15 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
1
A New York grand jury opened a probe into the arraignment and 30 year sentence of Foulke E. Brandt once Mortimer L. Schiff’s valet. District Attorney Whitman led the inquiry with Joseph Wooldridge testifying that Brandt had no criminal record.
A Washington statement issued from the Roosevelt national committee offices attacks President Taft’s administration as political suicide and murder. The letter, signed by Medill McCormick, targets Taft amid Roosevelt campaign tensions on February 14.
A public letter from Medill McCormick denounces the administration as pursuing a policy of political death by own action and murder if necessary. It accuses the White House of discrediting Roosevelt supporters, siding with reactionaries, and misinforming the public about facts involving Cummins La Follette and Roosevelt.
Miss May F Rabell matron of the House of Prayer Orphanage New Cross street Somerville denied cruelty charges against two former inmates Frank and James Wilson but admitted whipping them in testimony at the Probate Court East Cambridge yesterday.
A defendant named Higgins, indicted on new charges, is jailed in this city after failing to post bail. The court issued a warrant for Higgins arrest and remand pending further proceedings.
In Indianapolis on February 14 the U S government arrested nearly all of the 54 men indicted in the dynamite conspiracy cases. Officers detained the union’s top leaders and about 20 business agents from the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, including president Frank M Rym and John T Butler of Buffalo.
The note records moonrise at 5:45 am on day 46 of winter with a 10 day period and 33 minutes length of day 10h 33m. It lists light usage starting at 5:45 am and reports a dawn to dusk cycle with a 1h 29m increase.
A petition filed by Frederics Greene is continued in the case record with details carried over to the next page.
By making the old Columbia Theatre now the South End Theatre a play house without an entrance and its present entrance a theatre lobby without Continued On Page 6-Third Column.
American League schedule has games today as Red Sox and White Sox prepare for key matchups. Seven defeats Toronto University 4 to none in arena trials. Yale seven tops Dartmouth as Pittsburgh deal falls short.
Professor William H. Pickering of Harvard University, astronomer, is honored along with Lowell Mayor James E. O'Donnell. Also marked is statesman Abraham Clark, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Terror struck Havana Harbor as the battleship Maine exploded causing 266 deaths amid rising tension in 1898. Earlier events include American forces landing at San Jose engaging Mexican troops in 1848. In 1817 teams crossed Boston Harbor from Fort Independence to Atlantic Avenue amid icy conditions.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather with rising temperatures later in the week. Light southwest winds expected, a chance of unsettled conditions Thursday night into Friday, and only modest temperature changes across New England.
Rock Island lines offer low fares to California and the North Pacific Coast with choice routes and comfortable tourist sleepers. Tickets on sale March 1 to April 15. For particulars contact L. Parrott at 288 Washington Street.
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