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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
3
Whipple will head the probe into the note leak with Ruth Thomason Visconti as first witness. The panel debated counsel, selecting Whipple after Democratic and Republican negotiations and references to Untermyer amid concerns over partisanship.
Sherman L. Whipple plans to accept the official appointment as counsel for the rules committee studying the peace note leak. The Boston attorney will announce the move in Washington tomorrow or Monday at the latest after meetings with Chairman Henry and the administration. He travels today to seek court postponements for his private practice, including the Paine will case.
Secretary Lansing rejected claims from a leak hearing that he breakfasted with Bernard Baruch at the Biltmore Hotel in New York. He said he does not know Baruch and has never spoken with him, deeming the reports false and malicious.
The speaker notes no conversations with him and says he has left Washington only once since the election, to attend the army and navy game in New York on November 25. The remark highlights limited travel and contact following the election.
Deputy Chief Daniel Sennott urged the Boston Consolidated Gas Company to install outside shut-off valves similar to the water department’s. He spoke at the Hugh O'Brien Parents' Association meeting at the Hugh O'Brien School in Roxbury, detailing dos and don'ts for preventing fires and what to do in case of fire.
Miss Gertrude Ethel Miller, noted Dana Hall singer, will marry Maurice Walter Dennison of the Braman Dow Company of Boston. Announcement came from Mrs Jabez Hall Alvord of Winsted, the bride’s mother. Dennison is son of Mr and Mrs Hubert Dennisor of Boston.
Representative Beaman of Leverett introduced a petition in the House seeking authority for the North Leverett Cemetery Association to assume control of the Plainview Cemetery along the road from North Leverett to Moor's corner. The measure signals a trend toward consolidation of local burial grounds.
Theodore Semon, charged with first degree murder in the Johanna Donovan case, broke down on the stand denying the crime. He recounted his movements after the alleged murder and claimed he never saw the clerk or the key witnesses. The case continued with handwriting expert Hingston noting insufficient handwriting standards to form an opinion. Court proceedings paused with arguments scheduled and a jury charge expected Monday.
Dr. Francis P. Donahue testified from the medical examiner report that material from the woman's stomach lodged in her lung and that the death scene resembled strangulation by both internal and external means. A neighboring room occupant testified she heard retching in Room 68. Lemon recounted meeting with a woman in a drug store at about 1 o'clock. she urged payment for a soda and described cabmen as pikers before he paid and left as the woman followed him out.
Victor Alexander Bruce ninth Earl of Elgin and Kincardine died in London aged about seventy six He was born at Montcalm lands near Montreal in 1849 while his father served as Governor General of Canada Bruce served as viceroy of India from 1888 to 1899 and as secretary of state for the colonies from 1905 to 1908 He was a direct descendant of King Robert Bruce of Scotland.
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