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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
4
Senator Cummins warned the administration railroad bill would guarantee railroad security holders 10 to 20 percent returns while the public lends to the government at 4 percent, calling the proposal monstrous during the Senate discussion.
In opposing the bill Senator Cummins argues patriotic motives drive his stance and he would yield if the President knew more about compensation. He notes many Senators have spent years studying the transportation question.
Mrs. Rachel Malarky of Framingham was yesterday granted a decree nisi in her suit for divorce from Henry Malarky of Framingham. The case was uncontested.
New York Feb 14 Colonel Roosevelt has recovered enough to sit up partly in bed after a long examination. Doctors report his condition steadily improving and his adjustable bed raised for partial sitting. Messages of hope arrive from France's Poincare Clemenceau and Pichon to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Private Albert Thompson of D Battery 55th Coast Artillery Corps was arrested at the John T. Connor Co. store on Crest avenue Winthrop after a break in. Police say a loaded revolver and 60 rounds were found on him while in uniform. He is from New Bedford and will be arraigned in East Boston court.
Public works employees faced wage reductions to pre June 1 levels by order of the Mayor. The cuts affected long serving staff in engineering and bridge divisions, prompting a hearing by Commissioner Edward F. Murphy and a push to restore some raises. Mayor Peters cites 1917 budget rules and Civil Service Commission actions as context.
The auditor notes that from Oct 1 to inauguration day nearly all wage reductions affected many cases. He states 192 of 16 000 city employees were favored and calls for merit based examination to justify any advance before approval.
Two hundred men will likely train for the signal corps at the University of Vermont. Colonel Daniel J. Carr requests government authority to recruit 200 more volunteers. The school opens February 18 and finishes about June 20, with likely overseas deployment to support an American army division.
Hartvig Nissen will demonstrate massage as a method to restore wounded soldiers to physical fitness this afternoon before a large gathering of war nurses at the Posse Normal School of Gymnastics in Back Bay.
Mr Nissen credited with introducing Swedish gymnastics and massage to the United States in February 1883 will lecture to celebrate the 35th anniversary of that event He will detail battlefield convalescent care and his career spans Norway’s vice consul posting Boston Brookline Harvard Summer School and the Boston City Hospital massage department presidency of the Posse Normal School of Gymnastics.
Madrid February 14. A ministerial council met last night to discuss the sinking of the Spanish steamer Ceferino by a Teuton submarine near Ferro Island in the Canary Islands. The ministers will seek more information and will not send a new note to Germany until facts are clarified.
Edward Gorkie, who had recently received a small automobile as a reward, overindulged and began demonstrating its driving on South Boston streets. He knocked down a man, clashed with a lamppost, and was badly hurt, ending up in the hospital after his reckless roadside display.
The sentence was imposed by Judge Sanderson of the Suffolk Superior Court after a ruling affecting a defendant who served a 30 day confinement at the Charles Street jail.
Ruth Christian an 18 year old from Manchester New Hampshire died at City Hospital Worcester after taking six bichloride of mercury tablets at the home of Mrs R P Nulty 18 Portland Street where she had been living. It is believed the act was prompted by a love affair. She was the daughter of George Christian of Manchester.
Clinton District Court granted Corporal Clarence J. Hilton of Schenectady and Miss Mary Carey of 86 High Street permission to waive the five day public notice of intent to wed. Hilton, stationed at Camp Covens, had a five days furlough and the couple used it to complete their plans. They did not disclose the marriage location or officiant.
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