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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1912
Page
3
Governor Foss instructed Chief Whitney of the State police to assist in probing the coal situation. A conference was held yesterday afternoon between United Improvement Association representatives and Attorney-General James Swift.
A committee of the United Improvement Association led by Joseph Leonard Myron E Pierce and Howard Whitmore met with Attorney General Swift to discuss the coal situation. The press was not admitted to the interview but officials said progress was made and Chief Whitney of the district police may join tomorrow to advance the proceedings.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society moves 980000 books from its temporary quarters at 5 Ashburton Place to its new building nearby. Boston University students perform the armful transfer without disrupting patrons. Formal opening planned for March 18 to mark the society’s 60th anniversary. an informal opening is set for January 1 with Dr. Austin Baxter Keep delivering an illustrated lecture on Colonial Libraries.
New York December 23 J P Morgan spoke briefly at the Waldorf Astoria during the New England Society festival the 107th in its history He said I thank you to a standing ovation as honorary members were announced for Morgan and Joseph H Choate President Howland Davis led cheers. Samuel W McCall Massachusetts congressman spoke on The Pilgrim in Politics praising home rule and warning against central authority in government.
The suit seeks 250000 in damages from Thomas J. Reynolds by restaurateur Jacques Bustanoby alleging alienation of the affections of Mrs. Bustanoby, Ruth Boyd Bustanoby. Reynolds plans to give any judgment proceeds to Mayor Gaynor for city charities. The case follows Bustanoby’s recent divorce filing.
James Edwin Bradshaw age 37 living in Winchester was arrested at his home Saturday night and charged with arson for setting a fire at the Hotel Rossmore on Atlantic Avenue. He was arraigned before Judge Murray in the Police Court yesterday and pleaded not guilty. Bonds set at $2000 for the January term of the grand jury.
The central post office and outlying stations in Dorchester and Roxbury see a Christmas mail rush beginning Sunday night with hourly increases. Crowds fill corridors as people queue for stamps and to prepare bundles. Extra stamp windows and tables were added. by 8 p.m. eleven windows handled sales. Total staff 3654 clerks and carriers, with 95 wagons and four motor trucks in operation.
At Faneuil Hall the Boston branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers voided the December election for president amid irregularities and illegitimacy claims. Nearly 200 carriers attended as 158 voted for a new election while 11 opposed. The dispute centered on write-in candidates Brennan Brennan and Farren against Lawless, who faced a potential fourth term.
Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was elected director of the New York New Haven and Hartford system today. He succeeds James McCrea as Pennsylvania’s former president. Districts and dates reflect the Dec 23 report from New Haven.
Salem Dec 23 Dr Harry D Abbott of Danvers testifying in Superior Court declared that a dozen or more letters offered as evidence in the breach of promise suit filed by Miss Laura May Goss are forgeries.
Under cross examination Dr Abbott denied writing the letters Miss Goss claims. He suggested they came from another man or were self mailed and noted some bore his letter head initial H. He admitted writing letters in reply but denied giving photos or corsets. Dr Boutelle linked morphine effects to a possible love affair distress.
Henry V. Macksey, former superintendent of the city paving division, named by the Port of Boston directors to plan East Boston terminal development. He arrives with notable projects in New York State, the West Indies, and the Andes, relieving Chief Engineer Hodgdon and others as they focus on the new dry dock and Commonwealth Pier plans.
City Solicitor Harry W. James ruled last night that seven of Chelsea’s fifteen reserve policemen were appointed illegally over the past two years. Five appointed since May by Mayor Malone and two named by the Board of Control over a year ago were questioned, with the statute allowing one reserve per five regulars given Chelsea’s 40 regulars and eight allowable reserves.
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