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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1914
Page
2
New York on March 12 Miss Grace Strachan president of the Interborough Association of Women Teachers spoke before the Albany commission to report a plan for pensioning grass widows and widowed mothers with dependent children.
The Brooklyn Neighborhood Guild and Jewish Council leaders clash over pensioning widows. Miss Robbins supports State aid for grass widows, while Miss Strachan argues against encouraging husbands to abandon wives. Miss American urges focus on children and limits sentimentality. The heartages will be continued.
Mazie pivots from speed to dance after a period of motor racing activity. The upcoming Sunday Post features a full color page spotlighting her new tango pursuits and public interest.
Jack S. Connolly of the Traveler Herald was unanimously elected president of the Boston Press Club. Opponents Edward L. Demon of the Globe and Charles H. Adams of the Advertiser supported the vote. New officers include James D. Hooley as vice president and Herbert K. Bilis as secretary.
Port land harbor front suffered heavy loss as two giant grain docks filled with wheat were destroyed. Two ships wrecked and a dozen buildings damaged totaling about one million dollars. Chinese crew of the Royal Mail steamer Glenroy escaped by leaping into the river. four firemen narrowly avoided death from collapsing bulkhead with one seriously injured. A tramp’s cigarette is believed to have started the blaze.
In Troy New York a pair of five year old twins, children of Michael Flannagan, drank a quart of whiskey found in their house. One child died early today and the other late tonight from alcohol poisoning.
Washington March 12. During a House marine committee discussion of the La Follette seaman's bill W H Crowley representing the Boston Marine Society a group of former sea captains said most sailors today get better food than many in this room on their own tables.
Supervising Inspector-General Uhler rejected charges that steamboat inspectors favor vessel owners. He affirmed Great Lakes lifeboat regulations protect passengers and crews while critic William J. Hunt of Cleveland lamented declining seafaring life and questioned sailors drills during storms.
Herman E. Atkins, a Brooklyn photo-engraver, files for separation claiming his wife repeatedly tried to kill herself. He alleges twenty three attempts and notes she later exposed herself to danger by sitting at an open window in night clothes to risk pneumonia.
A Dawson interview reports commander Vilhjalmur Stefansson has returned to Herschel Island and intends to begin an Arctic expedition immediately. The letter, written in McPherson and received by E S Ironside in Dawson, confirms the plan to push toward the Arctic from Herschel Island near the Mackenzie River.
President Wilson signed legislation authorizing 35 million dollars for the United States first government owned railway. Washington report notes the action as a show of real helpfulness and brotherhood to Alaska.
Secretary Lane, Senators, Representatives, and Seattle Chamber officials stand with the President as he signs the act. He notes engineers for the task and hints Panama Canal timing. He says Alaska leasing bill will follow and a comprehensive development map will be studied.
Edward Beardsley, a Summerdale farmer, convicted of assault in the first degree for shooting J. W. Putnam, Chautauqua county overseer of the poor. Jury deliberated six minutes and Beardsley faces 5 to 9.5 years at Auburn prison after surrendering to a hotelkeeper eight days later.
General Charles W. Tilden, a Civil War veteran and brevetted brigadier general, died today in Maine after a long illness at age 82. He served with the 16th Maine Regiment throughout the war and was wounded twice.
Mrs. Anna Polgil, 30, was killed in her Cleveland house today, tied to a bed and cut to pieces. Frank Siika, 40, was arrested on murder charges. his father employed the victim as a housekeeper.
Police state a suspect has confessed to the crime. A passing officer heard the woman’s screams and rescued her, but she died after being taken to a hospital.
The United States auxiliary Hector sailed from Portsmouth New Hampshire this afternoon for Philadelphia to take on a cargo of material for the new dry dock in Honolulu.
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