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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
6
Customs officials searched the White Star Cymric on its arrival from the Mediterranean under Edward G. Graves and Harney. The crew and ship were scrutinized inside and out, but nothing suitable was found. Officials plan similar checks on incoming liners.
Countess Heinfeldt Moltke of Denmark and her daughter Contessina Maria Louise 13 travel with others including Rear Admiral Charles F. Goodrich and Mrs V KR Thayer Jr to Beverly Cove. The 584 passengers include 55 first cabin and 529 steerage as F A Klein arrives to curb unsuitable immigration.
H Percival Dodge of Boston, longtime head of the Latin American Bureau in Washington, is nominated as minister to Panama. Harvard graduate of 1892 and 1895, he held key diplomatic posts in Berlin Tokio and Morocco before leading the Latin American Bureau. He married Margaret Adams of Washington in Nice on February 20, 1908.
Mrs. Lillian Hamer sues William I. Gilbert for 100000 damages alleging breach of promise to marry. Gilbert, a Neemah Wisconsin lumberman, allegedly sent 65 letters professing love. Attorney Victor B. Scott cites $72 monthly long distance bills as supporting evidence.
Attorney Scott says the suit will reveal a network of upscale dining in Chicago and Milwaukee with champagne suppers and yacht cruises on the Great Lakes. Letters from Gilbert describe intimate moments and a plan for a trip, and note his lover pressed a $150 month cashier salary at Congress Hotel.
Attorney Scott quoted Mrs Hamer describing how Gilbert, then president of the traffic association, met her four years ago and later asked her to resign from her position and bill all expenses to him about a year and a half afterward.
Harl Ovington the Newton Highlands aviator will depart Metz Aerodrome Waltham between 4 and 4:30 PM and fly over Boston. He plans to skim the Charles River basin lower than 800 feet, circle the State House dome, sail over the harbor and return to Boston then to Charlestown and the Bunker Hill monument. The risky flight aims to give hundreds of thousands a view of his Bleriot monoplane from above.
General Porfirio Miaz former President of Mexico arrived in Frankfurt on his way to Wiesbaden to take the cure.
Major American peace groups call for observance of July second and July fourth as days to promote international peace and arbitration. Signatories include Samuel B. Capen Edward Ginn James H. Van Sickle C T Hexamer Ernest Richard Theodor J Burton Bertie K Shipley Hannah J Bailey Cardinal Gibbons Albert K Smiley Nicholas Murray Butler James Brown Scott Hamilton Holt Richard Barthold and others.
Washington June 29 The Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department completed the most complete map of steamship routes showing nearly all known tracks for full powered vessels and shortest port distances A similar map appeared in 1907 and another revision is expected with Panama Canal opening
Antonio Marcello of 189 Salem Street faced Judge Sullivan in Police Court after claiming to cure sickness with a hypnotic treatment. He was fined $200 for practicing medicine without a license.
French forces commanded by General Moinier seized Mekines, located 34 miles southeast of Fez, amid operations dated June 24, between Tangier and Fez. The report notes the occupation occurred as part of ongoing regional actions.
Mrs. Charles Krones of 93 Stamford Street asks police to find her 18-year-old son James Krones and recover $700 that disappeared with him. Believed homesick, he may have returned to Tripoli where he lived three months ago.
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