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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
2
Former Attorney General Pillsbury argues to Governor Foss that the governor can grant parole to Robert E. Davie allowing him to remain at large within state limits until his health improves as a pardon petition waits before the executive council.
Mr Pillsbury argues statutes grant the Governor parole and full pardons or reprieves from death. Governor Foss counters he does not see parole power and asks for more facts from Pillsbury.
The Executive Council will receive the report of three governors appointees who examined Robert E Davie at City Hospital. They are expected to say Davie has a nervous condition possibly worsened by starvation efforts, with no functional disorders or tuberculosis evident from X rays.
William Wallace Wilmot alias Davis, arrested in Birmingham Alabama for forgery, is sought on a similar charge by Boston police. He arrived in October from Missouri posing as a cattle raiser and as a Meyer Brothers representative, registered at the Copley Square Hotel, wooed and wed Mabel Dubois a hotel telephone operator, and left for a honeymoon after several checks cleared.
Druggist offers PAZO OINTMENT with money back guarantee if itching bleeding or protruding piles are not cured in six to fourteen days. Advertisement notes price fifty cents.
Commissioner Williams says Cipriano Castro ex President of Venezuela detained on arrival here wants to sail to Hamburg by a German steamer. Castro may be granted permission to depart for Europe.
Commissioner Williams reports General Cipriano Castro asked to return to Europe after a preliminary hearing at Ellis Island. Permission needed for travel by German steamer rather than the French line. Formalities likely to be arranged for departure on the first available German steamer, no set date. Ex-President Castro will spend the night at Ellis Island.
The United States government will waive impediments to General Cipriano Castro's departure from América for Europe. Secretary Nagel will personally decide Castro's case, per a Commerce and Labor Department statement.
Progressive party representatives from New England met at Parker House and urged Vermont Maine Connecticut Rhode Island governors to cooperate with New Hampshire Massachusetts in forming commissions to relieve the coal shortage. They also urged state committees to finance campaigns with many small subscribers rather than a few large donors.
The chapel for night workers at 368 Washington Street near Bromfield Street hosted a 3 30 a m mass celebrated by Rev. Patrick J. Lyons to accommodate workers awake after midnight and to comply with holy day obligations of the Catholic Church.
Miss Esther N Williams of Brookline wed Norman S Buchanan of Philadelphia at 135 Winthrop Road Brookline in a New Year Eve ceremony. Rev Willis P Odell officiated with bridesmaids Mil dred William and Jean Buchanan. matron of honor Mrs Philip C Jacobs. best man Aaron Swarts.
Yale professor Irving Fisher at the American Economic Association convension denies reports that he attacked Harvard and accused it of encouraging student drinking. He says his comments were warnings about university life and improving conduct, not denigration, and he criticized Yale less than Harvard.
New York officials vow to serve William Rockefeller with a subpoena before the Pujo committee on January 6 as part of the money trust investigation. Jerry South, chief clerk of the House, leads process servers and detectives in the effort.
New York police surround the Rockefeller Fifth Avenue mansion and a Tarrytown home to serve a subpoena in a stock market inquiry into Amalgamated Copper. Sergeants guard every exit while doctors and process servers search for the oil magnate who evades service.
Patrolman Albert Moran of the Dudley Street station died last night at Deaconess Hospital at age 54 after a lengthy illness. Born in Brockton, he lived in this city since age eight and worked in the marble trade before joining the police in 1898. He served at Station 5, then Headquarters in Pemberton Square, and later Roxbury.
The chief officer of the Snowden Range reports the steamer is long overdue on its voyage from Philadelphia amid fears the vessel has sunk.
The steamer Snowden Range from Fowey England, a frequent port visitor, is now added to the list of overdue and missing ships.
The Snowden Range sailed November 28 from Philadelphia bound for Scotland. Weeks overdue, feared to have foundered in recent hurricanes. Previously, after gales across the Atlantic, damage occurred and crew injuries were reported in earlier voyages. The ship is now heavily overdue and rereinsured by its owners.
Mrs Mary Byrne of New Brunswick New Jersey testifies that Swamp Root cured her daughter Angela of scarlet fever and dropsy after doctors failed. She began improving after fifty cent bottle and was declared cured by the physician after two large bottles. The doctor later believed the child recovered due to Swamp Root.
Letter to Dr Kilmer and Co Boston area offers sample bottle and booklet about kidneys and bladder. Mentions Boston Daily Post and sales at drug stores. Parcel post note appears with name H A Bowdlear Jeweler in Boston.
More than 700 members of the Boston Plumbers Union met in a special session and approved a one week truce after endorsing the conference committee's recommendation. They seek a daily rate of 5.20 dollars, a four cent rise, while master plumbers offered 5 dollars a day and that proposal was rejected. Some members favored immediate strike action.
New York marks 1918 with safe and sane New Year celebrations across four squares Madison Union Herald City Hall and Union Square hosts avoid chaotic noise. Salvation Army and evangelical choirs lead a restrained chorus as crowds ring in 1919 with orderly cheer.
The suffragette army from New York to Albany completed its mission when Rosalie Gardiner Jones delivered the message to Governor-elect Sulzer, who pledged cooperation for equal suffrage.
The governor elect received a secret message from the Empire State suffrage movement greeting him and urging swift passage of a New York constitutional woman suffrage amendment. Sulzer confirmed his long-held support for social suffrage and pledged future action to aid the cause.
Haverhill report states Patrick Cummings a Boston and Maine brakeman was killed when a freight wreck on the Georgetown branch caused three loaded box cars to derail and plunge down a ten foot embankment. Cummings on top of one car suffered a fractured skull.
The steamer Santiago of the Mallory line will sail tomorrow from here for Galveston Texas with 63 000 bushels of Aroostook County seed potatoes. It is the first direct freight steamship to Galveston and may lead to a permanent line between the two ports.
The article notes a 2400 mile water distance to Galveston with heating devices on steamers to prevent potato freezing. It discusses many ships sailing to Southern ports and a push for a direct line, with Mayor Fitzgerald urging the Chamber of Commerce to act following Santiago's first Galveston trip.
Mayor George L. Farrell of Malden remains confined to bed with pneumonia but is fairly comfortable after a restless night. He will miss Monday night’s ceremonies at City Hall and may not be sworn in for a month or more.
An old advertisement touts a scented lotion described as a healing antiseptic after shaving. It highlights a delicate fragrance and quick absorption, priced at 50 cents.
Druggists advertise a cough drop product under the Red Cross name with claims of soothing relief. The listing notes the item is sold by pharmacists and mentions typical usage for sore throat and cough symptoms.
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