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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
2
The French liner La Provence arrived in New York from Havre after storms swept deck equipment away and damaged railings. Crew and 59 passengers endured heavy seas flooding the decks while most travelers stayed below. Two massive cable reels were wrecked on the voyage.
Paris Jan 12 Alexandre Millerand resigned as war minister amid the Dreyfus era controversy following the Du Paty de Clam reinstatement. M Lebrun becomes war minister and Besnard takes Lebrun’s finance post as the cabinet reshapes before the Friday presidential election.
The cabinet faced dramatic sessions as M Millerand defended restoring Paty de Clam to fulfill a wartime pledge by M Messimy, then sought withdrawal amid ministry attacks. Agriculture minister Jules Paris, opposing Poincare’s bid, expressed regret over Millerand taking on such a heavy responsibility.
Irene Martin known on stage as Mary Young seeks legal separation from husband Pierre Young. She says she was 16 at marriage and may obtain an annulment. They wed in Marblehead three years ago and have lived apart since. Attorney says no petition filed yet and a conference will be held.
Boston labor leaders and workers push toward a general strike in the garment industry as 1000 circulars are issued. Key figures include President James T. Moriarty of the Boston Central Labor Union and Mabel Gillespie of the Women’s Trade Union League, who urge readiness and unity to secure higher wages and better conditions.
The Uranium struck a rock off Chebucto Head in a storm, injuring several crew and delaying rescue. Captain Eustace stayed aboard to save the vessel as lifeboats and rescue ships moved in, and passengers were transferred to the Lady Laurier and Bridgewater amid chaotic scenes and reunions.
Poslam is advertised as ready to rival any treatment for eczema acne tetter and rashes. Free samples are offered by Emergency Laboratories at 32 Est Twenty-Fifth Street New City to show its effects. Poslam Soap is praised as a safe daily use skin and hair product sold by druggists at 50 cents for Poslam and 25 cents for Poslam Soap.
A short classified item notes that five cents buys a box of Red Cross cough drops. The terse entry advertises a small health-related purchase for readers seeking affordable relief.
In San Francisco on January 12, Mrs. O H Blain a nurse confessed that Mrs Dorothy Morgan Cutter Slingsby wife of a former British navy lieutenant substituted another infant for her own dead child and had the original cremated to claim the Slingsby million dollar estate in England.
Mrs Blain testified before the district attorney’s office with Louis Ferrari and witnesses about a plan to legalize an estate transfer by birth. The nurse says Mrs Slingby’s child died at birth, prompting danger to the mother and a questioned substitution of an infant found via a newspaper ad. The case targets Dr W W Fraser on falsification of State birth records and includes claims Fraser located the Anderson infant. The State record shows a son born to Mrs Slingby.
Captain Eustace blamed for failing to heed a fog whistle as the Uranium struck a ledge near Chebucto head with a heavy southwest wind. The bow rose from the water and eight to ten feet of stern remained submerged while passengers praised local lifeboats and crew for their help.
A mass meeting under the New York Peace Society in Brooklyn Academy of Music adopted resolutions urging international arbitration of the Great Britain United States Panama Canal tolls dispute. Seth Low presided with speakers James L. Slayden and Talcott Williams.
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