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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
5
Captain John J. Hanley of Station 10 Roxbury Crossing reached the 65 year age limit but will stay in service at his desk. Commissioner Crowley forwarded Hanley’s pension recommendation to Mayor Curley who will decide if he can continue work.
Captain Hanley declares he feels as young as ever and trusts his continued service. Born in Ireland on August 12 1850 he moved to the U S as a child and attended South Boston public schools. He joined the police at age 28, served at Dorchester Station 11 then Station 4, and after five years earned a promotion to sergeant for his work clearing opium dens.
The report traces Captain Hanley career from transfer to East Boston in 1881 through leadership roles at Station 4 and Hanover Street. He joined the fight against poolrooms and vice, moving to Station 2½, then Station 12 City Point, before serving at Roxbury Crossing.
Brewster Davenport, an ambulance driver, returns to Boston for a month of rest then sails to France on the Rochambeau October 1. He plans to raise funds to outfit a car carrying bandages ether and drugs from Paris to field hospitals behind the trenches for the French government.
Davenport of the Boston Athletic Association describes ambulance work in Northern France. He warns about the hardship, coal shortages, and winter needs, noting Belgian refugees in Paris and praise for Ford ambulances and Boston men in service. He recalls food, weather, and air raids shaping weary resilience.
Patrick J. Kelley aged 33 of 176 Broadway Everett was arrested yesterday afternoon by Inspectors Rooney and Mc Cauley on a charge of assault on Harry Deerfield a strike breaker at the Quincy Col storage Company on August 5. He was arraigned in Municipal Court and sentenced to 15 days in jail.
Lieutenant Hideko Wada of the Imperial Japanese Navy, famed for aiding the capture of Singtau, arrived in Boston from New York on Thursday morning. He will sail tomorrow afternoon on the St Paul to England and France to study aeronautics at the front, with his visit coordinated by the Burgess Aero plane Company and Greeley S. Curtis. He inspected Burgess aircraft at Marblehead yesterday.
Lieutenant Wada tours a Burgess-Dunne hydroplane exhibition with W. Starling Burgess and Clifford L. Webster near Marblehead Neck. The craft rose to 2000 feet in a first 20 minute flight and a second 200 foot hop with Wada aboard. He praises aircraft over Zeppelin for war use.
Lieutenant Wada recalls avoiding battle and sheltering after the first flight. He cites German improvised aero guns unable to reach craft over forts, notes wireless air-to-ground communication, and praises the Burgess Dunne hydroplane for stability and workmanship. He visits Marblehead and Boston, praising New England before returning to duty. His father, Rev. Wada, is a renowned Quaker minister in Tokio.
Edward Hill 29 of Montreal appeared before Commissioner Hayes on an assault charge against Walter L. Almond at the U S army reservation in Nahant. Probable cause of guilt was found and Hill was held in nominal bail of 200 dollars for the Federal grand jury.
Massachusetts and Boston delegates to the 14th national convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies arrived in Buffalo and toured Niagara Falls before sailing on the City of Erie to Toledo. They are due in Toledo tomorrow evening for a formal convention opening at 8 pm with a reception at headquarters.
The Mission Church field band of 82 accompanied delegates to Niagara for a siege of concerts on a steamer and lake visits. The convention opens with high mass at St Francis De Sales Cathedral Toledo led by Mass delegates. Cardinal O'Connell’s representative and other church leaders attend. The American Federation, with 3,000,000 members, promises a record gathering.
Lieutenant Patrick J. Prendiville of the Emmet Guards Ninth Regiment M V M died early today in Worcester. The body will lie in state at the Worcester Armory from 3 p m tomorrow until 2 p m Sunday. Funeral services will be held, with the Emmet Guards acting as escort from the armory to the cemetery. He had served the state since 18 and was first lieutenant of G company since 1909. He lived at the Hotel Vernon and was a prominent figure in Worcester business and military circles.
Three young men were arrested in downtown department stores on larceny charges. Horace Fifield, 21, of East Lynn, an employee, stole two shirts worth 3.86 dollars. Water Simmons, 28, of Everett, stole six shirts valued at 11.10 dollars. Hyman Birson, 18, of Dorchester, was charged with stealing a seven dollar pair of shoes.
The article traces Puritan temperance history from 17th century Massachusetts to present day anti alcohol movements. It contrasts licensing, tithing men, and penalties with contemporary prohibition efforts and notes Massachusetts as a model under high license. It ends with an unrelated advertisement remark.
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