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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1919
Page
9
Rose E. Laport obtained a divorce from Eli C. Laport in Middlesex County Superior Court Fast Cambridge on cruelty and abusive treatment. She alleged repeated strikes and constant nagging led to a nervous breakdown and was awarded $2500 alimony.
In a ruling by Judge Chase today, a decree was granted on adultery grounds amid testimony that the wife was drugged by a detective employed by a rooming family. The wife denied knowledge of the events, claiming amnesia after drinking gin. The case followed other local divorces where desertion and intoxication were cited, with child custody and support decisions noted.
Official orders issued by Rear Admiral Blue define Yeomen (F) as the correct designation in the Bureau of Navigation. Rear Admiral Wood published yesterday that etiquette requires this branch to be identified as Yeoman (F).
James W. Miller, a Boston Elevated motorman and station master, pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering and larceny of 800 to 1100 dollars from the Elevated using padded payrolls. He received two years in the House of Correction, one year for each crime. Miller, 87, of East Boston, admitted to six months of pilfering while earning 6.91 dollars a shift and keeping ex-employees names on payroll to claim their money.
The American steamship Accoma of 3500 tons was abandoned about eight feet of water in her engine room after departing New York for Marseilles. The crew were taken aboard the British steamer Dongarra at latitude 36.68 north, longitude 62.64 west. The Accoma was owned by the United States Shipping Board and chartered to the Maritime Transportation Company of New York.
Suffolk county grand jury ends probe into the 1919 molasses tank collapse on Commercial Street that killed 19. It finds no evidence to justify manslaughter charges against any person. The report notes noncompliance with safety law despite prior approvals.
At Radcliffe and Simmons in Boston the student governments have declared smoking taboo outside college walls. Vassar students may also face ostracism for cigarette use beyond campus. Once a dormitory sport, smoking has fallen from favor with a shift in attitudes and unclear authority influence.
A Chillan financial and commercial commission will depart Feb 27 from Chillan to spend 15 days in the United States discussing financial and commercial matters. The group will travel aboard the steamer Aysen.
Advertisement urges use of Mentho Laxene to prevent and shorten colds in hours. It promotes raw drops or a sugar syrup mix in a pint bottle, claims family-wide protection, and guarantees satisfaction or money back from The Blackburn Products Co. Dayton Ohio.
Washington reports state department advices that wood for fuel in Moscow costs from 800 to 1000 roubles per carriage load amid cold weather and civil unrest. The temperature hovers around 41 degrees, with only one main street lit and frequent street fighting keeping citizens indoors at night.
Melbourne on February 12 reports the sale of 12 000 tons of wheat from the government pool to Sweden at 1.87 dollars a bushel f o b Melbourne. The total wheat sold to Australia for export since the year began reaches 112 000 tons.
Sir Robert Borden Canadian premier now in Paris for the peace conference has reportedly been offered the post of British ambassador to the United States. London rumor cited by the Canadian press from Paris circles.
Tacoma strike committee of the Metal Trades Union announced negotiations were under way this afternoon and held that the talks opened the way for an early settlement of the Tacoma shipyard strike.
General Pershing informed the War Department that a letter mailed in San Francisco on January percent arrived in Treves Germany on February 4. The Despatch calls it a record mail service and says mail from the United States is arriving satisfactorily.
An article promotes darkening gray hair using Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. It contrasts a home brew recipe with the ready-made preparation sold in drug stores. The ad claims natural, even coverage and a youthfully glossy result after a few applications.
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