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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1915
Page
3
Attorney General Gregory urged Congress to pass new neutrality laws to curb violations in wartime Europe and Mexico. He proposed making it a U S crime to place bombs on ships leaving American ports and to prevent escapes from interned belligerent warships, with agency authority to capture and return escapees.
The attorney general urges widening seizure powers for arms in embargoed exports and to stop transport of self produced goods by railroads. He also proposes shifting removal of indicted defendants to the indictment district and extending federal warrants nationwide with bail rights.
Yesterday tied as the coldest day of the winter with a high of 28 degrees and a midnight reading around 20. A 30 mile gale offshore and a severe northwest wind disrupted berthing and held tugs at Vineyard Haven and Cape Cod Canal as conditions eased for Boston.
Frederick F. Smith of 2 Byron Street has been promoted to first assistant assessor by Mayor Curley. He previously served as a second assistant, becoming the first colored man to hold the office.
An advertisement touts Elmer and Amend's 281 as relief for rheumatism. It claims thousands endorse it and that reliable druggists carry the product.
Mayor Curley President Coleman and city councillors attended the funeral of Philip J. Halvosa, Boston American reporter and Newswriters' Union treasurer. Services were at 2 pm at Christ Episcopal Church Quincy after a house service, with delegates from Allied Printing Trades Council Granite Cutters Union and many Boston newspaper reps present. Burial followed at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery.
First Baptist Church Wakefield choir under FE A Gay will present Sullivan Prodigal Son on Sunday evening December 12 with chorus and quartet joined by Albert P Briggs soprano and tenor James W Richardson Ernest W Johnson bass.
Winchester High School students staged a Lyceum Hall entertainment for the Post Santa Claus fund. The show, sparked by class rivalry, drew enthusiastic crowds and is estimated to net over $150. Acts were by the Arnold orchestra Pauline Mason William O Partridge Jr and Gladys Lillian Bennett.
Abraham Zion Max Schwerer Oscar Rottenberg and Samuel Gottfield of Everett are listed as members of the American Egg Company based in Boston with offices at 141 Fulton Street.
Advertisement promotes Laxa tive Bromo Quinine branded cure for colds claiming can cure a cold in one day. It instructs to call for the full name and signature of BE. W. Grove and notes a price of 25 cents.
A letter from Catherine Breshkovsky, famed Russian political exile, received by Miss Alice Stone Blackwell in Massachusetts, notes another change in her confinement. Written from Yakutsk to the Lena River steamer, the letter indicates broader privileges and a plan for residence in Irkutsk province, with English composition marking improved conditions.
Officials worry over an American note to Vienna as an Austrian submarine seizes supplies from the neutral tanker Petrolite in the Mediterranean. The Petrolite safety is confirmed with one minor injury, while legal implications of neutral-merchant seizures stir debate on international law and belligerent submarine limits.
Wendell D. Rockwood candidate for Cambridge mayor outlines his platform after issuing his first campaign document. He promises to abolish the department of public safety reorganize the police department advance industrial development and remove the city treasurer.
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