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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1917
Page
12
In New York on February 23 the National Conference of Peace Societies session opened with a debate on a resolution by the American Peace Society calling the conference unalterably opposed to war as a means of settling international disputes.
Anna Garlin Spencer leads a 39 to 15 vote opposing selective peace groups and endorsing anti conscription stand. Resolutions call for no compulsory training in war or schools, favor physical training as a substitute, and back a war referendum. Emily Balch reports adverse findings, while Dr. Kirchwey criticizes the conference lack of parental aims.
Worcester February 23 Chief W N Avery of the fire department signalled an alarm from the Brewer Drug Company roof to headquarters two blocks away. The swift departmental response prevented a serious fire.
Miss Josephine A. Thoms, raised as Helen H. Young by John D. and Lizzie E. Young of Winthrop, seeks $2000 life insurance from the Golden Cross of the World, claiming she was not legally adopted. The case was brought yesterday to settle the policy dispute.
Baltimore concern grows as the schooner Mary W. Bowen under Captain Jamieson, sailing from Marseilles December 19 to Baltimore, has not been reported since departure.
South Portland Missouri Republicans unanimously renominated Mayor West for a fourth term. Democrats selected Augustus P. Skillin, who was a candidate in the previous year’s race.
Mrs. Lydia M. Brackett aged 101, one of Boston’s oldest residents, died yesterday at her Jamaica Plain home 21 Seaverns avenue. She retained her faculties until recently and could read newspapers without glasses until two years ago.
Mrs. Brackett born Sept 10 1815 in Springfield New Hampshire lived in Jamaica Plain after a life in Boston society. She married Hiram Cross and later Shadrach Brackett. Funeral at 21 Seaverns Avenue Jamaica Plain with cremation at Forest Hills and burial in Lowell conducted by Rev W F Wunsch.
Inspectors Paterson Murphy and Claflin from Boston with Leo McCarthy a 15 year old held in Providence to identify four men linked to recent hold ups and murders. After long questioning the men were not those sought for the Atlantic and Pacific Company store murders in Boston and the boy did not identify them.
Miss Mabel Gerry, 283 years old, residing at the Cambridge YWCA, was seriously hurt last night when she stepped from behind a wagon into a car in Central square Cambridge. The car operated by Carl Wittig of 96 Mt. Auburn Street Cambridge. She was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital with a fractured shoulder and other injuries. Police held the driver blameless.
Waterville Maine February 23 Ora A Meader former mayoral candidate defeated by Colonel Boothby by three votes last year was tonight nominated for mayor by Waterville Democrats. Stomach gas remedy promotion appears in the same clipping.
R. Roosevelt a New York financier and cousin of Theo dore Roosevelt was arrested in Jacksonville and placed under a 50000 bond to prevent leaving Florida during a divorce suit filed by his wife a Daytona winter resident. He faced a 60000 bond if he exits the state and was held by Sheriff Dowling with a female companion who vanished after the arrest.
Halifax authorities removed twenty four women and children from a liner arriving from the United States for Europe under wartime regulations barring women and children from sailing to England. Three American women aboard the ship were allowed to proceed. The vessel was held until Canadian women and children were removed.
The British steamer Tynemede, arriving at Philadelphia from Swansea, reported meeting a submarine about one day out. Despite attempts to sink it with a stern three inch gun, the sub merged before a shot could be fired.
Michael Carlo of Chester Depot Vermont offers to wed Rosario D Urso after she was abandoned by Alfredi Leonardi. Commissioner Skeffington reviews the case while Town Clerk Holt testifies to Carlo’s character. Carlo plans to travel to Boston for arrangements if consent and federal permission are granted as Leonardi returns to New York.
Two birds shot by Boston hunters William Hall and Archie Hurlburt are on display in the Boston Tavern lobby. Appearing ducklike at first, they have four-toed webless feet with long white beaks, black heads, slate wings, and a greenish tint, defying identification in natural history books.
In Portsmouth on February 23 a group of 150 NH legislators toured the US naval prison at the navy yard. They spotted Thomas Mott Osborne former Sing Sing warden and prison reformer in prison garb as he conducted a supplemental investigation. He was later moved to the detention ship Sarey and will depart for Washington Saturday to report to the Secretary of the Navy.
R McCants Andrews a Harvard law student accuses The Crimson of suppressing frank discussion on the Harvard Union for American Neutrality by taking a definite stand. He says the college daily presents manufactured opinion and stifles independent thinking. Andrews' open letter appears in this morning's edition.
John Bradley long engaged in the ornamental iron business on Shawmut avenue filed a libel for divorce from his second wife Emily B. Algeo. They wed Oct 2, 1915. He alleges she was cruel and abusive toward him on numerous occasions.
Lewis O. Young of Somerville was held for the grand jury yesterday by United States Commissioner Hayes on a charge of using the mails in a scheme to defraud. Young offered homework to women making neckties but gave little or no work after receiving the outfit price.
Robert Davis a Sing Sing inmate testified before the grand jury probing charges against Albert A. Sanger and Charles M. Wannenburg accused of hiring agents to seize military information in England and Ireland for the central powers. Davis pleaded guilty last October to stealing $4000 from Wannenburg.
Stanley G. Mortimer of Tuxedo, holder of the national amateur racquets singles crown, will defend it in the final against Clarence C. Pell, also of Tuxedo, after both won their semi finals today. Mortimer defeated Louis duPont Irving 15 7 15 6 15 8 and Pell defeated Max D. Whitman 15 7 15 9 15 5.
Cyclone Burns aims for another bout with Tom Draak after their hour long match in Boston. He credits recent training at Andover and heavy wrestling to improve stamina and believes the term break will help him regain condition to overturn the Dutch challenger.
Four Boston police officers celebrated the 28th anniversary of their appointment last night. The survivors include Inspector Frank McCauley, Patrolman Thomas W. Kenefick, clerk at police headquarters, Patrolman Morris Sullivan of the Hanover Street station, and Patrolman Winifred Wallace of Joy Street station.
Rockland Maine confirms the death of George M. Brainerd president of Bodwell Granite Company for thirty years in his hometown. Brainerd was a longtime leader in the local stone industry and a notable figure in regional business circles.
A resolution by the National Civic Federation social insurance department opposes compulsory health insurance both federally and state level. Organized labor condemns such laws as a menace to its economic interests and a violation of personal freedom, per Warren S. Stone.
Havana February 23. Government troops under Colonel Pu jol face delays as rebels resist near Camaguey, blowing bridges and moving stock to hinder passage. Government losses count two killed and four wounded. twenty two insurgents deserted and surrendered to Colonel Pujol. Water scarcity adds to supply challenges.
A new mobilization camp is being considered for the Massachusetts National Guard as Framingham's site is deemed too small for large scale mobilization. Several sites across the state have been inspected and the old Civil War Camp Stevenson between Ayer and Harvard shows favorable promise. Colonel Beaumont Buck, inspector general for the U S Army in this territory, has reviewed prospective sites for his information.
Eight-year-old Charles Lovett of 219 Columbia road Dorchester was taken to City Hospital after being knocked to the ground by a passing automobile while playing on the street near his home. He suffered shock and injuries.
Both the Senate and House met briefly and adjourned about two minutes after opening. Adjournment followed the opening prayer with lawmakers returning home for the holiday week. Only minimal business was conducted to cover existing law.
Thirteen persons are known to have died and more than 100 injured as a tornado outbreak struck Alabama Georgia and Mississippi. The worst losses were in central Alabama with seven fatalities in Rollins Midway Stewartsville area and Whitsett saw four colored people killed in cabin destruction.
Plymouth February 23 Three men William Madden 22 Herbert McGlinchey 40 and James Grant 30 were found guilty in the Superior Court before Judge O Connell on July pickpocket charges. All three are well known to Boston police. McGlinchey once ran for the Massachusetts Legislature from Ward 6 Boston and lost by nine votes.
In Huntington on February 2, Mrs. Lulu DeFoe was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Mrs. Rose McMasters who was with her husband aboard a streetcar. The jury spared murder and a later sentence is expected.
The body of Thomas Carmody a 20 year local letter carrier was found in his Ord street cottage bath tub with a revolver and gas tubing nearby. Medical Examiner Frank S. Atwood ruled death the result of a personal crisis gas poisoning.
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