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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1910
Page
5
The quotation attributed to Taft reflects his claim that he has ruled for reading policies yet admits never having read those he personally took out. The remark appears as a notable comment on consistency between practice and rulings.
Washington January 20 President Tau told the annual meeting of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents that a federal law governing life insurance companies is unlikely. He advised executives to push for uniform state legislation instead.
The President calls for federal action to promote a model national insurance law, arguing the Constitution cannot guarantee uniformity. He suggests Congress, possibly aided by a scientific commission, draft a model act to guide state legislation and stresses the need for policy clarity and informed consumer understanding.
Washington January 20. A bill reported favorably to the Senate by Senator Warren proposes a gradual increase in cadets at the West Point Military Academy. Currently one cadet per congressional district every four years. The bill allows a new appointment from a district or at large after a cadet completes three years of the four year course.
Dr. William Osler, famed physician, asserts in Woman's Home Companion that the germ, origin, entry, development, recognition, and prevention of tuberculosis are understood and that a cure is known. He outlines an educational campaign to combat tuberculosis for the current and next generations.
A historic medical breakthrough claims Cadum cures eczema by treating it as a skin disease. The remedy allegedly stops itching rapidly and restores skin in weeks, with trials available in 10 cent and 25 cent boxes.
Montreal Pinkerton detective Herbert Walker testified for hours in East Cambridge Probate Court about obtaining disputed letters from James Rousseau and a photograph of the claimant. He said he found duplicates within the Rousseau family and described the Malone visit and cross examinations as part of investigators’ attempt to prove the claimant’s true identity as Daniel Blake Russell.
An elderly man with a gray beard interrupted the hearing at the bar enclosure and asked to be sworn as a witness. Court officers escorted him to the entrance as he pleaded to stay and reveal information.
Relatives of Albert T. Patrick secure promise from Charles F. Jones, Rice's former valet, to return to New York and testify, potentially helping Patrick's bid for release. Jones, long believed dead, has reappeared after three years, saying he seeks to make a clean breast of the affair. his testimony aided Patrick's conviction at trial.
The state militia accepts the Dick act provisions and comes under direct command of the U S President. Militiamen may be mustered into the regular army without further enlistment or examination. The 1908 act aligns militia with regular army standards and courts-martial.
The article reports on a Springfield river front act provision from 1907 allowing the New Haven to operate in Massachusetts under its Connecticut charter and possibly annul its Massachusetts charter. It notes eight miles of track near the state line and a pending expert report to decide whether Massachusetts law permits ratifying current actions. The Legislature debate centers on what the New Haven can do under its Connecticut charter in Massachusetts.
Washington January 20. The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the 90 cent crate rate from Charleston to Boston unreasonable. New order sets the rate at 70 cents to Boston, lowering shipping costs for asparagus shipments between the two cities.
Members of the Paul Revere Club, made up of Industries School graduates on North Bennet Street, host a social this evening at the school building.
Miss Louisa Johnson of Hancock Street is diagnosed with hookworm disease at Mercy Hospital after a year of illness. Doctors note immediate relief from treatment and send specimens to Harvard Medical School for examination. Johnson, a Swedish woman about 40, is the first reported case in the area and suggests possible sparing local instances in New England.
Thomas McCann received a one year sentence in the House of Correction after confessing to stealing a watch from Assistant Chief Thomas L Bates of the Cohasset police while Bates was at lunch in a Canal Street cafe. Bates chased McCann and recovered the watch, which McCann claimed he found on the floor. Judge Parmenter rejected this defense.
The Chamber of Agriculture in Prussia adopted resolutions urging Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg to deny the United States most favored nation status in response to higher German import duties under the Payne law.
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