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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
4
Eyewitnesses recount a violent night as Officer Miller fires at Shea during a confrontation on Eliot Street and Warrenton Street. The struggle moves into 105 Warrenton Street where Shea dies, Collins testifies detailing the shots and a late arrest of Bresnahan.
Tinon under cross examination denies seeing Collins that night or any disturbance in the vicinity. He says no bottles or missiles were thrown and that the only time he saw Miller was when Bresnahan was arrested. He remained at the Collins home all night out of fear after the shooting and excitement.
The Rev. He man Packard DeForest a retired congregational minister died at 74 after being stricken while walking in Lexington. Born in Brockton on August 20 1889 he graduated from Yale and Yale Divinity School and preached in several Congregational churches before 17 years at Detroit Willard Avenue Church. He retired in 1906 and is survived by his wife.
President Wilson expects Congress to act this session on a set of trust bills. A proposed Interstate Trade Commission would supervise corporate securities and probe Sherman act violations, with five members led by Joseph E Davies and powers to compel records and expose secret negotiations. The panel would report annually and advise the attorney general.
The proposal sets seven year terms for the first chairman and three to six year terms for the other four commissioners. The president would appoint four of them with Senate confirmation, while chairmen are to be chosen by the commission from its members. Attorney General McReynolds plans further talks with Senate and House committees on antitrust legislation. Senator Newlands calls the bill a distinct improvement and harmonious with the President’s views.
Dr. Michael Connor of Nevler's drug store on Compton street and Shawmut avenue faces charges for delivering cocaine to Patrick Murphy on January 2 and 8 and to Dominic Moriarty, Jack Punch, and Charles Olson on January 3. The Watch and Ward Society witnesses say cocaine and morphine were handed over at multiple stores. The society's secretary J Frank Chase notes 11 convictions so far with prisoners sent to the House of Correction for three to 12 months. He condemns dope dispensing as a grave modern evil linked to white slave traffic.
George S. Merriam of Springfield died in the city today at age 11. Son of a Webster's Dictionary founder, he was Yale graduate of 1864, former editor of the Christian Union under Henry Ward Beecher, and author of Life and Times of Samuel Bowles. He had lived in Springfield since 1875 and was known for eight other books on life and faith. He had been in failing health.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a remedy for indigestion and related stomach ailments. It claims the product permits eating anything without discomfort and may relieve symptoms within five minutes. It promotes a 50 cent case from a druggist.
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