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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1913
Page
2
Lincoln Cummings of Brookline president of the National Navigation Movement said in an interview that the Titanic disaster and the Larchmont and Slocum wrecks had produced no remedial laws improving crew characters or efficiency.
The speaker decries antiquated navigation laws that let steamship firms hire crew under minimal license requirements. He argues many officials would not permit continued use of incompetent crews risking lives, citing the Larchmont Slocum Valencia disasters as lessons.
The piece calls on public spirited citizenship to act after the Titanic disaster and inscribe lessons on statute books. It argues human life should rise above corporate dividends to secure humane protection of every fireside.
The Boston Opera Company plans to add two Wagner operas Lohengrin and Die Meistersinger next season with a German contingent to avoid mere guest performances. A third work Dangleur de Notre Dame by Massenet may star Mary Garden in a principal role. The French wing will be reduced to balance the German choir.
Mrs John Quincy Adams of 496 Harvard Street Brookline widow of the late John Quincy Adams, Boston publisher and descendant of presidents, will marry Frank H Mason clerk of the US District Court today. Adamson's Balsam claims relief for coughs. advertised in druggists.
In Brussels on April 14 the vast Belgian workers strike began to press for suffrage. By nightfall an estimated 200000 men had quit work nationwide, far short of Socialist predictions as clericalist press brands the movement a pitiable fiasco.
The strike grows stronger with advancing numbers and anticipated thousands joining tomorrow. No major disturbances yet. essential services run, but Brussels trade stalls. Provincial strike children are cared for by liberal families. Sabotage limited to three leather factory machines in the suburbs.
District Attorney Barker declined to discuss the matter but a purported authoritative source says the inquest into the Admiral Eaton case will be reopened within the next few days in Rockland.
State officers have uncovered important information to be presented at the inquest reopening. A second arrest is anticipated as the DA finishes Norfolk county grand jury work before action resumes. New evidence reportedly strengthens prosecution claims of murder rather than drug purchase. Mrs Julie Ainsworth Keyes and Miss Dorothy Ainsworth met with Attorney Geogan in Rockland then visited Medford.
In Providence Rhode Island on April 14 the Atlantic National Bank closed its doors and was taken in charge by National Bank Examiner Joseph Balch at the board’s request. At noon nearby banks Industrial Trust and Union Trust offered to loan depositors 60 percent of their net deposits. A receiver will be appointed by the comptroller of the currency.
Edward P. Metcalf resigned as president on April 1 due to ill health and will travel to Europe. Percy W. Gardner, a young attorney, was appointed to succeed him. Attorney-General Herbert A. Rice visited the bank and found no defalcation after inquiring about possible shortages. Ernest W. Tinkham chairs the board of directors of the William Tinkham Company and the Wolff Worsted Mills.
Dr Morton Prince told a Psychopathic Hospital audience that every life experience and thought is stored in the subconscious mind and can be revived by hypnotism crystal gazing or automatic writing.
The article reports Dr Prince on the subconscious mind recording every impression from childhood. Hypnotism can reveal buried memories via neurograms in brain cells that recreate original ideas. Examples include a woman recounting past material, a student recalling a shopping trip, and a judge’s clothes description under hypnosis.
Ad claims Elmer & Amend's 2861 relieves rheumatic pains and suggests reliable druggists carry the remedy. The message presents a product promotion framed as reader letters from grateful users.
Nearly 1500 attendees gathered for the Assumption Church reunion at Nautical Gardens Revere Beach last evening. Organized by the church societies under Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald and his staff with the young women's sodality committee, the event included former parish members from across the state and featured workers like Miss Anna B Clemmens and Miss Grace Gibbons among many others.
Amos P. Kinney inventor of the first machine to manufacture shoe strings and an indicator for steam engines used on locomotives nationwide died yesterday at his home 107 Elm Street Quincy aged 82.
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