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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1914
Page
6
A quip on copyright and fashion cites the idea that there is no copyright in ideas and warns against plagiarizing others work. It likens fashion history to borrowed form and notes all life relies on collective influence and shared creativity.
A resolution demanding Governor Walsh remove Fred W. Goodhue from the State Board of Charity will be introduced at the Lawrence City Council meeting by Mayor Michael A. Scanlon. The move targets Goodhue, superintendent of the State adult poor, with offices at Room 30, State House.
The City Council may ask Governor Walsh to open an investigation into the State Board of Charity to consider reorganizing it if directors align with the administration under fire. Mayor Scanlon will accuse Superintendent Goodhue of gross discrimination against Lawrence citizens seeking board positions, breaching civil service laws. He cites studies on treatment of Lawrence applicants who passed civil service exams and held superior standing.
Charles E. Wilson of 229 Washington street Lynn has won the contract to make wedding slippers for Miss Eleanor Wilson daughter of the President and Mrs Wilson. The white satin slippers will match a long trained gown and ship to the White House by week’s end.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union marked its 68 year with a full day of events starting in the morning and continuing to midnight. The building welcomed visitors while members demonstrated ongoing work.
A remarkable photograph shows the new Boston customs house tower rising 505 feet with a 50 foot platform below the peak offering wide harbor views. The building will have 18 stories for immediate use and 12 more planned, totaling 30 floors as expansion demands. Boston lacks taller structures besides the Ames and Tremont buildings, with a height limit of 125 feet.
Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia arrive in Buenos Ayres after a Chile trip. They toured Santiago and Valparaiso, visiting German ships Kaiser Koenig Albert and the cruiser Strassburg during the voyage.
Dr. F J Gorgas aged 80 died in Baltimore today from paralysis. Former dean of the University of Maryland dental department he was a leading authority and writer on dental surgery in the country.
International fleet gathers at Tampico including German cruiser Dresden and British ships Hermione and Essex. The Utah sails from Vera Cruz, hospital ship Solace prepared, and Spain’s refugees face uncertain disposition amid U S and Mexico diplomatic tensions. A Spanish cotton magnate of Laguna district becomes central to refugee settlement as Villa shifts tens of millions in cotton.
In El Paso on April 8, news reports that Spanish refugees flee with only a few personal possessions while authorities seize $15,000,000 worth of cotton. Rafael Arozena, Laguna district's wealthiest planter, is noted as a leading Sea Island cotton grower.
A single suspect, described as 20 to 25 years old, medium height, in a raincoat and checked cap, robbed four Worcester women. He robbed Miss O Laughlin on North Street then a cigar store, took 16 to 20 dollars, assaulted Mrs Hammerstron at Brittan Square, fled after a purse snatch from Miss Anna Kelly, and then struck an elderly man on Lincoln Street before escaping. Police hunted the gunman as the violence continued through the night.
Mrs Agnes Dupree 25 was arrested by Inspectors Loughlin and Pelton on Winter Street for larceny after stealing $14 from Mrs R Solensky of Marlboro Street Back Bay. Three women store detectives joined the chase, targeting a known professional pickpocket and handbag opener.
Three women store detectives pursue a suspect who tries to open handbags in crowded shops. The trail leads through the business district to Winter Street where the thief steals two five dollar bills and four one dollar bills from Mrs Solencky. She later admits prior prison term and two prior probation cases.
Mrs Diana Eddy Brown known as Dolly Eddy of Dorchester is the subject of a wide police search by Boston Providence Connecticut and New York forces and Pinkerton detectives for testimony in the Henry Siegel bankruptcy inquiry by the Suffolk county grand jury on her supposed honeymoon in New London Connecticut.
Mrs Brown and her husband James Salisbury Brown fled Providence after marriage and hid at a fashionable Boston-area house to dodge grand jury summons. They consulted attorney Henry E Tiepke of Pawtucket and agreed to testify in Boston when required, returning from honeymoon to face law.
The cat licensing bill won House approval in a long running effort. It passed 79 to 41 after reconsideration prompted by Frost of Somerville. The bill allows killing of all unlicensed cats with an exception for one unlicensed cat per farmer, aiming to protect song birds.
The Senate approved a biennial elections bill by 21 to 9, keeping annual legislative sessions and excluding recall. A separate bill to require 10 percent butter fats in ice cream failed 18 to 15 after health committee opposition. Cambridge's Brennan argued for stricter cleanliness. In the House, an all day clash over Sunday baseball ended with 80 to 133 defeats.
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