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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1914
Page
3
The renowned Groundhog, a longtime weather prognosticator, is due this morning to emerge from his den on Candlemas Day. If sun shines, winter will briefly retreat. if clouds and rain appear, winter ends for good.
A playful tale contrasts the groundhog's weather omen with scientific doubt. Some scholars question the legend that a shadow predicts six more weeks of winter, while others deny the animal's existence or its shadow prompting seasons to change. The groundhog persists returning on Candlemas Day.
Washington reports two windy storms likely to cross the country from the West. The weather bureau says early week will bring fair conditions to most states with light frosts in northern Florida. A Montana disturbance will move east with more clouds and rising temperatures, then rain or snow from the central valleys to the Great Lakes and into the middle Atlantic by Tuesday night and Wednesday.
The Nantucket reports to Merchants and Miners that fog and improper passing led to a collision with the Monroe Sunday morning. Captain Berry details the Monroe's speed and attempts to cross, causing damage and a port boat crush as Nantucket engines ran full astern.
The Old Dominion liner Monroe, lost with 41 aboard after a collision with Nantucket Friday off Virginia, was located by the revenue cutter Onondaga. The wreck lies 24 miles southwest of Winter Quarter Lightship as divers prepare to retrieve bodies if weather permits. A salvage tug stands by and a plan to blow the wreck to clear navigation is considered.
Samuel Cantu a Lampasas Mexico merchant who had been held in Nuevo Laredo was turned over to the U S consul and crossed into Laredo. The Mexicans said his release was voluntary while the U S said it followed government representations that he was kidnapped. Charges against him were not disclosed.
The former Vera Cruz governor Teodoro Dehesa was released from jail and returned to Vera Cruz after an arrest and transfer to Mexico City. The U S battleship Ohio arrived to relieve the Kansas.
The Aero Club of America sanctioned an aeroplane race around the world to begin at the Panama-Pacific Exposition grounds in San Francisco in May 1916 and finish there within 909 days. The first prize is $100,000. Sanction followed telegrams confirming the Panama-Pacific Exposition and the Pacific Aero Club of San Francisco organize the event and that sanction applications were mailed.
The mayor signs off on tentative plans for a five story brick municipal lodging house on the Wayfarers Lodge site. The building would offer 117 bed dormitories on three floors, a 12 bed hospital, a dining hall, kitchens, and employee quarters with a total under 600 beds.
The Overseers of the Poor discuss the Wayfarers Lodge site and related proceedings as part of local relief planning. They address property, care, and anticipated needs for travelers or vagrants in the district.
Plans call for a large gate opening to a wood yard with a fireproof plain interior. Exterior fire escapes will be added where feasible. The building will feature cement and terrazzo floors and be easy to clean. Architect named as J A Schweinfurth of 85 Congress street Boston Massachusetts.
Lincoln February 1 State police were asked to probe a blaze that yesterday burned A Henry Higginsons racing stable at Meadows and 22 thoroughbreds. Higginson suspects incendiary arson and plans a thorough inquiry as detectives mingle with onlookers. A guard watched the ruins overnight after early reports blamed a dropped cigarette.
Hartford report notes Eagle Lock Company in Terryville will run 18 hours daily tomorrow. Yantic Woolen Mills, once threatened by tariff turmoil, expects to emerge from bankruptcy within the next week in southeastern Connecticut.
At sunset tonight the body of Shelby M. Cullom former United States Senator was lowered into its grave in the family lot at Oak Ridge Cemetery. He rests between the graves of his two wives Hannah and Julia Fisher who were sisters and tie the same plot with the resting places of their five children.
Eight crew members escaped the sinking ship after Hero struck rocks near Porthailabight during a gale at the English Channel entrance. Captain Lorenz, the first officer, and 17 crew members perished. five others were saved when the first officer handed his whistle to a comrade before dying.
Six deputy sheriffs will be tried in Houghton county Circuit Court tomorrow for murder in the second degree. They are accused of killing strikers Aloiz Tijan and Steve Patrich at Seberville near Painesdale on August 14. Judge Flannigan will preside. defendants include Raleigh Cooper Davis of Waddell Mahon and James Polkinghorne of Houghton county. The defense contends self defense.
General James Grant Wilson aged 81, Civil War veteran, editor and author, died in St Luke's Hospital New York after weeks of illness. He wrote Life of General U. S. Grant and other works, edited Appleton's Cyclopedia, led American literary societies, and was knighted in 1844 for Columbus statue work. He served in the Fifteenth Maine Cavalry and as brigadier general. Born April 28, 1832 in Newburgh, he lived in New York City and held several honorary posts.
The Maine Department Grand Army of the Republic will assemble in Lewiston on June 17 and 18 for the 47th annual encampment. Department Commander John F. P. Lamb announced the event from Livermore Falls, following council action.
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