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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1915
Page
1
Relations between the Bay State Railway Company and its 4000 union employees are strained as arbitration proceedings stall after a second witness’s testimony was struck from the record. The hearing, interrupted Wednesday afternoon, will not resume today.
Suffolk Superior Court reporters report a juror deadlock in the Ryan Mansfield $50,000 breach of promise case after a full day and night of deliberations. The 12 jurors returned for instructions at 9 10 p m as hours stretched without a verdict. Judge Fessenden and court staff remained in the chamber awaiting any decision.
Government insists on full protection for American ships in the war zone and holds Germany responsible for any submarine attacks. German suggestion to use U S warships as convoys will be rejected. Washington deems Kaiser's reply highly unsatisfactory.
Witness Swartz, a Brockton conductor, was discharged by the company after testimony discredited by District Attorney Pelletier. A second witness faces possible dismissal as unions warn of radical steps if concessions aren’t made. Private conference follows a 19 hour executive session as talks continue over wage demands and reinstatement questions.
In court a jury asks about binding force of a third party hearing the defendants allegedly agreeing to marry. Judge Fessenden rules the remark may corroborate or confirm a prior promise but does not itself constitute a marriage contract. The foreman Everett Morss confirms no verdict yet.
The entry lists moon phases from new moon Feb 13 to new moon Mar 15, mentions day length and year progress, then notes Lent’s third day and Easter April 4. It records planets visible at sunset and sunrise, and lists historical anniversaries and a California flood loss from a year ago.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions on Friday and Saturday with moderate east winds. Northern New England and Eastern New York expect fair Friday and Saturday with warmer temperatures. Southern New England also remains fair Friday and Saturday.
Reported by Thompson's Spa early morning observations with temperatures around 20s and 27 yesterday’s average. Includes scattered figures for times and locations with 14 and 28 marks and daily temperature comparisons to last year.
The note lists trolley service from Boston and Worcester to Worcester, Wellesley, Natick, Framingham, Southborough, Marlborough and Hudson via the Boston Worcester line. The scrawl reflects a transit plan or schedule fragment.
Chester W. Ford for Albert H. Waitt announced plans to move to set aside the verdict and order a new trial after the jury awarded Ralph M. Herrick $15 000 in the Herrick Waitt $75 000 alienation suit heard in the East Cambridge court last week.
Just after the jury retired at 10 55 yesterday Ralph M Herrick the plaintiff in the case was arrested on a mesne process for fear he would flee the state He pledged not to leave and was discharged Chester W Ward defense counsel said a man claiming to be a juror friend warned him on the way to court The jury found 15000 for the plaintiff and was dismissed Ford said he would move for a new trial and seek Supreme Court review if denied He added that Mr Waitt laughed at the verdict.
A 72 year old man barely escaped serious harm after a fall through a sliding pole hole at the East Watertown fire station last night. Timothy O Connell of Mt Auburn Street Watertown caught him and saved him from injury.
Charles Howe, 30, of 66 Washington street, Lynn, tried to end his life by ingesting creosote in his room last night. He was taken to Lynn Hospital where a stomach pump was used and doctors expect recovery.
An ad touts Fr John’s Medicine as a remedy for throat and lung ailments restoring strength. The short notice emphasizes quick relief and renewed vitality from the patent remedy.
The agriculture committee has reported against a bill to license cats in the Commonwealth. If the bill fails, cats may go uncollared and owners need not pay license fees for another year, despite supporters led by William P. Wharton.
Public hearing drew cit lovers against the bill while several who hunted small game supported it. The committee reported to kill the bill, but it remains on the House calendar and was passed for debate signaling a renewed fight on the measure this year.
Boston kindergartens will avoid toy soldiers and paper swords in Washington Birthday celebrations to prevent patriotic imitation and ensure a neutral observance. Teachers were instructed to call George Washington a statesman and patriot, omitting his military role, and to replace warlike symbols with cherry trees.
Patrick Hannifin a 58 year old veteran crossing tender was struck by a freight train at the Commercial street crossing in East Weymouth on Saturday last He died yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital from his injuries in a fatal accident report.
An old ad notes 10c fine ripe Havana tobacco sold exclusively under the La Carolina brand.
The article reports U S reaction to Germany’s submarine war zone policy and a British liner Adriatic reaching Liverpool after a New York voyage. It notes Washington’s view of Germany’s reply as unsatisfactory while promising a sharper future note and an ultimatum threat if U S lives are endangered.
The German note is evasive on many points and shifts blame to England and even the United States. Germany admits its actions are unusual and perilous to warfare while claiming England seeks a new ally by hunger. The United States would counter that England acts against its foe, while Germanys submarine blockade endangers American and neutral lives and property in overseas trade.
Continued on page 9 first column notes that full German reply to the United States protest appears on page 4.
A U S consular agent at Puebla, Mexico, W O Jenkins, faced a firing squad of Carranza troops and was saved by a timely officer arrival, according to a State Department report.
Details reveal strong protests to General Carranza over the mistreatment of American consul agent Jenkins. He was arrested by Zapata forces, later beaten and threatened with execution, then released and re arrested before an Obregon officer intervened, prompting a State Department demand for punishment of the guilty.
Prominent clergymen and activists urged abolition before the Judiciary committee. Mrs. Florence Spooner led supporters in the hearing while others such as Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham Dr. William van Allen and Rev. John Higginson spoke in favor. Opponents included James E. Odlin Massachusetts Civic Alliance Eben W. Burnstead and Alfred Bunker.
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