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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
9
Washington March 28 Senator Lorimer of Illinois won complete exoneration from a special eight member Senate committee. The panel by 5 to 3 votes found no knowledge of legislative corruption in his 1909 election by the Illinois Legislature.
Edward Hines, called the man who put Lorimer over, is vindicated by the committee. It found no corruption by Hines and no improper funds or evidence of a stackpot in 1909. The Senate case resumes next week with new senators and reports by both majority and minority leaders. One senator who opposed Lorimer initially now seeks exoneration.
The phosphorus match bill, aimed at virtually outlawing the dangerous product in the United States, passed the House 165 to 30. The near party-line vote saw only Republican Mr. Fann join the Democratic opposition amid concerns over worker deaths in phosphorus match factories.
J P Morgan held private audiences with King Victor Emmanuel at the palace in Rome. He plans to leave Rome on April 4 for Florence and then proceed to renice.
Harvard Yale and Princeton stage the fourth annual triangular debate tonight at 8. Harvard in Cambridge and New Haven and Yale at Princeton will present the same resolution on monopoly control and price regulation. Harvard speakers include Randall Ma honey Tevin with alternates Gardner Greenman. Princeton team features Cooke Myers Belknap with alternate Griggs. Judges are S Z Elder R C Maclaurin and Marion Burton. Yeomans and the glee club to perform while judges are out.
Mrs. Emma Weiss testified before Magistrate Freschi that a mouse ate $292 tucked in a brown paper parcel left in a cupboard. Rosie Porges had given the sum and diamond earrings to be delivered to her sister Cecilia Klapner, but after a hospital visit only the diamonds and $42 were recovered.
Neckwear includes open end and reversible Four-in-Hands in Rep and Barathea Silk with plain colors at each. Silk Four-in-Hands in plain colors and two-tone effects with stripes priced at each. Knit Four-in-Hands in accordion and crochet weaves priced 50 cents to 3 dollars. White and Pearl Four-in-Hands for dress wear priced 60 cents to 3 dollars.
Joseph Yasi aged 20 a shoeworker for Faunce Spinney calmly directed rescuers as his body was crushed between a freight elevator and a wall in a Lynn factory He urged them not to hurry since he knew he would die It took 20 minutes to remove him and he died at Lynn City Hospital.
In San Francisco twelve women jurors ruled that a tailor need not be paid in full if the suit does not fit perfectly. KF W. Von Schrader Jr., an attorney, avoids a $69 balance after suing the tailor. He requested a women-only jury, the first empanelled in the city.
March 28 Charles Higgins of 518 Livingston street and Lawrence Fatty of 245 Pine street were charged with resisting arrest and carrying concealed weapons a baseball bat used against Patrolman Reitman. They were arraigned in Police Court and committed to jail for 30 days in default of fines of 10 dollars and costs each.
Missouri Chief Josephine II, six months milk record holder, topped her mother’s world record by 386 pounds. Bred and owned by the University of Missouri, she produced 7035 pounds in six months, while her dam had 6701 pounds at the same age. The average Missouri cow yields 4500 pounds a year.
Edwin A. Lemp vice president of Lemp Brewing Company triggered a club row by arriving at the Lie derkranz Club in a business suit at four on New Year’s morning and dancing. Directors rejected the resignation and will require Lemp to defend statements attributed to him.
In Stamford today Miss Grace L. Apgar, deaf and mute, married Ira E. Worcester, also mute, in a ceremony witnessed by Stamford's wealthy circle. Rev. John Chamberlain of New York officiated in sign language at the Wilson Home event.
Yasi tried to jump aboard a moving freight elevator on the third floor and became wedged between the wall and the car. The elevator halted six inches from the fourth floor as workers, police, and finally firemen used axes and saws for about 20 minutes to free him. He remained conscious and calmly urged rescuers to take care.
Yasi lived with his brother and the latter's wife at 61 Coburn Street. The remark hangs on a note in a short local piece about prudence and pace.
In Baltimore Miss Georgiana Williams hosts a dog birthday dinner at her West Lanvale street home. Invitations specify guests must bring a dog to the social event, a novelty for the city following similar ideas in other places.
Twenty six members and five guests attended the March dinner at the Elks Club on Somerset street. The event featured performances by members and guests with the piano and voices given extra effort. It was the largest March dinner in the club’s history and included guests John C Sleyer George L Walker Robert Norton Robert Cunniff and George Whitmore.
Professor Alexander Meikelsohn of Brown University urged radical changes in college scholastic methods at the Colby Academy Alumni Association banquet in Boston. He argued the lecture room should attract students more than athletics to keep American universities competitive. The event celebrated a $125,000 administration building and girls dormitory to Colby Academy, to be dedicated next June, with about 200 Colby alumni present.
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