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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1916
Page
9
City records show 1412 license requests in January and February 1916, far exceeding the 132 licenses in the first two months of the previous year. Leap year influence and wartime costs did not deter marriages, with demand rising after January 1 1916.
Mrs Ellen W Shiel a 75 year old widow living alone at Orrington Corner seven miles from Bangor was suffocated today when a lamp she had been trimming exploded causing a fire. Dr George B Tibbetts saved her body at great risk. The house burned heavily though neighboring buildings were saved.
Hartford police court heard Mrs Dietz of 115 Mechanic Street say she kept her savings in her stocking even at night. She recounted a Sunday night incident that shook her confidence as to security of the money.
Mrs Dietz kept $400 in a stocking bank. a would be thief entered by window but fled after a struggle. She identified Mike Arenewich of Ellery street as the suspect who lingered near her home. Detective Brazel arrested Arenewich. his lawyer James A Curry pleaded not guilty and asked for a continuance to Thursday on $500 bonds.
The Russian Music Society holds the third concert of six this afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Oulukanoff studio Boston violinist Albert Stoessel and soprano Edith Chapman Goold with a 16-voice Harvard Glee Club Radcliffe Choral Society mix. The program features Tschaikovsky Borodin Rachmaninoff and Moussorgsky part songs and songs for mixed women and men voices. Stoessel will perform Rimsky Korsakoff and Cui. Mrs Goold sings Rimsky Korsakoff and Moussorgsky.
Scollay Square Olympia presented The Third Degree a one act playset by Frank Mayne with eight character changes. 10 Knights of the Desert wowed crowds with acrobatics as McNally Brothers and Wilson, Stuart Darrow, Stetson and Huber, and Pauli and Boyne each offered strong numbers. The Fox feature The Serpent starred Theda Bara as a Russian serf’s daughter.
Tremont Temple hosted a return engagement of The Battle Cry of Peace at popular prices in cooperation with the National Security League. The organizers frame the film as a patriotic appeal to national preparedness and courage rather than militarism.
Majestic Theatre presents William Hodge in Fixing Sister a stronger follow up to The Road to Happiness critics praise his balanced portrayal and studied character types noting no current actor matches his range on stage the performance underlines a worthy aim with restrained flair.
Testimony at the divorce hearing analyzed old practices of rate discrimination and free storage as negotiators debated joint control of Sound steamships and rail routes. Benjamin I. Spock opposed divorcement, arguing the past informs the future and that keeping Sound lines benefits the public. Witnesses from major shippers and firms warned against breaking up the Sound lines, while several vessels and crews were noted in port or sailing with cargoes.
Two ships reached the new fish pier yesterday along with five on Sunday, selling their fish as prices spiked. Haddock and cod commanded high wholesale rates while several vessels faced heavy icing from a northwesterly gale. The Russian steamer Hesperus arrived from Huelva with iron pyrites and a stowaway aboard, as the Bassano limped in from Hull after a laborious North Sea voyage.
A long shipping rundown reports arrivals and movements of numerous steamers, tugs, schooners, and barges from ports including Liverpool, Newcastle, Kingston, Rotterdam, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Portland, and Gloucester. Vessels named include Memphian, Hesperus, City of Augusta, Eliz abeth III, Juniata, and Elizabeth III with associated tug and barge movements. The list notes destinations and origin links with several large ships and helper craft active in maritime traffic.
A new assistant district attorney was appointed yesterday to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Thomas D. Lavelle.
Thomas D. Lavelle, first assistant district attorney of Suffolk County, resigned yesterday and was replaced by Daniel J. Gallagher, State secretary of the Knights of Columbus. Lavelle will join John P. Feeney in private practice, triggering significant stir in political and legal circles.
Longtime Boston crime lawyer Lavelle quits as assistant district attorney to return to private practice. He figures prominently in major investigations including Deer Island, Revere grafts, Richeson murder, and Col lateral Loan Company cases. Daniel J. Gallagher succeeds him, a Boston College and Boston University Law School graduate.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a lasting staple laxative since 1889. It highlights its herbal, non narcotic formula, affordability at fifty cents, and patient success stories including Frank Klima of Baltimore. Free trial bottle offer is available by writing to Dr W B Caldwell.
Four year old Francis Mack of Holbrook was badly burned yesterday afternoon while playing in a shed with matches. He was found on fire by his uncle and smothered with a rug before being taken in critical condition to Massachusetts General Hospital.
In a police court yesterday Joseph Comins faced charges of robbing poor boxes at Emmanuel Church Newbury Street. His lawyer argued money could not be removed with whalebone and cement, but a 1 cent piece shown on the stand clung to the cement and hung for a time. Comins was held for the grand jury in $2000.
Councilman Kenny takes part in a public debate at St Josephs Lyceum St Josephs Hall The topic isResolved that capital and labor should settle disputes in legally established courts of arbitration Kenny and Leo Sullivan affirmatives while Thomas Murray and Florence J McAuliffe oppose The panel of judges includes Rev Daniel J Casey Dr Edward J Donovan and ex Representative J Lowe McMahan Lawrence Robbins presides
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