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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
1
Governor names Buttimer to lead the state dentistry board as two current members are displaced and cattlemen protest Dr. Howard over control of the cattle bureau.
Governor Walsh announces Thomas H. Buttimer of Hingham as Juvenile Court judge in Boston. Charles W. M. Williams of Boston is reappointed to a clerkship. He also names George H. Payne of Boston and William M. Sullivan of North Adams to the State Board of Registration in Dentistry. Joseph B. Ely of Westfield is district attorney for Western Massachusetts, Andrew N. Maxon of Blackstone becomes clerk of the Second Southern Worcester district Court.
The Governor submitted fourteen other appointments to the Council. At yesterday's session the Council approved the appointment of District Attorney Ely and Edward B. Mull. Continued on Page 9 Third Col.
Boston real estate men at the Real Estate Exchange 25th anniversary were warned by Louis K. Liggett of the Chamber of Commerce that congestion on Washington Street could drive large department stores to relocate near Copley Square or other areas, harming property owners.
Mayor Curley, as guest of honor at a city event, hinted at running again for four years and defended his record in City Hall amid light hissing from some attendees. Franklin D. Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the navy, spoke on preparedness urging a 1903 program to build 48 battleships and replace obsolete ships.
Superintendent William F. Sims said the Tuesday strike by 60 ninth grade pupils was instigated by Miss Irma Gray who had resigned two weeks earlier to take another job. Gray denies provoking the walkout and says she urged students to return. The class resumed after a mis understanding, with no anticipated further disruption.
The Cologne Gazette reports that British forces stationed on Imbros Lemnos and Tenedos in the eastern Mediterranean have been withdrawn to reinforce Saloniki. The Overseas News Agency notes nearly all troops on those islands are heading to Saloniki from Athens dispatch.
Carranza officials report Troops under General Trevino defeated the Villa army at Mapula ten miles from Chihuahua City. About nine hundred Villa soldiers were killed wounded or captured in the two day engagement.
General Trevino’s forces clashed with Villa troops moving south from Chihuahua after a rapid advance. A fierce battle lasted yesterday afternoon through night, with no quarter shown and Mapula streets left littered with dead when the Villa forces surrendered this morning.
San Antonio dispatch reports Hipolito Villa brother of revolutionary leader Francisco Villa was taken from a Southern Pacific train by federal authorities and imprisoned.
The Post Santa faces the crucial two days to raise funds for visiting every home in Greater Boston. The drive seeks additional money to meet the year’s high demand and ensure every child receives a gift.
A Post reader plea urges continued contributions today and tomorrow to fuel a citywide Christmas drive. The message emphasizes Boston and nearby areas will witness the greatest season of universal joy in history if funds keep arriving.
The Overseas News Agency reports General von Emmich died in Hanover from arteriosclerosis. Once commander of the Tenth Army Corps he led German forces in Belgium and Liege, issued an appeal to Belgians, and was decorated last June with the Order of Merit. He served from 1866, fought in the Franco Prussian War, became lieutenant-general in 1905, and rose to general officer rank in 1901.
New York reports Dr Charles Russell Lowell Putnam and Mrs Putnam welcomed seven children from North Tilbury at Grand Central Station. The seven, including Patrick age 11, are to receive a festive Christmas. three were formally adopted in a Surrogate Fowler order.
Governor-elect McCall yesterday announced plans to reappoint Adjutant-General Charles H. Cole of the State militia. He named Stanley R. Miller of Winchester as private secretary and Henry F. Long of Topsfield as assistant secretary.
The Putnam household near Valleydale Farm in North Tisbury Massachusetts adopted four children after rescuing them from sickness and dull surroundings. Christine Bucale joined at age four, Helen Conrad was about three, a little boy was enrolled soon after, and three more waifs followed over the next year and a half as Dr. Putnam built a playful, ongoing household.
State House insiders expect Adjutant-General Cole to be reappointed. A Democrat, he has not used politics in office and was named to his post last year after Walsh’s election and Curley’s mayoral rise. Miller, a Har vard graduate and law partner of the governor-elect, lives in Winchester. Long served in the Massachusetts House in 1914 and 1915 and chaired the public service committee this year.
Lloyd Melvill Bingham, a Ford peace party member and master of ceremonies at the sailing from New York, died in Christiania, Norway, of pneumonia. He had long managed his wife Amelia Bingham and was about 50.
Wireless reports from Sayville say Kaiser William postpones his planned journey to the western front because of a slight illness. Berlin officials phrase it as zeitgewebentzuendung, commonly cellulitis, described as inflammation of cellular tissue with potential gland and vessel involvement and varying severity.
Representative Frederic Dowling of Boston filed two bills providing for annuities up to 300 dollars each to Mary A. Walsh and Helen T. Willett, widows of Dennis A. Walsh and Charles Willett, who died while fighting a Cambridge Street fire last Tuesday morning.
Austria will not give a final reply to the United States on the Ancona demands until consulting with its ally and Berlin. A Amsterdam cable says Vienna expects a reply in two days after a trip to Berlin by Baron Burian. Berlin’s likely advice is to admit the American conclusions and pledge to stop submarine attacks on neutral passenger ships.
The State Department released President Wilsons final rejoinder to Vienna. It repeats the Ancona note demands and labels the Austrian submarine commanders act as lawless. The United States holds the imperial and royal government responsible for the act and declares no further testimony needed on American casualties.
The notice lists moon phases from December to January with dates for last quarter, new moon, first quarter, and full moon. It notes celestial events and the rising and setting times of Venus Jupiter Mars and Saturn. It also marks anniversaries including Washington’s resignation in 1783 and Joseph Smith's birth in 1805, and recalls a wartime Austrian sortie repulsed by Russians a year ago.
Fair conditions for Boston and vicinity with a chance of snow or rain and colder winds later. Northern New England expected to turn cloudy and warmer Thursday with probable snow at night and Friday. Southern New England to be cloudy and warmer Thursday with likely rain at night, Sunday to bring cooler conditions.
Recorded at Thompson's Spa with sparse data on temperatures. It notes average yesterday at 31 and 12 24, and last year at 28 and 16 24, indicating a modest temperature comparison and incomplete context.
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