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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
5
London April 30. The Duchess of Connaught remains stationary with a critical period ahead after abdominal surgery. Surgeons say the next several days will be most anxious though today she had a fair day. A bulletin notes the condition will be watched closely in the coming days.
Immense interest in May Day International Labor Day exercises prompts overflow at Tremont Temple with Ford Hall booked for a larger audience and additional halls ready if needed.
More than 15 000 people from labor fraternal and other groups including the Socialist party will attend a parade and meetings. Organizer Joseph M Coldwell who heads the Draper Mills strike in Hopedale will be the principal speaker at the Ford Hall gathering with George Roewer presiding.
The piece details a May Day parade with 8000 garment workers, seven bands, and speakers in multiple languages at Ford Hall and Tremont Temple. It also reports Secretary McAdoo’s order increasing government deposits by 10 million dollars to national banks, boosting annual interest to 1,053,000 and expanding acceptable securities for deposits.
The eight little Dairy Maids and the Sairor chorus join the features for Dick the Dreamer at the Boston Opera House on May 8 and 10 in aid of Frances E. Willard Settlement. Participants include Eugene Cochrane Pauline Chamberlain Mathilde Sargent Bertha Godfrey Charlotte Reed James Trumbull Donald Cottrell Wilfred Sheigley Henry W. Atkinson Henry Amory Frank Wigglesworth and J A Howe as captain.
Secretary McAdoo announced a new system requiring all government depositories national banks to pay 2 percent interest on government deposits starting June 1, marking a revolution in the handling of federal funds.
Augusta Maine April 30 The Kennebec county authorities distrust the confession of Dillon F Dunbar in a New York jail claiming involvement in the murder of Miss Mattie Hackett an 18 year old Readfield girl strangled Aug 17 1905 Mrs Elsie Hobbs Raymond was tried and acquitted in the case.
Kennebec County Sheriff Colby Getchell and County Attorney William H. Fisher departed for New York tonight to hear Dunbar speak in person. They will report tomorrow morning to Lieutenant Joseph A. Faurot of Brooklyn Police Detective Division. Dunbar's confession mentions a man named Brown, allegedly known as Johnson the tramp, associated with the case.
A Chicago man recalls a joyful youth spent in Colorado with a burro and urges families to explore the state’s outdoor life. He offers guidance on when where and how to visit including hotel rates and a prepared Colorado book with maps and pictures. Alex Stocks promotes low price excursion tickets via the New England Passenger Agent for the Chicago and Burlington Route in Boston.
Records show two indictments against Dunbar at the September 19% Superior Court session for assault with intent to kill his stepfather John HB Wing of Manchester near Readfield. The “intent to kill” charge was not pressed. one case was filed, the other yielded six months jail. The incidents occurred Aug 20, 190.
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