Fire car crash injures five including Rothwell couple
A fire truck responding to a two alarm blaze in Brighton collided with the Rothwell limousine at St Paul street and Longwood avenue at 10 30 last night. James E Rothwell is believed fatally injured. his wife seriously hurt. Three firemen were badly bruised and knocked unconscious.
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Dynamo conspiracy trial reveals midnight sleigh dynamite drop
Dennis J. Collins testifies as State witness in the case against William M. Wood and Fred F. Atteaux for alleged dynamite plot targeting Lawrence mill operatives. He describes a late night sleigh ride through the foreign quarter with nearly 20 pounds of dynamite and implicates John J. Breen, a former Lawrence school committeeman, as giving orders. Breen himself is expected to testify next.
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William M. Wood
Fred F. Atteaux
Lawrence Mill
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Breen
Transplant Shows Hope to Save Banker in Georgia
In Baltimore on May 20 a Johns Hopkins physician said transplanting healthy kidneys from a recently deceased man to B Sanders Walker, a Macon banker, could be the only cure if mercury tablet ingestion damaged his kidneys. A local doctor predicted recovery but warned possible lifelong paralysis. he cited several similar Macon cases with one fatal outcome.
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Macon
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Carrell
Doctor reports dog kidney transplants show quick recovery
The physician stated Dr Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute of Research successfully transplanted kidneys between dogs. In short order the animals walked and ate as if no organs had been disturbed.
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Alexis Carrell
Rockefeller Institute of Research
Sanders Walker in critical condition after mercury poisoning
In Macon Georgia on May 20 Sanders Walker fights for life after ingesting a bichloride of mercury tablet by mistake for aspirin. Doctors report very high pulse and low respiration with feared advanced poison effects though some kidney relief and brief hopeful signs appeared.
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Macon
Sanders Walker
Two Boston Hotel Murders End With Killers Suicide
In Boston two women died at separate hotels as their male companions killed them and then killed themselves. At the Hotel Essex Charles H. Huber 28 Roxbury shot Elizabeth Gormley and then killed himself. At the Hotel Napoli William Janine of Woburn shot Margaret Gormley Polack and then fatally shot himself. Police initially speculated a death pact but found no link between cases.
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Margaret Gormley Polack
Self
Hotel Napoli
Boston
Essex
Charles H. Huber
Hillside Street
Roxbury
Elizabeth Gormley
Worthington Street
Charles Young
Manchester
N. J
Napoli
North End
Washington Street
Woburn
Commerce Men in Merry Gambol at Copley Plaza
Mayor Fitzgerald and James J. Storrow led Boston’s Chamber of Commerce in the first spring gambol at the Copley Plaza Hotel. The minstrel show and jokes kept the ballroom lively from grand entry to final song, noted as the event’s peak success.
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Mayor Fitzgerald
James J. Storrow
Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Copley Plaza Hotel
Gala event features Swan Stor and lively stunts
A large gathering hosted by the Chamber with 700 members and guests included Carrol J. Swan as the opening act and James J. Stor as the minstrel interlocutor. Mayor Fitzgerald participated with song speech and tambourine amid the lively program continued on page 2.
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James J. Storrow
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Murder Suspect Huber Kills Elizabeth Gormley at Hotel Essex
Elizabeth Gormley and Charles Huber died in the same bed after a late night stay at the Essex Hotel. Huber shot Gormley then killed himself, after being ordered from his Roxbury home. The couple, using aliases Charles Young and wife, checked in 9:30 pm and were found dead at 1:30 pm. Benjamin Gormley, four, is the couple's child. his father is ill.
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Jonas Huber
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Essex
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Hillside Street
John Benjamin Gormley
Worthington Street
Gormley
Boston Protective Department
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Davis Reed
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Charles Young and Wife
Manchester
N. H
Charles Freeman
Freeman
Lipton Accepts Challenge to Yacht Race
The New York Yacht Club cabled the Royal Ulster Yacht Club confirming definite acceptance of the Lipton challenge. Details continue in later columns of the page.
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New York Yacht Club
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Norse Car Line Opens Boston to Cambridge 1846
On this 141st day of the year and 624th of spring the record notes Venus and Mars rising in the night sky while Jupiter follows later. The date marks anniversaries including Stanley Waterloo born 1846 and a grim recall of Clarence V. Richeson-electrocution for the murder of Avis Linnell a year ago.
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Jupiter
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Boston
Cambridge
Stanley Waterloo
Clarence V. ‘I. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Weather Forecast for Boston and New England
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Wednesday fair with light variable winds. Thursday brings local showers and warmer conditions. For southern New England the outlook is fair Wednesday and Thursday showers with moderate variable winds becoming south. Northern New England shares Wednesday fair weather and Thursday showers with malaerate variable winds.
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Vicinity
Washington
New England
Temperature report from Thompson's Spa yesterday
Yesterday temperature readings show a range with 55 at 6 AM and 40 at 4 PM. The average temperature was 58 with a one year comparison of 52. The line notes a clear and cold day compared to last year.
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St OG Ga
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