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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
2
President Ernest M. Hopkins spoke at the alumni reunion in the Copley Plaza Hotel urging New England graduates to support Dartmouth College. He called for stronger endowments and adherence to the college's future doctrines as more than a thousand leaders pledged loyalty through the Wah loo wahs.
President Hopkins urged alumni that Dartmouth will remain a college and grow quality over size. He called for larger endowments to fund salaries and new courses, while critics warned against overexpansion. The event honored Hopkins and featured class delegations, songs, and a skit praising his vision.
An advertisement touts Musterole as a mustard oil ointment that relieves rheumatism by massaging into joints and muscles. It promises a gentle cooling sensation, cites uses from bronchitis to neuralgia, and says it replaces old mustard plasters without blistering skin.
Charles F. D. Belden of Cambridge, already with the Massachusetts State Library, was selected as librarian of the Boston Public Library to succeed Horace G. Wadlin, who tendered his resignation to the board of trustees.
An appreciative audience enjoyed a Steinert Hall chamber concert by Edouard Deru Belgium violinist Ralph Smalley cellist and Hans Ebell Russian pianist. The programme featured Beethoven Grieg and Franck works with Griegs Sonata delivering the strongest impression and all three artists receiving generous applause.
In Charlestown this morning the inmate Pomeroy faces temporary solitary confinement as punishment under a warden ordered rule following a sentence commutation.
After 40 years in solitary confinement for murder, Jesse Pomeroy told Warden Allen and his lawyer that he did not want commutation and would rather serve his sentence. He sought a full pardon, plans to study and become a schoolteacher, and asked to keep his Cherry Hill cell as his new life begins with changed conditions.
Warden Allen said Pomeroy would do light yard work this morning after four years without hard labor. If he refuses, he faces disciplinary action including possible return to solitary confinement. Attorney General Attwill dismissed rumors that he was illegally held in solitary for 40 years.
The will dated December 17, 1915, leaves a life annuity of 500 dollars to his sister Mrs. Mary P. Greeley and orders a grave stone at Arlington. The remaining estate, not valued, goes to his widow and son George Dewey Jr., named executors without bond.
Jacob Levy of Clifford street Roxbury was arrested last night on a revolver and blackjack charge and accused by police of tipping automobile insurance firms to stolen car locations. Officers seek to learn how Levy obtained his information about thefts.
Mrs Stuart Chase of Boston urged free distribution of birth control information to all classes at Odd Fellows Hall Melrose. She argued birth control should be accessible to all married people and those about to marry noting wealthier Back Bay practices and criticizing limited access for North End mothers.
A Reuters report from The Hague cites an official tally of 550 deaths from a Bali island quake in the Malay Archipelago. Amsterdam and London dispatches add that 60 natives died and 200 more were injured, with over 1900 houses destroyed and the governor’s palace seriously damaged. Bali has about 700,000 residents and spans roughly 2100 square miles.
Lawson declares the leak probe over and targets Wall Street criminals. He plans a retreat to an Oregon ranch for months to regain perspective and urges the American people to expose financial scheming behind stock market leaks. He calls for Whipple to reveal NYSE traders and the flow of funds into and from millions of shares.
Former Congressman Joseph H. ONeill said President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo promised immediate action to free Catholic Church officials held as military prisoners in Mexico. ONeill cited a McAdoo reply and Wilson letter, noting Mayor Curley joined the effort while criticizing Wilson's Mexico policy.
Richard Shallow aged 22 of 117 Seventh street South Boston was arrested last night after breaking into the shop of George H. Lathan on the top floor of a five story building at 11 Summer street.
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