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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1912
Page
3
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald says he will not seek re election and will not accept any appointive post in Washington. He prefers elective office with scope for constructive work and states he will not run again for mayor.
Boston Mayor says he will not seek another term and refuses appointive posts. He plans to run or oversee his newspaper after his mayoral term ends next year. He cites public service through his paper and expects a Democratic succession boom in Boston. He heads to Washington to push New England waterways development and will speak at the Willard banquet with national waterways delegates.
In Belfast Maine on December 1 Herman H. Herrick aged 16 accidentally shot himself through the heart while pushing away a playful dog. He was holding a rifle and waiting in a neighbor's kitchen for a companion to join a hunting trip.
Ithaca N Y Dec 1 Raymond B Sanford a State College of Agriculture student says he has solved high living costs by a daily menu of skimmed milk buttermilk stale bread peanut butter raisins lentils oatmeal and apples Since July he has lived on 85 cents a week Sanford calls himself the champion cheap dieter of the college world and credits his plan with steady nutrition and savings.
Charles Lennon of 8270 Washington street Jamaica Plain was honored yesterday on his 52d birthday. Born December 1 1860 in Roslindale he once farmed on the Scarboro Pond site and since 1885 has served the park department, most recently as custodian at the Franklin Park Overlook.
Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Commerce Court faces trial before the Senate on impeachment articles. House managers, after meeting with Senator Bacon and Archbald’s lawyers, decide which witnesses may be dropped based on admitted facts. Senate will convene as an impeachment court with Bacon presiding. formal arguments unlikely before Wednesday.
Harrison's Wholesale at 662 672 Washington Street corner Beach promotes rough Scotches and genuine Irish frieze cloth overcoats with blanket lining priced at 35.00 and 18.00. S H Harrison Co. emphasizes very warm outerwear.
Joseph Ettor did not come to Boston yesterday and the planned demonstration in Faneuil Hall square was modest in size. The I. W. W. leader, recently freed, did not attend the event as expected.
A large Sunday gathering for Ettor in Boston was dropped after he refused to curb the crowd. The event risked turning into an I. W. W. demonstration rather than a national salute. Arturo Giovannitti spoke to about 2000 Italians in the square about jail experiences before Giovannitti headed to New York and Ettor went to Little Falls, New York.
Michael Barch an 80 year old sand blast operator at General Electric river works in Lynn was struck and killed by a train near the Shepard street crossing of the Boston & Maine line. He was hurled 40 feet and buried head first in dirt on the ground. Living at 70 River street Lynn he was returning home after a long day’s work and may have failed to hear the warning clatter. Police believe the engineer was unaware of the incident as the train did not stop and a report was not filed.
An old-time ad and autograph guide notes prices for signatures of famous actresses and presidents. Benjamin says Duse is the most expensive living actress with autographs from $6 to $7, while Bernhardt Terry and Adams fetch about $3. Washington and Lincoln letters top $50 to $100, Taylor $2.50, Browning $10, Browning's wife $15 to $25, Eliot and Bronte around $30. Queen Victoria signed documents run about $8, with letters up to $25.
Walter R. Benjamin the autograph collector in Boston said autographs of famous women do not create demand like those of men. He cited women writers and queens as examples where autographs draw little interest today.
Faneuil Hall was crowded yesterday afternoon with Polish residents of Greater Boston protesting the expropriation of land held by real estate owners in Poland by the German government.
In Boston at Faneuil Hall Polish Catholics pastors and officials including Mayor Fitzgerald and Congressman Curley spoke. Resolutions condemned Prussian Poland’s expropriation of property as barbaric and outrageous while honoring the flag of the United States and Poland.
A period document decries Prussian policies as barbaric and unjust. It appeals to American citizens to urge congressional action, condemns Prussian expropriation of Poles, and calls for liberty and fraternity among civilized peoples.
In Milo Maine on December 1 18 year old Frank Dyer shot and killed Levi Dyer his 50 year old father while deer hunting. The youth reportedly saw movement in bushes and fired the shot struck the elder Dyer in the head. Levi Dyer farmed at Lakeview Plantation.
The Tharf fishing schooner As pinet arrived in the harbor under foresail and jib with her flag at half mast to mourn a lost crew member. Her decks and rigging bore extensive damage from the Thanksgiving Day gale that nearly sank the vessel.
Westley Chetwind, a young Nova Scotian seaman, is believed drowned after his dory was lost during a northeaster ahead of a hurricane. The Aspinet, home to 18 trawlermen, fought rough seas as the crew struggled to reach the vessel. Chetwind did not return despite others making it aboard.
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