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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1914
Page
14
Joseph Flashner of 308 Harrison avenue asks Judge Pierce in Superior Criminal Court to stop Samuel Singer, 324 Harrison avenue, from working for a rival restaurant. Flashner testifies Singer draws customers away by walking the venue daily.
Katz testified he saw Sam Singer enticing regular Flashner customers by bragging about Epicurean fare at No 32 Harri gan Avenue. Singer denied luring customers, stating he was a waiter at 824 Harrison Avenue earning 14 dollars weekly. Jacob Morris supported the denial. Judge Pierce took the matter under advisement.
Atlanta July 17. A state Senate committee recommended an adverse report on the constitutional amendment to grant Georgia women the right to vote in state and county elections. A House committee had acted similarly.
The former American battleship Idaho, recently sold to Greece, arrived at Ville Franche from Gibraltar and will stay several weeks. The ship is slated for transfer and possible reconstruction under Greek ownership.
Charles H. Bishop of Somerville drove a Portland express into North Station after a stone on the track shattered his face. Semi conscious with a broken nose and eye, he kept the throttle until stop then collapsed. Firemen and bystanders aided him. officials praise his pluck. The 4:30 arrival was on time.
Judge Braley ordered the full Supreme Court to decide whether the Public Service and Harbor and Land Commissioners acted within their authority in decreeing a temporary passenger ferry across the Cape Cod canal. The Bourne selectmen petition prompted the review, with separate actions to remove the temporary Bournedale drawbridge and a bill to review injunctions.
A Boston hotel overheard exchange shows Dr Charles H Keene of Minneapolis criticizing Gov Walsh s plan to appoint Dr Victor Heiser as Massachusetts Health Commissioner Heiser would face local day to day issues unlike tropical admin duties and Keene argues for local capable officials over celebrities The debate centers on suitability over prestige for the post and local political considerations
The Boston Auxiliary to the Irish National Volunteers appeals to Irish societies for support and calls a general meeting at 8 p m tomorrow in Hibernian Hall Roxbury. The national committee has sent 5000 dollars to the Irish National Volunteers in Ireland to buy arms, 1000 of which came from Joseph McGarrity of Philadelphia.
City Clerk James Donovan will serve as acting Mayor of Boston for the next week while Mayor Curley attends the A O H convention in Norfolk Virginia. With the mayor absent the City Council president would act, but President McDonald left for a White Mountains trip, making Donovan the acting mayor under city law.
Frederick Alcock, general manager of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, says the Panama Canal will be ready for big ships before July 31. He arrived on the Zacapa from Colon and expects Governor Goethals to inform Washington soon. The Orduna, a 22000-ton liner, may pass through and head to New York, launching service to the west coast of South America.
Harry L. McLean a driver for Miller Lakin Express was arrested Thursday night by Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officers on State street for beating his horse until it bled from the lashes. Judge Bennett in the Municipal Court sentenced him to three months in the House of Correction, with the sentence suspended until January while investigations continued.
Dr. Joseph Finklestein of 342 Hanover Street was seriously hurt last night when his car lurched forward after tampering with the mechanism. Two children, Alvelia Beterrala aged 6 of 166 Prince Street and Joseph Auferre aged 3 of 162 Prince Street, were lightly hurt as the machine dashed past the doctor and struck a brick building.
In Rumford Maine on July 17 Henry Hilton of Rumford and Thomas Pietro of Portland were instantly killed when a hanging wire on a derrick they were moving touched a high tension line at the Oxford Paper Mill. The coroner deemed an inquest unnecessary. Hilton left a wife and several children.
Parkerburg reporters say a local brewing firm destroyed 17000 gallons of beer left over after West Virginia went dry. Deputy internal revenue collector R E Hays supervised the discharge of the beer into the Little Kanawha River to avoid federal taxes. The move follows prohibition laws banning manufacture or sale of intoxicants in the state.
The armored cruiser Brooklyn will not arrive at Charlestown navy yard until Monday due to trials the machinery must undergo. She anchored at Presidents Roads yesterday and will serve as receiving ship under Commander William A. Moffett.
Horatio Carter of 192 Austin Street Newton died at his home last night after a long illness of nearly 20 years. He was formerly connected with the Carter Rice firm and is survived by relatives in the area.
London July 18 British government strains to settle the Ulster problem. Two cabinet councils were held and Prime Minister Asquith met the King and spoke with Andrew Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson. Day-long talks among party leaders yielded no definite result. Negotiations to continue Monday with improved prospects.
Ex mayor John F. Fitzgerald begins training today for a place in the Wilson cabinet and plans a debut speech in Northampton on The Future of New England. He is pitched as a rival to William Jennings Bryan in Chautauqua lectures with a focus on Boston's development and a bigger, busier city.
Hampton Beach New Hampshire July 11 reports say improved bathing followed by washing away of part of White Island beach opposite here. Jere Rowe a prominent businessman notes the washed area was of little use and believes there is little danger to island inhabitants as sea inroads continue.
Funeral services for Ernest Leighton Carr were held at his home 17 Orient Avenue Melrose yesterday afternoon. Rev A E Scoville former Melrose Baptist pastor conducted. Adelphi male quartet provided music. Bearers were Fred M Lamson W Raymond Emerson Selden W Tyler Arthur F Kimball W A Lenhard and B Copeland Lang all close friends of Mr Carr.
Democrats on the Senate Banking and Currency Committee favor confirming Thomas D. Jones of Chicago but face opposition over his role as a director of International Harvester, which is indicted for Sherman Act violations. Majority report is opposed. minority report delayed. Administration senators push to win support. Warburg hearing pending. A Democratic caucus may be convened to discuss strategy.
The 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers Association holds its 53rd annual reunion this evening at the Revere House.
New York July 17 Nora Bayes a leading figure in vaudeville and musical comedy has been given a death sentence by European physicians. Edward V Darling reports she was ordered to Kissengen with a prognosis of at most six months to live. Bayes born Dora Goldberg rose to fame with Jack Norworth and later divorced him in Chicago.
Philip G. Clifford of Portland was named auxiliary receiver for the Somerset Woolen Company of Monson by Judge Dodge in federal court yesterday. Clifford, appointed in Portland on July 15 after voluntary bankruptcy, filed an injunction petition to restrain Charles D. Rood of Springfield from foreclosing a $17 000 mortgage on the Monson factory. the court will hear the petition Monday.
The Massachusetts Cavalry Club, a new state unit, has bought horses and is finishing stables and a club house at Natick Junction. The first meeting will be held today on the grounds to outline the club’s future policy and purposes.
St Louis begins an eight week program of free municipal motion pictures funded by a $2000 appropriation from the Municipal Assembly. The nightly showings will run in the city's public parks and playgrounds starting tonight.
W H L Talley president of the Bank of Rogers said depositors would probably be paid in full after the bank, with $150000 capital and $400000 in deposits, was closed yesterday by the State bank examiner in Rogers Arkansas.
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