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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1914
Page
6
Washington February 12 Friday the thirteenth proved unlucky for President Wilson who remained in bed with a severe cold. He missed the New Jersey Democracy reception and had a Cabinet meeting canceled. A White House statement said he insisted the reception go on and that the cold was responding to treatment.
Washington February 13 Two more quits under the Sherman anti trust law begun last year may be settled out of court. Attorney General McReynolds reports representatives of American Can Company and Corn Products Refining Company have appeared at the Department of Justice and begun negotiations for settlements without further legal action.
Southampton reports orders to halt work on converting the Hamburg American steamer Bohemia into a third class passenger vessel. Similar work on other Hamburg American ships was stopped. Inference points to a settlement of the threatened Atlantic rate war, though no official statement issued.
John R. McVey announced the plan to establish the first Irish trust company in Boston within about three months. The Adams Trust Company will operate under the idle Merchants Trust Company charter, absorbed by Federal Trust Company several years ago.
Last September Mr McVey acting for himself Judge Edward Logan of South Boston and John Lally of Cambridge purchased the Mechanics Trust Company charter from the Federal Trust Company after nearly a year of negotiation. Rumors spread that a new institution would be set up. Mayor Curley stated he was not involved but admitted city funds could be placed there if justified.
The election laws committee opposed all measures allowing absent voters to cast ballots away from home on election day. Several bills proposed certificates for travelers to vote in other towns. The social welfare committee favored withdrawal of the bill requiring employers to maintain factory temperatures at specific degrees between Navy 4 and April 1.
Senator Lombard Williams of Dedham urged before the committee on public service an increase of governor salary from 80 to 12000, arguing the pay is inadequate compared with other offices. Chelsea representative William M. Robinson pressed for religious services for old soldiers at the Chelsea home, proposing Father Quinn of Chelsea as Visiting chaplain with support from Dennis ID Driscoll Benjamin F. Haines and Senator Frank Florgan.
New York will start a temporary employment bureau and labor clearing house tomorrow under the supervision of the commissioner of licenses. The bureau, established by Mayor Mitchel at the request of charity organizations and a committee of the unemployed, aims to relieve pressing unemployment conditions.
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Former Governor Curtis Guild urged the Master Builders Association that American families lack real security if divorce can be obtained by crossing state lines. He also criticized the government's stance on the diplomatic service during his remarks yesterday afternoon.
Mr Guild argues the U S diplo matic service is politicized and criticizes foreign ambassadors overrent costs. He praises public schools and questions child labor limits noting industrial shifts to states with looser controls and the impact on young workers and future citizens.
The Senate passed a bill to authorize six vice admirals in the US Navy, reviving a higher rank after a long push. Secretary Daniels praised the action and expected House approval and presidential signature. The selection aims to pick the ablest officers, not strictly the senior ones.
A Boston public school teacher asks in the Post for Bishop John W. Hamilton to examine why pupils today do not treat him with courtesy. The letter notes teachers recall respectful former students aged 10 to 16 who greet with a cheery good morning, while strangers accompanying them show quiet politeness. The writer suggests Bishop Hamilton reconsider his approach.
Dora Brock Clay Hunt, once married to General Cassius M. Clay amid a sensational scene in Madison County, died at her Lexington home. She wed at 16 as the general, then in his 90s, defended the marriage with a barricade. She had four subsequent marriages after leaving Clay, who died in 1905.
Rear Admiral Vincendon L. Cottman, long at Puget Sound navy yard, is placed on the retired list for age on his 62d birthday. Born in Louisiana, he entered the Naval Academy in 1868 from New York.
Mrs Sophia Sholock rescued her two children from a smoke filled tenement at 45 Gardner Street West Ind. The fire began in a store basement of 45 Gardner Street occupied by William Goldberg a tea and coffee merchant and spread through the basement and first floor. Miss Lena Rosenberg aided by shouting alarm and joining Mrs Sholock in reaching the street. Patrolman Michael Casey and 8 G Pollack helped rouse occupants and keep flames in the basement until firemen arrived.
Immigrant officials weigh action against Louisé McElwaine Go to, American wife of a Japanese man, for possible deportation as an undesirable alien. The couple married at sea off San Diego after meeting in Omaha, a union tied to white slavery law concerns.
Fire broke out in the pilot house of the steamer Wave, the ferry and fire boat linked to the naval torpedo station at Newport Illinois. Clerks were boarding for the station when the blaze started, with overheated steam pipes blamed for the incident.
A wave of burglaries in the Back Bay area over two weeks led residents to public notices for警警 warning neighbors of thieves atWork. Key incidents include a restaurant on 12 Haviland Street run by George Nelson, a tailor next door, and thefts at a dentist on 126 Massachusetts Avenue and Greeley's Dramatic School nearby. Items stolen include cash, jewelry, watches, and clothing with minimal arrests reported.
Four men including two police officers were hurt when a taxi service truck crashed into the front vestibule of a Roxbury inbound car near Massachusetts Avenue and Southampton Street. The incident followed a chaotic week of unverified claims by English about a missing girl, leading to police scrutiny and the dismissal of his statements.
Charles P Judge 54 of 14 Dundee street was severely hurt when a truck swerved into an electric car. Bartholomew Walsh 29 of 48 Worcester street was arrested for drunkenness and faces a charge of operating under the influence at Roxbury District Court. Patrolmen Sullivan and ONeil were injured. Judge and Walsh treated at City Hospital and Dudley Street station respectively.
English testified before county prosecutors that he has no direct knowledge of the Arlin girl. He denied ever seeing the girl or the institution he cited as her refuge, admitting his statements were deductions from rumors and chauffeur reports. He said the chauffeur reported picking up a girl near Coolidge Corner Brookline and driving toward St Marys Street, Brookline, the night of the disappearance.
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