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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1915
Page
4
In Guysboro Nova Scotia on March 12 Fanny Dismal known as Old Jewel was ordered held for trial on a witchcraft charge. It is claimed to be the first such case in the province under the criminal code section punishing pretension to witchcraft or conjuration.
Witnesses at the preliminary hearing before Stipendiary Magistrate Des Barres testified that Old Jewel was called to cure diseases that did not respond to treatment and to exorcise devils she claimed to control. She gave doses of mustard and ginger tea and distributed charms to carry. The witnesses said she did not use her powers for evil purposes.
Mayor Haines leaped from a moving 4:19 p m train heading toward Wellington to aid Medford fire crews battling a grass fire near the railroad bridge by Revere Beach Boulevard. He said he planned to cut the pay for sub call firefighters as they near the appropriation limit. Medford has 22 call firefighters and about 15 sub call firefighters earning $1 per fire reported.
Coleman Flaherty, roadmaster for the Brockton division of the Bay State Street Railway, told the local arbitration board that none of his men are competent. He said he did fire one oiler, but the union reinstated him. The attorney questioned why remaining oilers stayed at work despite alleged incompetence due to union action.
The transcript shows Mr. Flaherty blaming incompetence for hazards and a union counsel challenging the claim. Witness Wisherty admits potential dangers but denies causation. District Attorney Pelletier scolds Peter Seymour for resisting wage increases as Frank Splicer notes hazards vary by job and locale with limited standardization of wages.
Testimony covered the Cabot home in Brookline with an updated appraisal and insurance amounts for paintings including two by Carot. Mrs Bartel and Mrs George E Cabot listened as the witness described letters Cabot sent and the quiet demeanor of Dr Briggs and his wife.
George E. Cabot nephew of the late Louis Cabot and executor testified that he cannot recall key details of the will while being questioned by Sherman L. Whipple. Mrs. John W. Bartel’s attorney Charles F. Choate pressed for the instrument to be sustained as the Bartel children are the primary beneficiaries.
In a Boston court, Guy Fairfield of Keene NH testifies about Woodward the former valet and alleged undue influence on Louis Cabot's will. He recounts money promises to testify and Cabot’s finances. Later George Cabot asserts Cabot kept few personal accounts. A separate unidentified man dies after collapsing at a Washington street theatre.
Frank H. McCarthy, AFL New England organizer, declares Leopold Morse & Co. a union firm and backs the United Garment Workers of America. He states wages and hours will not change after the strike and urges tailors to return to work and join the UGW of America.
Lotta Crabtree's summer home at Squantum narrowly escaped a grass fire yesterday afternoon. The blaze, driven by a strong northwest wind, threatened the estate and several outbuildings. Fire apparatus from Atlantic, Wollaston, and Quincy responded. The Crabtree home, built by the Burkhardt family of Roxbury, is among the area’s finest.
Riot and looting surge in Mexico City as Zapata forces clash with Carranza loyalists. Reports cite multiple foreigners including Germans and Britons among victims while the Brazilian minister seeks swift punishment and US guarantees. President Wilson aides push for restitution. Instances of murder and loot unfold amid a tense foreign presence.
Two thousand Mexicans stormed Mexico Citys National Palace after a demonstration near Corpus Christi Church. Police chief Octavio Bertrand was stabbed, a bystander killed, and several injured as the mob attacked, seeking priests imprisoned by Carranza to force a ransom of 500000 gold. Reports came from Vera Cruz and Galveston through Carranzas envoy.
Frank Miles Day of Philadelphia was yesterday named supervising architect for Wellesley College by its trustees. He already supervises buildings at Yale Johns Hopkins and New York Universities and heads a firm working on University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State College projects.
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