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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
20
Attorney Conrad W. Crocker told Judge Morton that minority B and M stockholders would call Charles S. Mellen to testify about the issuance of 13 300 000 short term notes.
A group of minority stockholders attacked the receivership of the Hampden railroad and Boston and Maine interests calling the action unlawful. They accused directors of fraud and questioned solvency while alleging a corrupt loan of 240000 dollars intended to influence parties who built the project.
The Boston Post retracts its Dec 6 report that Augustine J. Howlett was found guilty of contempt in the Calder Woodworking Co case. The paper states he was found not guilty and the case against him was dismissed. The correction notes the earlier information was incorrect.
One East Boston man was probably fatally injured and four others narrowly escaped death when an automobile they were riding in skidded and overturned on the Bennington street boulevard between Wordsworth street and Orient Heights just before midnight.
The injured, taken to the Fast Boston Relief Station, include Walter Delehanty 55 Cornelius Donovan 31 Harry Butler 50 John G Donovan 38 and Fred Young 43. Police say an inexperienced man at the wheel caused the accident as John G Donovan’s car skidded and overturned with a crescent smash into the curb.
John D Archbold chief controlling power of Standard Oil and noted financier died at his Tarrytown home at 4 am aged 68 after an appendix operation on Nov 23 Hope for recovery ended Monday night The funeral is set for 10 am Thursday at the house and burial will follow in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in the Archbold family vault End of life details include wife son daughter and Dr Gordon present
Mme Yvette Guilbert the French chansonette opened a two afternoon series at the Wilbur Theatre with staged period songs from the XII century to modern. She embodies each role with expressive facial acting while Emily Gresser and Gustave Ferrari accompanied. A second recital is promised with a different program tomorrow afternoon.
The Philomathia Club, active in Boston College activities, is invited to a Literary Tea by the Stylus staff at University Heights Newton this afternoon. Rev Father Morgan S J faculty director of the college paper issued invites to over 600 members and friends of the association to attend.
Dr Morton H Prince, uncle of Norman Prince of the Franco American corps killed in France, spoke on The Mastery of the Air at Pilgrim Hall. He warned aviation has become the war’s most dangerous branch and described aerial stunts and the role of aeroplane scouts in directing artillery fire against trenches.
A fire at the Cunningham Hill show stable on Mrs. Frances E. Dalton's estate at 335 Beacon Street destroyed the stable and men fought to prevent spread to the Dalton home and adjacent houses. Firemen limited damage after a difficult blaze, starting from an unknown cause.
Mrs Harriet Newell Tapley Richardson, Lexington's oldest resident, marked her 96th birthday yesterday at the home of her granddaughters the Misses French at 50 Hancock Street Lexington.
The New England Belgian relief committee at 22 Boylston Street Boston organizes a Christmas sale to aid Belgian children. Volunteers say New England’s early support keeps the mission strong as profits fund relief efforts.
Dr. David L. Belding of the Homeopathic Hospital research staff told Evans Memorial Hospital on East Concord Street that milk carries more sickness and death than any other food. He spoke on Prevention of Disease last evening.
The column previews Colonel Corn in a fresh escapade in the upcoming Sunday Post. Readers are teased with the reunion of the famed optimistic pilot and his travels, promising lighthearted quirks and timely humor.
Mrs. Susan W. FitzGerald secretary of the School Voters' League announced that Henry Abrahams has the endorsement of many Public School Association members though the group has not officially acted. She cites Storrow Filene Brock Bloomfield Billings Harris and others on Abrahams campaign committee as evidence of broad support. The association endorsed only one candidate though two are to be elected, yet the strong presence of its members in Abrahams' circle signals substantial backing.
Dr F X Crawford medical officer seeks rats for disinfection experiments on steamships. He will pay 15 cents per rat and will accept any rat that can run. Bids close at noon today.
Col William Withers once led Ford's Theatre orchestra the night Lincoln was shot in Washington. He died in New York after a long illness. He blocked John Wilkes Booth at the theatre and was stabbed in the neck during the escape. Withers, age 80, was a noted composer and musical director before retiring years ago.
The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society organized in 1909 petitioned the Suffolk County Superior Court for permission to dissolve. It states it owes no debts and has 1713.71 dollars in cash to be turned over to the Beth Israel Hospital Association of Boston.
Mrs. Alice Barnett wife of Charles Barnett treasurer of the Barnett Company dealers in hides and leathers at 95 South Street Boston testified yesterday afternoon in the jury waived session at Dedham before Judge Raymond regarding her husband’s divorce suit based on unfaithfulness.
Mrs. Barnett denied revealing misconduct to any man while in Baltimore. She recalled beatings by her husband during illness and described treatment at Melrose New England Sanitarium Worcester Herbert Hall Hospital and Boston Christian Science Hospital. The case, including an operation in 1914 and moves between Brookline Roxbury and Winthrop, continued to Saturday morning.
Former City Councillor James A. Watson replies to charges by Councillor Hagan at rallies in South Boston and Roxbury. He argues graft would be tackled by Good Government Association members who could urge the District Attorney to investigate and convict. He warns mudslinging harms the city’s reputation and its perceived asset beyond state borders.
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