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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1914
Page
3
El Paso report says poison was found in water fed to American troopers guard at Ysleta. Three horses died Wednesday night, seven more later, with postmortem results confirming poisoning. General Scott to probe possible water supply contamination or accidental dumping of refuse.
EL PASO Texas February 13 General Jose Ynez Salazar noted leader of Mexican federal volunteers was shot and killed tonight by an American soldier guard while attempting to escape from Fort Bliss detention camp.
Charleston W Va Feb 13 Miss Elizabeth Grant aged 51 a cousin of President Ulysses S Grant died today at her home in St Albans West Virginia.
A state committee hearing on stricter supervision of motion pictures was led by Senator Charles M. Cox. Winthrop figures and groups spoke for the bill, citing local concerns over recent film productions, while opponents from Boston theaters and film producers argued against the measures. Chief Whitney noted most films inspected for Sunday shows were not allowed.
William P. Tohis a 70 year old Civil War veteran of the 42d Massachusetts Infantry died suddenly at his Chelsea home 17 Addison street after a two hour illness from acute indigestion. He was a state pension commissioner and member of the G A R Club of Massachusetts Theodore Winthrop Post and Chelsea Masonic bodies. He was unmarried.
Former President William H. Taft will open the Marfleet foundation lectures at the University of Toronto for the 1915 term. Three lectures over three days are planned with dates and topics to be announced.
Harrison's Surplus offers wholesale stock at reduced prices with $15 overcoats now listed at $7.80. Chin chillas and kerseys included, stock for wholesale buyers at 662-672 Washington St. Ad reads like a clearance sale notice from H Harrison Co.
Winfred S. Blaisdell of Pittsfield Maine was granted a divorce from Gertrude M. Blaisdell by Justice Cornish on statutory offense grounds. Evidence showed Mrs Blaisdell went to Framingham with Clarence Blanchard on December 5 and returned to Maine with him. Blanchard worked at Ames Plow Company while Mrs Blaisdell was employed at the Brown Durrell factory. She is 34, married four years to a husband aged 61.
The tenth weekly Harvard tea was hosted in the Phillips Brooks House parlor in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. More than 100 students attended while faculty members and guests included Rt. Rev. Rufus Matthews Jones of Haverford College Joseph Ford headmaster of Exeter Academy Professor J L Coolidge and several professors and their spouses.
Mr and Mrs William J Lexner of 85 Central avenue Chelsea greet Mary Wilhelmina and Celia born Dec 19 at Frost Hospital. Doctors feared for mother and babies but all recovered. The trio, among few girl triplets in New England, were tagged at birth as No 1 2 and 3.
Two children Joda Emma and Charles Jenkins died in a Pittsburg fire. Mrs Jenkins and an older daughter leaped from a second story window to escape the flames, failing to save the youngsters.
Bargain notice for men’s $25 suits now offered at $11.75. Includes blue serges stripes checks and blacks. Located at 682 672 Washington Street near Beach, with others listed.
The German freighter Neuenfels arrived at Cape Ann port with two burst steam pipes and a fatigued captain after a 48 hour vigil on the bridge in a hurricane. He denied Friday the 13th being unlucky and said the voyage ended well after sighting Thatcher's twin lights as the mist cleared.
The American Federation of Labor urged consolidating the Metropolitan Park Commission, Water Board, and Sewerage Board into a single body before the Metropolitan affairs committee. Represented by Martin T. Joyce and Henry Sterling, the federation argued for streamlined governance of city services.
Edward McDermott, a former Nawn Co foreman in the new subway, faced extortion charges for allegedly shaking laborers and taking $1 weekly. a jury found the co defendant not guilty and McDermott denied the charges while alleging workers plotted against him. Captain Joseph Gleason, longtime city resident and post member, marked his birthday by sharing five rules to stay young, urging sleep, frugal meals, outdoor exercise, temperance, and hard work. He criticized suffragettes, praising parental duties over public fuss.
London December 1 motorboat ice scouts form the latest scheme by transatlantic lines to avoid ice dangers during north Atlantic voyages. Allan liners Alsatian and Calgarian lead with two motorboats per ship fitted with 50 horsepower engines wireless and submarine rigging. Aquitania Cunard will carry four.
Taunton Feb 13 Charles Matron pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for killing Annie Walsh on the barge Snipe at New Bedford two months earlier and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He had pleaded not guilty to first degree murder but withdrew by district attorney consent and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.
Wonderful values, don't miss seeing them all models. $20.00 overcoats and $9.75 items advertised by S. H. Harrison Co at 662-672 Washington St corner Beach.
Barton-Childs Company a dealer in putters cheese and elogs filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the United States District Court yesterday specific liabilities total 27200 with assets of 13599.
The torpedo training ship Vesuvius reached Charlestown navy yard from Newport R I coated with ice nearly a foot thick. It left Newport Wednesday morning and sailed up the coast slowly, arriving at Pier 58 where workmen initially misread the vessel. Overhaul and repair will take about a month.
Frederick Pinney Warle, an American painter wanted in France for kidnapping his son, began a trip to Skien under police custody. From Skien a steamer will ferry him to Bordeaux. Extradition hearing for Miss Charlotte Hermann, tied to the same kidnapping case, is postponed to February 20.
Metilun Feb 13. A failed attempt to thaw water pipes sparked a fire that destroyed the two story residence of Edward PF Searles and occupied by Peter F Graham this forenoon. Graham rescued his wife and five children from the blaze. Loss valued at £500.
Thousands to select from cassinetes worsteds and cheviots all $1.98 in the window. S H Harrison Co located at 662 612 Washington Street near the Beach.
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