Palmer Motions Denied in Perjury Case
Judge McLaughlin of the Superior Criminal Court at East Cambridge dismissed four motions by Jackson Palmer to quash the indictment. The jury found Palmer guilty of perjury in Middlesex grand jury testimony and the ruling leaves the conviction standing unless the Supreme Court reverses.
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Jackson Palmer
Lowell
Middlesex Grand Jury
Supreme Court
McLaughlin
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Palmer indictment upheld by grand jury ruling
Judge McLaughlin finds 12 or more grand jurors returned the indictment against Palmer and overrules all motions. Attorney Sherman Whipple says the matter will be taken to the Supreme Court for final disposition. Palmer testified before the Middlesex grand jury of 1911 in the Middle- inquiry.
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McLaughlin
Palmer
Sherman Whipple
Supreme Court
Middlesex
Perjury Indictment Over Grand Jury in County Ring Case
Palmer testified before a county ring and graft probe. The grand jury indicted him for perjury related to that testimony. He was tried and convicted. He moved to quash the indictment claiming it was illegally drawn due to a majority of grand jurors not voting. Judge Mc Laughlin’s December rulings were made public yesterday.
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Grand Jury
Palmer
McLaughlin
Duke Stryder Swims to Float After Wharf Fall
Duke Stryder of the navy yard survived a plunge from an icy Johnston wharf into the Piscataqua River. After breaking two bones in his leg and suffering internal injuries he swam to a float and crawled ashore to summon aid. A government ferry crew helped him to a hospital for treatment.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Duke Stryder
Navy Yard
Piscataqua
Stryder
John H. Broughton
Convict Driver Guilty In Cambridge Esplanade Deaths
George J. Chabot of Somerville, driver for the auto truck that fatally struck two Cambridge boys, Harry and John Rouff, on the Esplanade last November, was found guilty of reckless operation by a jury in the Superior Criminal Court East Cambridge. The jury deliberated about 20 minutes. sentencing will follow.
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George J. Chabot
Somerville
Cambridge
Harry
John Rouff
Esplanade
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
McLaughlin
Chabot
Nobles Embracing Home Rule
Dublin January 13 The death of Captain the Hon Otway Cuffe marks the loss of a native Irish nobleman who joined the home rule movement. The piece notes a small but growing band of aristocrats embracing Irish nationality and predicts many more will join once home rule is achieved.
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Dublin
Otway Cuffe
Ireland
Notable Irish Figures Back Home Rule Effort Amid Industry Revival
A survey of Irish leaders reveals captains like Captain Cuffe and Lord Dunraven driving industrial revival and Home Rule support. Kilkenny grows from decay to manufacture with Cuffe credited for Woolen Mills and local furniture, tobacco, and wood works. Other nobles and commoners foster Gaelic and language revival, while Redmond and Counts toil for national progress.
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Captain Cuffe
Earl of Desart
Irish Industrial Development Association
Kilkenny
Kilkenny Woolen Mills
Ireland
Cuffe
St. Canice’s
William Gibson
Lord Ashbourne
Gibson
Lord Dunraven
England
Fitzgerald
Leinster
House of Lords
Trishman
Lord MacDonnell
Anthony MacDonnell
India
Thomas Esmond
John Redmond
Raymond le Gros
McMurrough Cavanagh
O'Connor Don
O'Clery
Mayor Asks Strikers to Arbitrate
The Longshoremen's Trade Council, via phone with Mayor Fitzgerald, refused to take their wage dispute to the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. They stated readiness to submit the issue to any other arbitration board.
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Longshoremen’s Trade Council
Fitzgerald
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Board of Arbitration
Mrs Proctor Silent on Her Divorce Case
Mrs George W Proctor of Boston Mass stays with her uncle A C Ross in Hockett Falls N Y and refuses to speak to reporters about divorce proceedings against her husband Boston musician and Protégé of Mrs John L Gardner. Friends say reconciliation unlikely. estrangement noted since early on due to differing social circles and outdoor habits.
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Mrs. Proctor
Hockett Falls
N. Y
George W. Proctor
Boston
Mass
A. C. Ross
Proctor
John L. Gardner
George Proctor
Brookline
Cross
MR. Proctor
Longshoremen Dispute Breakers Over Freight Offers
Yesterday Chief Strike Breaker Bowen issued a statement praising his crews efficiency and the longshoremen allege reports from their committees contradict the claim. The longshoremen's trade council says steamship agents still refuse all local freight offers.
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Bowen
Longshoremen’s Trade Council
Naphtha Tank Threatens Firemen At Everett Storehouse
A 400 gallon naphtha tank endangered Everett firemen as they battled a blaze at the West Varnish Company storehouse on Revere Beach Parkway East Everett. Flames neared the tank within ten feet, the building burned around the tank, and authorities suspect a spark from the boiling room chimneys sparked the fire. The storehouse contained numerous varnish tanks which were destroyed.
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Everett
West Varnish Company
Revere Beach Parkway
East Everett
Old South Church History and Architecture Overview
The Old South Church in Boston, Corner of Dartmouth and Boylston, traces its lineage to the Third Church from 1669. Built at a half million cost, the Roxbury stone edifice features North Italian Gothic style with frescoed cherry interiors. Rev. George A. Gordon, D. D., has led since 1884, with a long line of ministers from Thomas Thatcher to Ebenezer.
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Old South Church
Congregational
Dartmouth
Boylston Streets
Old South Meeting House
George A. Gordon
Back Bay
Milk Street
Washington
Roxbury
Connecticut
Ohio
Thomas Thatcher
Samuell Willard
Ebenezer
Notable ministers listed for church consultative group
The list names Joseph Sewall Pemberton D D Thomas Prince Alexander Cummings Samuel Blair John Bacon John Hunt Joseph Eckley Joshua Huntington Benjamin B Wisner D D Samuel H Stearns G W Blagden D D J M Manning D D and George A Gordon D D as members of a church advisory assembly.
Dynamite Plot Confession Spurs Wider Inquiry in Indy
Indianapolis January 22. James W. Noel of the U S district attorney’s office says Ortie McManigal’s confession is backed by new evidence and reveals information McManigal did not know. Grand jury witnesses include Mrs Alta Hawkins and iron workers Ernest Basey and Patrick Fitzpatrick as inquiries broaden beyond McManigal’s role.
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Indianapolis
Ortie McManigal
McManigal
James W. Noel
United States District Attorney
Noel
Hawkins
J. J. McNamara
Malden Woman Nancy Bartlett Celebrates 92nd Birthday
Mrs. Nancy J. Bartlett of Pleasant street Malden observed her 92nd birthday with an informal reception at home. A large number of gifts and visitors called. Bartlett remains active in the Old and New Club of Malden and the First Universalist Church.
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Nancy J. Bartlett
Pleasant Street
Malden
Bartlett
Old and New Club
First Universalist Church
That City
Knox Subpoena Demands Secret State Department Payments
A House committee issues a second subpoena to Secretary Knox for voucher records on a $20,000 1909 Lake Champlain discovery celebration. The move aims to expose secret State Department expenditures and clarify Section 291 of federal law allowing secrecy if the President deems publication expedient.
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Washington
State Knox
House
State Department
Lake Champlain
Hamlin
Secretary Knox Faces Subpoena On Lake Champlain Papers
Chairman Hamlin pressed Secretary Knox to reveal expenditures and Lake Champlain papers held in the State Department. Knox said he would ask the President for authority to disclose and later the committee issued a subpoena returnable Thursday. Morrison testified papers were missing from his office.
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Hamlin
Knox
Thomas Morrison
State Department
Lake Champlain
Committees On Foreign Affairs
Secretary of State
17 Year Old Steals Locomotive Gets Six-Year Term
Ralph Jardine, 17, pleaded guilty to stealing a New York New Haven & Hartford locomotive on Jan 3. Judge Hall sentenced him to six years in the Massachusetts Reformatory at Concord. Jardine was intoxicated during the night of the theft.
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WORC
Massachusetts Reformatory
Concord
Ralph I. Jardine
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Reformatory
Jardine
Hall
Superior Court
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