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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
5
Mary OConnor, hailed as a top state cuisine artist, sat in a Readville courtroom groaning as Mrs. Slater denied owing her. Slater testified she never authorized hiring servants and had others on trial before deciding.
An ad touts a home made cough syrup mixing granulated sugar syrup with Pinex to create a cheaper alternative to store bought preparations. It claims relief within 24 hours for ordinary coughs and suitability for whooping cough, croup, hoarseness and bronchial asthma. A money back guarantee is offered and the Pinex Co is listed as the source.
Police start questioning signers in fraud charges tied to nomination papers for mayoral candidates James M. Curley and Thomas J. Kenny and papers filed by Earnest E. Smith and John A. Kelcher amid reports of irregularities.
Assistant District Attorney Daniel V. McIsaac and Police Superintendent William H. Pierce secured a sergeant in each city division to lead a rigid investigation into hundreds of alleged fraudulent jurats. Sergeants will question signers of nomination papers as the grand jury probe looms.
A digest of campus and church events in Boston area includes talks by Episcopal Theological School students M. J. Barker L. Whittemore and Rev. I. H. Hughes at St Pauls Cathedral. Gideon Associates expect membership growth. Malden Ladies Society meets. Dan Crawford lectures on Central Africa missions. Paige announces sermon series on Boston civic life. Sunday Post excerpt features The Heart of a Boy by William Brown Meloney.
Officers of the Spanish steamship Manuel Calvo defended their actions after Captain Alfred Gunter of the tank steamer Oklahoma faulted the rescue. They said they did all they could and noted some of their crew were hospitalized with injuries from a life boat collision with the Oklahoma.
Captain Gunter described the Spaniard as fooling around and loading a boat then leaving. An officer for Captain Benet said he did everything possible, dropping a lifeboat that was smashed, saving his own men, and steaming away for safety without deserting the Oklahoma.
The hulk of the Oklahoma, first steel derelict attacked by the Seneca, was found floating keel up 15 miles south southeast of Fenwick Island Light. Wreck lies in 18 fathoms as cutter officers could not use mine explosives and fired six pounder shells when the swell cooperated.
Captain Gunther and three chief officers plus other crew members testified behind closed doors before federal inspectors on the wreck of the tank steamer Oklahoma. They reported the ship broke in two, with medical care given for wounds and frostbite. Findings will go to New York for a further hearing as officials seek to clear up the mystery of the disaster.
A portable advertisement notes Bromo Quin ine tablets claim to remove the cause of colds and grip. The box bears the signature of E. W. Grove and is priced at 25 cents. A next Sunday Post promotion offers a free evening slip pattern with each copy.
The U S president via Charge O Shaughnessy sends New Year wishes to Mexico without naming Huerta. General Mancilla deserts to the United States with his son and seeks asylum. Fighting erupts near Ojinaga as federals and Villa rebels clash, with U S authorities vaccinating 1500 Mexican refugees occupying camps.
General Mancilla the first Huerta general to desert for the rebel side, joining a trend of three or four hundred regular troops who defected earlier. Once a fighting leader in campaigns against rebels, Mancilla accompanied Salvador Mercado in a remarkable 4000-strong flight from Chihuahua to Ojinaga. His departure leaves nine generals defending Ojinaga with Caraves recently allowed to cross after being wounded during outpost skirmishes.
American charge d affaires Nelson O'Shaughnessy departed for Vera Cruz at the request of John Lind to meet the envoy and convey the president's compliments. Mrs. O'Shaughnessy accompanied him, their son remaining in Mexico City. Lind sent telegram requesting the meeting at his convenience.
Lieutenant Frank Tucker and a Chelsea police squad quelled a riot at a Russian colony Christmas celebration. Heleco Architect of 801-2 Second Street Chelsea was arrested for assault. five others jailed for drunkenness and disturbance. Several men suffered cuts from thrown beer bottles as police intervened.
Curtis Wells Scriven, wholesale manager at S. S. Pierce & Co., died suddenly at his Brookline home. He leaves a wife, brother, and father. Funeral at 12 o'clock Friday January 9 at 202 St Paul Street Brookline.
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