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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
3
Washington reports the Senate intends a swift vote on a constitutional amendment to grant women the vote. Senator Ashurst says consensus favors acting soon, with the measure likely to pass quickly despite suffragist appeals to delay until May.
Administration officials of Wellesley College completed tentative plans to reestablish housing study and executive quarters within hours of the fire that reduced College Hall to ashes. President Ellen F. Pendleton and others expressed confidence the campus would reopen for the final semester on April 7, with students dismissed until then.
The college executive board discussed options for housing 200 plus displaced girls and for classrooms and offices after the fire. No firm rebuilding plan was set, with discussions ranging from a new dormitory to temporary administration facilities. Trustees will meet again to announce definite plans as preparations continue for an April 7 reopening.
A ton of heavy rock blasted from a ledge in the Southern New England Railroad project wrecked Eugene Suprener’s residence at 48 West Main Street. A 20 pound rock four feet wide pierced the roof and bed, another rock damaged a partition near a refrigerator, and a third smashed porch railing and a piano. Six windows and three interior doors were destroyed, electric wires and streetcar lines were downed, delaying traffic for two hours and causing about 2500 in damage.
The Butler company receivers request 49000 for their services and 30000 for counsel fees amid an $80,000+ expected cost to creditors. They propose splitting expenses equally among Butler’s, Everybody’s, and Gilchrist’s stores while holding over 100000 in cash.
Judge Thomas in New Haven appoints M. T. Cuff of New York as permanent receiver for S. Hawes Von Gal Inc and E. J. Von Gal Hat Co Danbury. He had acted as temporary receiver amid opposition. The two firms owe about 256000 dollars and Cuff's bond is 75000 dollars.
William S. Kelsey once assistant pastor at the Berkeley Temple in Boston is named as defendant in a bill in equity filed in Suffolk Superior Court. Mrs. Alice T. Sawyer of Watertown alleges he used his influence over her mother, Mary J. Tourtellotte, who died by suicide years ago, to fraudulently obtain property valued at 7500. Case slated for March 23.
Mrs. Sawyer as administratrix of her mother’s estate alleges Kelsey once a temple pastor and adviser received $7500 in notes and bonds via a 1909 trust and deed of transfer. The bill asserts no relation or consideration, noting missed quarterly payments and claimed verbal cancellation by the donor before her death.
A competitive examination open to women only will appoint a stenographer for the Industrial Accident Board at $60 a month. The test, required to include Italian interpretation, is set for April 15 at the Civil Service Commission office in the State House.
George H. Desjardins of Fall River was sentenced to five years in the New Bedford jail by Judge Morton in the United States District Court for embezzling 5665 from the Fall River National Bank where he worked seven years as a bookkeeper.
Andrew J. Whitbeck the defendant in a 30000 breach of promise suit admits before Judge Brown that in 1908 he took a marriage license to marry Miss Josephine Wandell of New York said to be worth ten million dollars Mrs Mary A Adams of Dwight street Brookline is the plaintiff in the case set for trial today.
Testimony ties Miss Wandell to Whitbeck amid a legal battle over marriage plans. Mrs. Adams claimed she forced his hand by release signing and threatened to end his engagement. Whitbeck admitted gifts in 1908 and evading Mrs. Adams, while a memo cites past meetings and a tentative marriage to Josephine Wandell.
An age 14 to 18 transformation is described as taxing strength and causing pallor skin and limp ambition. The ad promotes Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing aid rich in cod liver oil and hypophosphites, claiming it builds red blood, strengthens nerves, and supports school or business duties.
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