Bowler Trial Nearing Verdict in Worcester Case
The trial of John Bowler the Worcester brewer charged with threatening Dr William C C Spencer of 1888 Beacon Street closed last night Judge A K Cohen will render his decision this morning Cohen indicated the evidence pointed to Bowler's guilt and he would study it before deciding.
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John Bowler
Worcester
William C. C. Spencer
Beacon Street
A. K. Cohen
Cohen
Bowler
Doctor testifies on 500 threatening calls in Bowler case
Dr Spencer elderly physician testifies that between Oct 1 1916 and June 22 this year he received about 500 threatening telephone calls linked to Bowler arrest. He notes calls began after a real estate dispute involving Jensen and details how the calls continued while he traveled between Boston Worcester and vacations.
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Spencer
Bowler
Edward J. MacMahon
Jensen
Boston
Worcester
Souvenir of Batt ships trip for Admiral Wood
Rear Admiral Spencer Wood commander of the First Naval District received a silk needlework piecefrom Chief Master-at-Arms Rogers. The five by three foot work memorializes the world voyage of the U S battleships with portraits of Roosevelt Evans and Sperry above the shield. The ribbon reads In Memory of Our Famous Trip Around the World.
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Spencer 8. Wood
First Naval District
Rogers
Nebraska
Wood
United States
Roosevelt
Bob” Evans
Sperry
Spencer
Naval Service Club
Police trap leads to Bowler arrest at South Station
Miss Burke testified she aided police by keeping a suspect on the line and routing calls to a police booth. Bowler was arrested at the South Station after a recorded call to Dr. Spencer and a staged payoff sequence revealed the alleged extortion plot.
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Dr. Spencer
Spencer
Brookline
Dooth
Bowler
Miss Burke
Tennihan
Court retracts criminal intent claim in vexing conduct case
In a Boston courtroom Bowler faces accusations tied to mysterious calls and letters. Attorneys debate intent, with Bowler's lawyer urging leniency and the state seeking a six month jail term amid evidence including a card of undertakers’ names and a contact telegram.
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Bowler
Boston
Brookline
Edward J. MacMahon
Cohen
MacMahon
Daniel V. McIisaac
Spencer
McIsaac
Barbed Wire Proposed to Keep Dogs From Sheep
The legislature’s recess commission on sheep and agriculture discussed dog versus sheep issues. Secretary Wilfrid Wheeler proposed a three foot fence with barbed wire at top and bottom to keep sheep in and dogs out.
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Legislative Recess Commission On Sheep and Agriculture
Wilfrid Wheeler
State Board of Agriculture
Wakefield Denies Fireworks Permits For Fourth
Judge Loring upholds Wakefield fire chief Cade in denying George L. Teague and Leon S. Cobb permits to sell fireworks for the Fourth of July. The action aims at a safe and noiseless holiday in Wakefield.
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Wakefield
George L. Teague
Leon S. Cobb
Loring
William F. Cade
Red Cross Frauds Halted by Boston Chapter Credentials
The Boston Metropolitan Chapter at 142 Berkeley Street adopts a standard credential form to verify donors and sellers soliciting for the Red Cross. The card must be carried at all times and shown on demand to protect the public from fraudulent solicitors.
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Red Cross
Boston
Berkeley Street
Red Cross fundraising rules issued by Boston chapter
The Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross imposes strict controls on credential issuing and fundraising. Dorothy Forbes chairs the benefits and entertainments body, with branch officials signing credentials. Rules prohibit street solicitations without written approval, ban percentage-based or self promotional pitches, require full receipts to go to the Red Cross, and forbid wearing emblems by unauthorized persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Benefits and Entertainments
Dorothy Forbes
Red Cross
Boston
The
American Red Cross
Judge Rules Increase in Alimony for Mrs. Frances Friend
Archer D. Friend once with Blodget & Co and later in Reno must pay his wife Frances S. Friend 5000 dollars a year in alimony instead of 2500. Judge Fox granted the raise after Mrs. Friend argued the 2500 allotment was insufficient for herself and their two sons. The couple previously lived in Winchester where their sons attended Winchester High School and Friend had drawn 200000 in profits before leaving for the West.
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Archer D. Friend
Blodget & Co
Mecca
Reno
Nevada
Frances S. Friend
Fox
Friend
Winchester High School
Winchester
The
West
Concord Maynard & Hudson Street Railway Proposes Fare Change
The Concord Maynard and Hudson Street Railway Company filed a new fare schedule with the Public Service Commission. It seeks authority to alter fare districts and raise outside zone fares while keeping the initial distance at two miles and the six cent fare, with zone fares at three cents per mile.
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Concord, Maynard & Hudson Street Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Cambridge Youth Drowns After Pier Fall at Charles River
An 11 year old boy, Joseph Henry Jr of Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, slipped from a pier near the Cottage Farm bridge yesterday afternoon and drowned in the Charles River.
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Cottage Farm Bridge
Joseph Henry, Jr
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Charles River
Haig reports only nominal artillery activity
Field Marshal Haig’s headquarters report states that beyond the normal artillery activity on both sides in various sectors there was nothing of interest to report.
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London
Haig
Finland to expel all Englishmen, says Swedish agency
London dispatch cites Helsingfors sources that a high Finnish military authority decided on Monday to expel all Englishmen from Finland amid wartime tensions.
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London
Helsingfors
Finland
German Raid Near Lens Repulsed by British
British forces repelled a German night raid near Lens and on the Flanders front last night. Patrol encounters resulted in German prisoners taken, according to the war office briefing.
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Lens
London
Somme
Flanders
War Office
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Benjamin F. Pitman
L. P. Hollander & Co
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