Telephone fraud alleged prompts probe into tolls
Frederick J. Macleod, chairman of the Public Service Commission, said the commission will investigate alleged overcharges on tolls and the meter system for telephones. Civic groups claim the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co profits from unmade calls, with $150,000 a year in overcharges downtown and 25 percent overcharges for connections not made.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Frederick J. Macleod
Public Service Commission
Macleod
Civic Improvement Societies
Commission
Joseph Doyle
United Improvement Society
Japan Seeks Peace Emphasis in Amherst Lecture
Dr Shosuke Sato Japanese exchange lecturer under the Carnegie Foundation spoke at Massachusetts Agricultural College on The Progress from Feudalism to the New Imperialism. He said Japan abides by the United States Japan gentleman's agreement on emigration and hopes ongoing Pacific peace guided by shared friendship and mutual respect.
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Amherst
Shosuke Sato
Carnegie Foundation
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Sato
Japan
United States
California
Pacific
25 Years for Attack on Girl in Hartford Court
Everett Brown, 28, was sentenced in Superior Court to not less than 40 years and not more than 2 years in State prison for assaulting 14 year old Mary Stankiewicz. The judge rebuked the prosecutor for referencing race in the trial and Brown proclaimed his innocence.
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Hartford
Conn
Case
Superior Court
Everett Brown
Mary Stankiewicz
Alcorn
Brown
Mason and Dixon Line
Chemist's Summer Home Is Looted in Ridgefield
A retired New York chemist George W. Riggs reports theft of solid silverware and other valuables worth several thousand dollars from his Ridgefield summer home. The burglary occurred early Sunday while caretaker Isaac Williams was away, leaving numerous fingerprints to help identify suspects.
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Ridgefield
Conn
George W. Riggs
New York
Isaac Williams
Woman Sued Over 250000 Claim Tied to Slater Mills
A writ of attachment for 250000 was filed in Suffolk Superior Court against Mrs. Mabel Hunt Slater widow of Horatio N Slater founder of the Slater mills at Webster. Paul Hunt brother of Mrs Slater filed the action likely stemming from a long family dispute over the mills. The suit targets Mrs Slater before she left for Japan with her daughters.
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Suffolk
Mabel Hunt Slater
Horatio N. Slater
Slater Mills
Webster
William G. Mosely
Paul Hunt
Slater
Hunt
Brookline
Cambridge
Slater Woolen Mills
H. N. Slater
Supreme Court
Alleged absconder held in Pittsburg
William F. Simmons, accused of fleeing Toms River New Jersey with 5000 dollars from Ocean County Trust Company, was arrested in a Pittsburg hotel and held as a fugitive from justice. Police say he had 4000 dollars on him.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Toms River
N. J
Ocean County Trust Company
William F. Simmons
Pittsfield Woman Hangs Herself in Turner Avenue Home
March 5 Pittsfield. Mrs Sophia Garny about 27 years old a member of the Polish colony committed suicide in her Turner avenue home this morning by hanging herself with a clothesline to a bedroom hook. Family troubles cited as cause.
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Pittsfield
Sophia Garny
Turner Avenue
Garny
Alienists to Examine Porter Charlton
In Naples Italy on March 6 two leading Italian alienists will assess the mental condition of Porter Charlton the American accused of murdering his wife at Lake Como. Lawyer clients secured the opinions of Deputy Leonardo Bianchi and Professor Enrico Morselli of Genoa University who agreed to evaluate the accused’s state of mind at the time of the crime.
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Naples
Italy
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Charlton
Leonardo Bianchi
Enrico Morselli
University of Genoa
Honest Answer to Children's Questions Taught by Doctor
Dr Edith Hale Swift told mothers at 6 Marlboro Street under the AMA public health education committee to tell children the truth about life as far as they can understand. She urged avoiding the stork tale and the doctor's bag and stressed honesty in early education.
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Edith Hale Swift
Women’s Municipal League
Marlboro Street
Public Health Education Committee
American Medical Association
Narrowing horizons from misleading parental sources
The passage warns that misinformation from kitchens nurseries and schools harms children by distorting facts, narrowing their worldview, crippling faith in parents, and stunting unselfish views. It emphasizes the moral impact of easy entertaining deceit and the long-term effects on youth.
Mothers urged to teach children about sex with science
Dr. Swift advised mothers to tell children the sex story truthfully and simply, using plant and animal reproduction as home study analogies. She urged early training to curb curiosity, and called for a dignified, responsible view of love and parenthood.
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Swift
Banking Case in U S Court Seizures of ABA Assets
The U S District Court in Chicago took jurisdiction over the American Banking Association at the request of three creditors in an involuntary bankruptcy petition claiming worthless certificates of deposit. The Central Trust Company was named receiver and a state receiver must yield to the federal officer. John W Worthington ABA president faced charges of irregularities and, unable to secure a bondsman, remained jailed. Creditors estimate Worthington and his wife owe about $600,000 in assets with liabilities undetermined.
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Chicago
United States District Court Today
American Banking Association
Central Trust Company
John W. Worthington
Flor
Worthington
Fire in Pittsfield District Causes $32000 Loss
Pittsfield March 6 two alarms from Box 42 rushed to a blaze in C G Gamwell's three story brick block on Columbus avenue. Damage estimated at $32000 with $15000 to rebuild the structure. Fire started in the paint shop of H F Ames on the second floor. Wright biplane owned by Zenas Crane narrowly escaped destruction. crane paid $1000 for the aircraft.
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Pittsfield
Dstrict of
C.gc. Gamwell
Columbus Avenue
Gammell
H. F E. Ames
J. W. Balzer
Wright
Wright Brothers
Zenas Crane
Dalton
Ellis gets 15 years for murdering wife
Chicago March 5. William Cheney Ellis of Cincinnati was found guilty of murdering his wife Eleanor Hosea Ellis last October in a Chicago hotel. The jury fixed punishment at 15 years in the state penitentiary after three and a half hours deliberation.
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Chicago
Willliam Cheney Elis
Cincinnati
Eleanor Hosea Ellis
State Penitentiary
Alimony Dodger Arrested in Wisconsin Quest
William Wer of Van Wert Ohio, sought for five years for failure to pay alimony and support his child, was arrested in La Crosse Wisconsin. He claimed his wife’s father is a millionaire and can better support her.
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