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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1914
Page
4
Walter I. Goodnow aged 63 owner of several New Hampshire department stores was killed in South Pasadena California when his car was struck by a Los Angeles suburban electric train. He had come to California with Mrs. Goodnow and two children. they were not injured.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and expedition members arrived at Barao de Melgaco on the Matto Grosso Amazonas frontier. The party will move toward the Com Memoracao Floriano and Guparana rivers, aiming for Manaos on the Rio Negro near the Amazon junction.
In Roxbury juvenile court two small children, 5 year old William Kilday and his sister Mary, were found deserted in an attic room at 1990 Washington Street South End. They were sent to a home. their parents Thomas and Katherine Kilday were arraigned. The father received probation and the mother was sentenced to the House of the Good Shepherd.
An exhibition by the Sisterhood of Temple Israel and the Council of Jewish Juniors on Commonwealth Avenue displays six tableaux and ceremonial objects illustrating synagogue prayers Sabbath rites Succoth Hanukah Passover and the marriage ceremony. The exhibit runs daily through March 16 and includes tephillin tallith Sefer Torah candlesticks and other items used in Jewish worship to convey traditions and beliefs.
The Harvard varsity debating team will face Yale and Princeton teams in the annual triangular debate on March 27. A decisive competitive session at Emerson Hall will determine the final lineup as finalists argue the chosen topic with cross argumentability and balanced preparation.
John Grebien nine years old died when he stepped in front of the Knickerbocker express from New York to Boston while at Foundry Field in Central Falls Rhode Island. The accident occurred late this afternoon as he sought a stronger breeze atop the railroad embankment.
Mary McEachern a 7 year old of 88 Albany street Roxbury was struck and killed by a Edison Light Company chauffeur Bernard Hoppe while following a liquor inflected man. He was held on manslaughter charges but later bailed.
Sacramento dispatch reports the unemployed camped along the Yolo levee remained undisturbed as eviction plans were dropped. Instead officials entered a new round of conferences to address the long standoff, avoiding immediate action.
A Portland division change by Boston and Maine Railroad on March 16 adds a late afternoon through train from Manchester New Hampshire to Boston. The 3:07 p.m. weekday departure for South Lawrence is removed and replaced by a 4:32 p.m. daily train arriving in Boston at 6:20 p.m.
New York March 13 Directors of the United States Express Company voted unanimously to liquidate its affairs and dissolve at once. The board declared it best to dissolve as soon as may be, with business settled promptly. the president was directed to inform the shareholders.
A liquidation committee with members including Charles A. Peabody of Mutual Life, William A. Reed, W. Murray Crane, and Haley Fiske was formed to dissolve the company. They consider forming a syndicate to realize assets, with shareholder returns estimated at 90 to 100 dollars per share. The firm faces real estate, equipment, and railroad contracts, and losses amid postal and express rate changes. Earnings fell to a $32,000 November deficit as holiday traffic could not stop the decline over six years of operation.
Judge Harvey H. Baker told 200 Master Builders Association members that living condition congestion fuels youth hoodlumism. He argued parents are not more careless than before and urged more parental attention, evening activities oversight, and investment in large playgrounds and high supervision to curb suburban delinquency.
Captain Edward Percy Meeker retired U S M CGC died at his Brooklyn home today at age 78 after an operation at the Naval Hospital last year for an internal growth. He came from a family of fighters his paternal great grandfather Jonathan Meeker served as a captain in the Revolutionary War.
Davenport Iowa March 13 Mrs Charles Mohr 48 laughed for six hours after a joke told by her husband. She died this morning from the prolonged fit of laughter.
Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson will lecture to the League of Catholic Women on March 31 at 4 PM on Philanthropy and again on April 15 at 8:30 PM on Modern Dangers to Religion. The league has 1400 members and is led by president Mrs. James Dwight.
Senator Lodge proposed an amendment to the Newlands Trade Commission bill directing the commission to require cost accounting in all U S government production and repair facilities. The plan would mandate annual audits of government establishments and reporting of actual costs to Congress, ensuring costs are comparable to private contracts.
N H March 13 Joseph Janelle 54 a farmer and Edward Pinard 34 a farm hand were held up beaten and robbed of 48 by six highwaymen along a Manchester to Epping road at about 630 pm One assailant threw pepper into Janelle s eyes and all six struck the men Police in surrounding towns have been notified No clues left with the robbers
Washington March 13 President Wilson received a box of Irish moss and shamrocks from John Redmond the Irish leader in the English Parliament Redmond has sent shamrocks to the White House for many years for St Patrick's Day
Paul Cohn a 22 year old Harvard law student was arrested February 23 by Cambridge police for larceny from lockers at the Newell Boat Club. Judge Barnard placed him on probation after hearing the case, with an earlier Cambridge court arraignment also yielding probation.
Ad shortened ad copy promising Adamson's Cough Belsam as a remedy. Mentions visiting a druggist for purchase and implies cure.
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