Protest by Accused Men Against Indictment in North American Rubber Case
Warren B Wheeler Stillman Shaw and J Alden Whitmore challenged the indictment for fraudulent use of the mails in a hearing before United States Circuit Judge Frederic Dodge. They allege irregular proceedings and claim constitutional rights violations over compelled disclosure of private books. Assistant DA Garland argues the surrendered papers were not used before the grand jury. Judge Dodge took the matter under advisement.
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Warren B. Wheeler
Stillman Shaw
J. Alden Whitmore
North American Rubber Company
United States
Frederic Dodge
Romney Spring
Whitmore
Grand Jury
United States District Attorney
Garland
Dodge
Local Boy Claims $35500 Found at Rail Tracks
Brayton Gardner, 18, told police he found a leather bag containing 35500 on the Boston and Maine tracks in North Adams. He refused to reveal the hiding place and said he would produce the money if claimed. Only he reportedly saw the cash.
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North Adams
Brayton Gardner
Boston & Maine Railroad
Gardner
Found Money Ad Leads Gardner to Claim Lost Cash
Young Gardner turned up at a newspaper office placing a classified ad offering a reward for the owner of $35,000 found on the Boston and Maine tracks. He said he found the leather bag yesterday, kept it in the woods for safekeeping, and has since married recently after multiple attempts to obtain a license.
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Gardner
Ofice
Brayton Gardner
Boston & Maine
North Adams High School
Rich Weymouth quarryman given 30 days jail term
Joseph E. Miller a prominent Weymouth quarryman was sentenced by Judge Pratt in Hingham District Court to 30 days in Plymouth jail for operating his auto under the influence. He left with Deputy Charles Spring and posted a $500 bond for the October term after a telegram ordered a job in Newport Rhode Island ahead of appeal.
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Joseph E. 4
Miller
Weymouth
Pratt
Hingham
Plymouth
Charles Spring
Stone
Newport
R. I
Yale Men Survive Sea Squall Off Branford Coast
Yale alumni William S. Howe Jr and Lew Wallace Jr sailed from New Haven with companions into rough Long Island Sound. After hours of being blown about, they reached Milford Point near New Haven safely, avoiding reports of four men feared drowned off Branford.
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New Haven
Conn
Long Island Sound
Yale
Milford Point
Branford
William Ss. Howe, Jr
Dorchester
Mass
Rhoades
Baby Girl Left on Worcester Train Discovered Safe
A blue eyed one month old girl was found abandoned on a Worcester train and taken to the Chardon Street Home. Fred B. Scott a Somerville resident reported the child and waits for police to identify the mother who left the infant.
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Worcester
Chardon Street
Fred B. Scott
Josephine Avenue
Somerville
Scott
Boston
South Station
Free Boy In Girl's Death Reported As Drowning
Four physicians concluded the autopsy on Alice Crispell 18 found in Harveys Lake shows drowning with no foul play marks. District Attorney Bigelow released Herbert Johns the last seen with her. Mystery deepens as witnesses recall a day of heavy partying on July 4 with her disappearance near the lakeside.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Alice Crispell
Harveys Lake
Bigelow
Herbert Johns
Johns
Fined for Failure to Inspect Meat in Federal Case
Rood president of Rood and Woodbury Co provision dealers of Springfield fined $50 by Judge Morton in U S District Court for shipping meats to Suf field and Somerville Connecticut without federal inspection. Defendant pleaded guilty.
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Fee. Rood
Rood & Woodbury Company
Springfield
Morton
United States District Coin Today
Suffield
Somerville
Connecticut
Fire Destroys Hampden Roxbury Watch Factory
State police begin inquiry into cause of blaze that leveled the 1842 watch factory at Hampden and Prescott streets Roxbury. C C Raincoat Co and smaller firms occupied the three story brick plant. Over 100 workers evacuated. damage pegged at 80000 dollars. Benzine in the building aided the rapid spread. Isaac Cohen, owner presumed burned but later found safe.
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Howard Watch
Hampden
Prescott Streets
Roxbury
America
C. & C. Raincoat Company
Guyer Hat Company
Philadelphia
Isaac Cohen
Dora Jengold
Cohen
Disputed Report on New England Railway Mail Superintendent
Washington allegedly urged Charles B. Reed of Cincinnati for the railway mail post in New England while John B. Hollyday denies the report saying there is nothing in it. Postmaster General Burleson reportedly praised Hollyday's handling of affairs in New England as a rebuke to the charge.
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Washington
Charles B. Reed
Cincinnati
New England
John B. Hollyday
North Adams Man Faces Bigamy Charge After Two Wives Meet
Mrs Georgianna Cadieux and Mrs Margaret Cadieux both claim to be the wife of Eugene Cadieux. They met in North Adams and plan his prosecution for bigamy set for Wednesday. Cadieux previously married Marie Conway in North Adams and was jailed in Winooski, Vermont for non support before returning.
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North Adams
Georgianna Cadieux
Margaret Cadieux
Eugene Cadieux
Winooski
Marshall Street
Vermont
Cadieux
Marie Conway
Lexington Has New P. D.
Lexington July 14 The local office of the United States Post Office Department opened in its new quarters at 428 Massachusetts avenue at 6 30 this morning. James Morrissey of 18 Hancock street assisted postmaster duties. Philip Nelles of 69 Hancock street a Lexington High School sophomore made the first money order purchase for Chicago. Charles F. Spaulding of 23 Waltham street owner of the Lexington Grain Company was first to call for mail at the new office, arriving at 6 45.
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Lexington
United States Post Office Department
Massachusetts Avenue
James Morrisey
Hancock Street
Philip Nelles
Lexington High School
Chicago
Charles F. Spaulding
Waltham Street
Lexington Grain Company
Alaska Development Bill Backed by Senator Poindexter
Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington has introduced in the Senate a bill to develop Alaska. The measure was drawn up by Cambridge man James Mackaye, brother of the dramatist Perey Mackaye, and Poindexter champions its passage.
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Miles Poindexter
Washington
Senate
Alaska
James Mackaye
Cambridge
Perey Mackaye
Government runs rails and mines as public service
The proposal would have the federal government operate all public utilities and half the coal mines in Alaska, with annual dividends split between employees and coal or railroad customers. It envisions government operation of railroads telegraph and telephone lines, private lease on half the mines under equal labor and safety terms, and profits shared with workers and users.
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Mackaye
Alaska
Boston Man In Dire Plight In Maine
George P. King of Boston was arrested in the Municipal Court rooms by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Cullinan Jr. on unlawful possession of liquors in York county after being found guilty of illegal transportation of intoxicating liquors in this county. The case concerns a motor truck load of whiskey seized at Wales en route from Boston to Augusta.
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Portland
George P. King
Boston
Municipal Court
Thomas Cullinan, Jr
Biddeford
York County
Wales
Augusta
Dentist Slew by Peculiar Eye Injury in Chicago
In Chicago on July 4 a speck of enamel from a dentist's drill struck Dr. Leroy Kerr in the eye. The speck carried diphtheria germs and, to save his life, doctors advised removing the optic. Graves’ Grain Alcohol advertised as exceptional household quality.
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Chicago
Leroy Kerr
Brokers Petitioned Into Bankruptcy
The Boston Stock Exchange member firm includes N. A. Driver of Melrose and Matthew A. O Neil of Somerville. Copper shares were its specialty. Petitioning creditors are F. D. Gormley of Newton claiming 1239, John t Coakley of Boston 187, and Walter C. S. Smith of Brookline.
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Boston Stock Exchange
N. A. Driver
Melrose
Matthew A. O'Neil
Somerville
F. D. Gormley
Newton
John T Coakley
Boston
Walter C. S. Smith
Brookline
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