annual dinner at the Hotel Somerset despite earlier conflict with the British American Federation. President James A. Dorsey announced the plans, with Judge Sullivan noting Cox’s invitation and possible scheduling, and with Congressman O Connor of Louisiana, Vice President elect Coolidge, and Mayor Peters slated to speak.
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Cox
Hotel Somerset
James A. Dorsey
Sullivan
O’connor
Louisiana
Coolidge
Peters
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