20 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
1
Judge De Courcey denounced the bar’s standards in a criminal and divorce session of the Superior Court. He claimed many attorneys would be disbarred if a high standard were upheld, following Attorney A. D. Hills remarks urging public protection and factual presentations to the court.
Charley Neville 17 testified in Boise as a key witness in the Pettibone murder trial of ex Governor Steunenburg. He described a hunting trip with his father and Orchard, and said Orchard left camp and returned at dawn the night of the Independence depot blast. He overheard a conversation at Pettibone’s store and his father’s remark about squealing.
Joseph J. Friedman, whose family is en route from Russia, argued a jail sentence would block their entry and was fined 20 dollars in Cambridge's Third Middlesex District Court. He was caught in Blake & Knowles factory in East Cambridge with 75 pounds of brass castings hidden on his person. William A. Griffin, 51, of Richdale Avenue, was jailed in 500 dollars bail for trial on the same charge.
At noon the battleship fleet was due east of Jupiter Inlet Florida with ships in double column formation. The speed reached 11 knots and weather was perfect. All hands were dressed in white.
Fair forecast for Boston and vicinity with slightly warmer Friday. Southwest winds expected on Friday, turning west winds for the New England region through Saturday. Forecast notes rhythm with light precipitation unlikely and high temperatures in modest ranges.
Post office limits block distribution of Santa letters to established charities, leaving hundreds of hopeful requests unmet. Readers from New Hampshire to Somerville express simple needs from dolls to rubber boots, while families describe poverty and absent fathers, prompting volunteers to fund gifts locally.
New York officials investigating the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company find president George Westinghouse distributed $400,000 to officers and engineers over ten years as awards beyond salaries. Directors order the amount charged off from the surplus and credited to him.
In Boothbay Maine on December 19 Miss Sadie Whitehouse fell or jumped into the bay from the steamboat landing. Harry W. Maynard of Murray Hill plunged in without hesitating and saved her. Maynard trained on board the Massachusetts training ship Enterprise and is now an instructor. neighbors believe he deserves a medal.
Miss Catherine Crawley 42 of Madison Avenue Gloucester, missing since Friday, was found in a shed on the West Summer estate at Manchester by the Sea. She was exhausted after five days without food, fed water, and taken to Manchester police station before reunion with relatives. Her mother died about a year ago, a shock she never fully recovered from.
General Funston departed Goldfield for San Francisco as President Roosevelt requests prompt details on local conditions. Telegrams flood from civic bodies the Mine Owners Association the Local Miners Union and the investigation commission. Mines and mills run with similar manpower as yesterday.
In a House rules clash over a Missouri committee assignment, Representative David A. DeArmond struck Mississippi Leader Williams and was struck back, both men ending with facial injuries as bystanders intervened. The melee occurred minutes after adjournment and may not be officially noted.
A three year old graft probe targets the so called ring alleged to control Revere politics. A local committee of business leaders drills into water works deals and awaits testimony from legislators and town officials under possible court action.
After a midnight recount at City Hall Cambridge touts Mayor Wardwell with a 187 vote plurality over Democrat J F Aylward. Non-Partisan Alderman-elect Crane defeats Democrat Quilty by about six votes. Shaughnessy leads over Cleary by about zero in the assessor race.
In North Attleboro on December 19, officials announce a request to Comptroller Ridgely to appoint a receiver for the Jewellers National Bank. The move follows the death of vice-president and cashier Frederick E. Sargent, whose drowning raised questions about unauthorized loans and bank finances.
W Gordon Coogan son of Mr and Mrs James J Coogan and Miss Dorothea H Potter daughter of Edward Clarkson Potter of West Chester eloped on Wednesday and were married at St Patrick's Cathedral by Rev Richard Hughes. They honeymoon in Boston at the Hotel Touraine. The bride’s family connections link to Bishop Henry C Potter and Theodore A Havemeyer.
In Rockland Maine on December 19 the battleship New Hampshire allegedly reached 18.75 knots in a standardization trial mile, though not official. Kansas previously hit 18.3 knots in official trials, while Vermont logged 18.52 knots and Connecticut Louisiana and Minnesota exceeded the New Hampshire's claimed speed.
An explosion at the Darr mine of Pittsburg Coal Company in Jacobs Creek entombs between 200 and 500 miners. Rescue teams report 13 bodies recovered with grisly injuries as the disaster marks the third major event in the region this month. Many workers absent for St Nicholas Day church duties reduced casualties. The blast followed a brief mine closure and produced a vast smoke and dust plume over the Youghiogheny River.
Washington December 19 Frank H Hitchcock first assistant postmaster general under political suspicion for allegedly stealing Taft delegates in the South weighs resignation He has discussed the matter with trusted friends who urged him to wait for now Hitchcock aided Cortelyou in investigations into South conditions and was among those suspected of complicating the Taft boomers efforts
At 4 15 am a band robbed and dynamited the Medford post office near Tufts College. The interior was wrecked and several hundred dollars stolen. Officers pursued through Winchester. shots were fired as the robbers fled in a carriage, leaving a shaken town in their wake.
The Common Council passed a $2,000,000 loan order and two smaller loans totaling $47,500 for municipal purposes. Mayor Fitzgerald urged the loan, City Auditor Mitchell explained the need, and the body approved 45 to 1 amid procedural clashes led by Councilman McCullough.
Christiania reports the death of C. Hauge the Norwegian minister to the United States. He collapsed during a snowshoeing trip and died the same day.
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