29 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
1
Republican leaders score major victory as city council approves redistricting the first in twenty years. Order likely guarantees seven to nine GOP wards and 14 to 18 representatives in the lower house, while Democrats may lose ground.
Washington delivers a lengthy warning to Great Britain insisting on improved treatment of American commerce by the British fleet. The note, the strongest since the war began, cites unwarranted interference and rising public anger, and was prepared by Cone Johnson Robert Lansing and Bryan with President Wilson finalizing its wording.
The Wakefield murder of Maurice Albertson by Sicilians centers on his wife Hilda. The article questions her life during separation, her identity, residence, and feelings toward him as investigators probe the unusual case.
Sun rises at 7 13 and sets at 4 20. Moon phases listed with quarter and full moon dates. Jupiter, Saturn, Venus visible at specific times. Auto lamps at 4 50 and 5 20. Today’s anniversaries include Thomas Becket and William E Gladstone, Savannah captured in 1778, Texas statehood in 1845.
Boston area receives a threatening forecast with rain and cooler air. Outlook for Tuesday and Wednesday shows cloudy skies, warmer Tuesday, with rain or snow possible midweek in New England.
The page shows a dated spa record with scattered figures and averages. It lists temperature metrics including yesterday and last year yesterday with numbers such as 27 and 19 24, reflecting a historical daily climate snippet.
Burdett Business College at 18 Boylston Street corner of Washburn Street Boston announces new day and evening classes beginning each Monday for students seeking business training in accounting typing and shorthand.
Mrs. Albertson claims fourteen years of neglect and abuse by her husband Maurice Albertson and says she is suing to administer his estate and secure a widow’s share. She states Albertson died rich, his widow Hilda Winsumsky married him fifteen years ago in Union Park Hall Boston by Rabbi Shafer, with a Boston license.
Approximately all but 40000 of the 2000000 restoration and endowment fund has been pledged to Wellesley College trustees. Bishop William Lawrence, chairman, left for New York on fund business. About 49000 remains required after pledges and unknown promises are counted. Alumnae and trustees press for the sum ahead of a trustees meeting later this week.
Former President William Howard Taft condemned national prohibition before 300 Massachusetts bench and bar members at the Boston Bar Association dinner. He called the proposal a humiliation that shows states cannot enforce laws and warned it would unsettle the federal system and erode local self-government.
A Boston express on the New Haven railroad was saved from colliding with a blazing freight wreck west of Stamford Connecticut. Flagman Raymond Simmons acted quickly to signal the approaching train as it traveled 40 miles per hour, preventing a major disaster.
An air hose failure in Sellecks Cut caused eight freight cars to crash and derailed two sections. A rear gondola toppled onto Track 4, while a gasoline tank erupted in flames. Conductor Jox and Simmons acted to warn the approaching express due in New York at 1 08. Engineer Murphy halted the engine just in time.
Paris cites German advances along the Belgian coast near Lom baertryde and says French attacks failed while British ships caused no damage. French officials report progress near Ar gonne, Lens Cheney area and in northern France amid storms. German bombardment hits St Die railway station as Ypres sector falls trench and prisoners taken. German notes US consuls in Belgium must be acceptable to military authorities. Weather storms affect fighting as operations continue near Warsaw and northern Poland. London reports Russia’s strong blows to the new front.
The United States delivers a general communique on detentions and seizures of cargoes as part of ongoing protests over Great Britain. It asserts a friendly tone but insists frank language to avoid implying acquiescence to a policy seen as infringing American rights under international law.
Foreman Dennis O'Hearn of Mrs. B F Quimby estate on Hammond Street Brookline was robbed of 200 dollars and a gold watch near the Quimby property at 6 30 pm Two assailants sprang from trees and used a rubber blanket to overpower him They fled toward Holyhood Cemetery after taking his pay and the timepiece The robbery occurred in a secluded area near the Brookline Newton line.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt plans lectures in leading U S cities with proceeds devoted to the host city to fund employment for the jobless amid widespread hard times.
President Roosevelt surprised municipal lodging house officials by inspecting the facility and praising its care for the unemployed. He opposed extending temporary relief as a solution, and shared a meal of pea soup with residents while being recognized by diners. A bystander shouted a rough remark about the next president, drawing laughter from the crowd.
Somerville police arrested 30 year old John Sanaris last night on a fugitive charge. Police allege he argued with someone in Somersworth and fired a revolver, causing townwide alarm.
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