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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
16
Lawrence McSweeney of 1567 Cedar Street East Manchester pulled Michael Carney of Lincoln Street East Manchester from Nutt Pond this afternoon after both men were swimming and danger of drowning arose.
Worcester Aug 13 Harry F. E. Sargent tax collector and town treasurer of Leicester died at his home aged 49 He was president of the Worcester Musicians Union a Mason and member of Carter's band of Boston He represented his district in the State Legislature in 1908.
Ambitious talks in the Mexican situation center on Ambassador Wilson and U S policy amid reports that European powers may back Wilson’s peace plan. John Lind reports in touch with Mexican Foreign Minister Gamboa as Wilson submits representations on restoring peace while Britain and others weigh Huerta recognition.
Washington reports ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, then serving in Mexico, issued a statement today amid growing tensions. The dispatch notes Wilson’s remarks and the U.S. diplomatic stance on the Mexican situation as events unfold.
James Sawtelle 21 of 136 Merrimack Street was chased through West End streets and rooftops before being found behind a Green Street chimney. Detectives say he attempted to relieve Daniel Sullivan of a bill. Inspector Smith was struck in the head by a bystander as Sawtelle was taken to police headquarters.
Homer Cummings vice chairman of the Democratic national committee conferred with President Wilson on plans for the congressional campaign in Maine's third district. A special election is set for September 8 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Goodwin.
Officer John J. Avery of the Quincy police was fully cleared by Mayor Eugene R. Stone after he was removed from his boat following a June 25 shooting in the hip of Francis Gilrain during a dispute with his brother in law outside Quincy High School during graduation exercises.
Ladysmith on Vancouver Island is under mob control as miners strike activity continues. Mayor Hillier reports deplorable conditions and police inability to cope, with non union men targeted and Temperance Hotel damaged by dynamite blasts.
In Pittsburg on August 13 a work stoppage was averted as building trades and builders' exchange committees agreed to put labor wage demands into joint arbitration. Downtown laborers had quit after the exchange refused a 3 1/8 cent hourly wage increase plus overtime rates, with ironworkers carpenters engineers plumbers and others walking out in sympathy.
J Alcorn Rector says his family will care for the impostor who impersonated his late grandmother Mrs James L Alcorn. The fraudster Mrs James A McLoud, 99, is in Memphis at an aunt’s home after her confession. The real grandmother was the wife of Mississippi’s War Governor James L Alcorn, who died six years ago.
William Nelson, driver for Charles Lilja of 243 Granite street Quincy, was struck by a trolley on Hancock street near Grant street about 9:30 last night. He suffered a fractured skull and possible internal injuries and is dying at Quincy City Hospital. police report he suddenly veered his wagon into the trolley’s path while traveling from Boston.
Port Directors led by Chairman Hugh Bancroft and Joseph A. Conry with William S. McNary presented Governor Foss and the executive council a $9,000,000 port plan. It outlines the Hamburg American line terminal at Commonwealth Pier 5, the adjacent fish pier at Pier 6, a large drydock, a new pier on East Boston’s Eastern railroad site, and 170 acres of State flats off Jeffries Point to be reclaimed.
The finance committee voted to recommend approval for a new South Boston drydock and East Boston waterfront development. The project, funded from a $39 million appropriation, includes a 1200 by 150 foot drydock, bulkheading, new piers, sheds, and a fish pier, with construction to start after the Governor and council approve.
Max Finklestein of 37 Spring Street and 32 North Russell Street West End pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to operating a small loan business without a license. Judge Murray fined him $200 and warned that a jail sentence awaits if he appears before him again for violating the small loan law.
Julian Potter former U S consul at the Bahamas and Newport figure died in a local sanitarium after months of ill health. He was 55, son of the late Edward Potter of New York and nephew of Bishop Potter. He leaves a daughter. body sent to Newport.
Mrs. Anna M. A. Berg, 23, of 35 Houghton Street Dorchester, was pinned against a wooden post when a derailed trolley careened onto the sidewalk near 411 Adams Street opposite Harris School. She suffered injuries to her left leg and potential internal injuries and remained bedridden last night.
A large two track streetcar derailed on Adams street Dorchester and plowed into a school wall near 101 Lonsdale street. Miss Mercy Smith sustained a scraped arm while about 30 passengers were shaken. Conductor James H. Quilly and Motorman Peter J. Pratt were in charge as the car struck the gate posts and stopped abruptly.
Albany Aug 18 The Blauvelt Van Woert short ballot election law bill passed the Legislature over Governor Sulzer's veto. Democratic leaders say it will save about 1 000 000 in rural election costs by reducing ballots from 20 feet to two feet, according to Senator Foley.
Thomas H. Hall aged 65 of 486 North Goodwin street Rochester New York became suddenly ill at the Atlantic avenue tunnel station and died en route to Relief Hospital. Death attributed to heart disease. He was with his wife visiting their son W. P. Hall at 2 William street Cambridge.
The new School for Health Officers will open Monday September 29 under a cooperation agreement between Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For years a union of the resources of these two schools has been sought to establish a school for health officers.
Maizie the Motor Maid appears in another thrilling adventure. See the full color spread on the Sun Day Post's next issue for details.
Up to forty business leaders including real estate dealers and builders opposed the proposed city ordinance extending Boston building limits at a City Hall hearing. The session followed a similar hearing held last week by the City Council committee on fire hazard.
Howard Whitmore of the United Improvement Association urged defeat citing the need for proper building regulations for Greater Boston. Colonel Thomas F. Doherty called for city purchase of more auto fire apparatus to cut fire risk, arguing funds should boost police and fire departments instead of new municipal buildings. Real estate dealers W. J. Paul, Raymond P. Delano, builders Patrick Ahern and S. W. Johnson spoke against the ordinance while Corporation Counsel Corbett, for Mayor Fitzgerald, supported it. The committee adjourned to advisement.
Isadore B. Bowman of Everett a bell boy at the Hotel Vendome was indicted for breaking into guest rooms and receiving stolen property. He was sentenced to 3 to 5 years in the State prison at Charlestown.
Three Matheny brothers Frank Henry and M A of Blockton Iowa were operated on for appendicitis at a St Joseph Missouri hospital. The surgeries followed close together and were performed by the same doctors. Two men recovered while another brother died of appendicitis months earlier without an operation.
In Nanaimo district last night a stick of dynamite shattered the home of Alexander McKinnon, a non-union miner, in Lady Smith during a coal miners strike. McKinnon seized the device as his family fled. it exploded before he could throw it out, leaving him fatally injured.
Reuben Miller a Russian immigrant three months in the United States learned from his sister that a trip to City Hall to obtain a street permit led to a marriage license. He married his niece Etta in a Beiing confusion and now seeks a divorce amid a baffling domestic comedy.
Syracuse University educator Professor Wellesy Coddington died in Hamburg Germany at age about 49 years after leaving Syracuse in good health. He had been a longtime figure at the university and his children did not know of his illness.
A blast of forty five hundred pounds of dynamite was set off in Post Texas late last night to try to induce rain. The explosion produced clouds but no precipitation.
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