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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
4
June 8 The State's case against actor Raymond Hitchcock for mistreatment of 15 year old Helen Von Hagen moved swiftly. A jury was seated and Von Hagen testified after court adjourned until tomorrow by Recorder Goff in New York.
The jury filled within three hours as Assistant District Attorney Garvan outlined the prosecution’s case. Helen Von Hagen recounted meetings with the actor and alleged December 1906 incidents at a West Forty-first Street house, including an attempted assault on her and Elsie Veecks. Flora Zabelle Hitchcock arrived early, kissed her prisoner husband, and appeared with Mrs Buckminster in a blue gown and Merry Widow styled attire.
In Cary Avenue Baptist Church Chelsea last night a protest against more liquor licenses led Deacon Fred A. Cheney to attack former Mayor John E. Beck. Beck defended his record, denying political debts and saying he would not apologize or sign any petition to the license commissioners.
An advertisement extols a trusted health product Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical family laxative. It urges purchasing only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. remedy through leading druggists, praising it as world widely approved and medically recommended.
An automobile runabout exploded at the Beacon and Clarendon corner yesterday. Occupants Carleton Eldredge of Castleton Vermont a chauffeurs school student and his instructor William Hamilton were thrown into the street but escaped with bruises. The boiler lack of water is blamed for the blast.
Eldredge and Hamilton escaped unharmed after a runabout owned by the school exploded on Beacon Street. Harold Parker, the Highway Commissioner, fled as debris rained down from the vehicle. The car’s value dropped from 400 dollars to 9.98 dollars due to a boiler fault and wreckage scattered across the boulevard.
New York June 8 Aid and sympathy reached Sarah Koten the friendless nurse who last night killed Dr Martin W Auspitz Hannah Jensen who says she tried to slay the doctor a year ago sent word that steps were being taken to protect Koten's interests Koten sent to the Tombs from Harlem Police Court.
Miss Jensen says Dr. Auspitz exploited her during treatment at his hospital on East Ninety third Street and fired at him but was stopped. Miss Koten, later employed by the doctor, charged him with assault and was later released with a coroner’s inquest pending.
In Gray Hall Newton Centre more than 1200 Sacred Heart parishioners hosted a farewell for Rev Dennis J Wholey P R recently transferred to St Josephs Roxbury. After a reading Fr Frank Hurley presented a purse of 1000 in gold. The event was directed by Rev J F Haney assistant pastor.
Governor Hughes sent a special message to the New York Legislature urging enactment of suitable legislation to prevent race track gambling and to address cattle diseases, especially tuberculosis. Forty five senators were present for the roll but Senator Foelker was absent, making his vote crucial for the anti gambling measure.
By a decision of the full bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, Henry P. Emerson of Lynn must pay $82,000 to the trustee in bankruptcy of the Eastern Commission and Importing Company, of which he was president. The suit claimed the firm preferred certain creditors after insolvency.
The eleventh annual Claren don Gardens opening was held last night. Albert Anderson operates the gardens with his Clarendon hotel at Tremont street. The grounds seat about 200 and feature central flower beds and long border plantings with fragrance. An arched Tremont street entrance lights the venue, where an orchestra plays behind flowering walls.
The Providence Morning Tribune will suspend publication this Saturday due to rising newsprint costs. The owners cite higher costs as the reason for discontinuing the paper in Providence, Rhode Island.
A simple mixture of Tincture of Cinchona Prosene Compound and Sherry is recommended for all stomach troubles. Patients are advised to take a teaspoonful before meals and at bedtime in water and to have the prescription filled at Riker Jaynes drug stores.
Carnival parade will be a big feature of Bunker Hill Day celebrations in Charlestown on June 17 morning. The feature program is titled American Inventions and will showcase attractive and entertaining displays.
The display divides into three sections with 26 features. Division one emphasizes float and foot items tied to patriotic and historic inventions such as the Minute Men, the Declaration, Old Glory, the steamboat, and the ironclad. Division two covers seven industrial and economic inventions including the telegraph sewing machine typewriter Edison phonograph telephone and gas fuel.
Edward H. Carter leads the third division as chief marshal with a staff dressed as capitalists devoted to American invention. The group will display a banner reading Patriotic and Historical Inventions and include Just Pie baseball American Beauty Roosevelt and Rooseveltism the flying machine and football among subjects.
In a street brawl sparked by Italian christening tensions at 4 Prince Street and Commercial Street, two women were slashed and Giuseppe Bessill was grazed by a bullet. Prono Bellisario and Celestino Ardolina were arrested, Ardolina accused of firing and Bellisario reported slashing with a razor as crowds dispersed.
An advertising pitch from Van Camp Packing Co. of Indianapolis extols canned milk as sterile and superior to raw milk. It cites factory cleanliness, sanitary stables, expert examination, and long shelf life while urging readers to request a free cookbook and notes its price and quality advantages over milkmen.
Van Camp's dairy product is described as rich Holstein milk with two thirds of the water evaporated, concentrating the milk for a thicker texture and stronger flavor.
A passing flat car dropped heavy pine and 4x6 timbers along four tracks near Harrison Square, blocking the division for about an hour from 8 55 as freight and passenger trains were delayed. The station master spotted the danger just in time to avert a worse wreck.
A general alarm in Wakefield called out the full fire department to fight a blaze that gutted the inside of Dudley’s Block a two and a half story wooden building at Albion and Foster. The fire was confined to the block with losses around ten thousand dollars. Occupants included E L Colwell furniture dealer Henry Florell rattan goods maker T Fitzgerald tailor T Munroe shoe dealer and Dana Dudley inventor owner of the block. A hall for lodge meetings occupied the upper story.
Benjamin H. Ridgley has arrived in Mexico City as the new consul general with his family. He will immediately assume duties, succeeding Alfred L. M. Gottschalk who was recently appointed consul general at large.
The Jaynes Drug Company offers the A. J. M prescription for foot odor with a dollar large bottle. Toledo businessman J. S. McGee shares a testimonial of dramatic improvement after years of cracked, foul smelling feet and unsuccessful medical treatment.
Samuel Whinery of New York testified before the Finance Commission for several hours in an executive session. The hearing reviewed street department reports now with department heads and slated a reorganization of divisions. A general report and radical recommendations are expected within a week.
A body recovered from the St. Lawrence River is identified by clothing and eyeglasses as Henry Rodee a wealthy Ogdensburg flour miller who vanished in March 1903. Authorities believe he took his own life due to ill health.
Massachusetts Industrial Education Commission wins approval to hand out blanks for pupils to fill, seeking parent and worker opinions on industrial education. The board will collect pupil names and plans for further schooling, while Rudolph Mertin requests a central Boston schoolhouse for German language classes on Saturdays open to all faiths.
In response to governors' suggestion from the May White House conference the President names a national Conservation Commission to study questions on natural resource conservation. It will advise him and cooperate with state bodies designated by the states.
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