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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
4
New Orleans police said Charles J. Wilker, arrested as a suspicious character, is wanted in New York for a wire tapping swindle. Victims include K. C. Sidbury and A. C. Towell of Wilmington who were recently relieved of $25,000.
Joseph J. Diab a janitor at the King building 603 Boylston street discovered a fire rear of the second floor in the tailoring establishment of W. T. Paris about 6 last night. He forced entry by breaking the door pane with his fist to reach the room.
Final preparations for the three act musical comedy The Leeway Club by Ernest L. Drew are nearly finished for Dec 18 and 19 at Jordan Hall. The Mutual Relief and Benefit Association of the Hotel and Railroad News Company assembles Boston's top talent with special scenery and electrical effects to depict Moosehead Lake camp life, delivering a varied program of dances, sketches, solos, and acts. The show opens with Newspaper Night on Dec 18 and features Nellie Ferguson, Charles Madden, Jimmy Hogan, and a cast including Ernest L. Drew, Herbert Clark, and J. F. Kelley among others guided by committee chaired by Charles H. Sargent.
Boston sanitary inspectors will be required to attend a school of inspection in the near future under Health Board plans. Inspectors will meet after hours to receive directions and share solutions, and each will read papers detailing district conditions and key problems.
The government postpones the new wireless law’s enforcement which was to take effect today. Several steamship captains facing prosecution will gain time to equip their vessels properly. Henry O. Gawler serves as radio inspector for New England.
Adeline Hawkes of Gloucester sues the estate of writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward for $500 claiming a Jan 5 1911 agreement to care for the dog Wee with $3 weekly pay. Executors Herbert Ward and Asa French deny any contract and refuse payment.
Surrogate Co halan ordered Mrs Burton W Gibson wife of a New York lawyer charged in the Szabo murder case to deliver five trunks and a handbag of Rosa Menschik Szabo to the court. The trunks reside in the Rutherford New Jersey garage as the Austrian consul-general seeks to compel Gibson to account as administrator of the estate.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce and its maritime affairs committee conclude that Boston can furnish ship supplies as cheaply as any Atlantic coast port. They report no clean competitive bias, noting European sourcing and differences in dressed versus undressed fish prices. Most steamship officials agree Boston can supply advantageously, with only a few doubting factors tied to purchasing agents.
Senator Root of New York was re elected president and Joseph H Choate of New York was chosen vice president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace at the annual board meeting. Charlemagne Tower of Philadelphia was named permanent treasurer. Former Governor Montague of Virginia and Dr Henry B Pritchett of New York were re elected to the executive committee for three years.
The Intercollegiate Socialist Society adds 89 chapters in as many colleges over two years and a new Wellesley group becomes the 40th. Its aim is to promote intelligent interest in Socialism among college men and women across 48 colleges in the United States and Canada.
A published ad proclaims that taking Pape's Cold Compound every two hours until three doses end the Grippe and cure severe colds in any body part. It claims rapid relief from headache feverishness nasal congestion sore throat and rheumatic pains and says a 25 cent package contains no quinine and is safe with no substitute.
Police Magistrate Appleton heard Mrs Isabel Archer recount cruelty and abandonment by her husband. She then sentenced him to one year probation and to pay $6 weekly for the support of their four children, while she sat as judge.
Hebrew Zionists of Greater Boston plan a Sunday afternoon conference at the Revere House. Representing the Federation of American Zionists will be officials including Louis Lipsky chairman of the executive committee and Professor Israel Friedlander vice president from New York.
James F. Crane of Dorchester, boss painter of 63 State Street, faced the Suffolk Superior Criminal Court for advertising for help during a strike without stating that a strike was on. Crane testified no strike existed at his shop and said he complied with union demands while refusing to pay $100 to bind an agreement.
Ernest A. Ferris of Eastport was sentenced to one year in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta after pleading guilty to embezzling 4878 from the Eastport post office. He was assistant postmaster at arrest on Oct 24 and had worked at the office 13 years. he is 32.
City officials declare war on unsanitary little dwellings in outskirts fearing they may spark epidemics. Buildings lack sewers and water supply and occupants discard garbage publicly, violating sanitary regulations.
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