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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1913
Page
7
Secret talks to settle the dispute in private failed yesterday afternoon. After a 90 minute conference, it was decided to resume arbitration board sessions on Monday at 11:30 a.m. with public arbitration to proceed.
James J. Storrow attended the private afternoon conference between the Elevated and the Carmen's Union as a listener and did not preside. The session led to continued arbitration, with a formal meeting of arbitrators set for Monday at 10:30 at the State House. The Carmen's Union claimed victory for continued public hearings.
Julia Yarr aged 27 of Auburn killed herself in her father Joel Patterson's stable Freeport Missouri. She suffered a nervous disorder and leaves husband Daniel Farr and a 29 year old daughter.
London August 22 The Rt. Hon Herbert Louis Samuel postmaster general is aboard the Empress of Britain sailing from Liverpool for Quebec. He will conduct a two month tour of Canada and will also visit New York and Washington.
Artist Knowles, known as Man of Woods, describes his daring trek through remote Maine terrain near Big Spencer Lake. He claims to have swum the lake narrows, evaded hunters, and survived with minimal tools, while noting his art work on birch bark and fungus etching to accompany tomorrow's Sunday Post feature.
Mabel Keyes of Springfield, lodger at the YWCA dormitory, died at City Hospital ten days after taking corrosive sublimate in personal crisis. She made no statement since admission to the hospital.
A man who jumped from the Exeter Street esplanade into the Charles River and died before identification is at the North Grove street morgue. He is described as about six feet tall, 135 pounds, gray hair and moustache, wearing a black suit and gold glasses. A scrap marked 342 was found in his pocket. The body was recovered about an hour after the fall by Metropolitan Park police.
Abraham Sabel the stowaway who was believed to have jumped from the steamer St. Patrick near quarantine has not been found. Waterfront and outer harbor shores plus nearby islands have been searched in vain.
A conference of tree wardens and foresters gathered at the State House with about 50 foresters from across the state. Speakers included Professor George E. Stone, Governor Foss, State Forester Frank W. Rane, and federal official R G Pierce on chestnut blight. They visited Boston Common and Dedham after adjournment.
The Swedish battleship Oden struck and sank the gunboat Urd during fleet maneuvers in the Sound west of the island of Hven. The Urd’s crew was rescued. The incident occurred about eight miles south of Filborn or Filbornore.
Senator James P. Timilty and ex-Representative James McInerney have reconciled after McInerney withdrew his senatorial papers in Timilty’s favor. McInerney says Timilty signed a written agreement to support him for the Senate next year. The rivals had once battled for Roxbury district nomination with bitterness but recently made peace.
Senator Burton of Ohio will formally present Secretary Bryan's peace plan to the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in The Hague on September 1. He sails from New York tomorrow as one of seven members on the special committee to plan a permanent Hague court representing Russia, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Greece, and the United States.
Massachusetts delegates to the National Letter Carriers Association convention head to San Francisco beginning August 30. The group is led by Nicholas S. Lawless of Boston Branch 34 and John J. Murphy of the State association.
Announcement of a new hundred dollar prize for solving both today’s Question Rebus and yesterday’s Sunday Answer Rebus. Open to all readers with no coupons required. Details to follow in tomorrow's Sunday Post.
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