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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
5
The New England Hotel Greeters Association opens its annual convention in Boston with 300 delegates arriving last night. They register at the Hotel Belle Vue at 10 this morning, then lunch, an automobile tour, and an evening dinner at the Thorndike Hotel followed by a theatre party for the accompanying women.
A cheeky note from the Desperate Ambrose column hints at a costly scare scene as Nippy's Pop seeks funds to stage a fright. A humorous outlook pervades the page of laughter in the next Sunday Post.
A fire at the C. E. Bailey house furnishings store on the first floor of Hotel Miller in Great Barrington forced 35 guests to flee into the street. The blaze, starting in the basement, stayed in the store but caused smoke and water damage to the adjacent H. M. Finkle sporting goods shop. Estimated loss runs around $25,000.
Captain William R. Rush, commandant of the Charlestown navy yard, is on a 15 day leave with his wife and daughter, traveling to New York and Washington for rest.
Jerome Jones of Brookline filed a will in Dedham leaving $1000 each to the Boston Y M C A and the Free Hospital for Women in Brookline. He also bequeathed $100 to four servants, $500 to three business associates, and $10,000 to each of his three daughters. Theodore Jones receives one quarter of Jones McDuffee Stratton Company stock, with the remaining three quarters split between him and the Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co, shared by the four children.
Probate records in East Cambridge show Professor Hugo Munsterberg left an estate of 5000 with no will. His widow Mrs. Selma I Munsterberg filed administration papers. Last legal residence listed as Freiberg Germany, with Cambridge as usual home. wife and two daughters also named.
Charles Cox of 29 Prescott Street Malden the oldest native resident observed the 95th anniversary of his birth yesterday He enjoys good health and received friends with best wishes Cox is an ardent Malden High School baseball fan and supporter
John Walker Noyes son of Judge Noyes of Washington D C will be toastmaster at the Chelsea High School class of 1913 reunion tonight at the Hotel Lenox. President Charles P Mason of Pinehurst N C will join distant graduates for the first Chelsea H S reunion.
Federal trustees warn that a reorganization is impossible under a leased line system and favor court protection. Testimony outlines Hampden claim negotiations, stock values, and director conflicts. Judge Knowlton’s opinion and director Charles Hall missable testimony mark a resumed hearing.
Henry B. Day Boston banker director federal trustee and Boston & Maine railroad finance and reorganization committee member testified in receivership proceedings before Judge Morton that even if receivership were removed the Boston & Maine could not pay dividends for at least three years even if earnings stayed at the present rate.
Miriano Alvero to be arraigned in Suffolk County Superior Court on larceny charges involving $50 million stolen from School Street Associates where he once served as assistant treasurer and secretary. He was arrested in San Francisco with Mrs Bertha Thom and returned to Boston arriving Monday.
Columbus New Mexico December 26 Private Albert A. Streigel of the quartermasters corps was shot and killed today by a sentry. Streigel had been confined to the stockade on a charge of disorderly conduct and was being escorted to his tent for blankets when the sentry claimed an attempted escape. The sentry reportedly ordered him to halt three times before firing.
Louis Kirstein of Beeston was elected vice president of the national administration committee organizing a Jewish Sanhedrin in Washington. The panel includes Jacob H. Schiff Oscar Straus Henry Morgenthau with Col. Harry Cutler of Providence as head. The congress aims to represent 3 000 000 Jews nationwide and may influence postwar peace efforts.
The Belgian motor ship Emanuel Nobel, in distress near the Sober Islands since Saturday, was towed into Halifax today. Engine trouble will be repaired in port. The vessel was bound from Rouen to Newport News when the problem forced anchoring off Sober Island.
Medical Examiner Leary urged District Attorney Pelletier to intervene against Boston Steam and Electric rails’ “anti-drunk” crusade. He argued the treatment of intoxicated men was harsher than what he would accept for a dog, signaling strong pushback from city officials.
Medical Examiner Leary investigated the Canton case of Jeremiah F. Flanagan whose body was found in a Roslindale swamp. A Canton Junction railroad ticket was found on the deceased, suggesting death by exposure while walking home. He criticized harsh treatment of intoxicated men in Boston.
Beverly December 26 firemen and police rescued Mr and Mrs Tony Sabino and four children from the Bruneau block at 350 354 Rantoul street as smoke choked hallways forced others to seek the street. Chief Richard H Grant Patrolman James Began and Joseph C Murney arrived early and carried the Sabinos down after near suffocation. The family children were Frank 10 Mary 7 James 3 and Paul 10 months. The rear stairway rescue saved the family from a fast spreading fire that also threatened the Carter Oil Clothing Company and caused about 2000 dollars in damage to Street floor stores.
Mayor Curley reappointed Francis J. Brennan as Street Commissioner for a three year term with a $4000 annual salary. Brennan had filled the unexpired term of the late Salem D. Chartes and has long served as a political lieutenant to the Mayor.
The National Allied Bazaar named multiple prizes including a Bermuda trip to Wetherald of Boston and a tropical trip to Miss Lucy Burgess of Hyde Park Massachusetts. Other awards include a yacht to Sanger of Congress Street Boston a Chickering piano to Hovey of Commonwealth Avenue and an embroidery prize to Sarkisian of Somerville.
Patients tell of relief from heart and kidney diseases after Osmo-Cemic treatment and Snow Pencil demonstrations. Claims include cures for neuritis, catarrh, deafness, asthma, cancer, rheumatism, skin disorders, birthmarks and facial blemishes.
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