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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1912
Page
5
In Westfield on August 29, Harry W. Walling of Chester was tried for manslaughter in the death of Charles Wilson, a colored man, from an incident last Friday. Judge Willis S. Kellogg heard testimony including Walling who gave a straightforward account and was discharged as justified.
The Finance Commission urged the mayor to abandon plans for a municipal garage. It arguedJoy riding in municipal autos may increase under such a plan and said it may soon propose a cheaper approach to city auto costs. The commission favors reducing the number of city autos as the preferred solution.
Speaker Clark and Mrs. Clark arrived in Boston at 7 22 am and left at 9 00 am for Maine. They were greeted by George Fred Williams at South station. Clark predicted a sweeping Democratic victory and a Democratic House and Senate next year. He said he would discuss tariffs at Canobie Lake next Saturday and expressed confidence in victory.
The Arkansas dreadnought was formally turned over to the Navy in Philadelphia. President Samuel Knox of New York Shipbuilding Company handed the warship to Captain Grant at the Philadelphia yard. Officers assigned include R. C. Smith as captain, Commander William Moffat as executive officer, Arthur M. Keating as lieutenant-commander, and J. H. Ingram as lieutenant.
The US gunboat Vicksburg, once feared damaged, arrived last night at Guaymas on the west coast of Mexico after being bound to aid the wrecked freighter Pleiades at Magdalena Bay.
The Atlantic torpedo boat flotilla completed steam trials with the oil burner Burrows achieving an average 31.2 knots for two hours in rough seas. The group sails tomorrow to Provincetown for two weeks of torpedo target practice then returns to join the battleship fleet for a naval review in New York harbor on October 15.
Bremerton Washington August 29 the battleship to be built for fifteen million dollars was named Pennsylvania by order of the Navy Department but the flagship of the Pacific reserve fleet the armored cruiser Pennsylvania was renamed Pittsburg yesterday by orders from Washington D C the change preserves the new vessel name for the battleship and transfers the old name to the cruiser
Mrs. Carolyn S. Bartlett sues Arthur Graves Lund an officer in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company for $100,000 alleging breach of promise to marry. Suffolk county court equity session Judge Morton ordered Lund to file specifications by October 1 detailing his reply to the suit. Edward P. Barry represents Bartlett.
A raid by Sergeants Mullen and Hurley with Station 6 officers led to the arrest of five men Abraham Goldman 35 of Union Park street Benjamin Kerssler 32 of Bradford street Abraham Galpert 27 of Cosgrove street Benjamin Kavitsky 28 of Columbia road and Isaac Goldberg 25 of Compton street on gambling charges. A wagon load of fur furnishings was stolen from 424 Tremont street and bailed men were scheduled to appear in court today.
The Superior Court yesterday issued a permanent injunction preventing Wellesley tax collectors from arresting Benjamin E. Baker over alleged tax non payment.
A mountain lion believed from the Ozarks has appeared near Okesa nine miles from Bartlesville Oklahoma. It killed six pigs and three horses and caused fear as residents avoid going out at night.
The Mexican government orders federal troops to reinforce between Hermosillo and Nogales in Sonora to protect Americans Frank B. Curtis and Arthur Cunningham beset by rebels. The pair had commanded a mining camp at Eloro and killed rebels while defending company property from raiders.
The dock square will not be enlarged this year nor will the approach from Faneuil Hall square be widened. The Street Commissioners issued an adverse report on the project and sent it to the Mayor yesterday, concluding the matters.
Victory Neal 81 of Brookline was charged in Municipal Court with larceny of 1200 dollars from his employer. He pleaded not guilty and was held in 2000 dollars bail for a Sept. 12 hearing before Judge Michael J. Murray.
Michael Brennan aged 40 was arraigned in Police Court on charges of frightening several women. The judge ordered curfew obedience as punishment with a remark that he must go to bed early like other bad boys. Brennan, Sr. pledged to ensure his son complies.
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