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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1911
Page
5
Report notes that customs suspected smuggling based on a paste brooch seized on arrival. The item, valued at about two shillings or 50 cents, was linked to the man’s family through taxed articles. Boston newspapers at the time hinted at illicit import, though details remain unclear.
Provincetown harbor awoke to a 46-ship US Navy review as Beekman Winthrop, acting secretary, greeted battleships destroyers submarines and gunboats. The Michigan won the battle efficiency trophy amid roaring guns and the ship’s band.
The article describes naval exercises off Cape Cod Bay where destroyers and submarines bested battleships in simulated combat. Admiral Osterhaus’s fleet faced repeated torpedo attacks led by Lt Cmdr Doddridge, with the Delaware maneuvering to avoid a sinking. Jubilation ran through the submarine crews who claim three of four trials, while the fleet overall holds its line in the year ahead.
A teaser notes the Shorty McCabe tale As Salina Worked the Spell will run in the Post Magazine next Sunday. The item promises readers a readable feature in the weekly magazine section.
A Senate resolution urged admission of New Mexico and Arizona with recall provisions removed. President Taft vetoed the New Mexico Arizona statehood bill citing the Arizona recall clause as harmful to judicial independence and free government. The House read the veto amid debate as factions consider next steps in statehood efforts.
Fire Chief John A. Mullen and Mayor John F. Fitzgerald return to Boston from vacations amid anticipated probes into startling charges raised in a Boston Post interview. The Finance Commission and Fire Commissioner Daly plan formal investigations into the allegations.
Charles A. Babbitt longtime Fitchburg mayor and Massachusetts Mayors Club president died at his Oak Bluffs summer home after an intestinal operation last Sunday. Born 1851 in Barre he studied law at Dartmouth and Boston University and practiced in Orange before moving to Fitchburg in 1887. A Democrat active in party affairs, he faced a Senate bid against Levi H. Greenwood as his death occurred amid nomination papers. He leaves a wife and two daughters, with Dr George Babbitt as a brother. Funeral set for Barre Thursday.
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