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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1916
Page
8
A basement blaze at the Tiffon Jewelry Company, 357 Washington Street, started at 2 20 yesterday afternoon. The fire endangered lives and threatened several nearby businesses as firefighters battled the flames.
An auction sale led by proprietor Kalman Bernstein raged as smoke filled the three story Tiffon firm building. His brother Harry escaped from the basement with difficulty while cashier Lillian Bernstein and others were partially overcome. David Freidman found smoke issuing from a sidewalk trap door and helped pull Harry to safety before taking him to a nearby drug store. Neighboring shops Williams Book Store Irving’s Hat Store and Krey Music Store suffered heavy smoke damage though the fire was confined to the Tiffon firm premises. The cause remains unknown and total damage is not yet computed.
Gaston A. Scherer of Newton left for New York to visit his son Gaston J. Scherer who collapsed on the street and is in Bellevue Hospital. The son, a Harvard graduate, 18 at graduation, had recently worked in a Boston bank but resigned due to ill health and was seeking rest.
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger testified before the House naval committee that the 1903 policy of the Navy General Board sought U S dominance in naval power. It contemplated a fleet of 48 first line battleships by 1919 to ensure supremacy.
Admiral Badger testifies the board seeks a navy 10 percent superior to any fighting force to deter invasion. He notes the goal to match the German fleet, requiring 40 dreadnoughts and 15 battle cruisers, plus substantial escorts, a plan not expected to complete in two years.
Mrs. Kistelle Garrett Baker 36 a Georgia newspaper woman died by suicide in a studio building in New York City leaping from the 10th floor. She had nervous trouble and had arrived the day before to visit her sister Mrs Garrett Boyd who lived in the same building.
Nelson Brown first assistant attorney general warned at the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company anniversary dinner held yesterday at the American House. He said preparedness is vital and that Washington forewarned the country to its importance.
More than 150 guests attended a banquet led by Capt. Harry Hamilton. Speeches urged preparedness and echoed Washington's idea of peace or war when justice guides interests. Gifts included a silver mounted swagger stick and silk American flags for attendees.
The 700 inmates of the Massachusetts Reformatory at Concord Junction were granted a half holiday. Inmates enjoyed yard access in the morning and gathered in the chapel for a program arranged by Colonel Cyrus B. Adams, the superintendent.
In Manchester New Hampshire on February 22 Joseph Adams died after allegedly ingesting poison on February 14 in the presence of his two young children. The case involves a fatal self inflicted act and the investigation continues.
A wireless message from Everett reports Mrs H Cherry Wallace died Monday at sea aboard the steamship Lafayette en route to New York. She was married to Samuel A Wallace a General Electric plant superintendent and had lived in Winchester after earlier residence in Everett. She helped found Everett’s first women’s suffrage group and was a former School Board candidate.
Barrie comedy The Admirable Crichton will be staged at the Copley Theatre Friday evening by the Emerson College Phi Nu Gamma Sorority. Walter Bradley Tripp coaches the cast, composed mainly of Western and Southern State students. full casting will be announced the night of the performance.
A healthy male child was born at Franklin Park Zoo to mother Alice. Both mother and baby are reported doing well, according to zoo topics.
The Zoo reports the birth of a prize green monkey to Alice the mother. Curator Anthony McNealy says the healthy infant arrives early yesterday and mother and baby will be secluded behind a screen for several weeks. Rare captive births are uncommon and this may prove an exception.
The Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution held a Washington's Birthday dinner at the Hotel Vendome and attended a stereopticon lecture on modern armament by Colonel Henry L. Hawthorne, U. S. A., retired.
A Neponset resident testifies that Plant Juice cured her indigestion and neural symptoms after five years of dyspepsia. She reports better sleep, appetite, blood color, and kidney function, and credits the Liggett Drug Co. seller for daily demonstrations in Washington and Avon streets.
Edward J. Smith of Everett was caught in a machine shafting at Trails and Trail laundry in Chelsea. His clothing tore away leaving him nearly naked but alive after coworkers shut off power. He was examined at Frost Hospital and sent home with only minor bruises.
New York on February 22 a salesman Albert C. Dodge says Allied forces asked him to install candy and chewing gum slot machines in trenches to entertain soldiers during the war. The claim comes after his European trip aboard the liner New York.
A robber locked the cashier and a repair worker in the Camden Park State Bank vault in Minneapolis on Feb 22 during a holiday closure. They released after securing $70. The carpenter found a chisel and pried open the vault door. The same bank was robbed by three bandits a few weeks earlier.
Madame Georges Abraham sought news of her husband, a soldier in the 156th regiment, missing since October 2, 1914 during an attack on Mametz. She sent 200 inquiries to German camp commanders. 50 returned negative replies before a Geneva Red Cross letter from Schneidemuhl, Prussia, confirmed he was alive and in good health in a camp.
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