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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1912
Page
14
District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier of Boston today defended his record against editorial criticism printed in the Boston Transcript on Aug. 1. The editorial claimed he had not pressed or filed certain cases that came before him.
In an editorial, District Attorney Pelletier cites records showing 766 jury convictions filed, 1948 cases on file or not pressed, and only 1100 of 3970 cases receiving sentences with 925 imprisonment. He argues a policy to save first offenders from a criminal record and favors probation where appropriate.
Martin Flaherty aged 24 of 128 West Sixth Street South Boston was buried beneath tons of pig iron when a stack of ingots toppled at Hunt Spiller locomotive works 383 Dorchester Avenue. He sustained injuries likely to prove fatal.
In the Russell identification case at the Cambridge courthouse Master Pevey hears a dramatic moment as the two claimants and William C. Russell stand side by side. Ferdinand B. Almy testifies, discussing Fresno and Dakota Dans and the executor’s payments, while courtroom decorum is urged and rulings enable deeper cross examination.
Michael Ke Withgerald of Boston named Cambridge superintendent at 5000 dollars yearly. Frank Fe Parlin exits at 4000. An assistant superintendent post is created, John J. Mahoney of Lawrence Packard School earns 2500. Ke Withgerald is 48, born in Rockland Mass, educated in local public schools and Bridgewater Normal, leads 800 member Boston Teachers Club, married 1892 to Muskegon public schools assistant director, has seven sons. The new assistant superintendent is Phillips Andover and Harvard 1903 graduate.
Shoppers flock to Continental Clothing House at 651 Washington Street for discounted footwear. The ad lists prices for various styles including $35.90 and lower shoes $2.45 to $4.00, with Nettleton hand-made options at $6.00 and leather finishes in black Russian calf and tan.
Meat prices in Boston reached a record high yesterday and threaten increased board costs at girls homes including Franklin Square House. Heads of several institutions warn rising beef prices will force higher prices for table meals, with substitutes tried but lacking success.
Mrs Britt of 283 Kennebunk Street Athol Massachusetts touts Father John's Medicine a food tonic in an advertisement.
Mayor Fitzgerald and Public Works Commissioner Rourke dispute the award of the lamp contract for the new street lighting plant. Rourke backs the Graetzin lamp and urges immediate installation after returning from Panama.
The Mayor delays action on a proposed new street gas lighting plant as bids and hearings unfold. Rourke and the Finance Commission push for a modern system while Rising Sun Gas Lighting remains in place under renewed extensions.
Restore vitality with IJfors ford's Acid Phosphate noted for relief of the tired feeling common in spring and summer. It emphasizes energy and renewed vigor for seasonal weariness.
The House committee report accuses ex president Theodore Roosevelt and J. Pierpont Morgan of engineering the 1907 panic to aid the United States Steel Corporation. It blames Roosevelt for expanding the steel trust and outlines proposed reforms including trust curbs and interlocking directorates.
The Henley resumed trials at Rockland after a hot truss bearing incident. It is the first war vessel to use both turbine and reciprocating engines on the same steam system. Five top-speed runs preceded a four hour endurance test yielding 30.02 knots, surpassing contract requirements.
Mayor J Edward Barry of Cambridge announced his Democratic candidacy for Congress in the new eighth district. His opponent on the Democratic side will be former Representative F S Deitrick. Barry said reducing the high cost of living requires tariff revision downward and dissolution of trusts.
Postmaster Edward Mansfield reports a strong July for postal savings with 948 depositors and 838,955 dollars deposited. A year after opening the central post office station 11,859 savers have deposited 731,043 dollars, and the new savings card system has sold cards and stamps totaling 10,307 dollars.
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