Healis Maintains Claims in Mohr Death Case in Rhode Island
George W. Healis testified for nearly six hours amid defense questions alleging a conspiracy with Mrs. Mohr and negro hostlers in the death of Dr. C Franklin Mohr. Healis declared he was part Indian and known as the colored chauffeur while maintaining his claims as the truth, as attorney William H. Lewis pressed for more proof.
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Providence
George W. Healis
William H. Lewis
Victor Brown
Henry Spellman
Healis
Elizabeth Tiffany Mohr
Curley Clamps Down with 17 City Workers Fired
Mayor Curley orders the discharge of seventeen Boston public works employees including a former assistant city engineer and several supervisors. The salaries total 34300 dollars, with promises of quick promotions from within the department. Civil service hearings are skirted by abolishing the positions.
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Public Works Department
City of
Boston
Curley
Public Works
Edward F. Murphy
Civil Service
Commissioner of Public Works
War issues spark heated Senate debate in Washington
In a vigorous session, Britain was called a perpetual robber and Germany a murderer. Calls grew for a war embargo on munitions and food to England. Allegations and denials arose that British censors intercept American mail to gain trade secrets as the Senate weighed American rights and urged calm until belligerents recover from war madness.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
England
Senate
Senator Smith Attacks Britain's Neutral Trade Policy
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia denounces Great Britain's interference with neutral commerce and cotton shipments to Germany and calls for an embargo against England. Senator Borah of Idaho endorses the attack, arguing Britain cannot wage war without munitions or feed its people without neutral aid.
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Hoke Smith
Georgia
Great Britain
Germany
Engand
United States
England
Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt Dines with Financiers in Philadelphia
Colonel Roosevelt was guest of honor at a "millionaires" dinner in the Philadelphia Club ahead of an Americanization meeting at the Metropolitan Opera House. The guest list mirrored New York's Gary dinner, featuring leaders in Philadelphia's finance and big business.
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Philadelphia
Metropolitan Opera House
Roosevelt
Philadelphia Club
Gary
New York
Dinner With Roosevelts Backers Highlights Progressive Ties
About 25 wealthy men gathered at 6:30 p.m. at a clubhouse for a social dinner. Host Thomas Robins, a Roosevelt ally, led a discussion that touched on Republican and Progressive loyalties and included remarks by Colonel Roosevelt. The event lasted two hours before his appearance at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Roosevelt
Senator Penrose
Metropolitan Opera House
Carter Faces Ten Thousand Breach Suit In New Hampshire
Prominent Boston Rye Beach hotel owner William E Carter is sued for 10000 by Myrde P Webb of Portland alleging a 1911 marriage engagement. Webb says Carter proposed in Boston and promised to wed, but refused on December 15 1915. A Carter Laighton wedding had been planned for this month amid scrutiny of the suit.
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William E. Carter
Boston
Rye Beach
Ruth Laighton
Carter
Mryde P. Webb
Portland
Farragut House
Portsmoutib
Rutland
Man Kills Wife Then Gasses Self in Quincy
Mrs. Josephine Colletti, 22, was shot in the back of the head as she neared her in laws home on Hayden street. Her husband fired three shots and then a final bullet through his left ear. He was hospitalized in Quincy but expected to recover.
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Josephine Colletti
Hayden Street
Quincy
Quincy Hospital
Fire Chief and Commissioner Hurt in Middlesex Street Fire
Fire at the sheet metal works owned by Commissioner W. W. Campbell in Malden injured Chief George H. Butler of the Malden fire department and severely burned Fire Commissioner Campbell. The blaze damaged the Middlesex court site.
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George H. Butler
Malden
W. W. Campbell
Campbell
Middlesex Court
Mystery Shooting Claims Two Victims in Snow
Col letti's brother reported hearing a revolver three shots after 7 PM then found two bodies, one of Col letti and the other Frank's wife, with signs of a struggle and trampled snow. A lantern revealed the scene and a far-traveled couts was found about 30 feet away.
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Frank
Fire Destroys Upper Floor as Malden Officials Rescue Funds
The fire was spotted by the commissioner and foreman at the doorway. The chief led a squad into smoke filled rooms and fell over a broken partition, injuring Hoseman Buckley. The commissioner recovered $2700 from the safe before succumbing to burns. The chief and commissioner were hospitalized.
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William Buckley
Malden
Malden Hospital
Campbell
Australia bans exports to The Netherlands
Melbourne reports a proclamation prohibiting all exports to The Netherlands issued from Australia via London on January 21. The order covers shipments through all channels and aims to restrict trade with the Dutch earlier in the year.
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Melbourne
Australia
London
Netherlands
Villa Captured at San Geronimo Hacienda by Carranza
Carranza forces under General Cavazos captured Villa at the San Geronimo hacienda near the Babricora ranch and the San Tomas railroad station southeast of Madera. Col Maximano Marquez led the operation, with reports of Villa's body taken to Juarez and Chihuahua after the execution of General Jose Rodriguez.
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Texas
Francisco Villa
Juarez
Carranza
Mexico
Villa
Gabriel Gavira
San Geronimo
Babricora
Hearst
San Tomas
Madera
Cavazos
Maximano Marquez
Jose Rodriguez
Almeida
Chihuahua
Iere
Marquez
Jose Alexande
Moon Phases and Evening Sky for the Year Ahead
The notice lists sun and moon rise and set times, lunar phases from January to March, and full moon dates for the year. It also notes planetary positions with Saturn as the evening star, Jupiter and Venus in evening sky, Mars as morning star, and automobile lamp times for tonight.
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Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Today in History Saint Louis to mark anniversaries
On this day Louis XVI was beheaded in 1793 and Stonewall Thomas J Johnson born in 1824. One year ago Germans recaptured positions they had lost to the French in the St Michiel region.
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Louis XVI
France
Thomas J. Johnson
St. Agnes
St. Michiel
Forecast for Boston and vicinity unsettled into weekend
Friday unsettled conditions in Boston and vicinity, Saturday generally fair with little temperature change. Winds from the south to southwest moderate. In southern New England forecast shows cloudy days, while northern New England faces rain or snow on Friday and cloudy skies Saturday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
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