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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1916
Page
1
Charles Sumner Bird declares support for Colonel Roosevelt for President in an open letter to George W. Perkins. He notes only Roosevelt or Hughes can defeat Wilson and then narrows his stance by eliminating Justice Hughes.
Massachusetts politics shift as Progressive leader John Bird questions Justice Hughes potential Senate bid and weighs support for Roosevelt. He derides McCall Weeks as presidential nominees, hints at a third party if a reactionary Republican is chosen, and weighs Root as Secretary of State.
A fire at 854 Blue Hill Avenue Dorchester began in the garage office run by Joseph Moran. Fire spread to an adjacent wooden roof threatening the block, caused about 2500 in damage to Moran’s garage, Richard Gilman’s tailor shop, and George King’s Chinese laundry. cause unknown.
Henry J. Cunningham contests removal as Cambridge public safety commissioner after Mayor Rockwood announces his ouster yesterday. The dispute centers on authority and ongoing duties as the new year starts.
Morrison H. Peaslee, accused of killing his father Howard W. Peaslee in Henniker New Hampshire, was set to testify to refute the Portland confession. Prosecution and defense expected to rest by tomorrow night with rebuttals and closing arguments to follow, jurors likely to receive the case Wednesday afternoon.
Ambassador Penfield is instructed to ask Vienna whether an Austrian submarine sank the liner Persia. The dispute is described as among the gravest in submarine warfare history and Congress is set to address the issue today.
The defense read the complete testimony of three witnesses to Judge Oliver W. Branch and the jurors, but produced little sensational detail. Objections by County Solicitor Robert C. Murchie limited the defense as it sought to connect "Silent Gene" Wood with Ida M. Barnes and Howard M. Peaslee, the murdered man.
Citizens from Waltham and Newton join authorities in a countryside search for former Waltham mayor Thomas F. Kearns missing since Thursday. Despair grows as officials suspect he died from exhaustion after a grippe attack during the disappearance.
Nan Corrigan Bates had her motion for a new trial denied by Judge Sanderson after a brief Suffolk county courthouse hearing. The Attleboro jeweler Frank M Bates was the respondent. Bates did not attend the session.
Mayor Wendell D. Rockwood announces he has named the new commissioner of public safety in Cambridge. The former commissioner Henry J. Cunningham, with a year and a half left in office, challenges the move and says he will continue to perform duties and fight the removal with counsel.
In Worcester, Mrs. George W. Hammond, 58, lies dying at City Hospital while her mother Mrs. Sarah Sweet, 75, suffered burns at home after coal gas in the stove exploded. Mrs Sweet, blind, aided her daughter despite her affliction. This follows another fatal kitchen fire from a lamp explosion last Saturday involving Mrs. Mary Mara, 55, dying at City Hospital.
Captain Sparrow and six Hull life saving crew endured hours fighting engine trouble to avert their own loss while attempting to rescue two men. The rescued pair were taken aboard the lighthouse tender Mayflower about three miles away.
Captain Sparrow and crew rescue Charles Albert keeper and engineer Cornelius Murphy as weather and gear fail threats loom. The Gresham and Mayflower join, they sight captives at 3 30 pm ten miles from light, repairs delay return until nightfall. Surfmen Woodman and Tommesson locate them after a perilous pursuit.
Portland 20m Gloucester 15m Newport Sh. 43m noted earlier with sun and moon phases listed New today at 11 45 p m First quarter Jan 11 full Jan 20 last quarter Jan 27 new Feb 3 Full moons Feb 18 Mar 19 Apr 18 May 17 Jun 15 Jul 14 Aug 13 Sept 11 Oct 11 Nov 9 Dec 9 Fourth day of year 75 winter days 502 day of war Evening stars Saturn visible Jupiter sets ~10 p m Venus sets ~7 p m Morning star Mars rises 7 30 8 15 Lights auto 4 54 p m vehicles 5 24 p m Today anniversaries Blanche Walsh born 1873 Utah admitted 1896 One year ago Russians repulsed German cross Bzura River.
Commissioner Cunningham blocks access to his office with a police guard while Mayor Rockwood and city officials clash over authority. Chief N W Bunker and Captain John E Murray face orders from both sides as the dispute likely moves to the courts.
Plumbers Union Local 12 members who struck over a six dollar eight hour day relax await findings from talks between union and Master Plumbers committees. Business Agent Flynn announced a 2 pm meeting. Daniel McCarthy said no statement would be issued yet after a lengthy room 406 Old South Building conference.
Several hundred citizens Boy Scouts high school boys and fraternal members signified their intention to join the two city posse departing Wal tham City Hall at 9 o'clock this morn ing.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Tuesday fair with little temperature change and Wednesday fair with rising temperatures. Moderate west to southwest winds accompany the outlook. Washington report adds: Eastern New York and Southern New England fair Tuesday and Wednesday, Northern New England fair Tuesday with snow in Maine and Wednesday fair.
Recorded at Thompson's Spa with scattered numbers and timestamps. It shows partial temperature notes and average readings, including yesterday and last year’s figures, but the data is incomplete and garbled.
Judge Sanderson denied Mrs. Bates a divorce on intoxication drug use and cruelty but agreed to hear evidence for a new trial. Attleboro hearing revealed affidavits claiming Emma Clapp lied about working at a news stand and about a conversation with Mrs. Bates. The judge noted Bates used morphine excessively but did not find the gross intoxication required for a divorce.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company says no statement was authorized about a gun on the Persia but notes there is no reason to doubt the ship carried a 4.7 inch gun astern for defensive purposes.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company reports eleven more Persia survivors have been landed in Malta, including Lord Montagu. In Washington, President Wilson ends his honeymoon to oversee the crisis as the United States faces a potential break with the Teutonic powers over the sinking of the British steamer Persia. Congress expected to engage, highlighting grave consequences.
Pastors from three East Boston churches declared at Maverick Church they will not pay tolls in the East Boston tunnel. The ministers and district politicians planned a mass meeting and a committee to ask Mayor Curley for reasons tolls are still collected.
Boston tolls go to city to pay principal and interest on tunnel debt, not to the Elevated. Clergymen Rev Nelson Allen Price Rev Paul Blanchard and Rev Edward E Marsh oppose tolls and support abolition. A mass meeting at Maverick Church is set with city officials pressed to explain delay and timetable for toll abolition.
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