Big Bill Kelcher Trial Resumes in Cambridge Bank Misuse Case
The trial of Big Bill Kelcher for aiding and abetting George W Coleman in misapplying funds at National City Bank Cambridge will resume before Judge Hale at 9:30 am. A juror death prompted yesterday’s adjournment. Harvey H Pratt will continue the defense opening.
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Big Bill
Kelcher
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of
Cambridge
Hale
United States
Circuit Court
Harvey H. Pratt
Witnesses Set in Bank Case Defence Aims at Coleman
Coleman, first defence witness, to reveal how he juggling bank deposits and point to potential insider knowledge of bank officers about its true condition before closure. Frank L. Earl, cashier, to be second witness. Big Bill to testify on Coleman’s alleged funds source. Court observers note timing of defence case and judge assignments as Portland matters proceed.
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Coleman
Frank L. Earl
Big Bill
New York
Kelcher
Chas. K. Darling
United States
Waters
Young
William H. Garland
Federal Building
Mamie Hightower
Marguerite L. Taylor
Wilson W. Lockhart
Hale
Portland
Judge Dodge
United States District Court
Rhode Island Baptists Oppose Brown University Charter Change
Rhode Island Baptist ministers oppose removing religious restrictions from Brown University charter. At First Baptist Church Providence the State Baptist Ministers Association voted against dropping sectarianism, while alumni backed charter revision 2008 to 234, fearing faculty seek Carnegie Foundation funds.
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Providence
Brown University
Baptist Ministers of
Rhode Island
First Baptist Church
State Baptist Ministers’ Association
Brown
Carnegie Foundation Fund
Belmont man arraigned for assault on conductor
James P. McQuade of Belmont was arraigned in Cambridge District Court on a charge of assault and battery on Conductor Matthew W. Mitt of the Boston Elevated. He was found guilty and fined $20. A tuberculosis physician with nine years’ experience plans a two month Europe tour treating patients with slight lung trouble. Address D 387 Boston Post for recommendations and requirements.
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Cambridge
James P. McQuade
Belmont
Matthew W. Mii
Boston Elevated
Europe
Boston Post
Women’s Clubs reelect Massachusetts state president
Miss Georgie A. Bacon of Worcester was unanimously re elected president of the Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs at the 18th annual meeting in the First Unitarian Church Lynn. Officers for the next year were chosen and speeches by prominent federation workers were heard. Laura Jake Gul urged women to hold skilled occupations and cited wage earning trends. vice presidents and other officers were elected from Boston Dorchester Lexington Winchester and Milton.
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Lynn
Georgie A. Bacon
Worcester
Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs
First Unitarian Church
Laura Jake Gul
Association of College Alumnae
Gill
Boston
Jennie B. Wadleigh
Maria D. Whitcher
Dorchester
Effie S. Newers
Lexington
Mirs
Lena R. Wellington
Winchester
Grace V. Hibbard
Milton
Outing by Boston Auto Dealers Aids Destitute Children
The Automobile Dealers Association plans a yearly outing for over 1000 blind crippled and destitute children of Boston. More than 400 cars will depart from Copley Square at 9 o'clock for a picnic and games at Shoreholm Home in Sharon.
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Automobile Dealers’ Association
Boston
Sharon
Shoreholm
Vicinity
Copley Square
Japs Seek South Pole Expedition Plans
A Yokohama dispatch reports Lt. N. Shirase organizing a South Pole expedition. A 150 ton schooner with auxiliary engines, 15 crew, and 15 sleighs with Manchurian ponies are planned, starting late July or early August. The route targets Edward VII Bay and sleigh travel toward the pole, with support from Count Okuma and Marquis Katsura though funds remain short.
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New York
Yokohama
N. Shirase
Army Reserve
South Pole
Edward Vili Bay
Pole
Shirase
Gunji
Alaska
Okuma
Marquis Katsura
Japan
Triplets Born in Somerville Family Grows to Eleven
Mrs. William C. Orrell on Columbus Avenue welcomed triplets, two girls Marguerite and Magdaline and a boy Michael, born Friday afternoon. The newborns posed for portraits, each crying and testing each other’s faces as they settled in. The Orrells now have eleven children in the family.
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Somerville
William C. Orrell
Columbus Avenue
Marguerite
Magdaline
Michael
Orrell
POST
William C.orrell
Aviator loses life insurance over aviation risks
A. L. Pfitzner of Hammondsport New York had his life insurance canceled by New York Life Insurance Co due to aviation risks. He was about to test new skids on a biplane after a prior crash from about 30 feet and had to sign a waiver absolving the insurer from death liability during flights.
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Plum Island
A. L. Pfitzner
Hammondsport
N. Y
New York Life Insurance Company
Pfitzner
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