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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1914
Page
16
Chairman William P. Fowler of the Licensing Board stated that a vote on license questions in any city section does not influence the board in granting liquor licenses there.
Chairman Fowler rebutted claims that a yes vote would create new saloons in Dorchester Ward 20 and 24. He noted the licensing board bases decisions on citywide needs, not a local yes or no result, a view supported by board member J. Jean.
Charles N Snarl of Lynn who started St Pauls Methodist Church in that city Sunday shouted he wished to return the dust whence he came He asked the pastor to pray then exclaimed that he wanted to return to dust Congregation members took him to the police station He was examined by physicians and committed to Danvers The man had cut his throat a month earlier after receiving a letter from his English father in law warning of money shortage for Mrs Snarl
Miss Georgina Lowell Putnam died yesterday at her home after a two week illness. She will be buried Wednesday at 11 o clock at Mt. Auburn with services to follow.
Ada Holt of Roxbury filed interrogatories in Suffolk court against Dr Herbert W Adams a dentist of Upham's Corner in a $25000 breach of promise lawsuit. The action centers on the breach allegations and legal motion activity continues.
Miss Holt 29 of Roxbury accuses Dr. Adams of pressuring her to marry and promising to secure support for her 9 year old, including an illegal signing away of the boy's support and a brief Hartford marriage later annulled by law. She calls for justice not revenge as details unfold.
Albert W. Martin, a prominent New Haven railroad official and former general manager of the South Station, died of heart failure after collapsing on a street car. He was en route home from Jamaica Plain when he slumped to the floor near Huntington and Massachusetts avenues and died at Hubbell & McGowan's drug store before a physician could be summoned. He had a long career with the New Haven, retiring two years ago, and leaves a wife and five children.
George S. Bacron a clerk was sentenced to the House of Correction for one year on a bigamy charge. Miss Bessie Copeland of Charlestown identified a letter from a Rhode Island wife. Bacron left the Rhode Island woman four months ago and married in Boston without a divorce.
The Robert B. Brigham Hospital corporation yesterday elected officers led by President John H. Gibbs and Vice President Francis H. Manning. Samuel A. Merrill was named treasurer and clerk, with a slate of directors including Andrew J. Bailey Hiram M. Burton Ernest W. Cushing and others. New corporation members listed are Vincent Y. Bowditch Augustus Hemenway Clement B. Houghton Arthur Perry Jr. and Nathaniel H. Stone.
The opera The Tales of Hoffmann at the Boston Opera House features Yanni Marcoux in allied roles Lindorf Coppelius Capertiutto and Miracle with Mmes Scotnery Amsden and Edvina in women’s parts and Leon Laffitte as tenor under Charles Strong’s baton. Critics praise Marcoux for studied versatile impersonation and the show’s atmospheric terror enhanced by lighting and dramatic pacing. The audience responded with enthusiasm.
Frank Edwards of this city faced a drastic reduction in his verdict against Francis Willey & Co. from 15421689 to 7092011 in Suffolk Superior Court Judge Fessenden set a 10 day window to accept the cut. Edwards claimed a share of profits as American representative of Willey & Co.
The Somerville City Planning Board has been formed with Malcolm E. Sturtevant as chairman and Richard W. Keyes as secretary. The ordinance sets the secretary as a nonmember of the board.
A Harvard square restaurant offers an international menu that appeals to the adventurous, with Harvard students dining eagerly on diverse dishes. The piece paints a vivid scene of cosmopolitan fare enjoyed by hungry scholars.
The text describes an extensive international menu at the Ames building including Irish stew Hungarian goulash French or German fried potatoes Italian spaghetti Hollandaise sauce Spanish omelette Welsh rarebit English muffins and Turkish cigarettes. Patrons struggle to finish the full array while some have reached as far as Swiss cheese and others refuse to cross the English Channel for more dishes.
Judge John C. Crosby, recently appointed, appeared on the Supreme Judicial Court bench for the January term. Clarence H. Cooper read Crosby's commission as Chief Justice Rugg and Justices Braley, Sheldon DeCourcy rose. Bishop Lawes Jence offered prayer and Crosby joined the five-justice panel to hear arguments.
Naval Constructor Guy A. Bissett, after two years at the Portsmouth navy yard, is detached and ordered to duty at League Island station Philadelphia. Assistant Constructor Edward C. Hamner Jr. will succeed him.
The Queen of England was denied entry to Norwich Castle Museum today for carrying an umbrella. Queen Mary, accompanied by the Bishop of Norwich, insisted on keeping the umbrella until the bishop revealed the royal identity. Apologies followed and the Queen finally entered with her umbrella.
A flashlight fire at 96 98 Hollingsworth Street in Lynn sent three families and 12 children into the street in night clothes at 1 am when smoke from the tower floor fire filled their apartments. Firefighters evacuated the children to the station house and wrapped them in blankets. The Beagin Wing and Messerine families lived there. Loss is estimated at $2000. The cause remains unknown.
Enrico Vannucci a steward on the White Star liner Canopic was sentenced to three months in West Cambridge jail by Judge Morton for attempting to land Quoia Barbagallo a 10 year old stowaway. Vannucci pleaded guilty and has already served two months. The girl from Italy suffered trauma and was fed by him until two days before landing aboard the Canopic. She was later sent back to Italy after authorities found her in a famished condition. Arrangements are under way with Washington immigration officials to place her with her parents.
Arthur P. Hunter, 21, of Medford, nearly drowned when the ice broke under him near the Mystic River. Daniel Whalen, 30, a wagon driver, formed a plank platform to reach Hunter, but another plank broke. Whalen saved Hunter and carried him home, while onlookers failed to assist.
The State Board of Charities opposes establishing a state home for vagrants and inebriates, deeming Foxboro Hospital sufficient for now. Senator Draper proposes a $25,000 statue honoring General Butler. A bill to federate Greater Boston cities and towns is presented on petition of ex representative Bennett.
President Quincy A. Shaw of Calumet & Hecla condemns the government commission report on the Michigan strike as biased and timed to aid strikers. He disputes deputy counts, hours of labor, affidavits, deaths, the share of workers, and alleged strike breaker imports, asserting the company offered jobs to able workers and stressing long-serving staff.
Dr Henry R Brown testified the will dated Jan 14 1913 was dictated not by Horace W Howard but by another mind He described Howard as not of sound mind and its acts as a product of poisons affecting mind and body Daughters of Mrs Goward and Mrs Neale testified to her wealth and changing habits Expected continuation tomorrow with Mrs Goward first to testify.
At The Hague on January 12 negotiations concluded successfully to establish an academy of international law linked to peace organizations including the Carnegie Peace Endowment. Plans proceed with committees of peace associations.
Spencer Kellogg & Sons announce Tasteless Castor Oil a refined pure laxative with no taste. Doctors praise it as simple safe and best. Now sold in drugstores in 25 and 50 cent sizes under a green castor leaf trademark.
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