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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
2
Newport July 6 Colonel C IL. F. Robinson president of Colt Patent Firearms Company Hartford Conn died suddenly on his yacht Savarona while en route from Woods Hole Mass to Newport.
The body was brought here and taken to the summer home of the family. Yachting party members said the death occurred suddenly. Colonel Robinson was seated in the cabin when he was stricken. A funeral service will be held here tomorrow before the body is moved to Hartford.
Mrs. Robinson informed officers of Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company in Hartford this afternoon of the death of Colonel Robinson, the company president.
Colonel Robinson born in Sayville New York, graduated from Yale Sheffield Scientific School in 1895. He married Elizabeth Beach, niece of the late Mrs. Colt, wife of Colt founder. He led Colt Company and Gatling Gun Company, chaired Maryland Coal, and served as director in several institutions and clubs. An avid yachtsman and Yale rowing supporter, he donated shells to crews.
The New England clean up and paint up week committee awarded the big silver cup to Malden yesterday. The board of judges included Governor Samuel W. McCall Governor Roland H Spaulding of New Hampshire and C F Weed of Boston as Boston Chamber of Commerce president. The judges met at Youngs Hotel and reviewed city reports. Manchester New Hampshire received honorable mention.
Hanover July 6 The Dartmouth College summer session opened with the introduction of military training courses for secondary school teachers. Harry L Hillman with a decade in infantry and artillery directs the military section. Enrollment reaches 3850 the largest in the school's history.
Lora Mae Gibbons, claiming to be under 21, sues Gregory S. Meeryack in Suffolk Superior Court for $5000 alleging that on July 26, 1915, while he was providing treatment, he deprived her of freedom, violently restrained her, and indecently kissed her against her wishes. Meeryack resides at 599 Columbus Avenue.
Colonel E H R Green and sister Mrs Matthew Astor Wilks announced Mrs Green left no charitable bequests and that her will would likely be offered for probate in New York County on July 22. The $1.5 million trust fund, to revert to Gideon Howland heirs, faces a likely lengthy legal contest. Green noted her charitable acts during life were private and without public bequests.
Nineteen members of the Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers toured the Deer Island penal institution yesterday afternoon at Mayor Curley’s invitation. Commissioner David B. Shaw escorted the group, with guests including Mrs. Samuel W. McCall and members of the Women’s City Club executive and civic committees.
A dental clinic will open at the Boston Dispensary premises 25 Bennet street next Monday. It will provide cleaning extraction filling and other treatments with fees set to cover actual costs. Staff will be appointed by the Boston Dispensary from Harvard Dental School nominations. Dr. Kurt H. Thomas will supervise.
References a Wednesday mass and Sunday prayers at St. Augustine's Cemetery Chapel Dorchester street July and August with departures from prior schedule. Also notes July 29 field day at Walpole street grounds, Carney Hospital Alumnae reunion July 13 at Nantasket Beach, and recent Home for Destitute Catholic Children placements. Includes long quotation from Mr McAdoo on Latin American education and public opinion.
William G. McAdoo outlines how U S public schools can foster Pan Americanism by educating students on Latin American development and the policy of amity toward hemispheric republics. He places ultimate responsibility on teachers to implement President Wilson's cooperation aims.
The New York New Haven Hartford railroad sued William Saxton of South Boston in South Boston District Court for theft of two sheets of paper. Saxton tore up two application blanks after failing to pay 50 cents for a rules book, claiming he returned them when unable to pay. Judge Day postponed the case for a week for the road’s attorney to file a brief.
Movement of Massachusetts and New England troops toward the Mexican border, coupled with heavy summer and Independence Day travel, has congested the New York New Haven Hartford line via the Harlem River and Maybrook gateways. The temporary embargo issued June 28 to expire at midnight today will be extended until midnight July 1.
D'Avino's Band will present an open air concert from 7 30 to 9 30 p m at Wolf's My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland Streets. Bring friends and attend for a musical treat tonight.
at a Faneuil Hall gathering last night Boston sergeant major W J Furlong, Civil War veteran with four medals, urged fight for equality as speakers including Dr Ernest Greuning and Rev M W Thornton urged civil rights progress. Governor McCall sent encouragement, a resolution asked President Wilson to end federal segregation.
Anna Held returned to Boston for a benefit performance at the Boston Opera House raising funds for the Allies Hospitals Relief Commission. She described the European war’s devastation in vivid detail and sang for maimed and wounded soldiers, drawing tears and applause. Her empathetic remarks toward wounded German soldiers drew mixed reactions among the audience.
Washington July 6 Representatives of cattle growers and major packers debated a federal inquiry. Cattlemen urged a probe to ensure reasonable meat prices for consumers while Armour Swift Cudahy Sulzberger and Morris lawyers argued against it, claiming harm and presenting testimony denying antitrust violations.
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