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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
6
Attorney General Swift reviews a Dorchester Ice Company price hike after a New York New Haven & Hartford freight rate cut. The firm boosted retail ice rates while claiming low supply and imports. AG notes 18 towns kept prices steady though overall shortages persisted.
Kenneth Jopp an 11 year old from Malden believed a telegram claiming he was heir to one million dollars. The hoax unraveled after his father investigated and found the telegram was faked.
Dr Paul Samuel Reinsch of the University of Wisconsin was nominated by President Wilson for minister to China. The selection had been previously announced and is now official.
An army of 7000 men in three brigades and seven infantry regiments plus one artillery regiment departed Caracas to confront rebels loyal to ex President Cipriano Castro. General Emilio Fernandez General David Gimon and General Torellas Urquida command. General Felix Galavis named chief of staff. A medical corps with Sisters of Charity nurses accompanies the force.
President Juan Vicente Gomez will leave the capital tomorrow and march the army to Maracay, fifty miles southwest on the railroad. During his absence Dr. Jose Gil will act as chief executive. An unknown steamship, possibly Cu Cipriano Castro’s, is reported to have passed Laguaira. Telegraphic lines between Caracas and Maracaibo are interrupted.
Ex-President Cipriano Castro forges a revolutionary drive with 12,000 troops toward Barquisimeto while another force reaches Maracaibo. Generals Gonzales Penuela Navas Araujo advance with thousands more from Coro to reinforce efforts along Lara Zulia routes.
Washington August 5 President Wilson asked Congress to accept a statue of William Pitt sent by British admirers.
John D. Sloane, supervising inspector of steam vessels, resigned after a hearing accusing Inspector General George Uhler and hull inspector John F. Blain of unfairness. Sloane had charged Curley at the hearing and says he was forced out.
Inspector Sloane says Boston politicians aided by Congressman Curley used trivial charges to target inspectors in his department. He notes the dismissal of Inspector Lane over a 33.70 expense bill and claims a Democrat successor with Tammany Hall backing is chosen. He cites sustained opposition by Blain and seeks a formal investigation.
Kitty Murphy an 18 year old girl from Hanover New Hampshire was found unconscious and dying on the pavement outside 1034 Washington street Boston shortly after 1 am. Otto Grandell owner of the brick block reports the room was rented to Kitty and her sister Mary the night before. Mary left the room during the night and Kitty reportedly grew ill before accidentally falling four stories to the ground.
New Haven report says the bottled note found by a naval officer in Narragansett Bay asking for rescue from a small island near Newport and signed Irene Stern is a practical joke by friends on two travelers Fred Manville and Martin McLoughlin.
Arthur Curtis Kelly, 15 months old of 12 Francis Court Quincy, is celebrated as a world champion bicycle rider for his age. He weighs 34 pounds and rides daily in his neighborhood, drawing local admiration for his skill and cheerful disposition. Parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Kelly describe him as a remarkable young rider.
Supervisor E Gerry Brown urged the Attorney General to curb foreign lenders after Mason Financial Company and Fidelity Guaranty Company were convicted in Municipal Court for unlicensed loan operations. He cited South Dakota incorporation with Massachusetts-based officers directing the firms and sought a Supreme Court injunction to bar further business in the state.
An inbound Orient Heights narrow gauge train suffered a broken axle during the peak travel period just after Battery station. The failure caused delays as ferry boats carried fewer passengers across the harbor while repairs or service adjustments were made.
Nathan Lazerowitz aged 38 of 8 Blossom Street was arrested in Chicago yesterday and charged with deserting his wife Rosie and five small children on June 24.
L Dimond & Sons Providence department store is top bidder at 52 1 2 percent of merchandise cost plus 25000 for other assets excluding cash and receivables. Other bids include R H White 50 percent of cost, Connor 200000 for merchandise with conditions, and Lit Brothers 35 percent of present sale price plus 25000 for fixtures. Judge Dodge to hear bidders at 10 o'clock in U S District Court. Receivers report a profit of 107505.90 since Nov 7, with Aug 1 receipts 3004982.95 and disbursements 2057971.88 leaving 347011.07 cash, 447,?347.34 held as bank set-off.
Mrs. Annie L. R. Mahoney of Swampscott is acquitted in Lynn court after two physicians confirm she is sane. She thanked God as she left the courtroom while the judge warned her against sending disruptive letters. Her prior public note involved a threatened scene at BE Sullivan’s Syracuse wedding and an attempted arrest for larceny.
Washington Aug. 5. An emergency appropriation large enough to begin immediate construction of three additional battleships of the dreadnought type was asked for in a resolution introduced today by Representative Britten of Illinois.
The comptroller of the treasury ruled that retired army officers and enlisted men serving with state organized militias will not receive any of the 5 million dollars annually appropriated for the militia. They will instead receive only their regular retirement pay. The decision affects many retirees who are also militia members.
A three weeks old infant, John Reardon, son of Mr and Mrs Patrick Reardon, was saved from a deadly blaze at 25 Savin Hill Avenue by a quick thinking girl passerby. She alerted the fire bells, prompting immediate action.
A kitchen fire in a tenement endangers the Reardon family. Mrs Reardon rescues her infant John from a burning side bedroom but sustains burns to her hands while returning to fight the flames. Miss Ruth Meyer collapses from smoke. fire crews extinguish the blaze with damages under $50.
Fire swept the Tonawanda Brewing Company's plant destroying the old section and badly damaging the new portion. Authorities estimate the damage at 150000 dollars and suspect spontaneous combustion as the cause.
Dr John H Gifford vice president of Fall River Chamber of Commerce told the State House committee that the state should construct and maintain tuberculosis hospitals in cities and towns.
A temporary agreement between Detroit's city officials led by Mayor Marx and the Detroit United Street Railways Company halts a fare dispute. The company will sell seven tickets for 25 cents on all city lines within the one fare zone, at all times, with universal transfers. The eight-ticket workingmen rate remains unaffected.
Dr Gifford argued Fall River cannot build a hospital due to debt limits and would need state aid. He proposed state construction or subsidies, noting 1515 patients at the sanitarium last year with 500 from Boston and only 2 from Fall River, and warned against enforcing the mandatory local hospital law.
Grinding mills Nos. 11 and 12 at the Du Pont powder works near Wilmington exploded early today. The blasts caused machinery damage roofs dislodgement and a loss of about 300 pounds of powder in each mill. No injuries were reported.
A stubborn two alarm fire swept the three upper floors of the Badger building at Albany Plympton and Wareham streets in the South End yesterday morning. Damage estimated at 100000 dollars. Firemen narrowly escaped suffocation.
Two men died and two were injured when a bull asleep on the railroad track caused a Wabash train to derail near Runnels Iowa today. Fireman Henry Lang of Des Moines and brakeman Arthur Cobb of Moulton were killed.
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