Doctor Cannot Speed His Auto
Judge Murray ruled in Municipal Court that a physician may not speed an automobile to reach a seriously ill patient. Dr. Jones of Brookline had been stopped on Tremont street for about 18.75 miles per hour while rushing to aid a patient after attending a medical banquet. The arrest occurred just before 9 PM Thursday as the doctor defended his actions but the court found no exemption for public safety.
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Murray
Dr. Jones
Brookline
Tremont Street
Keith’s Theatre
Aged Horseman Fatally Hurt in Western Massachusetts
In Great Barrington on June 19 O. T. Brusie aged 82 a famed horseman was thrown from a frightened team near South street He suffered a crushed shoulder a severe head bruise and possible internal injuries The horseman’s son Toy was injured as well and one horse died from the incident indicating a deadly accident.
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Great Barrington
O. T. Brusie
Massachusetts
Once Housed Roosevelt Harvard Student Dies Sudden
Benjamin H. Richardson died at his Somerville home after a rupture led to blood poisoning. A longtime book trade figure, he worked for Lee and Shepard and later Lothrop Lee Shepard Company and ran a Harvard Square business. He leaves a widow, three married daughters, and a married son.
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Benjamin H. Richardson
Roosevelt
Harvard
Curtis Street
Somerville
Richardson
Lee & Shepard
Lothrop Lee Shepard Company
Harvard Square
Fatal Shot At Night Watchman In Pawtucket
Elmer West, night watchman, was fatally shot on Pine street near the Pawtucket Manufacturing Company. Policemen Frank E. Butman wounded in arm and William Gammell also hurt after confronting the shooter. The suspect Bailey was captured at the police station and refused to provide further details.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Elmer West
Frank E. Butman
William Gammell
Pine Street
Pawtucket Manufacturing Company
Butman
Bailey
Three Men Shot at Pawtucket Plant in City Outing
Special Officer William Gammell, Officer Butman, and Night Watchman Elmer West were shot while pursuing a stranger at the Pawtucket Manufacturing Company plant on Pine Street. West, wounded in the stomach, is reportedly in critical condition. the other two injuries are not serious. The assailant fled with a woman from the doorway. no identifications were provided at the station.
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Twin City Hospital
West
William Gammell
Pine Street
Pawtucket Manufacturing Company
Gammell
Butman
Elmer West
Batman
Diphtheria Germs Package Sparks Panic at Richmond Post Office
A package containing millions of diphtheria germs broke open at the Richmond post office causing a scare among clerks. The package was poorly wrapped though the inscription disclosed its dangerous contents.
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Richmond
Sagamore Beach to host second sociological conference
Plans are nearly complete for Sagamore’s second annual sociological conference set for June 30 to July 2. Prominent speakers include John Mitchell former UMWA president, Dean George Hodges, John Spargo and Rev. Dr Leighton Williams. Other participants include Dr Charles Fagnani Rev E Tallmadge Root Rev Charles Stelzle Samuel Hubbard O P Gifford Edwin Mead Robert Hunter Helena Dudley Charles Dole Walter Kruess Meyer Bloomfield among many others.
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Sagamore Beach
Sagamore
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
George Hodges
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
John Spargo
Leighton Williams
Charles P. Fagnani
Union Theological Seminary
E. Tallmadge Root
Massachusetts Federation of Churches
Charles Stelzle
Labor Department
The
Presbyterian Church
Samuel F.hubbard
North End Union
Boston
O. P. Gifford
Brookline
Edwin D. Mead
Robert Hunter
Helena S. Dudley
Denison House
Charles F. Dole
Twentieth Century Club
Walter E. Kruess
Boston Association For the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis
Meyer Bloomfield
Civic Service House
Struck Officer De Losh Assault Leads to Jail Terms
Peter Gibbons and John Dougherty were sentenced to six months and one year respectively by Judge Burke in Municipal Criminal Court yesterday for assaulting Police Officer De Losh. Dougherty received a heavier penalty after testimony showed he was sober while Gibbons was intoxicated.
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de Losh
Peter Gibbons
John Dougherty
Burke
Municipal Criminal Court
Cherty
Gibbons
Dougherty
Lawson Takes Bay State Gas Control After Court Ruling
President Thomas W. Lawson and a new board assumed control of Bay State Gas Company after Judge William L. Putnam dissolved an injunction. The firm, once in receivership, holds a broad charter and valuable franchises. The receiver still holds 220 800 dollars with unsettled Massachusetts claims and 500 000 dollars previously obtained from H H Rogers and Lawson. Attorney Albers sought to transfer funds to a trust. the judge denied custody transfer pending court proceedings.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Bay State Gas Company
Billion Dollar Corporation of Delaware
William L. Putnam
United States Circuit Court
Mr. Lawson
H. H. Rogers
Lawson
Massachusetts
Albers
Putnam
Booth escape claim sparks new Lincoln assassination book
Detro it June 12 Finis L Bates of Memphis has published Escape and death by own action of John Wilkes Booth. He asserts Booth not only fled Washington after Lincoln s murder in April 1865 but lived until 1908 and died by his own hand in Oklahoma. Bates says Booth confessed he implicated Andrew Johnson and cites disputed accounts of Booth s burial.
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Detroit
Finis L. Bates
Memphis
John Wilkes Booth
Lew Wallace
Dana
Potomac River
Labor leaders request White House farewell address to labor
Representatives of DC labor organizations called at the White House to urge the President to deliver a farewell address to labor on Labor Day next September. The President will consider the request.
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Washington
District of Columbia
White House
Fiery Day for Lawson Ends With Awnings Fire
Thomas W. Lawson, while writing a letter to William Jennings Bryan, spotted an awning fire in his Young's room. A maid lashed water from the window third floor, a porter and a fireman joined, and a fourth story splash struck the rescuer. A cigarette is blamed for the blaze.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Young’s
William Jennings Bryan
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