Jury hears impressive arguments in Semon murder trial
In 1915 case at the St James Hotel Theodore Semon proclaims innocence to the jury after his lawyer cites a stomach substance found in the victim and questions witness timetables. Judge Aiken to instruct jurors Monday as a verdict is anticipated. Also noted Admiral Dewey to be buried at Arlington with full public honors Corps and government officials to attend.
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Theodore Semon
Superior Criminal Court
Johanna Donovan
St. James
Semon
William Miller
Aiken
St. James Hotel
Tobin
Harvard Grad Criticizes Officials Stand on Use of College Halls
Harvard graduate W. T. Fisher blasts the college for impartiality in granting lecture privileges. In an open letter to the Crimson he cites ex-Governor Robert Bass Hamilton Holt Helen Todd Norman Hapgood and Norman Angell as past speakers who were allowed into Harvard halls while others such as Mrs H Sheehy Skeffington were refused.
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Harvard
H. Sheehy Skeffington
W. T. Fisher
Harvard Crimson
Robert P. Bass
New Hampshire
Hamilton Holt
Helen Todd
Norman Hapgood
Norman Angell
Accident ruling in Miss McInnis death at Malden station
A Middlesex court found Miss Mary E. McInnis death accidental after a 1916 Malden train fatality. The special court urged safety measures at the Malden station crossing to prevent further deaths and injuries.
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Special Court of
Mary E. McInnis
Malden
Middlesex Court House
East Cambridge
E. Leroy Sweetser
Father John’s Medicine Ad Promises Health for Babies
A Lawrence Massachusetts household testimonial urges use of Father John’s Medicine for pale thin babies and colds. It cites two children and a Mrs. William Lee of 18 Monmouth Street as endorsers claiming improved color and vigor without alcohol or dangerous drugs.
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Father John
William Lee
Monmouth Street
Lawrence
Mass
Nation Pays Final Honors to Admiral Dewey in Capitol Ceremony
Flags at half mast worldwide and noon gun salutes mark the funeral for Admiral Dewey. President Wilson attends services at the Capitol where the body rests on the Lincoln rotunda catafalque. Annapolis mids, bluejackets, and Marines lead the cortege with a full military escort. Exective departments close. Senate and House recess during ceremonies.
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Dewey
Manila Bay
Arlington
Capitol
Pensylvania Avenue
Potomac
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Senate
House
Wilson
Catafalque
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Frazier
Olympia
Manila
Corps of
Midshipmen
New Hampshire
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Fort Monroe
Supreme Court
Committees of
Congress
Society of
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary Daniels
Bride Vanishes Within Hours After Wedding in Rockport
George E. Grace, chauffeur for Dr. A. M. Tupper, reports his wife Mary F. Tupper disappeared shortly after the wedding in Rockport. The 37 year old daughter of Dr. Tupper had been married Wednesday evening and has not been seen since.
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Rockport
George E. ‘Grace
A. M. ‘Tupper
Mary F. Tupper
Tupper
Dr. Tupper
Grace
Pr. Tupper
Broadway
James S. Doherty
St. Joachim's
Tuppers
Gloucester
Congregational Church
Miss Tupper
Leander M. Haskins Hospital
Williamson Responds to Divorce Suit Denying Abuse
Mrs Virginia V Williamson counterclaims in Suffolk Superior Court denying her husband Charles A Williamson's divorce charges. She accuses him of cruel abusive behavior and of infidelity, while denying the alleged tea throwing incident and threats. Her attorney is John E Crowley.
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Virginia V. Williamson
Charles A. Williamson
Winthrop
Suffolk Superior Court
John E. Crowley
Williamson
Pastor declines church salary increase in Worcester
Worcester church leaders voted to raise the Rev. John A. Eckstrom’s salary by 100 dollars a year but he declined the increase saying the church needs the money more than he does.
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Worcester
John A. Eckstrom
First Swedish Lutheran Church
Mayor Mullen Sues Boston Over Everett Property Sale
Mayor Mullen says Boston sold land in Everett to the Boston Elevated Railway for 80 000 that rightly belonged to Everett. Everett plans to sue Boston to recover the 80 000 and to seek rent for use of the land near the Mystic River, noting Everett’s separation from Charlestown.
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City of
Boston
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Everett
Mullen
Elevated
Lower Broadway
Mystic River
Sullivan Square
Malden
Charlestown
Dissolution Sought of John F. Fitzgerald Clothing Co
Ex mayor John F. Fitzgerald faces a petition in the county Supreme Judicial Court seeking dissolution of the John F. Fitzgerald Clothing Company. The firm has 3800 shares of par value 100 dollars each and voted to dissolve on January 17 after assets were distributed.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Supreme Judicial Court
John F. Fitzgerald Clothing Company
Trapped Student Suffers Bruise After Rat Trap Accident
A Wellsley College student with red hair triggered a rat trap while discussing its mechanism with friends at a hardware store. The trap snapped on her two pink fingers causing a bruise as bystanders called for help and the first aid clerk treated her wound.
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Wellesley
Miss X
Wellesley College
Wellesley Square
Troops Withdraw From Mexican Outposts Reported
Unofficial reports from army officers state withdrawal operations have begun at El Valle the southern outpost of the punitive expedition in Mexico and at San Joaquin between El Valle and Colona Dublan field headquarters.
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EL Paso
el Valle
Mexico
San Joaquin
Colona Dublan
Army predicts march to Columbus New Mexico expedition
Army officers forecast the entire expedition heading to Columbus New Mexico within 72 hours. Four empty motor truck trains were sent from Columbus in the last 24 hours signaling an impending withdrawal. Large tents at Columbus housing equipment and stores suggest the expeditionary column will be moved from the field base. Pershing's troops would be stationed along the border with headquarters at El Paso and San Antonio per reports.
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Columbus
N. M
General Pershing
el Paso
San Antonio
President Approves Guardsmen Homeward Withdraw
President Wilson approves plan to withdraw the American expeditionary force from Mexico. Pershing to decide deployment details as 10,000 to 12,000 troops are reassigned to strategic border points. Homeward movement of national guardsmen on border to begin as regulars become available.
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Washington
Mexico
Pershing
Wilson
Funston
Mystic Shrinedom Launches Official Journal The Fez
The Fez a 50 page Boston based monthly magazine serves Mystic Shrine members in New England. W Percival Edgar editor and publisher explains the aim to foster enjoyment good will and unity among the nine temples of the A A O N M S. It seeks to strengthen communication within the fraternity.
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Fez
Boston
New England
W. Percival Edgar
Maine Press Association studies co operative print paper agency
The Maine Press Association appointed a committee to study forming a cooperative agency for buying newsprint paper. Members are Frank B. Nichols of Bath Co. H. Fogg of Houston. and J. H. Ogier of Camden.
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Portland
Maine Press Association Today
Frank B. Nichols
Bath
H. Fogg
Houston
J. H. Ogier
Camden
Whipple Indorsed by Lawson for Government Counsel Post
Sherman L. Whipple left Boston for Washington to meet the rules committee of Congress over his employment as the government's attorney to prosecute the peace note leak probe. He will likely accept unless committee demands prevent him from settling his Massachusetts court duties.
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Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
Washington
Rules Committee of Congress
Whipple
Rules Committee
Massachusetts
Post
Thomas W. Lawson
Samuel Untermyer
Lawson
New England
New Haven
Whipple Pick Backed by Lawson in Leak Inquiry
Thomas W. Lawson urged the rules committee to hire Sherman L. Whipple as counsel for the proposed leak investigation saying Whipple is the only attorney fully prepared for the task. Whipple hinted he would lead the case in court and work under committee directions.
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