Forged Transfer Check Duo Fined in Roxbury Court
Wendelin Wenger of 9 Conant Street and John G. Schnetzer of 4 Gore Street Roxbury were each fined 100 by Judge Brown in the Superior Court after admitting to erasing dates on Boston Elevated Railway transfer checks and substituting new ones. The case drew attention for the method used and the pair were swiftly caught and punished.
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Wendelin Wenger
Conant Street
John G. Schnetzer
Gore Street
Roxbury
Brown
Superior Court
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Contests Will of Gen. Rice in Supreme Court
Corinne Miles Scharff daughter of Gen. Edmund Rice will contest her father’s will next month in the Supreme Court challenging the 1906 document that leaves the entire $90,000 estate to his widow Elizabeth H. Rice. The case is expected to draw high society and financial figures into a bitter legal fight. The will filed November 12, 1906 requires no inventory or bonds from the widow.
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Edmund Rice
Corinne Miles Scharff
the Supreme
Coust
Supreme Court
Elizabeth H. Rice
Debate at Bapst Debating Society Names Winners
The Boston College Bapst Debating Society held a session yesterday. The question: American orators versus English. Joan H. Murray and Francis Foley spoke for the affirmative. William Ford and Edward Connolly for the negative. Daniel Burke served as critic. the affirmative were declared the winners.
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Boston College
Bapst Debating Society
America
England
Joan H. Murray
Francis Foley
William Ford
Edward Connolly
Daniel Burke
Michigan Alumni Form New England Branch
Twenty five graduates of the Michigan Agricultural College met at the American House and organized the New England Association of Michigan Agricultural College Alumni. A G Gully of Connecticut was elected president G C Severy secretary and K L Butterfield treasurer. After the meeting the members held a banquet.
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Michigan Agricultural College
Navy Mascot Spike Still Missing in Boston
The navy goat Spike remains lost after a night in Boston's streets. A citywide search by police and reporters failed to locate the mascot, with a Maplewood man later claiming ownership and presenting an alibi. If not found, Spike faces navy blacklist and brig confinement upon capture.
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Spike
Navy
Billy Goat
Boston
Puck
Uncle Sam
Bemil Hendrickson
Don Juan de Austria
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Post
Maplewood
Malden
Paris Struck by Major Electric and Gas Strike
Paris endures a sweeping strike by 1300 skilled workers halting electric supply and gas lines. Candles replace lamps as ministries and presses go dark. theatres suspend performances and newspapers face delayed editions. Police patrol torchlit boulevards while printers scramble to mobilize improvised production.
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Prefecture of Police
Elysee Palace
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Opera
Strike Floods Paris Subway Tunnel In Construction
A morning strike halted electric pumps in the Paris subway tunnel south of the Seine causing flooding. About 12 feet of water filled a long stretch, raising fears of collapse while workers escaped leaving tools and gear behind.
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Paris
Seine
Labor unions and meetings across Boston area unions report activity
Lab or notes show Miec totypers Union planning fourth annual Call to be Sold at Berkeley Hall on April 19. Boston Typographical Union 13 heard Herbert Cooke on his Colorado trip and the Printers Home. Marble Cutters and Letters Union to hold a big meeting at 155 Blackstone Street. Journeymen demand in Pittsburg at five dollars a day. Roofers Union to meet to discuss inflation fee. Ward 21 Earners Club to elect officers at 2 High Street Roxbury. Division 109 reports union membership growth across railroads since January. International President James O Connell will be in Boston next Friday. Carpenters District Council bans subcontract or piece-work starting May 1. Boston Cigarmakers Union 97 votes to assess members for blue label advertising and local fund to aid sick and out of work members.
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Miec Totypers’ Union
Berkeley Hall
Boston Typographical Union 13
Herbert Cooke
Colorado
Thomas M. Nolan
John Douglas
Marble Cutters and Letters’ Union
Blackstone Street
Pittsburg
Ward 21
Wr Ae
Highes Street
Roxbury
Boston & Maine Road System
Boston & Maine
New York
New Haven & Hartford
James O'Connell
Machinists’ Association
A. F. of L
Boston
Carpenters’ District Council
Mas
Cigarmakers” Union
International Nefit
Hearst Reported Very Ill With Cancelled Engagements
William R Hearst is seriously ill at his New York home. An Independence League Club in Brooklyn cancelled a meeting he planned to attend. Hearst recently contracted a severe cold and has postponed engagements for some time.
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New York
William R. Hearst
Fourteenth Assembly District
Brooklyn
Independence League
Hearst
Immaculate Conception Alumni Retreat Scheduled
The alumni sodality retreat at Immaculate Conception Church runs tomorrow to March 17 with Rev. Thomas J. McCluskey S J of Woodstock College guiding the event. The men’s retreat begins Passion Sunday March 17 and ends Palm Sunday March 24 conducted by Rev. Daniel J. Quinn S J president of Fordham University and Rev. William J. Ennis S J in the upper and lower churches. College boys’ retreat starts March 19 taught by Rev. P J McQuillan S J of the Church of the Gesu Philadelphia and Rev. Charles W Lyons S J of the Novi tiate of St Andrew for high school students. attendance open to students of other colleges or high schools.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Thomas J. McCluskey
S. J
Woodstock College
Boston College
Daniel J. Quinn
Fordham University
William J. Ennis
S J
P. J. McQuillan
Church of the Gesu
Philadelphia
Charles W. Lyons
St. Andrew
La Morte Civile: Paola Giacompetti's Power Drama at Ma jestic
Italian title La Morte Civile presented by Signor Novelli showcases Paola Giacompetti in a gripping stage drama at the Ma jestic Theatre.
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Signor Novelli
Paola Giacompetti
Majestic Theatre
Novelli Captivates Boston With The Morte Civile Show
Sig Novelli and company staged The Morte Civile at the Majesty Theatre last night, drawing praise for corrado's restrained fury and his wife Olga Giannini’s convincing portrayal. The third act sparked exceptional acting, while Novelli closed with a monologue Celebrities. Tonight Louis XL and The Beneficent Bear are on the bill.
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Majestic Theatre
Sig. Novelli
Tomaso Salvini
Carragdo
Corrado
Boston
Carrado
Olga Giannini
Dr. Palmieri
S. Ferrati
Louis XL
Riverside crew "ringers" to testify on after-dark race charges
Worcester March 8 George F. Naphen of 42 Richards street Worcester will tell the committee investigating tonight the charges against the Riverside eight of Boston regarding the August 11 race in Worcester He heard a Riverside member say before the race Never you mind we have three new men in the boat and we'll be all right He overheard the remark while the Riverside crew rested under the Causeway near the finish line awaiting their opponents who had returned to the clubhouse to come out.
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Worcester
George F. Naphen
Richards Street
Riverside
Boston
Riversides
Phi Chapter Kappa Kappa Gamma presents annual play
Phi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Boston University staged The Man in the Case before a pleased crowd in Jacob Sleeper Hall. Miss Ethel MacDonald of Dorchester sang between acts. Hostesses were Helen S Travis Ethel Ham Ruth Eaton Victoria Sellar and Agnes Barry.
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B. U
Phi
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Boston University
Jacob:Sleeper Hall
Ethel MacDonald
Dorchester
Helens. Travis
Ethel Ham
Ruth Eaton
Victoria Sellar
Agnes Barry
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Harvard College
Kit
Debate OF Bapst Debating Society
Michigan
N. E. Branch
U.S
Lowney Company
Walter M. Lowney CO
Bonbons, Cocoa & Chocolate Dept
Mass
LABOR
Palmer's Women’s
Whitney’s
Immaculate Conception
the Saturday Evening Post
the Post
the Curtis Publishing CO
Edward H. Crosby
Theodore Metcalf
Peter Faneuil
Tremont Street
Metcalf
Metcalf’s Drug Store
Tremont St
Copley Square
Neme
Devery
Martha Dean
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