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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
5
A rising sentiment among the Governor's Council favors commuting William J. Cooper's death sentence to life imprisonment. A vote is expected at today's executive council meeting, potentially sparing him from the electric chair next week at Charlestown prison.
In Boston the condemned man Cooper awaits execution as his wife and child visit the death house. Attorney John Swift seeks last minute clemency while Governor Walsh and the executive council weigh commutation. The council split previously, Lieutenant Governor Barry casting the tie. The governor may refer the petition if council sentiment shifts.
Mayor Curley announced that all new school buildings will include branch libraries to promote reading among children. The plan saves maintenance and construction costs for the city, with thousands of dollars spared according to the mayor.
In Cleveland on December 4 a suit will be filed in Federal Court to block the Cuyahoga County Tax Commission from collecting taxes on $311,000,000 in property, stocks and bonds owned by John D. Rockefeller. Virgil P. Kline, Rockefeller’s attorney, announced the action.
Montreal reports the St Lawrence River is closed to navigation for the winter season. This prevents shipping until spring reopening.
Bishop William Lawrence calls for a diocesan day of intercession on December 18. Clergy are to read the letter to congregations and join three cathedral services at St Paul’s with talks by Rev. Floyd Tomkins and Rev. Sherman of Hankow. The appeal links prayer to wartime distress and moral resolve.
At the Eastern Massachusetts Poultry Association show in Chelsea Charles W. Freeman's blue Orpington cockerel Gilbert Jr. won first prize. The bird hatched from an England imported egg and drew crowds as the show, featuring pigeons of many varieties, closes tonight.
The Civil Service Reforms League at its 34th annual meeting criticizes Postmaster-General Burleson for inviting Congressmen to advise on postmaster qualifications. Resolutions praise President Wilson and condemn patronage politics in postmaster appointments, citing civil service law violations.
A passenger on the American steamer Arapaho, F. W. Tibbetts of Peabody Massachusetts, jumped into the sea and drowned off Diamond Shoals yesterday. The act was witnessed aboard the ship and a life preserver was thrown but he did not reach it. Fog hindered lifeboat rescue.
Frederick W. Tibbetts, 35, of Peabody, reported in Charleston despatches as having jumped overboard from the steamer Arapahoe. He left Peabody Wednesday en route to Florida, had worked as an expressman and planned to seek hotel work at a winter resort. He was unmarried with no known personal crisis signals.
The Telegraaf reports General von Stutterheim, commander of an Austrian cavalry brigade, killed on an eastern battlefield. Amsterdam dispatch via London dated December 4.
About 1000 laborers from 52 Lynn shoe factories staged a morning walkout at 10 o clock to protest a proposed arbitration plan. They were asked to vote on submitting grievances to the State Board of Arbitration if negotiations break down.
The Post’s exclusive on the suppression of the Harvard Monthly over a fictional tale about a Radcliffe girl and a Harvard man stirred strong reactions at Harvard and in Boston. In Lynn, only 7,387 of about 18,000 shoeworkers voted on arbitration, with 4, etc.
Samuel W. Manning, general New England agent for the Santa Fe railroad, was elected president of the Traffic Club of New England at the annual meeting at the Copley Plaza Hotel. Officers include J. H. Hustis, Charles W. Robie, H. M. Biscoe, and Gen. William A. Bancroft with C. Anderson as secretary treasurer and a slate of directors from major regional firms and rail lines.
Mayor Curley has accepted an invitation to speak at the annual City Club dinner Thursday evening December 10. President Fred P. Fisher will preside.
Six Frenchmen sat to a chicken feast when a massive German shell struck. Five were killed, one buried beneath earth but escaped with severe injuries to nerves. the survivor spent ten minutes locating his companions before realizing the disaster.
In Berlin during a wartime council the Kaiser reportedly opposed war while General von Moltke, drawing his sword halfway from the scabbard, vowed to commit hari kari if the Emperor did not promptly issue an ultimatum to the Czar.
Lamorlette head cook at a famous Tondon restaurant in General French's Cuisine boasts daily new dishes since the war began. His 122d creation, a spectacular souffle at the Marne, nearly failed due to the general's late arrival, who then explained the delay was to help win a great victory, soothing the chef.
Corporal Bouigny of San Francisco sustains a leg injury from shell fire in the French Foreign Legion marking the first American wounded in the conflict. Commissariat organization details are noted.
The excerpt notes cane sugar given to George P. Phellot, describes letters arriving from Paris in six days and London in twelve, New York in three weeks, and highlights shortages of matches and candles with pencils and envelopes valued. There is also demand for tinder for cigarette fighters.
Twenty London cooking-house specialists marched to the front to feed soldiers. Their aim is to prepare dinner for the victorious Allied armies as they march into Berlin with a tentative menu designed to suit all Allied forces.
Reports describe French use of ancient weapons including mortars and improvised catapults to fling large explosive charges into enemy trenches. Some officers discuss deploying shields to deter storming parties as part of trench defense ideas.
German officers in Brussels shoot game on the Belgian King's Ter Vuren preserve with daily shooting parties. German policemen patrol Brussels in groups of three as they appear in the city.
A British officer recounts a dramatic World War I rescue as German troops recovered fifty buried Gurkha soldiers from shattered trenches. The men were then sent back to the British lines to report to their Indian comrades.
A fragment quotes dialogue praising Germans and the Gurkhas offering an explanation, noting potential fury if heard. The text reflects wartime sentiment and cross forces banter about conduct and perception.
A quick thinking Boston woman hurled a box of fudge at a burglar inside the Boston Students' Club on Gainsboro street. The intruder fled through a newly installed fire escape as part of Mayor Curley’s safety campaign, after being surprised by the gym student.
The claims of Stone's Express Inc of Lynn and Boston to joint rate and through routing privileges for interstate shipments were presented to Interstate Commerce Commissioner George P Bell at a hearing in the Federal Building yesterday.
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