French Indian guide named co respondent in Stillman divorce
James A. Stillman president of National City Bank files divorce action against Anne Urquhart Potter Stillman. A French Indian guide is named as co respondent. Stillman also seeks divorce. hearing set in Poughkeepsie with Justice Morschauser. Guy Stillman, born 1918, is a defendant under code rules about legitimacy.
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New York
James A. Stillman
National City Bank
Anne Urquhart Potter Stillman
Bishop Potter
James Brown Potter
Sillman
Guy
Poughkeepsie
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Secrets of Dean Case Cause Stir
Rev Father Hennen testifies that Sheriff Emerson claimed authority to arrest in murder. Witnesses recanted, weakening the case as slander suit against banker Rich unfolds. The testimony fuels sensational allegations and signals a pivotal moment in the local court dispute.
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Father Hennen
Emerson
Rich
Permits for Beer in April Announced by U S Officials
Washington reports that regulations will be issued in April allowing breweries to sell beer with more than one half of one percent alcohol for medicinal use. Prohibition Commissioner Kramer warns that selling real beer before permits is illegal and subject to arrest. Rules stay in effect until Attorney General Palmer's opinions guide amendments.
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Washington
United News
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Kramer
Palmer
Physician prescriptions redefine beer and wine rules
Opinions held that physicians may prescribe beer and wine in any amounts for patient treatment. Kramer warned that selling real beer without an internal revenue permit violates regulations, implying strict enforcement of permit requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bureau
Kramer
Billy Sunday on the 18th amendment and liquor fight
In Cincinnati Billy Sunday declares the whiskey ring seeks to influence post amendment rulings but cannot budge public hate of booze. He says beer was never a health remedy and doctors or druggists won t be distributors. He predicts a riot if breweries reopen and asserts America is done with alcohol.
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Cincinnati
Hoboken
America
John Barleycorn
Finance Commission backs mayor in amusements control
In a special report to Mayor Peters the Finance Commission opposes transferring licensing of public amusements to the Licensing Board calling it a step backward and a serious infringement. The board says no better assurance exists for public safety than licensing in the mayor's hands, advised by 25 prominent citizens.
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Peters
Finance Commission
Licensing Board
Boston
Mrs Gardner Not Candidate for Congress in Massachusetts
Washington March 11 Mrs Constance Lodge Gardner widow of the former Sixth Massachusetts District congressman has no present plan to run for the Republican nomination to succeed Congressman Lufkin. A theory links her candidacy to her father Senator Lodge and the likelihood that Lufkin will become collector of the port of Boston. Also mentioned are George L Meyer Jr son of the former ambassador to Russia and John W Saltonstall, Lufkin's last primary opponent. Senator Lodge recommended Eliot Wadsworth of Boston for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
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Washington
Constance Lodge Gardner
Massachusetts
Lufkin
Senator Lodge
Gardner
Congress
Boston
George L. Meyer, Jr
Russia
John WL. Saltonstall
Eliot Wadsworth
Red Cross
School Girls Smoke Claims Stir Springfield
Springfield reports Rev C O Farnham told a Central W C T U address that reliable sources say high school girls as well as boys smoke. School authorities say there are no hardened smokers among local high school girls, though some may have tried a puff for bravado.
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Springfield
Cc. O. Farnham
Elderly Chelmsford Man Injured By Fall From Tree
Henry H. Emerson 81, a well known resident, fell from a tree he was trimming in Chelmsford. He suffered a broken arm a fractured shoulder a fractured thigh and possible internal injuries. He is on the danger list at St John’s Hospital Lowell.
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Chelmsford
Henry H. Emerson
St. John’s Hospital
Lowell
Boston University student weds Smith College partner in Biddeford
Edlin 23 and Levinson 21 married with Probate Court aid to bypass five day law. City Clerk Bergeron and Judge Ayer arranged the ceremony with Rev Harry Trust. Edlin's mother blessed the match by long distance, promising funds for a celebratory Atlantic City trip.
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Biddeford
Joseph Kenneth Edlin
Boston University Law
Helen Winthrop Levinson
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Edlin
Boston University Law School
Abraham Edlin
New Bedford
Levinson
Solomon Levinson
Chicago
Boston
Gretna Green
Bergeron
Harry B. Ayer
Judge Ayer
Harry Trust
Second Congregational Church
Trust
Vanderbilt
New York
Atlantic City
Boston & Maine Slashes Wages Across Skilled Staff
Following New Haven cuts affecting about 22 000 skilled workers, Boston & Maine notifies reductions for roughly 20 000 more in skilled and semi skilled roles excluding train crews, starting April 16. Similar cuts anticipated at Boston and Albany and other New England roads as part of a nationwide wage reduction.
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New Haven
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Albany
New England
Bangor & Aroostook
Vermont
New Police Badge in Boston Bears State Seal
Superintendent Michael Crowley could not explain why the new Boston police helmet badge uses the Massachusetts state seal rather than the city seal. He said last night that the state seal has been selected instead of the City of Boston insignia.
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Boston
State of
Massachusetts
City of
Michael H. Crowley
City of Boston
Wage scale readjustments proposed after May 1 1920
Notices issued by Boston and Maine vice-president B R Pollock announce wage-readjustment conferences for various employee classes including storekeepers clerks train crews and maintenance forces following the Labor Board pay increase effective May 1 1920 and note general wage reductions and lower cost of living.
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B. R. Pollock
Boston’ & Maine
Labor Board
Boston Police Reform History Note
The police commissioner who selected the seat is appointed by the Governor. Boston is asked to pay the salaries of the police force which has long been known as the Boston police. A bill to amalgamate city forces statewide has not passed and the State police are not yet established. Boston policemen have historically worn only numbers on their hats.
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Boston
Cate
Child Dies From Oil Lamp Fire in Fall River
Three year old Alice Dupont and her mother were injured when a lamp toppled as the child pulled a cloth from a table at 9 30 pm in their home at 67 Division Street Fall River. The child died from burns while the mother was badly scorched.
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Fall River
Alice
Manuel Dupont
Division Street
Dupont
Steel Cage Can't Hold Sullivan
James Sullivan of C street South Boston a prisoner played the handcuff king in the cage at the marshal's office and almost escaped yesterday afternoon. He was grabbed in Marshal Duane's private room while attempting an escape by the window route.
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Houdini
James Sullivan
C Street
Boston
Marshal's
Federal Building
Marshal Duane
Prisoner Escapes From Locked Cage in Chinatown Theft
Sullivan, held for a parcel post theft from a mail truck in Chinatown, escaped from a steel cage while nine minutes from East Cambridge jail. Deputy Marshal Quinn and Chief Deputy Tighe chased him. Sullivan was found climbing to a high street window, cage door still bolted, and refused to reveal how he did it.
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Sullivan
Federal Grand Jury
Chinatown
East Cambridge
Quinn
Tighe
Airman Makes 6300 Foot Parachute Descent Into Tree
Lieutenant Edward C. Black of Mitchel Field leaped from a 6300 foot altitude, his parachute carrying him to a tree where he dangled for 15 minutes before rescue. A cross wind carried him from sea toward land during the descent.
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Mineola
N. Y
Edward C. Black
Mitchel Field
Black Eye Case Hears Deputy’s Arrest Claim
In East Jaffrey New Hampshire March 1 testimony described Deputy Sheriff Walter Emerson saying he had authority to arrest Judge Charles L. Rich, cashier of Monadnock National Bank, over the murder of Dr William K Dean. The claim came amid a day of thrills in the hearing before Judge James F Brennan as Rev Herbert A. Hennen testified.
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East Jaffrey
N. H
Walter Emerson
Fitzwilliam
Charles L. Rich
Monadnock National Bank
William K. Dean
James F. Brennan
Herbert A. Hennen
Father Hennen
WANTS TO STOP PACKER STRIKE
Washington March 11 Secretary of Labor Davis telegraphed unions and packing houses offering labor department help to settle wage reduction dispute. He met with President Harding and asked both sides to name two representatives to meet department agents to readjust the dispute threatening a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Labor
Davis
Harding
Berlin and Bolshevik Massacre Note Historic Dates
Berlin reports capture of Russian detachments in northern Poland in 1915 and the one year ago massacre of several hundred Japanese by Bolshevists in Siberia. British capture Baghdad from Turks in 1937. Wilson notifies nations he will arm De ss ships in 1917. Independence Day of Russian republic in 1917. Weather and date lines precede these notices.
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Berlin
Poland
Bagdad
Wilson
Fair Warmer Forecast For Boston And Vicinity
Weather forecast notes fair and warmer conditions for Boston area on Saturday. Sunday expected unsettled with rising temperatures and moderate south winds. In northern New England part ly cloudy Saturday with colder Sunday. Southern New England fair Saturday and unsettled Sunday with lower Maine New Hampshire Vermont temperatures. Middle Atlantic clouding Saturday and rain Sunday. Sandy Hook north winds shift from fair Saturday to unsettled conditions Sunday.
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Boston
Washington
New England
New York
Newland
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Middle Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Weather Update Promises Bright Fair Weather Today
A weather note forecasts continued bright and fair conditions through today and tonight with a slight warming compared to yesterday. Yesterday's temperature is referenced as a benchmark.
Keville Confirmed Marshal In Senate Nominations
Washington March 11 Nearly a score of nominations were sent by President Harding today to the Senate which in turn confirmed a number. Only one day remains for the Senate to take action before adjournment tomorrow. Thereafter nominations to be effective before the special session next month will have to be of a recess nature.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Congress
Senate confirms Crissinger for Comptroller of the Currency
Nominations confirmed by the Senate include D. R. Crissinger of Marion Ohio named to be comptroller of the currency. The brief notice notes Fred as another nominee in the same action.
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Senate
D. R. Crissinger
Marion
Ohio
Fred
Bank Robbed In Daylight On Essex Street
Lawrence March 11 three youths robbed the Morris Plan Bank on Essex Street during lunch hour. A masked gunman forced clerk Grace Merrill to the rear while two accomplices rifled drawers of about 500 dollars and fled through a rear window. A Methuen officer responding to the alarm dropped his gun during pursuit.
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Lawrence
Morris Plan Bank
Essex Street
Grace Merrill
Methuen
Frank Seiferth
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Edward A. Moore
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Natick
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Shubert
Edward C. Boynton
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Yeggs
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