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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1914
Page
16
The Rev. Henry Althoff was consecrated bishop of the Belleville Illinois diocese of the Roman Catholic church today.
Captain Berry of the Nantucket testifies that full speed in fog was necessary to avoid other ships and blames Captain Johnson of the Monroe for the collision off the Virginia coast on January 30 in which 41 people died. Johnson says he acted to avoid danger and that signals were misunderstood.
The Pilgrim Publicity Association will hold its monthly dinner Thursday at 6 pm at the American. President Carroll J. Swan will preside with notable guests from New York City including Marks and Atwood. Richard Carle and the Pilgrim Quintet will provide music as part of the event.
Harrah Hubbard of the Boston pera company will lecture on Munnsa Vanna at the Boston YMCA tomorrow evening. Accompanist Floyd N. Baxter will assist. The event promises a recital style exploration of the opera.
Fenian leader O Donovan Rossa of Ireland will soon be moved from St Vincent's Hospital Staten Island to his home at St George's to spend his final days with his family. A Boston Irish Society donation of 1505 dollars supports his comfort as doctors warn death is near in his eighty third year.
Reports suggest grave concern about whether he will survive to September 15 the date of his upcoming 83rd birthday. The note implies serious health worries and potential for an extended decline.
The Supreme Court ruled that federal inspectors cannot condemn bleached flour under the pure food law unless they prove added poisonous ingredients make the flour injurious. Department of Agriculture officials had argued any amount of poison would violate the law, hoping to apply the rule broadly to foods with added deleterious ingredients.
Traffic on the surface railway and streets tied up for nearly an hour during last night’s rush at six o’clock. An Upham’s Corner car derailed near the post office causing a long jam that delayed thousands of riders. Cars stalled from Postoffice Square to South Station and almost to the Summer Street extension bridge with Washington Street blocked from Milk Street to Temple Place.
A public celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Knights of Pythias was held at Mechanics Hall attended by about 10,000 people from Suffolk County lodges uniform ranks and Pythian Sisters. The event featured the subordinate lodges and affiliated groups in a grand regional observance.
A New England Pythians jubilee featured speeches by Grand Chancellor Ralph R. Ellingwood and Supreme Vice-Chancellor Brigadier 8. Young, with Liberty‑costumed Sadie A. Freedon singing and uniform rank drills. Curtis Guild spoke on Pythian principles as prize drills and a Moody rank team exhibition highlighted the event. The evening closed with dancing and press details handled by Uniform Bank ushers.
Henry Orne Rider, Auburndale artist and photographer, is found guilty on two counts of possessing pictures tending to corrupt the morals of youth. He receives a minimum $100 fine on each count and has until April 7 to pay. The judge rules the act of delivering a nude photograph to Helen Z Graham constitutes distribution under state law.
A laborer named Benjamin Sumpkins, age 66, of Charlestown, was knocked from a staging at a big oil tank under construction at the Charlestown navy yard when a bolt struck the scaffold. He fell about 30 feet and was injured.
The accident at a Charlestown site occurred after 3 pm when staging collapsed while Sumpkins and Murphy worked inside. Murphy clung to a rod and was rescued unharmed, while Sumpkins suffered a fractured skull and was placed on the dangerous list at Relief Hospital.
A three captain trial board will be appointed to hear allegations of assault on Patrolman Edward C. Fitzgerald of Dedham Street Station. The case involves fellow officers John T. Green and Roland P. Flatley. Hearing details remain private though the board’s appointment is imminent despite Commissioner O'Meara's illness.
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