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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
5
A broken spring on a car halted the Washington Street elevated and tunnel lines causing a station to station standstill. Passengers waited for officials while transfer checks were issued and some riders walked home after crowding the streets and platforms.
President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham announced no further government action in the Morse case. Morse remains in Army Hospital Fort McPherson near Atlanta, and no commutation or parole is planned unless his condition worsens. The Justice Department has shown leniency due to Morse's serious illness.
Gloucester Republicans protest Congressman Gardner’s appointment of Walter F. Osborne as collector of the port claiming the postal ballot forgery charge against W N Jordan and Dennen is an insult to the city. They say there were duplications but no forgery and accuse the action of evasion. The Master Mariners Association favored Jordan and expresses clear disappointment.
Gifford Pinchot will announce that Theodore Roosevelt will not run for the Republican presidential nomination next year. The message, sent from Washington via Walter L. Houser, names Medina Ohio as the site for Friday night’s address and notes three speakers will join Pinchot during the Ohio campaign over Christmas: Le Follette and Moses E. Clapp.
New York December 19 Attorney General Wickersham told the Catholic Club that enforcing laws against unlawful restraint of trade and monopolies faces loud opposition from those who lose unfair advantages. He said the aim is not to attack legitimate enterprise but to curb power abuses and protect the people.
William W. Kennard of 18 Tremont Street Boston critiques the new measured service rates. He presents a detailed cost comparison showing higher charges under unlimited and measured plans and argues that the city’s subscribers pay more for less usefulness. The letter notes a specific rate controversy and cites official reports for context.
Mayors and selectmen from about a dozen towns in the metropolitan district endorsed proposed legislation by the Metropolitan Plan Commission to create a central planning authority. The luncheon at the Exchange Club closed after addresses by Edward A. Filene and J. Randolph Coolidge Jr. Critics feared added debt on municipalities. Newton Mayor Hatfield hosted and opened the conference. Filene said the goal is cooperation enabling more than individual prep would allow.
Despatches from Washington indicate Bram, central figure in a notorious high seas murder case, may obtain a presidential pardon. US District Attorney Asa P. French supports the clemency, now with Attorney General Wickersham before Taft. Bram, mate of the Herbert Fuller, was convicted in Newport of killing Captain Charles I. Nash, his wife Laura A. Nash, and the vessel’s first mate during a voyage from South America on July 13, 1896.
The article details Moore's escalating borrowings from Miss Bessie Noone and relatives, totaling nine creditors including seven women owed about 9800 dollars. Moore claims bankruptcy, cites a claimed sixth sense capable of curing illnesses, and expresses regret over lenders' haste.
In a festive city note, bulldog Bandbox arrives from Dreamword as a Christmas present for Mayor Fitzgerald. The dog’s arrival during a shopping trip prompted a cheerful escort to the mayor’s home.
Mrs. Kila M. Miller of 672 Broadway Chelsea reports jewelry worth 264 50 taken yesterday afternoon while she shopped on Broadway Chelsea. She suspects a woman who pressed close to her as she looked at goods and notified police.
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