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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
7
Martin Drew, employed on the Oliver Ames estate in North Easton, swam 20 minutes in an icy well today. He could not attract help by calling or climbing the walls. Exhausted, he sank twice before rescuers hauled him to the surface just as he was going under for the final time.
Drew slipped into a five foot deep portion of a sixteen foot well while repairing the pump. Despite strong swimming, cold water and exhaustion, he called for help until Michael Whalen, estate foreman, located him and pulled him to safety with ropes and a ladder before he sank.
Arthur E. Feeley former clerk at Third National Bank of Pittsfield pleaded not guilty before U S Commissioner Arthur H Wood to charges of abstracting funds from a national banking association Feeley was held for the next Boston grand jury with bail set at 2500 and restitution reported by relatives and friends of Feeley
The bodies of the two men killed at the Alliston station by a train have been identified as David Parkinson and A. E. Mittens. Parkinson has a mother and brother in Taunton. Mittens’ relatives are not known.
Miss Amelie Leonard, a nurse on Commonwealth Avenue, was sentenced to an indefinite term at the Sherborn Women’s Reformatory after pleading guilty to two counts of larceny involving jewelry valued at $3000 and $1000 from Miss Mary J. Lockwood. The judge imposed the term typical for such offenses, and Leonard showed no outward emotion.
An afternoon blaze at J. A. Connor & Co. Malden grain sheds caused $5000 in damages with insurance partly covering losses. Fire started near lime and straw, aided by wind. Workers rescued after wall collapse. Coal, flour, and a historic balloon were destroyed as trains paused on the Saugus branch.
Fashion favors the close-front collar as the ideal accompaniment to contemporary attire. Designers predict it will dominate this season, boosted by the slip-over buttonhole from Lion collars, making it easy to fasten and integrate with well dressed menswear.
Arthur N. Ham of the Russell Sage Foundation criticizes loan sharks amid Boston Chamber talks. Edward A. Filene pitches credit unions as remedies, stressing cooperative lending and borrower responsibility. Richard Hale calls for tighter supervision of lenders.
John Havey Rice, 95, famed Civil War attorney and former Maine Fourth District congressman, long trusted adviser to Lincoln, died in Chicago. Rice had served three terms in Congress and was Bangor port collector, living there since 1899.
Washington report for 1908 by the Department of Commerce and Labor says Massachusetts remains the national leader in fishing. The state accounts for 13 percent of total fisheries quantity and value with 599 varieties of seafood and the famed sacred codfish. 37 other states fish salt and fresh water.
The report highlights Massachusetts as leading in cod haddock and mackerel catches with strongShowings in 15 other species and major earnings from clams lobsters oysters and other products. Gloucester and Boston anchor offshore fisheries while 8 percent of U S fishing employment and 14 percent of capital are Massachusetts based.
Joseph J. Corbett of Charlestown will be the next corporation counsel of Boston, planned by the city administration. He will succeed John D. McLaughlin, who is to join the Superior Court bench, with Judge Corbett named as first assistant corporation counsel.
The Boston Board of Health in the Anti Germ crusade plans to cut off meat supply to Saturday night buyers. An army of 50 000 meat buyers will be affected as the first Saturday in April approaches, according to market men.
Market leaders warn the Health Board rule will exceed capacity of sidewalk booths in Boston markets. They say half the selling staff would be cut and city tax revenue from market vendors would fall. Chamber of Commerce President Lucius W. Smith questions how 50,000 Saturday shoppers can be served.
Francis Batchelder warns sidewalk stall market men may face taxes if stalls are driven out. Booths in Faneuil Hall Market tested new Anti Germ orders with meat outside enclosures. fish stalls already covered. Merchants fear loss of external trade and tax revenue for Boston while the Board of Health vows strict action to curb dust flies and germs.
Babson signals resignation from city service as Corbett poised to become the next Corporation Counsel. Corbett, longtime Democratic insider and adviser to Mayor Fitzgerald, has history in Charlestown District Court roles and various city commissions.
The ninth in the series of special lectures will be delivered this afternoon at 8 o clock in the large lecture hall. Hon Joseph F OConnell of Dorchester will discuss The relation of a lawyer to law making bodies.
Secretary MacVeagh told reporters before a rest in Dublin New Hampshire that there were no signs of fraud in the Boston customs service. He cited good financial conditions and said troops would not cross the border into Mexico and dismissed rumors of a secret Mexico Japan treaty.
Secretary asserts troop concentration near the Mexican border is a domestic military maneuver not a war movement. He denies any Mexico Japan treaty, notes two troop movements prior and current exercises away from the border. On finances he cites Panama Canal bonds, a potential 50 million issue, and a June 30 deficit near 30 million with a modest year surplus if canal spending is excluded.
Dedham March 15 Charges of gross misconduct proven to the satisfaction of the court. John Byverett of Canton disbarred from practice in Massachusetts courts by Chief Justice John A. Aiken of the Superior Court. The 22 specifications alleged improper real estate dealings between residents of Sturbridge and Lynn. Everett, 52, formerly Canton town treasurer, had been a member of the bar for years.
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