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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
16
Reverend Frederick F E Heath preached on Roosevelt libel suit at Warren Avenue Baptist Church last evening. He blamed editor Newett for not studying the Sermon on the Mount and praised Roosevelt's victory as a blow to rumor. Heath noted early edition presses and commented on Sunday versus Monday newspapers.
Mr Heath argues readers should separate fact from rumor and judges not the mote in Roosevelt’s eye. He criticizes a Western publisher for condemning Roosevelt without evidence and defends editors as equals to presidential candidates.
The Argus estimates 75 House seats show Labor 38, Liberals 35, Independents 1 with Liberal gains reported and Labor losses. Senate gains anticipated. three women candidates, including Miss Goldstein, failed to win seats. Counting paused from midnight Saturday to Monday morning causing slow returns.
President Wilson and Cabinet members and top military officers led a large gathering at Cathedral Close Mt St Alban for the annual memorial service honoring those who died in the Spanish-American War. The event drew many national figures and a broad public turnout in Washington.
A Veterans ceremony aboard the Constitution remembered Civil War dead with taps and scattered flowers. Whitehaired, older sailors paused as younger men seemed less aware of the sacrifice while the ship honored the unknown fallen.
An Everett ceremony under Women's Relief Corps and G A R auspices featured veteran singers, a Boynton speech praising the navy, and readings of Old Ironsides. I J Irons led a nearby Boston post chorus, while wreaths were cast by Miss Barry and Mrs Blanchard.
In Santiago on June 1 the Chilean Congress opened with the usual ceremony. President Ramon Barros Luco attended in person alongside diplomatic representatives and military and civil authorities.
Greek headquarters ban engagements but Bulgarians attempt to push back Greek lines. The Greek minister at Sofia protests Bulgarian provocations. Servian officials and officers meet Greek Premier Venizelos in Salonika as Serbia concentrates forces at Pirot near the frontier.
Former U S Senator Thomas Witherell Palmer died after a long illness in Detroit. Born in 1830, he served as senator from 1883 and later was minister to Spain. He led the World’s Columbian Exposition and championed woman suffrage.
Mrs. Mary Ruth Channing Rogers Coolidge died at 31 Brewster Street Cambridge after noon yesterday. She was 91, wife of Rev. James I. T. Coolidge Harvard 1838, aged 95. They married April 18 1843 and celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Survived by Ellery Channing Coolidge and Mrs. Walter Dean.
Madrid June 1 Count Alvaro De Romanones who resigned as premier on May 30, with his ministry has agreed to resume office. He returns to the premiership at the request of King Alfonso after consultation with all leaders. The cabinet will stay as before.
Delegates from across the country gather for the 26th annual convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen in Washington. The 28 day session opens tomorrow with President Wilson scheduled to receive the delegates on June 4.
The 906 Marines who arrived aboard the Prairie from Guantanamo, Cuba, left Boston today for their home stations. Forty went to Portsmouth with Colonel Pendleton, 260 to Norfolk, 45 to Boston, 90 to Washington, 75 to Annapolis, 170 to Charleston, and 220 to New York.
Thousands celebrated the first warm day of the season at Boston area beaches. The June 1, 1913, sun brought crowds to Revere Beach and Nan-Itasket with many bathing. The thermometer hit 80 at 2 PM while unsettled weather and showers were forecast for the next day.
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