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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1913
Page
3
June 8 report says two diamonds were stolen from a gold cross shipped from this city to Archbishop John Baptiste Pitaval at Santa Fe New Mexico. Private investigators and authorities are probing the mysterious theft.
A gold cross valued at 2000 made by W D Feely was sent in a sealed package to Santa Fe New Mexico. In transit one diamond was taken. The archbishop received the broken seal cross and returned it to Feely. On return tampering occurred and another diamond disappeared valued at 700.
At the New England Association of Railroad Veterans monthly gathering in Council Hall Hanover Street J H French author of The Standard Rules of Railroad Operation in the United States spoke on Railroads of the Past and Present. Chairman George A Jones then introduced members who recalled experiences in the railroad business.
Esbach’s test is claimed to prove albu men reduction with Fulton’s Renal Compound. Recoveries are reported. the ad urges nationwide publicity and offers the formula, noting the need to keep the liver active and urging patients with Bright’s disease to try the remedy. Available at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores in Boston with literature from John J Fulton Co. in San Francisco.
The three day celebration began with public historical exercises as 100 school children sang patriotic songs. An 8 am flag unfurling on the liberty pole and a cornet rendition of the Star Spangled Banner opened events on the Battle Green.
The Leyland liner Winifredian arrived from Liverpool yesterday afternoon with 65 cabin passengers aboard. Among them were five kindergarten teachers who completed Dr. Maria Montessori's course in Italy. Mrs Elizabeth Woodhead, 8, traveled with her daughter Mrs Grace Winslow of Shirley. The five teachers include Miss Alice Hopkins Glassberg Miss Winifred Hughes Cambridge Miss N A Maurer Washington Miss M A Templeton Chicago and Miss L R Grimes New York.
Crowds visited the Middlesex Fells reservation despite cool weather and noted a large rise in birds and animals in the woodlands. Following stricter Metropolitan Park Commission rules to protect wildlife from boys and hunters, the hills and meadows are reportedly more alive with game and birds this season.
Berlin June 8 the Kaiser with imperial family dedicated the great permanent stadium at Gruenwald to be used for the 1916 Olympic games. It marks a new athletic era the Kaiser intends to found and the stadium will be a temple of the new cult.
The Kaiser arrives at 12 30 pm as General Count Von Podbielski vows a day for German youth and empire glory. 30 000 athletes parade for an hour while 8 000 pigeons carry copies of the speech to centers, followed by gymnastic displays and a vivid show of national vigor.
Robert F. Denvir of Brighton died at City Hospital at 7 30 yesterday morning after a cerebral hemorrhage suffered in Fire Commissioner Cole's office Wednesday afternoon. He was formerly an actor and later involved in the liquor business at various locations and served as president of the Charlestown Veteran Firemen's Association.
The Sate bath house at Revere Beach opened at noon yesterday with 47 men and seven women bathers using the facility during the day.
Boston parade records show 1516 horses in the Memorial Day event with 765 blue ribbons 235 red and 51 yellow ribbons awarded. Only 89 absentees, 17 lame 16 thin and 6 poorly groomed. Engagement announced Miss Gladys Munn to Charles M Minot with a summer wedding planned on the north shore.
Three railroad presidents will headline the Boston Chamber of Commerce dinner on Thursday at the Copley Plaza Hotel. Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio William H. Brown of the New York Central and Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad will argue for a five percent freight rate increase and take questions from members afterward. The large ballroom is booked and expected to reach capacity.
E. E. Elston, Norwood’s oldest resident and holder of the Post cane, marched three miles in the annual memorial service parade of Trot Lodge No. 15, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, yesterday afternoon.
In a Faneuil Hall memorial service, Rev. William M. Tufts denounces husbands who abandon wives after taking women from stable jobs. He says such men steal a portion of a wife’s life, leaving her without funds or insurance, and urges men to provide for their families from the start.
A large Greek community gathering at Berkeley Hall honored Greece’s independence from Turkey. Speaker Pimamichalopoulos, head of the Pan-Hellenic Union of America, likened to a Greek George Washington, addressed attendees with part of his remarks quoted.
Greek ambassador Alexander Vouros lauds Greek Americans for wartime sacrifice and bold calls for a new drive to place the cross in St Sophia, capture Janina's fortress, and make Constantinople the capital of a Greater Greece, comparing deeds to Thermopylae and Marathon.
Friends of Edward J. Ryan, superintendent of the railway mail service, learned he had been reduced to chief clerk in the Boston office by order of Postmaster General Burleson. His pay drops from 3000 to 2000 annually. Ryan said he was surprised and had received no notice or explanation.
Miss Elizabeth W. Nichols daughter of John W. T. Nichols of New York and E. P. Taylor Jr of Hartford and the St Nicholas Club married at Jamaica Plain on Saturday by Rev Samuel M Crothers of the First Parish Cambridge He said a telephone call summoned him and a taxi carried him through rain to perform the ceremony near the Larz Anderson estate then back home in the provided taxi.
George W. Starkey, longtime recording secretary of Old Colony Lodge, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, resigned due to other duties. He has worked as a clerk at the Custom House for four years. Lodge resolutions praise his service during his terms. Resignation takes effect duly 1. Richard G. Stearns reported on a dispute between clerks and management of the New Haven railroad system.
Gloucester firemen conducted services at Addison Gilbert's grave in Oak Grove cemetery as part of Memorial Day observances. They also held memorial exercises for their own fallen at Channing's cemetery.
In accordance with Chap. 590 Acts of 1908 depositors are asked to present their pass-books during May or June 1913 for the usual verification.
Colorado promotion invites summer trips with Rock Island Lines trains from Chicago to Denver and Colorado Springs and from St. Louis to Colorado. Highlights include the Rocky Mountain Limited and the Colorado Flyer with low fares from June 1 to September 30. Books Little Journeys in Colorado and Under the Turquoise Sky offered by S. L. Parrott, General New England Agent, Boston.
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