Two Arlington men denied new trial in Mullins murder
Dionisios Spiropoulos alias James Mantir and Peter Delorey, convicted in the March 1908 killing of Annie Mullins whose body was found in Squire's Field, Arlington, will not have a new trial. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled their trial fair and impartial, upholding Nov 17 1909 verdicts for Mantir murder in the second degree and Delorey manslaughter.
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Dionisios Spiropoulos
James Mantir
Peter Delorey
Annie Mullins
Squire’s Field
Arlington
Supreme Judicial Court
Mantir
Delorey
Noted Exceptions in Admissibility of Expert Opinions
The ruling concerns exceptions to admitting medical expert opinions on whether wounds caused death by action other than suicide and the court's refusal to strike Delorey statements made under arrest from jury consideration. The opinion is authored by a named judge.
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Braley
Delorey
Mantir
Kills Mother Boy and Self in Philadelphia Tragedy
In Pelham New York suburb Miss Jean nette Lewis aged 27 killed her mother Mrs Sarah Lewis aged 67 and her nine year old nephew Edward B Midlen Jr by cyanide then killed herself. Her sister wife of Mr Midlen died the previous night in a city hospital and grief is blamed. The bodies were found in the Midlen home.
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Philadelphia
Jeannette Lewis
Sarah Lewis
Edward B. Midlen
Pelham
Manufacturers Back Bill to Test All Measuring Devices
Businessmen packed the State House backing a bill to require testing of all measuring devices, including gas electric and water meters, by the State sealer of weights and measures. E. E. Gray presented the petition. Rep Callahan argued the case before the committee noting the Gas and Electric Light Commissioners lack jurisdiction over electricity meters.
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State House
State Sealer of
E. E. Gray
Boston
Callahan
Ward 25
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
Abraham Beal
Gas demand indicators under fire at State hearing
Representative Callahan led a sharp attack on the demand indicator used by the Edison Company, while Chairman Barker offered no reply. The hearing drew support from Pillsbury for the gas interests and opposition from gas and electric commissions, water boards, and business groups who argued the device overcharges and lacks proper inspection under state law.
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Callahan
Gas Commission
Barker
Albert Ki. Pillsbury
Idison Illuminating Company
Gray
Gas and Electric Light Commissions
T. W. Burdett
Masachusetts Electric Lightings Association
The
Edison Company
Pillsbury
New York State
Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners
P. S. Broderick
Waltham
Taft Happy Over Mass Reciprocity Endorsement
President Taft expresses appreciation for Massachusetts Legislature’s strong endorsement of the Canadian reciprocity agreement. Secretary Norton forwards Taft’s thanks to Secretary of State Olin for sending the resolutions and notes the favorable reception of the reciprocity pact.
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Taft
Olin
House of Representatives
Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Charles D. Norton
Mrs Gay Secures Divorce From Frank E in Cambridge Court
Mrs Jennie S Gay of this city obtained a divorce from her husband Frank E of Somerville in the Divorce Court East Cambridge yesterday. Judge Quinn granted the decree on grounds of abuse and ill treatment.
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Jennie S. Gay
Frank E
Somerville
Quinn
East Cambridge
Peng
Jennie 5S. Merrill
Potter Palmer To Launch Florida Fruit Venture
Mrs. Potter Palmer plans a wholesale fruit business on a mile square Florida coast tract at Sarasota. Grapefruit will be the principal product with other crops chosen for lower care. Potter Palmer Jr. dismisses rumors of canning for the Northern market.
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Mrs. Potter Palmer
Chicago
Potter Palmer, Jr
Potter Palmer
Tablets to Professors Honor Two Boston University Law Professors
The BU Law School classes of 1911 1912 and 1913 placed bronze tablets on the halls for Archibald C Boyd and Natt Thurston Abbott both died last October after long service. Memorial services were in Ashburton Place main lecture hall attended by 400 students faculty and friends. President Huntington presided with speakers Colby Wood and Simpson.
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Boston University Law School
Archibald C. Boyd
Natt Thurston Abbott
Boyd
Abbott
Ashburton Place
W. B. Huntington
James F. Colby
Dartmouth
Chandler Wood
Frank L. Simpson
Boston University Law Staff
Apponyi Sees War Menace and Dismisses Immediate Disarmament
Count Apponyi spoke at the Academy of Political and Social Sciences in Philadelphia amid his peace mission. He warned that disarmament now would be folly and urged peace to be secured through enduring national institutions rather than rulers or fleeting policy.
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Philadelphia
Count Apponyi
Academy of Political and Social Sciences
Europe
America
Apponyi
Parson Downs Granted Divorce in East Cambridge Court
The Rev. William W. Downs of Malden and former Bowdoin Square Baptist pastor, nicknamed Parsons Downs, was granted a decree nisi in the East Cambridge Divorce Court after accusing Sophronia Slayton of a statutory offense. Judge Joseph Francis Quinn announced the ruling after hearings Monday.
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William W. Downs
Malden
Bowdoin Square Baptist Church
Plans to Reorganize Booth Fisheries Co
Reorganization plans for Booth Fisheries Company known as the fish trust before its collapse years ago may be announced this week. Arrangements include the sale of five million dollars in first mortgage bonds with four million ninety thousand issued immediately. Part of the proceeds may fund the purchase of Northern Fisheries Company, a salmon handling concern, with a Boston office on JT wharf and several New England agencies.
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Booth Fisheries Company
Fish Trust
Northern Fisheries Company
Boston
JT Wharf
New England
Three Indians Die After Wood Alcohol Poisoning
Three Sho shone Indians died at Fort Washakie on the Wind River reservation from wood alcohol. George Enos and his son George Enos Jr. are among the deceased along with a relative Miss Sarette Sorelle. The younger Enos was a noted Carlisle football star.
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Omaha
Neb
Carlisle
Fort Washakie
Wind River Reservation
Lander
Wyo
George Enos
George, Jr
Susette Sorelle
Enos
Blame Game Over Post Office Loot In Hebronville
William Fountain of Dartmouth and Arthur Labrie of Attleboro faced United States Commissioner Hayes after a hearing on the Hebronville post office looting. Labrie claimed Fountain knew nothing of the theft until the next day. Both men were held for the grand jury in default of $1000 bail and jailed in Hast Cambridge to await grand jury action this month.
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William Fountain
Dartmouth
Arthur Labrie
Attleboro
Hebronville
United States
Hayes
Labrie
Fountain
Cambridge
Nurse Loses 11800 Verdict In Elevated Car Injury
Rosa G Boyle, 48, of South Boston, a nurse, had verdict of 11800 sustained by Supreme Judicial Court in a Dorchester avenue car accident 1904. The car jumped track and rolled over. Court sustained company exceptions. she may settle for less or retry.
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Rosa G. Boyle
South Boston
Boston Elevated
Dorchester Avenue
Supreme Judicial Court
Political stir as John Henry backs Uncle Peter campaign
John Henry helps manage Uncle Peter's campaign for mayor and their activities are described in George W Hobart's column in Sundays Post. The piece notes the evolving political dynamic and both figures' roles in the race.
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John Henry
Peter
George W. Hobart
Hammond Selected as Special Ambassador to King George V Coronation
John Hays Hammond has been chosen to represent President Taft as special ambassador at King George V’s coronation. He is a San Francisco native with Gloucester, Massachusetts residence and New York offices, an expert in mining engineering with ties to the Jameson raid. The U S Navy may send a leading warship with a naval attache and a military attache to the pageant, to be named by the President from selections by Secretaries Knox and Meyer.
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Washington
John Hays Hammond
Taft
George V
Hammond
San Francisco
Gloucester
Mass
New York
Jameson
Transvaal
Kruger
United States
George
Spithead
Meyer
Knox
Fight for life with ice floe in Gulf of St Lawrence
The Maxine Elliott crew recounts a three day struggle against a moving ice floe that threatened to submerge their schooner in the Gulf of St Lawrence. They kept pumps working and sails set for 72 hours until they finally reached clear water at Gloucester harbor.
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Gloucester
Maxine Elliott
Gulf of St. Lawrence
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