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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1913
Page
6
Washington reports outline a Democratic revision program including possible removal of tariffs on meats and raises or retention of current high duties on silks. The plan also mentions free rough and dressed lumber and other building materials alongside reductions and penalties affecting various silk grades.
The Ways and Means Committee closed hearings on the wood and silk schedules of the tariff law with sentiment favoring including these provisions in a tentative tariff plan for the extra session. Silk testimony highlighted complex international trusts and high luxury margins, while silk goods at lower rates were shown to boost workmen incomes through wages. The hearing on metal tariffs follows tomorrow.
Announcement says Esther Cleveland will stay in Washington past inauguration day while Mrs Grover Cleveland and her fiance Professor Thomas J Preston of Princeton University plan to remain several weeks. Their presence fuels a Washington society push for a large gathering of relatives of former Presidents on March 4.
Mrs Cleveland and Mrs Harrison shared a reunion in Washington fueling plans for a major gathering of former White House residents at the inauguration. If carried out, the guest list would include President Taft and family, ex President Roosevelt and family, Mrs Harrison and relatives, plus descendants of Grant Hayes Lincoln Tyler and Arthur families and the Harrison first wife’s kin.
Judge Robert W. Archbald was found guilty on five of thirteen impeachment articles by the Senate after corruptly using his office to aid friends in coal land deals in Pennsylvania. Convictions on articles 1, 3, 4, 5, and 13 led to removal from office and disqualification from federal service, with other articles resulting in acquittals. The verdicts followed a day of silent, careful voting as Archbald and his family watched from the gallery.
An early health column warns that excess exercise and caffeine in coffee strain the heart. It cites a Brooklyn man who reduced heart palpitations by switching to Postum, claiming no harmful stimulation and renewed vitality. The piece links habitual coffee use to “Coffee Heart” and notes life insurance barriers for those affected, touting Postum as a healthier alternative.
The Senate orders and decrees that Robert W. Archbald, circuit judge for the United States third judicial circuit designated to serve in the Commerce Court, be removed from office and forever disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.
Nine individuals faced Senate impeachment trials in U S history. Of those, three were convicted: Blount in 1797 acquitted on some charges, Humphreys in 1862 and Archbald in 1913. The rest faced acquittals or removals for misconduct or abuse of office.
Judge Colt extends the filing window by 30 days for claims against William Butler & Co. Inc. Rob ert H. Gardiner, as trustee of the Perry Real Estate Trust, is authorized to take custody of premises occupied by Every body's Store Inc. Albert C. Russell seeks to vacate the receiver appointment for Bosworth Manufacturing and Everybody's Grocery Store due to asset deterioration.
Officers were chosen at the annual meeting and banquet of the Massachusetts Press Association held at the United States Hotel yesterday afternoon. President Thomas Leavitt of the Dorchest er Beacon leads a slate including vice presidents William White Mansfield News Robert Osterhout Hudson News and Albert Vitturi Beverly Times. William J Heffernan Spencer Leader is secretary with John Temperley Town Crier Newton as treasurer J A Lodge North Shore Breeze Manchester as auditor and Charles C Doten Plymouth as historian.
Wakefield residents clashed briefly at a town meeting last night but approved the long debated water supply plan to retain the present system without changes. The decision ends years of discussion and sets the town on its current utility path.
New director appointments announced for Southern Pacific follow a Washington meeting with Attorney General Wickersham and Harriman aligned interests. DoJ required removal of directors with ties to Union Pacific before any dissolution plan.
The case of Anton Johannsen a San Francisco labor leader charged with plotting to bring dynamite into California was postponed until the July term of court Olaf Tveitmoe Eugene Clancy and J E Munsey were convicted recently in the Indianapolis dynamite conspiracy trial
Sufferers urged to request a free trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure from Pyramid Drug Co in Marshall Michigan. Claims rapid relief from pain itching and inflammation with a full size bottle available for 50 cents after trial.
In Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the legality of chapter 246 Acts 1912, requiring slaughter time inspection of out of state cattle, was argued. George H. Moore faced charges for possessing a veal carcass untagged and unbranded, bought from N E Hollis Co. and a farmer outside the state. He was found guilty on an agreed facts statement and appealed to the full bench.
In a Harvard Union gathering last evening Dean LeBaron R. Briggs and Dr. A P Fitch of Andover Theological Seminary urged seniors living in college yard dormitories to adopt the tenancy plan.
A classic home remedy mixes sugar and warm water with Pinex to create a potent cough syrup. Claimed to end deep seated coughs within 24 hours and aid bronchitis and chest pains. The ad touts cost savings and urges readers to obtain Pinex from a druggist or The Pinex Co. in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Physician advocates avoiding acidic foods and urges dyspeptics to eat moderate portions of preferred foods then takeMagnesurate Compound to neutralize acid. He claims Magnesurate is the best food corrective not a medicine and emphasizes reducing stomach irritation rather than dosing with drugs.
Advertises URICO as a remedy for rheumatism kidney and bladder troubles and blood disorders. Promises elimination of uric acid and waste, claims quick natural cure, offers $1 per bottle or $5 for six, prepaid sample by mail from The Urico Company, 202 Water Street Binghamton NY.
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