Infanticide Trial At Des Moines Baby Farm In Iowa
In Polk County Court Mrs. Fred West and Miss Anna Beattie face murder charges over Baby Jim. Prosecution witness Flora Goble says West ordered the infant killed with laudanum and burned in a furnace to end his cries. Defense denies any such baby exists.
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Des Moines
Baby Jim
Fred West
Anna Beattie
Polk County
Flora Goble
Miss Beattie
Jim
Mrs. West
Streeter Seeks Rulings In Eddy vs Frye Case
Concord June 5 Streeter and Hollis file two motions in Eddy vs Frye as solicitors for the trustees and for Mrs Eddy The motions address leave for trustees to intervene and be substituted as plaintiffs The final determination will come after arguments next Monday.
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Concord
Chamberlin
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Equity
Eddy
Mrs Eddy Competency Hearing Set For Next Monday
Court hears two motions in Eddy vs Frye seeking immediate investigation of Mrs Eddy's rights and whether next friends may be discharged. Judge Chamberlin fixes 11 am hearing and hints at a competency trial before a master as a likely step.
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Henry M. Baker
Archibald McLellan
Josiah S. Fernald
Eddy
Equity
Next Friends
New Hampshire
Street & Hollis
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Saidge Chamberlin
Mrs. Eddy
Streeter
Chamberlin
Defendants Notified to Take Depositions in Eddy Case
After Judge Chamberlin refused to substitute trustees for Mrs Eddy the plaintiffs announced plan to depose defendants in Massachusetts. Notices set July first at 11 a m before Justice Edmund S Cook in Concord. Attorneys Peabody and Kelly stated deposition notices will be served on multiple Massachusetts defendants and counsel.
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Robert N. Chamberlin
Concord
N. H
United States
Chandler
Streeter
Chamberlin
Bedlam
Frederick W. Peabody
Hemenway Building
Massachusetts
J. P. Swift
Messrs
Tech changes for next term at MIT noted in faculty shifts
MIT announces a flurry of appointments promotions and leaves for the upcoming term. New hires include Reginald Daly Edwin Wilson Gilbert Lewis and Nels Lennes among others with promotions for Sumner Bailey and Pearson Retirements leaves and resignations complete the slate with lecturers added in geology and factory management
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reginald A. Daly
Edwin B. Wilson
Gilbert N. Lewis
Earle B. Phelps
Nels J. Lennes
John O. Sumner
Frederick H. Bailey
A. M
Henry Fay
Henry G. Pearson
A. B
Ralph R. Lawrence
S. B
E. E
Leonard M. Passano
George L. Hosmer
Charles B. Breed
Maurice Dek. Thompson
Henry Kl. Seaver
Clinton H. Collester
Harold G. Crane
George A
Daniel I.’. Comstock
Raymond Haskell
Champion H. Mathewson
John C. Hudgins
Ralphs. Gifford
Frank J. Quinlan
Albert H. Smith
Anna M. Cederholm
Walter G. de Steigner
Arthur Neale
Fred C. Mabee
Carlow Exonerated In Bond Investment Case
Benjamin W. Carlow of Worcester is cleared of lar ceny charges after the Suffolk grand jury did not press the indictment. The case concerned Miss Mabel M. Taylor, a Dorchester High School teacher, who bought bonds or stock in the B. W. Carlow Company marble venture with cash and a note totaling 250 dollars plus 300. The dispute centered on preferred bonds versus stock and whether misguidance occurred.
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Benjamin W. Carlow
Worcester
Mabel M. Taylor
Dorchester High School
Carlow
Suffolk Grand Jury
B. W. Carlow Company
Middlebury, Vt
Journal Building
Miss Taylor
Marble Company
Funeral fund aids Hi Davis in New England theater era
At Forest Hills Cemetery the last rites for Hi Davis are funded by T. B. Lothian and the Actors' Fund. Lothian, custodian for the fund started by Elsie Janis, arranged funeral and burial costs after Davis was found destitute last winter. A $50 Actors Fund contribution helped boost Lothian’s local fundraising to nearly $100 for expenses.
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Forest Hills Cemetery
Hi Davis
New England
T. B. Lothian
Colonial Theatre
Actors’ Fund
Davis
Lothian
Elsie Janis
Refuse Dumped in Harbor Accusation Against Dredging Firm
United States District Attorney filed information against G. H. Breymann & Bros accusing dumping of over 400 cubic yards from scow No. 11 and about 500 cubic yards from scow No. 9 near Graves on May 2. War Department rules require refuse to be dumped east of a line from Egg Rock to Minot's Light with fines up to 2500 dollars per violation.
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G. H. Breymann & Bros
United States
French
United States District Court
Scow No. 11
Scow No. 9
War Department
Egg Rock
Minot’s Light
Flat workers active in Elm Hill district report
Mrs. Mary L. Driver of 9 Intervale street reported that her Roxbury apartment was broken into between 5 and 9 Tuesday evening. $50 cash and jewelry valued at $800 were stolen as police deploy plain clothes officers in the Elm Hill district and urge residents to beware strangers.
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Mary L. Driver
Intervale Street
Roxbury
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Iowa
West
Baby Farm
Baird
Ness
Martha Dean
Pattern Department
Aoe Post
Boston
de Very
Lothian and Act
U. S
Dredg
Ing Firm
Elm Hill
Siegel
Washington and
Essex Streets
Henry Siegel Co
Hayward PI
Wexford
Dolly Varden
Hayward Price
America
Siegel Organization
New York
Milan
Henry
Java
Siegel Co
Hayward Pince
Hayward Place
Mon
Main
Orienta Couch
Cretonnes
Arc
Maslin
Essex St
Essex St. Side
Ward- Pepper Trunk and Bag Co
Philadelphia
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