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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1912
Page
4
After a two day pause the duel for half the estate of Daniel Russell of Melrose renews at nine this morning. Dakota Dan’s attorney Scharton needed a breather and Fresno Dan endures four days of intense questioning to regain his balance.
Fresno Dan has answered 1874 questions over nearly 50 years with I dont remember or hazy replies. He told reporters he hopes attorney Scharton is nearly finished with him, while Dakota Dan expects Fresno Dans examination to boost his own prospects.
Mathias Becker hatter of 20 Mechanic street Orange New Jersey faces a court appearance after Judge Abbott found Becker and his family including his wife and two children residing at the Bradley Beach Home of the Orange Fresh Air Society. The judge toured the home with a party of 50 persons and observed Becker’s kin among the residents.
At the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes Beachmont the offertory boxes at the entrance and shrine were broken open and emptied of contents. The pastor Rev Father Hickey announced the vandalism and noted a prior break led to one offender sent to Concord reformatory and another serving a year in the House of Correction.
The Rev William Harman van Allen of the Church of the Advent preached on Joyful in My Lot praising Boston as a bounteous city. He urged Bostonians to recognize glory and beauty and to be joyful in their lot.
A Boston rector and Dr. Van Allen praise local generosity and civic care. They note poverty is addressed quickly and claim Americans compare favorably with other nations, despite lingering economic clouds and room for improvement in opportunities.
Mayor Fitzgerald, now recovered from a malarial fever, plans to resume duties at City Hall today and review the State Board of Arbitration report on the L strike. From Falmouth Heights he also urges capitalists to invest in family hotels there with summer baths and moderate temperatures.
Former United States Senator W. D. Washburn, 82, in dying condition, returns to Minneapolis Ind after six months in Europe. He fell ill while traveling home and is accompanied by doctors and family. Washburn served one Senate term and was later succeeded by Knute Nelson in 1895.
A new device by H. S. Souttar at London Hospital Medical College records heart and heart muscle activity from 100 yards away and, with electricity, 100 miles away. Patients place hands in warm salt water. current drives a capillary thread showing heart beats on a recording chart without distress.
In Long Beach a hotel invites 100 eligible young men to stay a month nearly free as 160 maidens and chaperons dominate the guest list. The women demand escorts for swimming, tennis, golf, motoring and dancing or they will relocate. The offer targets nicely described young men at a monthly rate of twenty five dollars for room and board, with regular rates higher.
London July 21 An Austrian newspaper reports Queen Wilhelmina of Holland spends about 24000 dollars yearly on personal attire making her the most extravagant among European royal wardrobes. Queen Margaret of Italy follows with 16000, much for lace. Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany commits 12500 for gowns from London or Vienna. the Czarina is noted as the most economical, favoring blacks and austere styles to minimize costs.
Horencamp, jailed two months for a Sussex county case, escaped from a jail cell using a cot spring to pick his lock and an outer door. He fled before a policeman arrived after his sweetheart Mabel Crawn had been discharged earlier.
In Budapest on July 21 a villager’s funeral inmeshvar Hungary drew a distant response when the chosen speaker failed to sway mourners. He recalled a 100 franc loan and urged a collection to honor the dead, but the appeal fell flat and a second friend delivered the panegyric.
In New York on July 21 Charles Hertle a Brooklyn messenger found a woman's pocketbook on Fulton Street containing 1200 dollars and change. He located the owner, a stylishly dressed woman, who thanked him and left with the purse in her handbag, offering no reward.
In Toledo on July 21 a vagabond bulldog named Bum helped arrest Sidney Tucker of Burlington Iowa after Tucker smashed a store showcase and stole collars and ties. Bum and a patrolman chased the thief. Bum overtook him and Tucker was sentenced to 80 days in the workhouse.
Hetty Green added to her fortune by selling two Chicago properties. The 830 to 840 Sibley Street parcel sold for 14000 to Antonio Pinetoggo. a South La Salle and Twenty second Street site in the Red Light district sold for 70000 to a foreign syndicate. Two Loomis and Taylor Street parcels were leased for 2200 yearly, representing 4 percent of the holdings' value.
Dr Thomas J Balhattchet named in confession of Rose Moody who admits to borrowing a baby from a Clear ing Illinois family and posing as its mother to blackmail her former employer for 3500 dollars. Balhatchett allegedly reported the birth of a child to city mortality officials on May 28.
Dr. George B. Moffitt reports no poison in Allen Green’s viscera from Weissport, but found strychnine in both bottles and the Johnny cake at the home. He cautions that lack of poison in organs does not rule out poisoning.
Frank Stelwark aged 21, a native of Russia and whip maker, was instantly killed after grabbing a live wire in Van Deuzen's court Westfield amid a storm. The 2300 volt line had blown onto a tin roof and was severed by a short circuit. He leaves a widow and two children.
The Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan paid $1000 in May for one of fifty jingles created to promote its beverage.
The article notes that by August 10 the Atlantic fleet is expected to be destroyed and over 3000 Massachusetts militia officers and soldiers will depart for the front on August 10 or 11 as the enemy advances toward New York.
A harbor excursion by the Lithuanian Citizens' Association of South Boston aboard the Martha ended in a riot as the steamer docked at Bay Line wharf. Five arrests followed after fights with clubs and stones lasting about ten minutes. Police were summoned by five calls but the trouble subsided before their arrival.
More than 20 000 troops from Massachusetts New York New Jersey and New England will participate in a large scale war game in which Massachusetts and New England attack New York with federal troops aiding. The event backed by nearly one million dollars aims to be the most practical and humane in its design to limit hardship to citizen soldiers while planning food shelter and transport with General Bliss likely to oversee the games. The M V M units will travel by train from Springfield Framingham and Boston to a Connecticut point for a march on New York City.
London July 21 Mrs J J Astor entertains guests in her unfinished Grosvenor square home while decorating the first floor with old English oak pieces. The upstairs drawing room will feature French style furniture pictures and china.
An ad extols the Cluthe Truss as superior to belt style devices for hernias. It claims self regulation through suction, no leg straps, 18 patents, and guaranteed hold with a 60 day trial to prove effectiveness.
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