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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1914
Page
16
Judge Burke vindicated Sub master Carroll M. Austin of Dwight Grammar School in the assault and battery charge filed by 12 year old pupil John Gallagher. The judge condemned exaggeration and said he would chasten a boy who did the same as Gallagher if he were guilty.
Johnnie testifies that on December 17 he confronted George Crawford with a hockey stick at the desk. After Crawford left to report, Mr. Austin confronted and allegedly struck Johnnie, tearing his ear on a metal hook. The master says he only intended a firm rebuke and denies striking.
Tomorrow is the final day to raise the remaining under 40 000 dollars for Wellesley College fire fund. The Rockefeller Foundation has pledged 750 000 dollars only if the full amount is met, or the entire sum already raised may be at risk.
Washington December 29 Senate committee on Philippine Islands resumes hearings on the Jones bill to extend greater self government to the Filipinos and aims to report favorably by mid January.
Senate leaders push ahead with plans to enlarge autonomy and eventual independence. The Philippine committee led by Senator Hitchcock prepares hearings and seeks War Department data on recent disturbances. Manuel Quezon asserts no revolution, while Dean Worcester to testify with an illustrated lecture to Senate members.
A committee of 25 prominent men was formed to collect monetary aid for suffering Jewish communities in Europe. The New England branch of the American Jewish War Relief Committee was organized at the Elysium Club during a conference of synagogue, club, lodge, and fraternal representatives.
The article lists officers elected yesterday including Louis D Brandeis as chairman and Lina Frankenstein as secretary, with a long executive committee. It notes the New England branch of the American Jewish War Relief Committee issued an appeal for aid to support Jewish families in Europe and Asia affected by war. It also reports individual contributions totaling 25 647.85 dollars, led by 20 655.00 dollars previously acknowledged and 1 000.00 from Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Koshland.
Miss Mary A. Haley retires from the Carr School after forty seven years of teaching in Somerville Massachusetts. She recalls vast changes from a single room over a tin shop with two chairs to modern classrooms with up to date desks and a longer school day with a broader course of study. Haley is the longest serving teacher in Somerville.
Wolf's My Clothier in Hanover and Portland is easily reached from Haymarket square Adams square Scollay square and Friend-Union street stations on the subway system.
The ninth week of shows at Newbury street venue displays Cyrus E. Dallin's sculpture alongside Philip Little's landscapes. The exhibition opened to the public yesterday, offering a notable fusion of sculpture and color painting that draws city art lovers.
Mr Dallin presents eighteen works including bronze reductions of famed pieces like Appeal to the Great Spirit before the Art Museum. Massasoit and The Peace Pine draw the most attention among plaster models while Mr Little contributes twelve vibrant landscapes such as The Northwest Wind and On the Cliffs.
A massive galvanized iron sign weighing heavily collapsed from Hopkinson Holden at 15 Faneuil Hall Square around 5 30 pm yesterday. Snow slides and rain loosened its supports. Injured were James Borass 19 of Baldwin Place and Salvatore Gianbarrosa 12 of Greenough Place, both North End residents.
Thirty students at the Franklin school in Everett were vaccinated yesterday as a precaution against smallpox amid a nearby case at 18 Lynde Street. The measure aims to prevent infection among pupils and staff.
An old notice announces legal stamps given with every Wolf's Clothier purchase at the Hanover and Portland corner urging use on a hate geal.
Superintendent Frank D Johnston reports a parcel post surge in Boston for the 10 days ending Christmas Day with a 150 percent rise in the railway mail branch. Boston handled 40 000 sacks last year and 10 000 this year, figures limited to inbound rail traffic and not including outbound or in city redistribution. John E F Countie expects overall local mail up to 100 percent.
Foreign corporations appealing a Supreme Judicial Court ruling on the states excise tax face a Supreme Court review. A new statute, effective last July, removes the $2000 cap and levies 1 15th of 1 percent on up to 10 million dollars of authorized capital and 1 100th of 1 percent on excess. Estimated state revenue rises to about 2000000 annually. Major firms like Standard Oil, American Sugar, General Electric and United States Smelting face much higher payments than before.
The Cambridge City Home fire killed Mrs. Mary Murphy eighty, an inmate, from burns and shock after a narrow escape. Officials and Mayor Good discussed improvements for the home, including fire equipment, building enlargement, sheet metal walls, and better fire escapes, estimated at about 30009 dollars.
U S steamboat inspectors begin formal inquiry into the collision between the steamer Limon and the schooner Dorothy Palmer off Cape Cod at 10 o clock this morning at 38 Broad Street. Captains Trefry and Carlisle will present crew accounts to determine responsibility while a survey of the Limon is completed and bids for repairs are sought from New York firms.
New York December 29 Charles Whitman announced he will restore the practice of Governor Hughes by receiving callers in the large executive chamber in view of all, instead of the executive office off the chamber.
The Massachusetts Anti-Saloon League issued a spirited reply to former President William Howard Tafts attack on national prohibition. The response was presented before Boston Bar Association members Monday night as part of the league's drive for a saloonless nation.
Superintendent Arthur J. Davis denounces federal intrusion into state liquor laws amid Taft veto dispute over the Webb Kenyon bill. He cites a $25 federal permit as proof of federal interference, urges national prohibition as states resist bootleg commerce and uphold state sovereignty. Davis recalls raids, argues Congress backed prohibition after Taft’s veto, and warns dissolution of the union if federal aid persists. The piece portrays a heated debate on federal versus state controls in liquor traffic.
A Farnham New York letter from the Sisters of St Mary says Father John’s Medicine cured their coughs after other remedies failed. They praise it as best for stubborn colds, notes it is a doctor’s prescription and contains nourishing food elements.
The speaker argues distillers hold 282 million gallons of whiskey in pawn with government guards and warehouse receipts used as securities. Banks lend up to 80 percent of face value, allowing continued production while the nation bears a 310.2 million dollar debt to the treasury.
The American schooner Irmgard from the Fiji Islands to San Francisco was dismasted by a hurricane and towed into Honolulu by a rescue tug. All crew are safe. The liner Sierra relayed word of the distress by wireless.
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