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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1913
Page
5
Thomas Gainsborough's The Market Cart from Sir Lionel Phillips's collection sold at auction in London for 100,800 dollars, a new record for the artist. The prior top price for a Gainsborough was 63,000 dollars.
Mrs. W. J. White of Brooklyn and Mrs. T. T. Backe of New York traveled with a young girl called a maid. They registered at Hotel Taft, then boarded a 11:45 train to Boston where detectives found them at a relative’s home. The father was informed and left New York.
New York dispatches say the two women with the girl likely will not be arrested. They allegedly planned to sail to Europe aboard the Canopic with the girl, as detectives are told not to permit her departure until the father appears. The party, including Mrs. W. J. White of Brooklyn and Mrs. T. T. Backe of New York, was at the Taft Hotel in New Haven after arriving Wednesday night. Hotel clerks doubt the taxi record of their arrival from Union Station.
Gail Borden says Ramona's actions stemmed from companions he did not approve of and sent her to a Pompton Lakes sanitarium. He plans to place her in a Canadian convent when she returns, citing debts from Washington and influence by three girls tied to the case. Mrs White and others linked to the pursuit were located in Washington and New York.
Victor L. Berger former Milwaukee Socialist congressman told the Intercollegiate Socialist Society that Republicans are fractured and Democrats will fade within four years. He predicted a three party fusion of Republicans Democrats Progressives and Socialists and urged party alignment. He spoke to 300 Harvard students at Emerson Hall in the afternoon and again at night.
T C Dupont of Wilmington has bought the Equitable Building site for 8 million dollars. A 36 story office tower will rise on the full block bounded by Broadway Pine Nassau and Cedar streets with a mortgage of 20.5 million recorded against the property. The completed project will cost about 30 million dollars.
London reports a court martial of Mrs. Mary Ford of New York by the Women's Social and Political Union, chaired by General Flora Drummond. Ford, absent, is accused of treason by failing to reveal an exact release hour of Miss Zelle Emerson, allegedly told press of kidnapping plans, and publicly admitting militant acts.
The Fore River Shipbuilding Company faces sale to a New Jersey trust linked to United States Shipbuilding. Gordon Abbott, chair of the trust, met in New York with Mr. Schwab to discuss the deal. The buyer, formed in 1904, may extend control over major U.S. shipyards and armor plate manufacture, threatening current Quincy wartime production and planned vessels.
The Bethlehem Company supplies material and armor for merchant and naval craft at Fore River yards. Officers include President Rear Admiral Francis T Bowles and Vice President F C Dumaine. Directors feature Robert Endicott Jr Robert Winsor William A Gaston and Gordon Abbott. Several thousand workers are employed.
United States revenue cutter Acushnet floated the steamer Bay Port at 11:30 last night after an earlier failed attempt. The vessel will head to Boston this morning for further proceedings.
The Lexington High School baseball team meets the Cambridge squad today at 3:30 on the new Lexington Athletic Field. The visiting Midnight Sons from Harvard University visit as Lexington aims to repeat last year’s victory over Cambridge.
One hundred fifty girls at Piper Manufacturing Company on Cedar Street in Somerville panicked during a two-alarm fire in the hay and grain shed of William J Thompson & Co across Alpine Street. Damage was $2500, cause unknown. Dense smoke entered due to warm weather and open factory windows. no fire damage to the plant itself as the shed burned.
Neal D. Johnson aged 80 of 67 Hampden Street Roxbury toppled a lamp and started a lively fire in his second floor quarters. Neighbors smelled smoke and heard his cries as he fought flames. they rescued him before smoke suffocation. Firemen arrived, battled the blaze, and soon extinguished it.
Panama dispatch reports Secretary Lindley M. Garrison orders the Panama Canal Zone to be without saloons during the coming fiscal year. At present there are saloons in Zone towns. The item ends with an unrelated advertising line for Adamson's Balsam.
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