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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
7
Two men died and two women escaped serious injuries when the front wheel of a automobile burst, tipping the car on the main road a mile south of South Deerfield. The dead are Giles Reed, 33, and Dustin Reed, 40, brothers from East Dummerston, Vermont.
Mrs A E Oatman and her sister Miss Sayre of Marcellus were uninjured after their car rolled in dense fog near the New Haven railroad underpass. Driver Giles Reed died after helping rescue the trapped pair. Dustin, Reed's companion, was killed. relatives in their eighties await news.
Mr and Mrs Edward Bransfield of Watertown were hurled from their auto at the Bacon and Washington streets corner Newton yesterday morning when the car skidded and struck a tree. They suffered bruises but no serious injuries and returned home in an electric car. The front of the auto was stove in.
A popular priced concert at Symphony Hall featured the Russian Balalaika Orchestra with a vocal quartet Liebon Orlova Olga Scriabina Nikolai Vasiliev Albert Jawpolski and solo balalaikist V Pogoreloff. They performed Russian folk songs showing rich sonority from national instruments and varied moods from merry to mournful, including The Young Princess Walked About Town.
Thin ice yesterday claimed the lives of four boys and men in New England during skating parties. Buckling ice, a cry, and then several went missing. in each case the bodies were recovered.
Emil Moberg aged 23 drowned after skating on Crystal lake when the ice broke under a party of five. Four friends fell in. two escaped, while Felix Cormier 22 and Elgore Wisinski 13 were rescued by bystanders. A 30 foot tree was used to reach Wisinski. Moberg could not swim and died. He was unmarried and worked in a local factory.
Concord New Hampshire December 10 The body of James Scully former Alderman was found in a quarry hole on Rattlesnake Hill Officials believe he fell into the hole while returning from work in a thick fog last night He was 50 years old and leaves a widow and four children.
In Lisbon Maine on December 10 James Ham 18 fell through thin ice while skating on the Sabattus River and drowned. His body was recovered. he was the son of Mr and Mrs Everett Ham.
In Altoona Pennsylvania on December 10, John Robert and Lee Lockard both 15 years old ventured onto thin ice atop the Alleghany Water Company dam one mile west of the city and drowned. Lockard's body was recovered tonight.
Henry Carlson Jr aged 12 died after breaking through thin ice while skating on the Blackstone River in Millville. His body was recovered shortly after.
Ina Leahh Gubelmann 34 wife of Yale Professor Alfred Edward Gubelmann disappeared from home after saying she would meet him before dinner. Her body was recovered from the West River by a search party including faculty and citizens. She had suffered melancholia for months and was to be taken to a sanitarium this week. The couple had moved to New Haven from Rochester five years ago.
Miss Hattie Brandenburger of San Antonio Texas is baking the Christmas fruit cake for President Taft and his family. Last year she sent a 10 pound cake to the White House, and this year a letter from Mrs Taft asks for another.
Philadelphia December 10 Through the philanthropy and patriotism of J Pierpont Morgan P A B Widener the late William L Elkins and John G Johnson four men in America who are possessed of the greatest art treasures on this side of the Atlantic valued at about 100000000 this country eventually will bequeathed a great national museum of art that will be no mean rival of the Louvre and Luxembourg in Europe the national galleries in London and the museums of Madrid Venice Florence Berlin Munich and Dresden.
The article reports hints that a group of leading American art lovers plans a national gallery in Philadelphia. It cites statements from George W. Elkins and others about transferring major collections from Morgan Widener and Elkins to the city, contingent on a suitable museum building on the Parkway. The move would establish a world class gallery attracting global connoisseurs and elevating Philadelphia’s status.
Louise Agnese, a famed Irish singer, arrives in Boston to perform with the Irish Players at the National Theatre. She denounces Bernard Shaw's remarks about the Irish as unjust and says Shaw's literary value has declined. She praises Irish actors and asks truehearted Irishmen in America to resent the insult.
John Forbes of Portland Maine, mate of the Annette Chase, along with two crewmen, was rescued after more than four weeks marooned on Funk Island off Newfoundland. They were brought to St Johns by Captain Samuel Blake of the Ravendam of Fogo.
Forbes tells of leaving Trinity Newfound land in October aboard the Chase, gale winds drove the ship off course, rudder broke, sea anchor used, and the crew drifted hundreds of miles offshore. They reached Funk Island to find brackish pools, scarce vegetation, and gulls as food after days of near starvation.
Postmaster General Hitchcock announces the Post Office budget shows a surplus for the first time since 1883. The report credits self sustaining service with improving facilities and hints at the goal of one cent letter postage in the near future.
In 1908 the department shifted from a deficit of 17.48 million to a surplus of 219 thousand. Extensions include 3744 new post offices and 8000 more employees with a 14 million higher salary total. Postal savings banks operate in 7500 offices and will expand to about 40,000 fourth class offices. Deposits reached 11 million in eleven months. A parcels post and two cent second class rate are proposed, with aviation seen as future mail delivery.
Albert Leon Rudolph Swanson and Fred Marneek were indicted yesterday on conspiracy charges after using dog hairs to reproduce silk threaded lines on banknotes. Leon claimed the secret, and government experts confirmed the notes' authenticity. A man named John K Lynch, a displaced schoolteacher from Woodmere, was arraigned after presenting himself to the court seeking six months in the workhouse for rehabilitation.
In New York an orderly dressed man entered Night Court before it opened and asked Captain Hunt what steps he should take to have himself committed. The exchange suggests a plea or desire to secure confinement as a personal remedy.
In Niles California on December 10, Neil Alberg worked at the bottom of an iron chimney when workmen riveted a rain protector over the top, trapping him inside. He pounded the stack and, after a cold chisel was passed through a slit, he cut his way out and escaped.
Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the schooner Alice R. Lawson and its nine crew. The vessel left Newfoundland nearly a month ago bound for Gloucester and it is feared to have foundered in the gales after leaving Bonne Bay.
The schooner commanded by Captain William Larkin of Nova Scotia left Bonne Bay Newfoundland on November 16 with eight crew and herring, has not been sighted, and no word has been received. Weather along the New England coast was rough after departure. The vessel, built at Boothbay in 1891, is 91 feet long with a 24 foot beam.
In Rent Washington farmer Charles Martin of Sunny Hill four miles east of town faced five raccoons on the road. He retreated to his home and fetched a gun a dog and a neighbor for help. Four coon skins now adorn his barn as trophies of survival.
Joseph Herman was struck by a bullet during a dispute but a Lincoln penny in his vest pocket deflected the shot. He remains in serious condition after a second wound. James Murphy, an electrician, is jailed on charges connected to the shooting.
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