Slayers' Last Hope With Foss
With Governor Foss returning from the western part of the state final attempts to save their clients will be made by attorneys for Bertrand S. Spencer and Chester Jordan who were sentenced to die in the electric chair during the weeks beginning Sept 1 and Sept 22 respectively. People close to the Governor say he will likely not interfere.
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Foss
Bertrand
S. Spencer
Chester Jordan
Charlestown
Spencer
Guy A. Perkins
Springfield
Jordan
Charles Street
Voss
Council
East Cambridge
Governors and councillors face crisis over two condemned men
In Charlestown and East Cambridge, Governor faces petitions from lawyers and spouses as Spencer and Jordan await execution. Spouse of Spencer plans last appeal. lawyers seek lunacy review while Jordan’s counsel requests no delay. Officials marvel at Jordan’s stoic demeanor amid looming electric chair.
Mrs Walsh Testifies in Kelcher Bankruptcy Case
Mrs Martin J Walsh widow of the man indicted with Big Bill Kelcher and George W Coleman testified yesterday in the Kelcher bankruptcy proceedings. Dressed in mourning she took the oath before Referee Olmstead and left for the trustee Joseph B Jacobs office. The private examination concerned her knowledge of funds and property Kelcher held while running the Charlestown liquor business prior to the wrecking of the Cambridge bank.
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Martin J. Walsh
Kelcher
George W. Coleman
National City Bank of Cambridge
Keliher
Charlestown
Cambridge Bank
Walsh
Olmstead
Joseph B. Jacobs
Postponed Gibson murder trial to September 24
Middletown New York September 13 examination of Burton W Gibson the New York lawyer charged with murdering his client Mrs Rosa Menschik Szabo in Greenwood Lake July 16 was postponed to September 24. Gibson ordered kept in Goshen county jail with district attorney consent. Local interest increases as arraignment approaches and witnesses may be summoned in open court before the Orange county grand jury meets October 7.
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Middletown
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Rosa Menschik Szabo
Greenwod Lake
Gibson
Goshen
Rogers
DeGraw
Orange County Grand Jury
Rutherford
Szabo
Vienna
Ritter
Orange County
Wants More in Priesthood
Vienna reports a Eucharistic Congress with heavy rain and large attendance. Dr Paul Pfeifer warned Austria and Germany face a shortage of priesthood candidates and inadequate training facilities, urging student homes like Vienna University plans. Severe weather risks delaying Sunday's monster procession as thousands endure cold rain with shelter scarce.
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Vienna
Paul Pfeifer
Austria
Germany
United States
Pfeifer
University of Vienna
Morgan Sends For Paintings
Private advices from London report J. P. Morgan removed from Princes Gate ten famous Fragonard pictures and shipped them to New York for his private gallery. The Grasse Fragonards were painted about 1770 for Mme. Dubarry by order of Louis XV. They were hidden during the French Revolution and later found in 1898, selling for about $250,000 at Cannes.
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New York
London
J. P. Morgan
Princes Gate
Grasse
Cannes
Public Bequests in Jaynes Will Benefit Local Institutions
Charles P. Jaynes of Lincoln who died Sept 6 left a $560000 estate to his family and relatives. The will filed in East Cambridge Probate Court names charitable beneficiaries including the Boston Floating Hospital Children’s Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Home for Aged Couples Roxbury Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society Boston Y M C A Salvation Army and Bunker Hill Boys Club Association. The bulk is personal property estimated at $400000 with $150000 in real estate.
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Jaynes
Charles P. Jaynes
Lincoln
East Cambridge
Boston Floating Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Home For Aged Couples
Roxbury
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
Boston Y. M. C. A
The
Salvation Army
Bunker Hill Boys’ Club Association
Melrose Declines Claim to Boston Corner-Stone
The Old Court House corner-stone remains Boston property. Superintendent Fish says Melrose bought the granite below street level for the Melrose Auditorium and Melrose officials had no valid claim or intention to assert ownership.
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Old Court House
Boston
Fish
Melrose
Supreme Court to rule on civil service reinstatement power
The case questions if local police court judges can reinstate civil service employees. Martin E. Driscoll, a former Somerville police auto driver discharged by Mayor Burns, sought review under a new civil service law. Associate Justice Farrell ordered reinstatement, prompting the city solicitor and Driscoll’s attorney to take the matter to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court
Frank W. Kaan
Somerville
William J. Shanahan
Martin E. Driscoll
Burns
Civil Service Commissioners
Driscoll
Somerville Police Court
Court to Order Raise in Pay for Cambridge Police
Judge Sheldon ordered a writ of mandamus to compel payment of the pay raise granted to Cambridge police under a city council order enacted before Henry J. Cunningham became commissioner of public works. Firemen miss out as mayor veto blocks, council fails to override.
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Cambridge
Henry J. Cunningham
Sheldon
Twins and Mother Die After Birth in Malden
Mrs Loretta Darley of Myntle Street Malden died shortly before noon yesterday after delivering twin girls both of whom also died. Her husband Herbert Darley was away on a business trip and returned after the deaths. Mrs Darley was 29, born in New York City, formerly a stage performer. her father is Captain William H Quinn of the New York fire department.
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Loretta Darley
Il Myntle Street
Malden
Herbert Darley
Milk Plan Stations Proposed for Boston Consumers
Mayor Fitzgerald and the Boston Board of Health held a conference with Dr Francis X Mahoney and Dr P H Mullowney to discuss establishing public milk stations. Producers would sell directly to consumers without middlemen.
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Fitzgerald
Board of Health
Francis x. Mahoney
P. H. Mullowney
Boston
Boston milk debate links public hearings to farmer support
Mayor Fitzgerald schedules a September 20 public hearing at City Hall to gain farmer and producer cooperation for milk depots. H P Hood & Sons calls for pasteurized milk and a large distributing system, offering use of stations to aid infant mortality reduction while noting high Boston prices and limited winter margins.
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Fitzgerald
City Hall
Boston
New England
H. P. Hood & Sons
N. C. Davis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hanover Street
North End
Bath pastor lauds mayor for frank reply on Maine liquor issue
The Rev. Nathaniel B. Cook of Bath Maine praises Mayor Fitzgerald for his candid response to Scott R Frye on Maine liquor law enforcement and local option. The 1912 letter quotes Cook affirming support for law abidance and political accountability.
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Fitzgerald
Nathaniel B. Cook
Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Bath
Scott R. Frye
Maine
John E. Fitzgerald
GO. P
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Tug Tamaqua Arrives With Barges. Captain Hospitalized
The Tamaqua towed three barges from Philadelphia when it arrived late yesterday afternoon. Captain Isaac Isaksen was removed to the Marine Hospital with erysipelas after suffering most of the journey. the mate commanded the tug during the trip.
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Philadelphia
Isaac Isaksen
Marine Hospital
Isaksen
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