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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1912
Page
3
Washington July 29. The Senate sitting as a court of impeachment adjourned after hearing Judge Robert W. Archbald's formal answer to the charges. The chamber did not decide whether the trial would proceed this summer or be postponed until fall.
Judge Robert W. Archbald, answering 13 impeachment articles, denies using his office for profit or to influence litigation before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He partially admits involvement in the Katyvdid calm bank deal with Edward J. Williams and Hillside Coal and Iron but claims no willful corruption or improper advantage.
A New York police sweep arrested four men and two young women on banking law violations. Daniel H. Tolman alleged to run four New York loan offices and 96 more nationwide, resisted arrest as prisoners were taken to the district attorney’s office.
Boston officials launch a gumshoe style push against shops suspected of shorting customers in weights and measures. Sealer Woolley enlists several women workers to assist in the crackdown on improper measures.
Sealer Woolley's assistants plan to use trusted men and women, including a colored man, to shop in suspect stores. The aim is to catch dishonest weights and measures violators by undercover purchases since dealers recognize the regular inspectors.
Gloucester crews, left penniless, face hardship in Nova Scotia after the Schooner Hattie A. Heckman was seized July 1 for alleged fishing law violations. The Quannapowitt, with license to obtain supplies, aided with ice and faced officials.
Four dollar outing pants offered at 1.98 with fine cheviots blue serges and worsteds four inch cuffs belt straps plus white and fancy flannels from S H Harrison Company 662-672 Washington Street advertisement.
Albert Kokesh, a cigarmaker, was found dead in a passenger car in the Manchester railroad yard. He had entered the car yesterday and was discovered this morning by a yard employee seated and deceased.
Fresno Dan recounts boyhood memories of Melrose primary teachers as the second hearing in the Daniel Rus estate case proceeds. Attorney Nason questions him about a Boston interview and shows Exhibit 28 a photograph of a man on a horse identified as Storey.
The hearing features testimony about Miss Treadwell describing a strict primary teacher who used a rattan and made hands smart, plus remarks on Miss Turner and Miss Bixby. Fresno Dan recalls returning to Melrose after reading a San Francisco Chronicle headline claiming crime in the estate battle and presents a second affidavit linking himself to Daniel Blake Russell.
Former United States Senator William D. Washburn died in Minneapolis at about 10 PM after health declined during a six month European stay. He was 81 and had long been a leader in national politics and the Northwest’s development. He and his party returned to America on a special train arriving July 21.
Alleged sugar frauds investigated by Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and Attorney General Wickersham have been settled. Sugar refining companies paid nearly 250000 dollars to the United States government, the Treasury Department announced today from Washington.
The W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Company will pay 100 000 dollars and the Franklin Sugar Refining Company 124 386 29 dollars to settle claims against the Franklin and Spreckels Refining Companies. The two firms operated as one under the trust. They also released the government from liabilities for excess countervailing duties on sugar imported at Philadelphia and New York totaling about 22 000 dollars. The investigation spanned over 17 years since the Wilson act reimposed duty on raw sugar in August 1894.
Wall Street saw the old Standard Oil stock hit $1000 a share marking a high water mark after its dissolution last December. John D Rockefeller owns about a quarter of the old stock, or 250000 shares, and the surge adds $81250000 to his wealth as market value climbs.
Our immense stock of $15 and $13 suits reduced to $9.75. Fine blue serges Scotch ceviots and fancy worsteds. S. H. Harrison Company, 662 672 Washington St. adv.
Miss Elizabeth P. Dodd longtime North End resident dies at home on 190 Salem Street aged 101 buried today at Forest Hills Cemetery. Born December 12 1824 on Fleet Street she lived in the North End for many years and was widely known among locals.
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