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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1915
Page
7
The Sunday Post prints a recovered diary detailing a man’s experience dying while imprisoned at the sea bottom. His papers recount the complete happenings and last sensations in a dramatic, heart throbbing record of pathos and courage.
Bitter hearings before the Legislature’s Ways and Means committee target the State Board of Efficiency and Economy amid personal assaults on its members. George Otis Davis of Lexington, a longtime U S customs official and former Lexington treasurer, died at his Lexington home after a year of illness.
The speaker notes 918 conferences 117 hearings with department heads and 94 written reports. He says the appointment came unsolicited while earning 6500 dollars as a corporate treasurer and that his salary now stands at 5000 dollars a year.
Berlin reports the Overseas News Agency item quoting Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung defending German submarine conduct. It says English merchant ships ram and destroy subs and questions why crews would be asked to abandon their underwater boats to save their lives.
Joseph H. O Neil treasurer reports Belgian relief fund subscriptions totaling 241 357 28 with numerous donors including Carrie M Hall Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston George Sumner Barton Worcester Mrs Algernon Coolidge Brookline Miss Caroline A Fox and others contributing varied amounts. The list includes individual gifts and institutional support as part of the fundraising drive.
In Boston yesterday the two leading figures in American theater Charles Frohman and David Belasco met for a brief reunion. Frohman, a top producer and syndicate member, and Belasco, the independent director known as the Wizard of the Stage, had long been rivals but buried the hatchet. Their encounter followed a rehearsal of A Celebrated Case set for revival in New York.
William H. Stacy, a leading figure in the footwear trade, passes away in Braintree. The longtime businessman was known for his influence in local shoe manufacturing and retail circles.
Manufacturers in the East and head of Stacy Adams & Co Boston and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their home 63 Monauiquot avenue today. A host of friends called to extend felicitations.
Thirty men in Wakefield were put to work repairing highways by Highway Department Superintendent Starkweather under a $10,000 town meeting appropriation. With over 100 applicants on the waiting list, more workers will be added soon.
In Hinky Dink Turkey on April 2 the Russian gunboat Bingosky commanded by Captain Tangotensky hit a mine and sank. As he left in a lifeboat he reportedly said with a smile that another mine was out of the way.
Good Friday was observed across Boston’s Episcopal churches with morning prayers and services throughout the day. At Cathedral Church of St Paul on Tremont Street Dean Rousmaniere preached after Rev Walton led ante communion, and at Emmanuel and Trinity churches sermons followed gospel readings with crowded congregations.
In Holbrook on April 2 a family escaped a blaze at Union and Winter streets. Kenneth Burling carried his son to safety by sliding down from a window while the father then saved his wife and 11 year old daughter inside. The home burned, stairs blocked escape. The father clung to the sill before freeing himself.
Philadelphia April 2. Gustave Fahlisher of Hamburg Germany admitted he used a passport stolen three years ago in Buenos Ayres. The Swiss passport was issued in Zurich and its owner is in Switzerland. He is held for further investigation and may be deported.
A humorous first person tale from Harper & Bros about a farm boy who climbs to fame through varied experiences and questionable education. The reviewer notes rapid rise, entertaining prose, and insightful sidelights on present day life, praising the author’s leisurely style. The Ladder is priced at $1.30 in New York.
A laudatory review praises Victory for Conrad's deep grasp of motive and environment. Characters Heyst Schomberg Ricardo and Lena are vividly drawn with dramatic suspense centered on Lena's decisive love and a climactic final night. The piece asserts the novel's lasting impact and its potential to broaden Conrad’s readership.
Review notes two books, Studies in Invalid Occupation by Susan E. Tracy with chapters on crafts for invalids and humane aims of keeping the disabled engaged. Also describes European Police Systems by Raymond B. in The Century Company edition, detailing police structures in London Berlin Vienna and Paris with extensive appendices and bibliography.
Raymond B. Fosdick formerly New York City commissioner of accounts has spent over a year studying European police systems and has written about his findings. The report may influence reforms in American police administration.
Bailey Willis edits Volume 1 of Northern Patagonia published by Charles Scribner's Sons under the Argentine Ministry of Public Works. It presents a comprehensive report on development prospects from Port San Antonio to Lago Nahuel and Valdiva Chile with maps. Maps priced separately.
Florence Howe Hall writes a Harper's manual on dress manners and entertainment offering practical rules for social functions. A bridge party passage notes prizes should be pretty and affordable and kept hidden until after play.
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