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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
6
Two Italian steamers the Brindisi and the Citta di Palermo were sunk by mines in the Adriatic Sea near Rome. Rescue efforts continue as officials confirm the loss of life among passengers and crew.
Half of the Brindisi passengers lost while the crew were saved. Nearly all aboard the Citta di Palermo, an armed vessel, saved. Brindisi sunk January 6, at 863 tons, owned Bari. Citta di Palermo built 1910, 8415 tons gross, turbine, owned by the Italian State railway of Palermo. Do not confuse with another vessel of the same name owned by W F Becker of Messina sailing from Galveston January 4 for Barcelona.
Legislation proposes suspending the solitary confinement sentence for Jesse Pomeroy the Charlestown State Prison notorious inmate and making him a trusty with privileges including four annual automobile rides of at least 10 miles each. Rides to occur on Christmas Day Easter the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Day as long as he behaves.
In a Boston meeting of the Stationary Firemen's Union Local No. 8, B A Dow announced Samuel Gompers reported the AFL convention upheld Local No. 8 as the sole local with jurisdiction over firemen oilers and helpers. The union moves to enforce a new wage scale of $1 daily for six days with Feb 1 effective date.
Four Fall River textile workers unions voted tonight to accept a 5 percent wage raise from manufacturers. The decision, announced by union leaders, removes the immediate threat of a strike in the cotton mills. A fifth union is expected to follow the others.
Summer employment for college undergraduates will be the subject of a conference at A. Lincoln Filene home on January 29 and 30. Dr. Nichols of Dartmouth will attend his last alumni association visit and join Boston and New York business men in the event.
Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association held its annual banquet at the Copley Square Hotel with Judge George W. Wiggin elected president. Toastmaster William A. Morse presided as Dr. Alpheus R. Brown led songs. Notables included Dr. Heber Bishop and Walter M. Brackett among others. Speakers included Speaker Cox, Rep. Robert Kent, and Fish and Game Commissioner Adams.
Dr T J Scanlon of Boston City Hospital spoke at St Helena's House on Union Park Street outlining five basics to ward off colds and grip: extreme cleanliness, judicious diet, open-air exercise, warm clothing, and normal sleep for all ages.
A proposed postal station planned for Huntington avenue near Symphony Hall may be built on Boston & Albany land near the Hotel Lenox. The site faces Exeter or Boylston streets, a compromise amid Back Bay opposition. Local hotel and business leaders met Mayor Curley to push the plan. The railroad would sell a 60 foot strip on either street, and funds could be raised to buy the land at cost.
The Hanson Men's Club at Washington Boulevard Methodist-Episcopal Church Roxbury installed H M Griffin as president J Wells as first vice president J Daniels as second vice president J B Hammond as secretary and S A Prohaska as treasurer The Rev W W C Hanson serves as chaplain A large Union Evangelistic Campaign gathers at South Boston churches Phillips Congregational Fourth Presbyterian St Johns Methodist Universalist South Baptist City Point Barham Memorial Methodist The campaign ends Sunday evening. The Rev Herbert S Johnson D D of Tabernacle Baptist preached the sermon and led the noonday service at King's Chapel yesterday The Rev William L Worcester D D of New Church Theological School Cambridge leads today The Rev Sydney B Snow of Kings Chapel leads tomorrow Saturday focuses on music with Lang at the organ The Rev Dr Gilbert of the Morgan Memorial addressed Maverick Church East Boston members on Is Religion Worth Having There was good attendance.
Harvard opened a rare exhibit at Widener Memorial Library displaying the principal Shakspere editions held by the university. Professor William A. Neilson led a conference on the texts and features of successive editions, with the exhibit slated to continue today.
Negotiations are under way to charter several Boston and Gloucester fishing vessels to carry lumber to European and South American ports. Freight rates are high, promising strong returns for vessel owners who switch from fishing to lumber freight. Names of ships not disclosed, but involvement of about a dozen fishermen is noted.
Yesterday's formal opening of Suff's Sunflower Lunch at 167 Tremont Street featured an informal reception. Notable suffragists attended, including Mrs. Louis Brandeis, Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw, Mrs. Maud Wood Park, and Mrs. Mary Hutchinson Page, who runs the lunch venture.
An unknown 25 year old man killed himself by diving into the Charles River from the West Boston bridge after a tug broke the ice. Officers Brierogel and Bartlett recovered the body 150 feet from the ice in open water. He stood 5 feet 8 inches, weighed 150 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a gray striped overcoat a dark brown sack coat a striped shirt a lavender tie brown stockings and patent leather shoes.
Washington January 12 The Department of Justice will ask for new trials of five former New Haven directors charged under the Sherman act. A federal jury in New York disagreed last Sunday. Attorney General Gregory and special counsel R L Batts will announce the proposed trial date in the coming days.
Judge Fessenden ordered verdicts for Captain James D. Canney of the Lagrange street police station and Dr. Elmer E. Southard director of the Boston Psychopathic Hospital in two of four suits by Mrs. Rebecca J. Johnson. The suits, each for 5000 dollars, claim detention and commitment for eight days starting September 2, 1914 after she was arrested while peddling in the Albany building. She described being dragged, forced into a patrol wagon, and taken to the hospital where she faced questioning about the month. She said she used the name Mrs. Jane Read to shield friends and that she did not know Dr. Southard.
A marriage license was issued in Chicago on January 12 to Count James Minotto of New York and Miss Ida May Swift daughter of Louis F. Swift of Swift and Co packers.
Harvard University will begin a trial course in military medicine at its Medical School starting in February. Major Weston Percival Chamberlain of the U S Army is appointed as lecturer. He graduated Bowdoin College in 1893 and earned his M D from Harvard in 1897.
An old advertisement offers a home remedy to cure dandruff using Bay WER de davedyes haearea baays OF Barbo Compound mixed with water. Apply daily for two weeks then weekly until used. Claims it stops itching and hair loss, darkens gray hair in days, promotes growth and glossy softness.
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