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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
1
Three top officials of the Hamburg American Line and one subordinate are found guilty of conspiring to deceive United States authorities. The conviction highlights alleged schemes to mislead regulators, with sentencing forthcoming for the executives and the junior employee.
Three Hamburg American Line officials and a subordinate officer were found guilty in federal court of conspiracy to defraud the United States for sending coal and supplies to German cruisers in the south Atlantic at the war onset. Each indictment carries up to two years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. sentence to be set tomorrow after motions.
Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain a suffragist and peace advocate is refused a passport to join Henry Ford’s peace pilgrimage to Europe because her husband is not a U S citizen. Britain will not authorize Ford party landings without proper papers. State Department approves passports only for tourism in neutral countries. 75 such passports issued today. Secretary Lansing replies to foreign ambassadors and ministers in Washington.
Charles Mellen, ex president of New Haven railroad, testified at the directors trial that about 120000 in New Haven funds were used to oppose Grand Trunk Railway extensions to New England. He said after four years of bargaining, the two lines finally reached an agreement in November.
Edward L. Rantoul, son of the Salem aristocratic line, faced harsh testimony in East Cambridge Probate Court as Lois Burnett Rantoul sought sole custody of their two daughters. Court records describe alleged cruelty by Rantoul before and after Lois confessed to loving Harvard millionaire Chester Chanin Rumrill.
Testimony states he accused his wife of faking illness while she lay ill and near childbirth. He allegedly used violent acts and vile language, showing indifference at other times. A Boston specialist opinion notes the illness could endanger her ability to bear another child.
Irish Nationalist leader John Redmond said in Waterford that Ireland has sent 100 000 men to the war effort, recounting talks with Lord Kitchener who sought guarantees of 5000 to 12000 men, and expressing optimism over the Western Front and an sooner-ending conflict.
A man believed to be James Waldron, a waiter with unknown address, fell from an outward bound Roxbury car at Colum bus venue near Dartmouth street last night and died two hours later at City Hospital. A Waiters' Union Local 77 card was found in his pocket.
A gang of six men robbed victims of more than 2000 dollars in large denomination bills on the West Boston bridge last night. The assault left John A. McKane of 113 Haverhill Street Lawrence unconscious after confronting the gang led by a young girl known as Elsie.
McKane, hospitalised with a dislocated shoulder and injuries, claims a girl named Elsie led him through Boston and Cambridge streets to a bridge where six youths robbed him. Police seek the gang after a $2500 cash haul, with only a $100 bill and torn fragments recovered.
Washington reports the British government has commandeered the American steamship Hocking now at Halifax. Officials condemn the action as arbitrary and high handed and will file a formal protest with London. Britain seized the vessel before a Halifax prize court decision was issued.
State Department received word from Consul General Young at Halifax that the British government has requisitioned the Hocking without prize court. Officials vow to contest the seizure as illegal under international law. The move signals potential British requisition of other American Transatlantic Company vessels including Genesee and Kankakee.
Two men forced a gun to Peter A. Joyce the store manager at 220A West Newton Street commanded him to keep quiet then bound him hand and foot. They tied and escaped with about $20 from the cash register.
Joyce, 20, manager of a Roxbury grocery on West Newton Street, freed his bonds and discarded boards to shield the store about 6:30 pm, drawing workers from a Newton street garage to call police. Officers link the robbery with a handbag snatching nearby and a foiled tailor shop raid the night before.
A British coast defence gunboat in Egyptian waters has been sunk by a German submarine, according to a Daily Telegraph despatch from Athens dated December 3.
The jury retired after hours of detailed discussion and returned a verdict at 10:10 PM. Foreman George W. Palmer announced the decision seven and a half hours after the case was given to jurors at 2:44 PM.
Times and events from the night sky include rises and sets for Portland Gloucester and Newport with moon phases and variations. The text also lists notable anniversaries Gilbert Stuart Illinois statehood General McClellan and Robert Louis Stevenson, plus a German Reichstag wartime funding vote from a year ago.
The forecast calls for fair weather in southern New England Friday and Saturday with warmer conditions on Saturday. Northern New England expects partly cloudy Friday and fair Saturday. Moderate west erly winds are noted and temperatures rise slightly into the weekend.
William Griffin of Roxbury was arrested at Station 6 South Boston for the murder of his brother Coleman Griffin of South Boston. Coleman died from multiple stab wounds after a quarrel at his home sparked by a dispute between Bridget Griffin and Barbara Griffin. He lies in City Hospital mortuary as arraignment looms.
Two women detained as witnesses left after promising to appear in court. Bridget Griffin and Barbara Coleman were involved in a confrontation at the Griffin home near Police Station 6. William Griffin allegedly stabbed his brother Coleman Griffin three times, leading to Coleman’s death at City Hospital. Coleman Griffin, 28, father of two, died after blood poisoning set in.
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