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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1917
Page
5
Dr Francis H Rowley was yesterday re-elected president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at its 49th annual meeting.
The organization elected Albert H Pillsbury as first vice-president and Charles G Bancroft as second vice-president, with Guy Richardson as secretary, Eben Shute as treasurer, and S L Shapleigh as assistant treasurer. New directors include Charles A Barnard of Brighton and Mrs Ernestine May Kettle of Weston. In the year 16 675 complaints were received with 87 6 percent animals examined. 313 prosecutions and 294 convictions occurred. 1 723 horses were removed from work and 1 561 worn or injured animals plus 233 small animals were humanely destroyed. In stock yards and battoire 225 799 cattle, sheep and swine were examined. 81 sick or injured animals were destroyed. The ambulance for horses made 738 runs. the small animals ambulance made 23 runs. Overall expenses were 117 064 29 dollars and receipts, excluding gifts to the permanent fund, 130 747.%.
Fire Prevention Commissioner John A. O Keeffs cautions Boston readers that rubbish fires in the metropolitan district threaten children. He notes four months without child fatalities from matches or rubbish fires and urges supervision around any fires.
Pittsfield resident Mary Donnelly, aged 87, returned after 53 years away to glimpse modern wonders. She rode a trolley to a movie theater, used a telephone for the first time, and saw electric light for the first time in her life. She doubted movies, thinking the figures on screen were people on a stage.
A complaint against the Lexington to Boston trolley service, signed by several hundred Lexington residents, was filed with the Public Service Commission. A hearing is set for April 8, following an investigation by a committee appointed at the annual town meeting.
More than 2500 students, from Boston College and Boston College High School, begin a three day retreat. College seniors meet in University Heights chapel under Rev. Michael P Hill, while other classes attend services at Immaculate Conception Church led by Rev. John C Hart. Rev. John M Fox, senior professor, leads the High School graduating class at Boston College High. Retreat conductors include Rev. William Pertin of the Jesuit order and Father Devlin, BC professor of logic and philosophy.
Robert H. Kemp won a judgment against The Hammond Hotels owners of Hotel Essex for 6380 plus interest after a 1916 incident in which he was lured to a room to bet on horse races. He testified rooms 38 and 382 housed gambling equipment and horse listings, and he lost 350 and 500 dollars to men claiming inside information. Kemp sued under the gaming act, alleging the hotel knew or should have known of the scheme.
A crisis rocks Conservative party ranks in the upper chamber of the Prussian Diet over Count Yorck von Wartenburg's speech and leader Herr von Buel's opposition to the chancellor's idea. The report from Amsterdam via London notes internal dissent and potential realignment within Berlin's political circles.
A Berlin despatch to the Cologne Gazette notes two named members must replay their leadership roles as the dispute over party leadership continues.
Chicago report notes surge in demand for German Spanish dictionaries as more Germans obtain passports to Mexico. Mexican consul Colonel Edmundo B. Martinez states no significance to the exodus, saying there is nowhere else for them to go since Canada is closed and the Atlantic is blocked.
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