Waite's $9000 Bribe Paid to Undertaker
District Attorney Swann and detectives arrested embalmer Eugene Oliver Kane at his West Fifty-seventh Street home for allegedly taking $9000 from Dr. Arthur Warren Waite to falsely testify about arsenic in embalming fluid. The case concerns the murder of John Ti Peck and Waite's arrest and trial.
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New York
Swann
Eugene Oliver Kane
West Fifty-seventh Street
Kane
Arthur Warren Waite
Waite
John Ti. Peck
Mr. Peck
Dr. Waite
Crocker reports son in Sussex explosion better
Mrs. George H. Crocker of Fitchburg learns via cable from Dover that her son George H. Crocker Jr., injured in the channel steamer Sussex explosion, is improving though still semi conscious. A further specialist is to see him on Wednesday.
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Fitchburg
George H. Crocker
George H. Crocker, Jr
Sussex
Charles T. Crocker
Dover
George
Crocker
Jack London To Leave Socialist Party For More Revolutionary Move
New York March 28. Author Jack London resigns from the Socialist party citing lack of fire and class struggle emphasis. He plans to join a “more revolutionary” movement but has not disclosed its nature. Friends forecast potential entry into the I. W. W.
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New York
Socialist Party
Jack London
I. W. Ww
Allied and German Front Action Reported in Brief
France reports heavy German losses after repulsed assault on Haucourt Melancourt front northwest of Verdun. French artillery bombards in Argonne Woevre and Vosges while a French attack in Forest of Parroy destroys or captures defenders. Russians repelled on eastern front with heavy losses. German raid on Saloniki targets Allied camps.
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Verdun
Paris
Argonne
Woevre
Vosges
Lorraine
Parroy
Berlin
Saloniki
Villa Heads Toward San Andres in Chihuahua Chase
Reports from the front suggest Francisco Villa is headed for San Andres near Chihuahua City, with Americans in El Paso placing him 50 miles ahead of pursuers. His aim appears Parral and then Torreon, where Reyes leads bands. The main issue is supplies, rail access, and Pershing’s limited mobility in rugged terrain.
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Tex
Chihuahua
Francisco Villa
San Andres
Chihuahua City
Villa
Parral
Torreon
Canuto Reyes
Reyes
Last Warning to Germany Over Immediate Break Threat
President and Cabinet weigh options if Sussex or Englishman suffers submarine attack. Possible actions include dismissing Bernstorff or serving notice that another law violation will trigger a break.
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Germany
Sussex
Bernstorff
Forest Hills Bound Train Refused Departure At Dudley Street
Three cars of passengers at Dudley Street station refused to leave an elevated train after conductors announced it was the end of the line. The train was marked Forest Hills and passengers bound for that area waited 15 minutes for a return trip, insisting the train move to its marked destination.
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Dudley Street
Forest Hills
Train held up by Forest Hills misprint protests
In a Forest Hills bound misprint incident, over 500 passengers refused to leave a Dudley Street train for 10 minutes. Trainmen faced threats as they tried to clear cars after the line was declared ended. Elevated officials ordered the cars carried to Forest Hills.
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Forest Hills
Dudley Street
Watch and Ward leader Parker narrowly rescued from mob
More than 100 men and boys chased and jeered Jefferson H. Parker of the Watch and Ward Society and 10 Harvard students aiding him after a stone was hurled at Parker in Bowdoin square. Patrolmen escorted Parker and his group to City Hall avenue station then Park Street station as the mob dispersed.
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Jefferson H. Parker
Watch and Ward Society
City Hall Avenue
Harvard
Watch and Ward
Parker
Bowdoin Square
Mr. Parker
Howard Street
Tremont Row
Fox
King
Patten
Curran
Park Street
Britain Denies Using Censorship To Steal U S Trade
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, told the House of Commons that Britain’s mail censorship is not being used to take American trade. He rejected the implication and defended wartime policy as proper and nonappropriative.
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England
U. S
London
Lord Robert Cecil
House of Commons
Secretly W Alks Divorce Revealed
Friends of Kathleen S Patch, once with Emerson School of Oratory and Toy Theatre, were surprised to learn she is the libelant in a divorce action and that she is really Mrs. Robert F Harper.
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Kathleen S. Patch
Emerson School of Oratory
Toy Theatre Company
Miss Patch
Robert F. Harper
Divorce Granted in Harper Case Sought by Wife in Cambridge
Mrs. Kathleena Patch Harper seeks divorce from Robert F. Harper of Cambridge now Clinton N Y alleging abandonment on May 2 1915 and seeks restoration of her maiden name. The City Hall marriage record shows Robert F D Harper of Cambridge married Kathleena S Patch of Dorchester both natives of Massachusetts with Patch later pursuing dramatic studies and theater work.
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City Hall
Robert F. D. Harper
Larch Road
Cambridge
Morrisburg
Ont
George Harper
Kathleena S. Patch
Brookview Street
Dorchester
Shelburne Falls
Mass
Henry R. Patch
Justice of the Peace
Borofsky
Miss Patch
Emerson School of Oratory
William H. Woods
Toy Theatre Company
Curley
Brandeis Opposition Brief Filed Before Senate Panel
Washington March 28 Counsel for Brandeis opponents filed a brief with the Senate judiciary sub committee claiming he violated American Bar Association ethics and made false statements. They allege duplicity, opposing public welfare interests, and sharp practices.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court Today
Senate Judiciary Sub-Committee
Brief Ethics Report May Face Saturday Subcommittee Vote
Attorneys Austen Fox and Kenneth M. Spence of New York signed the brief summarizing 1300 pages of testimony heard by the committee. The document accuses Mr. Brandeis of living unethically, with continued discussion on Page 3 Second Col.
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Austen Fox
Kenneth M. Spence
New York
Thuy
Brandeis
Two options eyed by Wilson on German attacks
President Wilson and his Cabinet weigh two courses if German submarines caused recent disasters. They may sever diplomatic relations with Berlin immediately or warn that any recurrence will bring immediate severance. Officials cited the Sussex and Englishman incidents as the context for the decision.
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Washington
Wilson
Berlin
Germany
President weighs options on severing relations with Germany
President Wilson shows no final decision and reserves prerogative to break diplomatic ties without Congress. If chosen he would hand von Bernstorff passports and recall Gerard from Berlin, with reasons to Congress. Advisers fear Sussex and Englishman incidents may push toward notifying Berlin of possible relations break. Cabinet action centers on obtaining German-sourced details on the sinking of the English ship.
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Wilson
Congress
Count von Bernstorff
Gerard
Berlin
Germany
United States
Light auto lamps tonight and vehicle timings listed
89th day of year and 587th day of war noted. Light auto lamps tonight at 6 37, other vehicles at 7 07. Also today commemorates Elihu Thompson born 1853 and recalls Mexicans evacuated Vera Cruz in 1847.
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Esa
Elihu Thompson
Vera Cruz
Boston Area Weather Forecast Amid Unsettled Wednesday
Boston and vicinity expected unsettled Wednesday with generally fair conditions later. Moderate easterly winds shift to variable. Washington reports northern New England cloudy Wednesday, fair Thursday, while southern New England sees local rain Wednesday and fair Thursday.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Fragmented OCR Weather Fragments from Thompson's Spa Report
A fragmentary OCR note lists temperature readings and percentages with several numbers and names. The text references Thompson's Spa and an unnamed representative, alongside average temperatures and a 35 percent figure, but lacks full context or coherent event details.
Roosevelt secretary McGrath jailed for 30 days in Brooklyn
John W. McGrath private secretary to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was sentenced to 30 days on Blackwell's Island after a Brooklyn Court of Special Sessions conviction for an assault on Charles Lighte of the Lighte Bottling Company. William Powers a cousin received the same sentence.
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New York
John W. McGrath
Theodore Roosevelt
Blackwell's Island
Court of Special Sessions
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
McGrath
William Powers
Charles Lighte
Lighte Bottling Company
Powers
Raymond Street
Robert H. Elder
John Halpin
Edward Cooper
Supreme Court
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
The
Progressive Party
British Steamer Eagle Point Sunk in Atlantic
Lloyds reports the British steamer Eagle Point of 6222 tons gross has been sunk. The crew was saved. Built in 1900, she belonged to the Norfolk and North American Steamship Company of West Hartlepool. Last record shows arrival at St John NW B March 2.
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Eagle Point
Lloyds
Norfolk & North American Steamship Company
West Hartlepool
St. John
NW. B
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