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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1913
Page
6
The Wagner joint committee report on remedial police legislation calls three radical recommendations for reform in New York City police methods. It will be submitted to the Legislature in Albany tomorrow after hearings in New York.
A report urges NYC to decide liquor sales on Sunday locally and to shift gambling and social evil enforcement from police to a seven member public welfare board appointed by the Mayor. It calls home rule for police management, granting local authorities power to change laws, and cites graft risk from discretionary enforcement.
Leavenworth Kansas March 30 Captain Curley Wilson an animal trainer narrowly escaped death while attempting to train a leopard. He punched the animal to break free then fled the training cage.
Duquoin Illinois March 30 Mrs Homer Queen 86, wife of a farmer near the city, has just given birth to her 10th child in 16 years. Married in 1897 at age 20, she boasts five boys and five girls.
In Constantinople on March 30 an official report states Bulgarians lost about 1000 men west of Biyuk Chekmedye after yesterday's engagement. Turks recovered 400 rifles and substantial entrenchment tools. Post battle, Tchatalla and Bulair lines remained quiet.
Turkish leaders believe the Bulgarian offensive at Tchatalja sought to shield a strike on Adrianople and doubt a Bulgarian pierce of strengthened lines. Adrianople’s fall causes deep public dejection and government unpopularity. British vice-consul reports all consuls and foreign communities safe. Bulgarians took 15000 prisoners. remaining garrison hid.
Dispatches from Belgrade report the first train carrying wounded Servians arrived today from Adrianople. The battles preceding the fall of Adrianople are described as the war’s fiercest, with Turkish forces fighting with despair but Serbian troops, led by capable commanders, securing victory.
Bulgarians sent about 20,000 troops to seize the Turkish advanced post at Biyuk Chekmedyi but Turkish defenders retook and bombarded the position at dawn. A 6900 infantry bayonet assault followed by a renewed Turkish counterattack drove Bulgarians from the slopes. West wing attack near Tchatalja was also repulsed.
WROM describes tea plants in Formosa where leaves are picked several times yearly and reach peak tenderness and fragrance once, yielding lilac flavored aromatics.
Fire Commissioner Cole and Police Superintendent Pierce seek to solve a looting mystery at the Braman Dow Co building ruins, after a fire a month earlier. They have not been officially notified but are clearing guards and investigating to clear their men of suspicion.
A February fire at the Braman Dow Company building on Causeway Street was followed by a theft in its offices. Early February 22 report describes desks pried open with chisels and loot including desk clocks razors clothing silver frames coins and cigars.
The Tremont Temple sermon by Rev. Cortland Myers said that Mrs. Wilson was not the first lady, but Jane Addams was. He recalled Addams as a child being lame and hiding, yet today she is the most beautiful woman in the world except one.
Roise Idaho March 30 Girls in the State House protest the Koelsch marriage bill requiring prospective brides and grooms to undergo mental and physical examinations before a license can be issued by the clerk.
An engine and caboose on the Central Vermont Railroad fell into the Connecticut River near Putney Vermont. Fireman Willis Perritt is missing and presumed drowned. Engineer A F E Littlefield and Cornelius Driscoll escaped and reached shore. Conductor A L Okerstrom, brakemen Frank Ryan and Thomas Aher, and passenger Pearl Mandigo escaped through windows and waded to safety.
John F. Moors of the Boston Finance Commission challenged Lieutenant Governor Walsh at Faneuil Hall during a New Voters Rally. Moors argued leaders cannot always heed public wishes or history would mirror a different United States, while Chief Justice Bolster administered the Freemen’s Oath to assembled members.
A speaker criticizes public figures who hide behind politics and religion and urges voters to demand intelligence and character. He says delegates should follow citizen direction and emphasizes yearly attention to national government, warning against rulers who ignore the people.
Augusta Me March 30 Judge Albert R Savage of Auburn will be appointed tomorrow chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to succeed Justice William Penn Whitehouse of Augusta who retires at half pay under a 1909 law Warren C Philbrook of Waterville will be appointed associate justice to fill the Savage vacancy, with Savage now senior associate justice
A Harvard professor who studied subway riders for months says Boston women are the most calm and lackadaisical in the country while Boston men are the most polite. His observations are based on personal curiosity and bear out the claim.
A Harvard professor notes Boston women often enter men’s smoking sections on the Cambridge subway showing calm behavior and poor situational awareness. He observes male passengers offer seats and refrain from smoking to ease the women’s discomfort, praising city politeness.
William L. Miller hosted a sassafras tea party for members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South on his 99th birthday. His wife, 90, greeted guests as they praised sassafras as the elixir of life.
Dick Riley an escaped life term convict from Michigan State Prison Jackson was captured recently at Bakersfield California and was being returned to prison in Custody. He said he had grown tired of dodging officers since his escape on July 23 last.
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