Blame Put On Operators In Quebec Express Crash Inquiry
Testimony at the New Hampshire State Railroad Commission inquiry points to possible operator errors in the Sept. 15 collision between a Quebec north bound express and a Boston and Maine freight at West Canaan. General Superintendent Charles E. Jee and others testified about mental process failures and misread orders. Operator Browley said he did all he could to prevent the crash and found no fault in his handling of the dispatch. John Greeley identified and duplicated the fatal order noting Transposition of figures.
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Concord
N. H
Quebec
Boston & Maine Railroad
West Canaan
Charles E. Jee
State Railroad Commission
Lee
Browley
Countess Montignoso and Toselli Marry in Strand Registry Office
The Countess Louise Antoinette Marie of Saxony and Signor Enrico Toselli wed at a Strand registry, with Toselli described as a music professor. The bride claimed royal lineage and a former crown prince status, while witnesses included novelist William Le Queux and R. C. Witt with Mrs. Witt.
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London
Countess de Montignoso
Saxony
Signor Toselli
Strand
Louise Ua Antoinette Marie
Whalen Trial Opens As Dora Goldberg Tells Robbery Tale
Dora Goldberg 18 testifies at the start of the Charles J. Whalen trial in Superior Court. She describes leaving her father’s meat business on Harrison Avenue with 800 in bills and 1200 in checks, wrapped in brown paper, as Whalen grabbed the parcel after two failed attempts and fled into the Madison Hotel.
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Dora Goldberg
Whalen
Charles J. Whalen
Tlarrison Avenue
Superior Criminal Court
Joseph Sullivan
T. W. Proctor
Doherty
Harrison Avenue
Woman Cleared in Burglary Tools Case
Margaret Johnson 23 was found not guilty in Superior Criminal Court of possessing burglars tools. Police found dress suit cases with goods stolen from guests at the Charlesbank Hotel and keys used by burglars, but she testified she found the keys in her brother’s room and kept them for him. Her brother Halsey Baker had previous arrests for breaking and entering.
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Margaret Johnson
Superior Criminal Court
John Quinn
Alexander Skelly
Washington Street
Joseph AH. Ixane
Charlesbank Hotel
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Halsey Baker
Vermont Baptist Society elects new officers in Rutland
At the Vermont State Baptist Society session in Rutland officers were chosen: President Dr H D Helton Brattleboro Vice President Rev George R Spear Middlebury Clerk and Treasurer Rev Dewey Crocker Chester Reports say two new Baptist churches were established in Vermont last year.
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Rutland
Vermont State Baptist Society
H. D. Helton
Brattleboro
George R. Spear
Middlebury
Dewey Crocker
Chester
Vermont
Boston Briefs: Thief Nabbed at Chatham Street Office
Police arrest Albert A. Weiss, 37, of Mattapan, for stealing 15 dozen metal ornaments worth 15 from the express offices at 48 Chatham Street. Also reported: clergy transfers at St. Mary's North End and New York posts, a man dying of heart failure, a pedestrian struck by a train near Ashmont, and a fatal Marblehead express crash at Everett station.
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Chatham Street
Albert A. Weiss
Cedar Street
Mattapan
Division 2
John Jensen
S. J
St. Francis de Xavier’s Church
New York
Henry van Rensselaer
St. Mary's Church
North End
Patrick Gleason
Boston College
St. Mary's
Father Jensen
John F. Connelly
Athens Street
Lavery Street
John T. Hartgood
Hillside Terrace
Dorchester
Ashmont
Patrick O’neil
Second Street
Everett
Mast Everett
Farewell on the pier as ill man denied voyage
On a crowded dock a frail man, his wife, and child watch the ship Republic depart after being barred from boarding due to the man’s consumption. He has weeks to live, and they return home in sorrow as tears flow and the crowd disperses.
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Republic
John Wilkinson
Falmouth
Eng
Lawrence
Boston
Tiven
Jane Laurel Stars in Caught in the Rain at Park Theatre
Jane Laurel, a noted stage beauty, joins William Collier's company in Caught in the Rain at the Park Theatre. She has long played Violet Mason the orchid loving aristocrat pursued by Bryce Forrester and has previously starred with William Gillette in The Admirable Crichton and Sherlock Holmes.
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Jane Laurel
William Collier
Park Theatre
Violet Mason
Bryce Forrester
Miss Laurel
Ethel Barrymore
New York
William Gillette
Crichton
Sherlock Holmes
Mabel Ainsley
Mrs. Leffingwell
Boots
Glidden Declared Winner In Cox-Glidden Councillor Race
Analysis of votes in the Cox-Glidden contest shows Glidden with a safe majority. Glidden aides dispute Cambridge and University City totals and expect more support from Ward 10 and other districts. Final convention needs 118 of 230 delegates for a choice.
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Cox-Glidden
Glidden
Cox
Cambridge
University
Beavers
Roberts
Gliddenites
Chelsea
Presidential Nomination Claim Asserts Unstoppable Delegates
A political figure states he will secure enough delegates to clinch the nomination beyond doubt. The assertion suggests strong support within party ranks and signals a decisive path to the nomination, framing the contest as effectively decided.
Robitscheck Case Goes to 70 Jury in Blackmail Trial
Solomon Robitscheck and Bennett Silverblatt face a jury in the U.S. district court after two days of trial on a blackmail charge involving the Salvation Army seeking 980 009 dollars.
Why I Became a Republican in Sun Day Magazine
The note previews two pieces in the next Sun Day Magazine. It mentions Speaker Cannon’s anecdotal piece and a contrasting article on jesting, both attributed to Owen Kildare with the usual caveat that Cannon did not contribute the jesting essay.
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Speaker Cannon
Owen Kildare
Miss Enid Abramson Heads Abroad to Pursue Grand Opera
Miss Enid Maude Abramson, after two years of Berlin study, sails to resume opera work with Gerster in Paris. She aims for a grand opera contract, having impressed Sembrich who praised her voice and promised a future meeting next year.
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Berlin
Leyland Line
Gerster
Marchesi
Paris
Sembrich
Mme. Sembrich
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