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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1914
Page
3
Admiral F. E. Chadwick of the U S N addressed about 300 Harvard students at the Harvard Union. He traced the navy from early hastily rigged mercantile craft to a modern fleet of dreadnoughts and discussed armed cruisers and submarine boats.
Harvard varsity crew members report for special meals at the Varsity Club in Cambridge after the coach James Wray and 16 rowers began training table. The first two crews list A D Chanier S Curtis W Tudor Gardiner B Harwood C C Lund A T Lyman Harry S Middendorf David P Morgan Jr Harry A Murray K B G Parson Captain Quentin Reynolds Leverett Saltonstall C E Schall Ernest W Soucy T Talcott. An ad for Adamson's Balsam accompanies the notice.
Rebels report offer of surrender by the Federals at Torreon prompting Villa to seek amnesty terms from Carranza. Conflicting front reports say Torreon remains contested with Gomez Palacio captured by Villa but heavy federal reinforcements and cautious rebel hopes cloud the situation.
Telegrams from Mexican command report 4000 Federal reinforcements arriving at Torreon and 900 Orozco troops moving toward the city. Rebels allegedly defeated at Gomez Palacio and driven back to San Pedro and La Colonia. Velasco reports Torreon calm.
A Western politician famous for his baldness appeared with a full head of hair, stunning friends who thought he wore a wig. He attributed the change to a home mix of water bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine applied weekly, claiming it promotes growth and prevents shedding. It also darkens gray hair, softening and glossing the scalp. The ingredients are said to be inexpensive and purchasable at drug stores.
Fragmentary dispatch states that the situation at Torreon is not discouraging the Federal cause, indicating continued activity or resistance without full details.
The Spanish steamer Bonita carrying 900000 pesos to pay the Guaymas garrison was captured off Topolobampo by Constitutionalists. The ship was sunk and the captain and crew jailed for aiding Huerta. Reports confirm Carmen sinking and Tampico actions were disputed by insurgents.
Stockholders are expected to approve selling 159601 Maine Central shares to a Maine Railways Companies holding group. Boston & Maine and Maine Central trustees would control a 3 million dollar stock issue paid by a 30 day note. A traffic pact with Boston & Maine would be required, with arbitration to resolve disputes.
President Morris McDonald will not retire on April 1 as planned. He agreed to stay until his successor is elected amid a dispute over the sale of Boston & Maine stock and the role of five trustees in appointing leadership for the next two and a half years. The meeting featured clashes over stock value, sale proceeds, and plans for the Hampden railroad claim.
At a tense stockholders meeting led by Samuel L. Bailen and Francis V. Streeter, a motion by the minority to stop the sale was defeated 2792 to 2088 after protests alleging illegality and misused proceeds. President McDonald presided with Elliott Rich and former President Tuttle of the Boston & Maine nearby.
Officials of the State Board of Trade offer to aid in settling the strike at Millett Woodbury and the RF A Seavey Company shoe factories where workers are out. Strikers say the demand is for a new price list but firms say the issue is union recognition. Two Greeks were chased by strikers and a strike breaker was assaulted on Cabot street. Police intervened to break up the chase down Broadway.
STRASSBURG Germany March 30 Captain Reinhardt was killed today in an aeroplane accident. He was a passenger on a biplane which during a landing tried to avoid a collision with a monoplane and capsized dropping 65 feet.
A man longing to propose and build a furnished home seeks credit. A friend recommends Summerfield's House of Dignified Credit offering over a year to pay with weekly or monthly plans and 30 days free trial. Delivery via Packard trucks assures easy setup and exchanges.
Collector Edmund Billings criticizes Boston Chamber of Commerce and City Club for not notifying him about a farewell for Boston Opera Company members sailing to Europe. He cites crowd mismanagement and pickpocket complaints. He also reviewed a report on a supposed Azores smuggling plot tied to 17 seized trunks with minimal duties.
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