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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1915
Page
7
Two swans have built a nest on an island in the Charles River near the Watertown bridge in front of the Watertown arsenal. Five eggs have appeared, and an additional swan is expected to join the flock daily.
Metropolitan police officer Domnniick O'Connor attempted to photograph a swan pair near their home. The male swan attacked, striking with wings as he protected the nest, forcing the officer to retreat and keep a distance.
Richard Shelburn, who claimed to be wounded at Vera Cruz during a clash between American bluejackets and Mexicans, was sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction for breaking and entering. A police report showed Shelburn was serving a six month naval prison sentence for absence without leave at the time of the alleged incident.
A posse of citizens and county officers shot and killed Peter Jackson near Cochran Georgia after he barricaded himself in his home and engaged the posse. Reports say dynamite was used to blow up the house and Jackson continued firing until he was shot.
William Bradford Weston of Milton wills funds to found two hospitals with $6000 trust accounts to accumulate for 100 years. The Duxbury hospital will be the King Caesar Hospital named for Ezra Weston, known as King Caesar. The Milton hospital will be the Weston Hospital named for his wife Charlotte Louisa Weston.
The First Corps of Cadets endured a fierce engagement at Little Pond near Hudson on July 14. Aided by heavy hail and wind, they were driven from Long Hill to refuge in M. H. Mentzer's red barn before resuming camp duties to dry out and prepare to march to Boone Lake for Veterans day. Quartermaster-Sergeant Parsons and Privates Spencer and Coolidge praised for bravery.
William H. Gerrish state smoke inspector remained in a Malden Hospital bed after a Sunday evening garage fire. Doctors warned his burns caused serious internal damage and held little hope for recovery as his family rushed to his bedside.
Misses' suits offered in Austrian linen Palm Beach cloth golfine and imported ratine priced from 7.50 to 18.50. Styles include a Russian blouse model with vest and collar in navy Copenhagen rose pink brown and white. Filene’s Mail Orders Fourth Floor.
A fragmented ad lists white heeled shoes and sneakers with prices from $1.25 to $5.50. Items include white reinskin pumps, oxfords, sneaker boots, one strap pumps, and nubuck buckskin varieties with various heel heights and toe shapes.
The Misses' Shop offers braided white chinchilla coats with braid-bound hems and double rows of half-inch white silk braid. A $15 model adds a four-inch silk braid hem. many new silk braided coats are shown by importers. Misses' Pastel Plaid Chinchilla Coats priced at $12.50.
Only 40 coats in this unusual purchase. Several blue, sand and black silk poplin coats and tan leatherettes, a rubberized checked silk, plus a few cashmeres and cantonettes. Sizes 14, 16 and 18 years with busts 32 to 36 inches and lengths 48 to 52 inches.
Catalog notes a range of women’s garments including Undermuslins and Nightgowns of practical crepe at 79c, Misses' combinations with cover and skirt, Misses' envelope chemises trimmed with Yordon lace, Misses' nightgowns in five styles, pajama and hemstitched gowns, and Misses' Crewe petticoats with Torchon lace underlay at 55c.
A letter said to be written by Jack Rose during his Tombs confinement became the focus of Becker defense efforts. They hope the document may provide grounds for a new trial in Becker's murder case involving Herman Rosenthal.
A letter in possession of Becker's lawyer Bourke Cochran is reported to contain a claim that Becker is under pressure and that Webber and Valon are attempting to frame him. John B. Johnston began an inquiry into a possible new trial application while Cochran urged the press not to attribute unsigned statements to Becker.
In remarks attributed to him by newspapers, Mr Cochran disavows any campaign of publicity. He says he has no role or qualification for such a task and never contemplated undertaking it.
Michael J. Kilroy returns to State prison to finish the remainder of his sentence after completing 30 days for carrying a loaded revolver at Deerlund. He had been released a month earlier and was seized in Charlestown saloon after trying to fire on the proprietor Joseph Thornton. Patrolman James Hoy identified him, and the parole board, which earlier reduced his life term, now faces his murder charge in East Boston in 1907.
An open air suffrage meeting will be held in Malden square this evening. Mrs. Thomas P. Curtis of Boston will deliver the principal address. Mrs. E F Wellington, president of the Malden Equal Suffrage League, will preside as the event launches a series of meetings to boost turnout in the fall election.
The battleship Wisconsin of the naval academy practice squadron arrived in Colon at 8 30 this evening after sailing from Annapolis July 7 for San Francisco by way of the Panama Canal.
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