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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
10
Premier Lloyd George plans to mobilize all ocean cargo capacity of the United Kingdom under one general head for the benefit of allied armies and civilian populations, according to British shipping men in New York. The move would nationalize Great Britain's shipping to support the war effort.
A British shipping official warns that most cargo space on British vessels is to be controlled by the government. Designation of cargo will prohibit nonessential exports and place all cargoes under a single executive head. The plan aims to feed England and its allies while reducing living costs, with ships in neutral trade also drawn in. No plan to arm merchant ships beyond current US-approved defenses.
A Reuters despatch from Berlin reports Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg was given full powers to negotiate peace without further consultation with party leaders. He refused to share details of terms but warned he would resign if not granted full authority.
Eli Sha Swan Cornell, an aged cobbler and one of Hetty Green's heirs, was found dead at his repair bench in Minneapolis. He had already received $1000 from the Green estate.
Residents of Newton’s Waban section protest the Board of Appeals denial of a permit for the Waban Neighborhood clubhouse. The $30,000 project, financed by a $15,000 bond and $15,000 mortgage, may be abandoned as fire-resistance concerns arise. Joseph W. Bartlett says the building committee will meet soon to address the situation.
Samuel A Noon a former Boston attorney frequent Divorce Court counsel and ex husband of Emma Noon now Emma Hanson of Cambridge has begun theology study in a New Jersey Methodist seminary. In Superior Court Mrs Hanson seeks $260 arrears from Noon for child support, saying he earns $10 weekly as a student pastor with $6 for living expenses. Judge Lawton took the matter under advisement.
The German Relief Committee for Boston and vicinity forms committees to manage East Russian Relief Fund Ostpreussen Hilfe East Boston chairman Captain O Schuelke and treasurer C Schultz. Civilian and Military Prisoners War relief Gefangenenhilfe Fuersorge chaired by C Gastmeyer with treasurer E Kramer. Mothers Aid Mutterdank secretary Mrs M O von Klock and treasurer F E Muehleder. American Physicians Expedition chaired by Baroness von Scholley with treasurers Baroness von Scholley and Miss Louisa Dresel. Yon't trifle with a cold. Adamson's Balsam will cure it. advt
Boston Housekeepers' League launches another turkey boycott over high prices. Storage plants release almost no turkeys and shipments of fresh killed birds from Kentucky to Boston are delayed or lost en route.
Birds reach markets at 4 cents per pound, a 6 cent weekly gain. Turkey baskets sell for 5 and 82 cents, with geese at about 25 cents. Dealers rush for turkeys, but shortages push geese stock, while trains delay Kentuckys shipments for Christmas. Ida M. Hebbard leads Housekeeper's League in Boston potato deal, with a central store planned for league members meeting at 122 Huntington Avenue tomorrow.
In Superior Court Judge Lawton ordered Barnet Goldberg to pay Ida Goldberg 7 a week in alimony until divorce trial. Ida receives custody of daughters Pauline nine and Rose eight, with two hours daily visiting rights to Goldberg at Ida’s flat, not during school hours. Visiting rules require children spoken to alone. Goldberg’s attorney agreed. The divorce cites cruelty and neglect. Goldberg’s property at 11 Otis Street is attached for 2000. The couple wed in Boston June 20 1906. alleged cruelty occurred in 1914.
Boston hotel broker Mrs Julia M Morrill won a suit against Middlesex Deputy Sheriff Albert J Adams. Jury awarded her 176.04 dollars after she claimed a 10 percent commission on the sale of the Putnam House at Orange. Adams said he sold the hotel himself to Neal and denied Ms Morrill’s involvement.
A steam cylinder burst at Farnsworth Hoyt and Co. at 1000 Washington Street yesterday. It shattered a dozen windows and caused about 2400 dollars in damage to the top floor of the Riker Jaynes building in the South End. The tank for pasting shea tops measured about seven feet in diameter and the escape was stopped by foreman E A Walpole.
Postmaster Murray orders Boston district superintendents to speed deliveries and clear stations in time for Christmas dinner. Clerks to work December 2 with compensatory time later.
Arthur M Turner of Northfield Conn a Connecticut Park Commission member and Yale graduate sought separation from his wife Mrs Mary Turner after 18 years of marriage He claimed Via Pierre of Chester Conn was his ideal and offered his wife $50 a month to not bother him in Probate Court testimony today
Mrs Turner testified she left her husband last spring after he admitted spending four days with Via Pierre, a wealthy woman. Attorney M B Warner described sensitive letters Turner allegedly wrote to Via Pierre. Judge Slocum ordered a private hearing and postponed ruling until he reviews the letters admitted as evidence. Turner attended with representation by Clinton Q Roorback.
Advert says cold headaches caused by ailment and promotes Brome Quinine as the cure. Box bears the signature of BE. W. GROVE, labeled as the sole active ingredient brom quinine. The notice mentions 25 in relation to the product.
Canaan Connecticut once a Yale quarterback, now a noted politician. Turner, described as a writer and artist, had sketches presented in evidence by Attorney Warner.
Judge A. K. Cohen presides over a meeting at the Hotel Brunswick announcing a Big Brother Movement to be established in Boston under the Independent Order B'nai B'rith District No. 1. Harvard Menorah Society representatives attended as guests while a large class of candidates was initiated. Richard Herman, Massachusetts lodge president, led the event.
About 400 Cambridge Gas Light Company employees will receive a 10 percent raise in their pre Christmas pay envelopes next Saturday. The increase, effective for an indefinite period, marks the second wage hike granted by the company within a year.
An unknown man who stowed away on the Leyland line steamer Canadian at Liverpool was found dead in empty No 8 hatch on the steerage deck after arrival. Death likely occurred over a week earlier from starvation. A longshoreman discovered the body and alerted Captain Caleb R Kelley port warden and ship officers. Police ambulance removed the remains to the North Grove street morgue with no identifying marks.
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