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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
5
Congressional debate centers on hiring counsel for a leak probe. Rep Cooper faults inquiry as partisan. Rep Moore suggests Hughes or Untermyer, while Rep Howard objects to deferring witness selection to defense counsel. Mann labels proposed hires improper. Caldeli calls it a fishing expedition. Fecht dismisses the probe as a farce amid Wall Street criticism.
The rules committee suspend hearings temporarily amid debate over potential Untermyer selection. Bankers including Frank A. Vanderlip faced delays. Thomas W. Lawson remained at the witness chair as spectators waited for a new plan of procedure and future calls.
Mrs Ruth Thomason Visconti the woman in the leak case has worked in confidential ventures and met politicians. Burns says she is from Charleston West Virginia and aged 35 to 40. She married an Italian nobleman then left him and has lived in Washington as a secretary or stenographer. She is said to know Tumulty and the White House staff and claimed Price received five thousand dollars as go between for Tumulty.
An advertisement promotes a home made cough remedy using 2% ounces of Pinex and sugar syrup to create a pint of fast acting relief. It claims quick throat and chest relief, loosening phlegm, and soothing irritated membranes, touting Pinex as a concentrated Norway pine extract with guaiacol and worldwide popularity. It warns of imitations and offers a money back guarantee from Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Ind.
In its annual report to the Legislature the Public Service Commission criticized the six-cent street railway fare. It doubted its benefit to average companies and urged improved management, expense cuts, and faster, more attractive service based on experience with the new fare.
The commission pressed investigations into passenger service by steam railroads and urged saving reforms for Boston area lines. It called for scrutinizing street railway consolidations and limiting express trust holdings, while proposing eminent domain tweaks and better car maintenance funding. Boston and Maine earnings rose over the prior year and New Haven plans suggested for $28 million improvements.
The commission doubts six cent fares solve street railway troubles and urges better service and equipment. It calls for investigating New England Telephone rates, criticizes steam rail passenger service, notes rail earnings rose but New Haven’s costs absorbed gains, urges reorganization of Boston & Maine, and recommends new capital. It reports ongoing terminal and freight interchange studies and urges relief from undue municipal burdens.
The commission notes the New Haven road increased operating revenues by 10,932,289 last year and achieved a net income of 2,007,785, while the company converted a 3,814,173 deficit into a 23,966 surplus. The favorable numbers do not, however, remove questions about reorganizing the company.
The executive committee led by Mrs. J. M. Strout appealed to Portland coal dealers to sell coal by the bag at the ton rate to ease hardship. The group cited extreme cold and cited high bag prices, warning of possible federal investigation if dealers do not comply.
Hazel Blanche Gilmore daughter of Mr and Mrs Otis H Gilmore Needham married yesterday noon at the Hotel Westminster to Mortimer D Williams son of Mr and Mrs Spencer T Williams who reside at the hotel The Rev William F Dusseault officiated The couple will honeymoon through the South then via Chicago and are to reside after March 1 at the Harcourt 38 St Botolph Street Boston
Announcement from Boston University Law School Ashburton Place confirms Harvey Knight of South Eliot Maine won the oratorical contest held January 2 for the class of 1917. Eben G Townes of Brockton took second and will address undergraduates. Maurice M Berman of Lawrence placed third as alternate among thirteen contestants.
The Franklin schoolhouse on Washington street near Dover may be used by United States free or employment service officers. Commissioner Henry J. Skeffington and staff are reviewing the plan. The building was offered to the U S by Boston Mayor Curley on behalf of the city.
Parents of 2500 pupils plan a protest to the Boston school committee over deplorable lunch room conditions at Dorchester High School. The issue was raised after a cooking lecture by Frank M. Keith of Newtonville in the school building.
Expert criticizes gym dressing room setup and lunch basement for 2500 pupils in a building built for half. Parents and staff urge a new school as overcrowding, poor ventilation, and odors affect pupils' health and meals.
Police say Henry Jacober aged 69 of 92 George Street Roxbury died of accidental gas poisoning. He had not been seen since Sunday and a gas jet was found partly open with leaking gas on the scene.
A vintage advertisement promotes Musterole as a white mustard oil ointment that penetrates sore spots with a gentle tingle. It claims relief for sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia headaches congestion rheumatism and more including prevention of pneumonia in children.
The Plant Juice Man at Houghton & Dutton Drug Department claims 90 percent of sickness stems from a deranged stomach and that Plant Juice offers rapid lasting relief for stomach liver and kidney troubles. He cites Mrs Fitzgerald of Somerville Massachusetts praising the remedy after years of indigestion rheumatism and sleeplessness and says crowds in Boston and other cities are providing endorsements.
An article warns against indiscriminate use of stomach medicines and acids, noting that long term damage from ulcers can occur. It promotes pure bisulated magnesia as a safe, tasteless alternative to neutralize stomach acidity after meals.
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