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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
3
The two masted schooner Moonlight was towed into Lynn by the tug H A Mathis after being distressed off Boston Light. The voyage from Calais, Maine stretched 34 days, far longer than the usual six day passage.
Captain Andrew Martin reports the schooner Moonlight endured a 30 year career’s harshest voyage. From Calais to Lynn the 260000 feet of timber cargo faced sustained gales forcing shelter at Bass Harbor Boothbay Deer Island and Portland. Relief arrived when tug H A Mathis guided them off Boston Light.
Young women were urged to enter the field of journalism and declared fully qualified for higher departments by speakers at the New Year luncheon of the Professional Women's Club at the Lenox Hotel yesterday afternoon.
Mayor Fitzgerald declared he can defeat any candidate and may stay in office as long as he wishes. He said he will not seek re election unless reformers pressing for a recall show clear intent, and he might run again and win if he does so.
The mayor declares recall efforts are unlikely and his administration will be so successful by next year that critics will hesitate to challenge him. He says he could stay in office until his oldest son is grown, but rules out a Fitzgerald dynasty and contends reforms won’t derail him. He adds that the Democratic party may solidify, not weaken, after the recent election.
John W. Doherty aged 62 of Somerville was arrested in Somerville for attempting to sell a horse and wagon stolen from Fred C. Young of Medford. The theft occurred on Rutherford Avenue in Charlestown yesterday.
Mrs. Margaret Taylor 23 testifies how Francis Asbury alias William H. Taylor chained her to a wall during a December raid at 58 Middlesex street. She says he beat her with an iron poker, deprived her of clothes and shelter, insulted her, and forced confessions at gunpoint.
The defense presents letters in which Mrs Taylor allegedly confesses to poisoning her husband and claims she wrote them under fear. she denies writing any letters herself and says her husband dictated most. Testimony details coercion, chained confinement, and scenes of violence as police recount the raid and evidence including a cocaine bottle and a loaded revolver.
A Malden mass meeting chaired by Mayor G. H. Fall created a 49 member committee to study the advisability of adopting a commission form of government. About 300 attendees evenly split for and against. Seven ex mayors plus 42 citizens will investigate and report by April 1 with another meeting set for April 6 to hear findings.
John Rodenhizer of 158 Bower Street Roxbury was arraigned in the Municipal Court on a charge of assault and battery on a Boston Elevated conductor. He struck Conductor Monahan in the face on a streetcar last Saturday evening and was found guilty, fined $15.
Bremerhaven Germany Jan 12 The German steamer Maria Russ from Hamburg to Nantes went aground near Norderney. Twelve crew members drowned as a schooner failed to reach them and a small launch was swept overboard by high seas. Three men initially attempted to launch a boat but were carried away.
The old battleship Texas will be converted into a target for naval practice off the Chesapeake Capes. Stripped of armament she will be anchored for experiments with high explosive shells at 8000 to 10000 yards, marking a milestone for the first modern U S battleships.
The new fire department repair shop at Albany and Bristol streets will be four stories, built for 95 000 dollars. It will be fire resistant with brick walls, concrete floors, metal framed windows, a large 10 ton capacity elevator, sprinkler system, and a water curtain. John F. Griffin holds the contract and completion is expected by early July.
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