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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
4
The Post Santa Claus seeks automobile donations to deliver presents to poor children. Delivery starts Monday due to a large parcel load. Call Main 1383 or write to 263 Washington Street to contribute vehicles or volunteers.
The Post Santa Claus seeks thousands of toys, dolls, stockings, mittens and other items to fill bundles for children, with workers in several Boston area facilities collecting and packing donations. Letters reveal many families in need as readers, businesses, and workers donate funds and gifts to brighten Christmas for those facing hardship.
The Salvation Army plans 12,000 uncooked dinners for the poor on the day before Christmas at the People's Palace costing about 6000 dollars. Mayor Fitzgerald will open the ceremony at 8 pm Wednesday if able. Each 20 pound basket includes a chicken bread potatoes turnip dressing onions apples rice tea sugar condensed milk and crackers.
Somerville girl Miss Clydes Huff has filed a $5000 suit in the Superior Court against music teacher Allen H. Daugherty of 218 Tremont street alleging an assault on Sept 15 in his studio. Daugherty denies the accusation and says he pursued payment for a piano through attorneys.
Representative George E. Mansfield of Rockland filed a bill to allow professional baseball on Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. with the same admission as weekdays. It would require 25 percent of gross gate receipts to go to the city treasurer for charitable uses chosen by the City Council, and a lively fight is anticipated in the Legislature.
Both sides of the suffrage question were threshed out yesterday afternoon at the Woman's Club rooms in Natick. Mrs. Henry Preston White of Cambridge chaired the Massachusetts Anti Suffrage Association publicity committee and Mrs. James F. Kelley of Cambridge spoke for woman suffrage in Massachusetts. Neither speaker heeded the other's address.
The House passed a bill to appropriate 5000 dollars for American delegates to the Safety-at-Sea conference in London. This adds to an original 10000 dollars already appropriated.
Mrs Charles Sing a white restaurant keeper's wife was acquitted today by Judge Mc Donald who took the case from the jury. Sing was stabbed to death at his home two months ago and his wife was found unconscious nearby.
Governor elect Walsh told New Haven chairman Howard Elliott he favors a full separation of the Boston and Maine from the New Haven lines and insists on divesting trolley holdings. Elliott indicated New Haven would accept separation from B and M but did not commit on trolley divestment.
Governor Foss says Professor Bruce Wyman advised him on railroad issues only during his first year and not after becoming counsel for the New Haven Railroad. Foss notes Wyman stopped visiting his office after his New Haven role became known and asserts he did not act as adviser while counsel was held.
Rear Admiral Robert Peary expresses confidence that Captain Robert Bartlett will return from the Arctic voyage aboard the Karluk despite icebound dangers. Peary explains vessel risks in polar ice and notes Bartlett’s preparedness with supplies and boats ready for rapid deployment. He declines to speculate on any rift between Stefansson and Bartlett.
The Harvard fourth university tea event at Phillips Brooks House attracted 100 or more undergraduates yesterday afternoon. Hosts included Professor and Mrs. W. W. Fenn Dr. and Mrs. Kirsopp Lake Professor and Mrs. C. P. Parker and Professor Frank W. Taussig.
Frank H. Rand bursar of the Institute of Technology since 1902 died suddenly at Pinehurst North Carolina. Flags were lowered to half mast. Registrar Walter Humphreys aided Mrs Rand with funeral plans at Brookline 1754 Beacon street. Rand built the student aid fund and a bank system now handling 50 000 a year for Tech undergraduates.
Framingham is set to appoint Dr R M Raymond as postmaster amid surprise among Democratic leaders who expected Edward Galvin to receive the position. Current postmaster R L Fales will resign, having served since McKinley’s inauguration at a $4000 annual salary and overseeing a first class office with last year’s receipts around $100000.
Mrs. Jane Mary Jannini wife of Raffeal Jannini proprietor of the Hotel Marliave on Bosworth street dies at her home 222 North street North End after nearly two years illness She never saw the hotel her husband bought last June
Mrs Edith Vose Burrage named residuary legatee of Edward Augustus Penniman of New York, estate valued about 500000. Burrage, longtime friend from Dedham, learned of the provision after Penniman died July 11 in Luzerne Switzerland. Cousins in New York reportedly seek to challenge the will filed in the New York Surrogate Court.
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