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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
3
Major Newton H Hall to command the marines at Charlestown navy yard succeeding Col Randolph S Dickens who died in Philadelphia on November 9 Hall returned with the first brigade of marines from Vera Cruz.
Harry K Thaw could plead guilty to the New York conspiracy indictment if the Supreme Court orders his return from Matteawan Insane Asylum The discussion followed the court taking the case The hearings featured questions about insanity and extradition and whether Thaw could be charged if insane at the time of the alleged crime
The appeal challenges Justice Aldrich's habeas corpus ruling in New Hampshire releasing Thaw from extradition. Justices questioned the defense contentions as counsel for New York pressed that Thaw’s wealth was improperly dragged into the case. William Travers Jerome led for Thaw with the fugitive charge. Franklin Kennedy, deputy NY attorney general, argued.
The steamship Harpahye arrived at Hampton Roads from Port Said Egypt to pick up bunker coal and head to Boston with Massachusetts and New England aid for Belgium. It is scheduled to depart for Boston and arrive Monday carrying relief supplies.
Victoria Zananela, 52, convicted of larceny in the Police Court yesterday, begged Leo Frank the official interpreter to give her a cigarette before she was taken to the House of Correction. "I am just dying for a cigarette," she said as the interpreter explained that it was against the rules to give smoking materials for use in the House of Detention.
Boston Mayor Curley remains displeased with Governor Walsh for appointing Dr. William J. Gallivan to the Advisory Health Council over Dr. Francis X. Mahoney. The Governor denies promising Mahoney’s appointment and says no personal request was ever made.
North Easton December 11. Newell Howard 17 and Helen Alden 19 juniors at Oliver Ames High School have disappeared after leaving home Tuesday morning and are believed to have eloped. Their families and church connections are noted as context while the school community discusses suspicions about coeducation.
In Lynn Jeremiah Shea aged 47 died after swallowing medicine intended for external use. Confined to bed with rheumatism he reached for relief and took the wrong bottle. He did not inform anyone until it was too late to save him.
A statement from a church leader vows opposition to polygamy and outlines lineage disputes between Utah Mormon and Reorganized Church factions. The speaker, addressing future leadership, asserts doctrinal purity, condemns the practice, and cites historical disagreements over Joseph F. Smith and the Book of Doctrines and Covenants.
An advertisement promotes Dyspept-lets from C. I. Hood Co. of Lowell Massachusetts as a simple safe digestives remedy. The oval sugar coated tablets cure sour stomach belching heartburn and nausea with one or two tablets swallowed slowly. Prices range from ten to twenty five cents or a dollar.
The text references Mr. Smith under paternal guidance, mentions his father’s fasting health, notes his 17 year marriage in Lamoni near the church head, two daughters in local schools, and his current PhD studies at Clark University.
Secretary Bryan announced a legal inquiry to determine if US action could follow Germanys charge that mushroom bullets are being manufactured in America and shipped to Canada for Allied use in the European war. A subsequent inquiry into actual manufacture and export of the bullets may follow.
Gunfire breaches into American soil as Fort Bliss batteries arrive to help guard Naco Sonora. One U S cavalryman wounded and a Mexican woman shot in her home as casualties rise to fifty one in two months of siege led by Governor Maytorena. No Mexican presidential order to halt firing reported.
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