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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1914
Page
5
William Cobb charged with defrauding the Collateral Loan Company visited its offices yesterday with George E Hall and Thomas J Reed. Cobb said he came to finish work he started but could not due to the rush of events in the past week.
The office of Assistant District Attorney Lavelle pressed for Cobb's arrest after a five hour Thursday night conference while District Attorney Pelletier plans to direct the prosecution. The city loan company case hangs on expert audits and possible further arrests as a Suffolk grand jury faces midweek presentation.
A 1914 copyright notice credits the Press Publishing Co. for the work titled S Matter, Pop. The brief note records ownership and year of publication.
Lieutenant Joseph H. McDowell of the Sixth Regiment M V M has been dismissed by order approved by Governor Walsh after a trial board report. The court, including Major Fullerton and Captains Greene Murphy, found him guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and prejudicial to good order and discipline for allowing visitors into camp after taps. The panel acquitted charges of false muster and disobedience.
Last April ordered court martial ends with dismissal after investigations into Mattapoisett camp revelry onJuly 1 1918. Lt McDowell denied charges of luring young women to the camp and accused his brother Capt Jeremiah J McDowell of scheming to oust him. Capt McDowell was exonerated. Both men linked to Fitchburg Company D militia.
Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson says residents will pay firefighting costs if a fire on their premises stems from wilful and culpable negligence. The rule follows an Appellate Division Supreme Court decision last Friday in a case where a corporation was initially sued for 1500 dollars after a stubborn factory fire.
Former District Attorney John J Higgins delivered the Medford Elks eulogy at the Opera House. Exalted Ruler Frank P. Volpe presided and Harriet Sterling Heminway spoke. At Malden Auditorium nearly 1200 attended with Exalted Ruler P J McShane in charge and Hon Francis J Donahue delivering the eulogy.
A letter to the Post's editor argues the Hogan family descends from ancient Irish kings and defends the Hogan surname against claims to change it to Homan. The writer cites pedigrees and historic spellings like Howman and notes aliases from 1585 London as supporting the Hogan lineage.
The Hogans claim Milesian ancestry tracing to Milesius and Heber, with origins in Munster and Ballyhogan Tipperary. Notable members include Galloping O'Hogan, Major-General Hogan, and Hogans in Kentucky. Burke heraldry cites a red field, gold lions, and a crest. the piece contrasts Hogan rights with those of the Homans.
John Romboldi an Italian resident died when soil collapsed three feet above him in a trench he dug in his new Alden street home yard. His three children, who left two hours earlier, found the body as the mass slid down from an overhang.
The City Planning Board of Everett asks the city to appropriate 400 dollars to beautify Broadway between the Charlestown Poor House and the Everett railroad station. The board also requests the Boston City Planning Board plant trees along Broadway from Sullivan Square terminal to the poor house.
Smith College residents escaped a three story wooden building fire on Arnold Avenue early today. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars. Fire started near the furnace and spread fast trapping three girls on a fire escape who were rescued by firefighters.
Naco Arizona residents appeal to U S Senators Henry Ashurst Marcus Smith Albert Fall and William Smith for aid after five deaths and 42 injuries from cross border gunfire as Mexican forces bombard the town over the past five months.
The Rev Thomas Van Ness of Beacon Street Back Bay was installed last evening as pastor of the Second Unitarian Society of Brookline at St Chapel Colchester Hawegst. Clergymen from Brookline attended the service. The sermon was by Rev William Laurence Sullivan All Souls Church New York and installation prayer by Rev William H. Lyon First Parish Unitarian Brookline.
The Boston Athletic Association held a record turnout for an informal event viewing private Belgian War Motion Pictures. General Manager Thomas T. Hoyne of the Popular Motion Picture Company arranged the screening, which previews films set to show at the Boston Theatre later in the week.
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