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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
9
In St Albans Vermont the murder trial of Julius Wells of Swanton was postponed until tomorrow due to incomplete civil business in Franklin County Court. Wells is charged with poisoning his two children Marie and Louis.
George S. Everbeck longtime Winthrop resident died at his home 49 Cliff Avenue yesterday at age 78. He was prominent in local affairs and regarded among the town's best known citizens. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
Advertiser touts ZEMO as a new antiseptic solution that clears pimples blackheads and eczema sores with one application. It claims instant itching relief and dandruff cure, urging readers to buy a 25 cent sealed bottle or order by mail from E W Rose Medicine Co. in St Louis Missouri.
The parishioners of St. Ann's Church in Revere welcome Rev. Dr. Charles R. Bailey who has served two years at St. John's Episcopal Taunton. He will preach next Sunday and assume duties on June 1.
Washington May 5 Joseph P Tumulty secretary to President Wilson was 34 years old today and shared the moment with Representative A Mitchell Palmer who noted that it was his birthday and that tomorrow would be Democratic Leader Underwood s birthday suggesting a triple celebration in the executive offices.
Immediate action is urged for New England manufacturers and merchants to counter German and English trade efforts in Latin America to profit from the Panama Canal opening, according to the Panama-Pacific managers for Massachusetts.
In a new statement the Massachusetts board urges New England business leaders to boost South American trade, seek robust Panama Pacific representation, and warmly host foreign trade emissaries. It warns that timid, cheap representation harms Massachusetts and notes Germany and England already maintain savvy South American liaisons.
Carroll Dewing, flagman at the Boston and Albany crossing in Milford, narrowly escaped being shot while talking on Main Street with three men. Bullets tore his uniform and coat, likely mistaking him for a police officer. State investigators questioned witnesses but offered no clear leads as Captain Proctor ordered a tight investigation.
A May 4 cable reports the arrival of the Colombian Chamber of Commerce party in Cartegena Colombia. Mayor Fitzgerald led a mammoth banquet attended by officials and local commerce leaders. The delegation, aboard the Guatemal a bound for Callao Peru, was met by a local committee and the American consul.
Norman R. Brien Gras of London Ontario, a Harvard graduate student, wins the David A. Wells Prize for 500 dollars. His thesis titled The Evolution of the English Corn Market from 1100 to 1700 embodies original economic research.
A suspected arsonist, sought by Somerville and Cambridge police for weeks, appeared in Somerville yesterday afternoon and tried to burn the three story wooden house at 22 and 24 Calvin Street.
Bertha Blomquist smelled smoke and alerted brother George who found a burning tarred rope under the cellar stairs. The son put out the blaze with no damage. Owen J. Blomquist reported the incident and says a Sunday visitor, possibly Italian, matches the suspect description police are seeking.
The seventh annual Massachusetts Fraternal Order of Eagles convention elected new grand lodge officers in Eagle Hall Worcester with 150 delegates. Greenfield chosen for the 1914 convention. officers include Sweeney New Bedford president Carmody Boston chaplain Jennings Clinton Griffin Holyoke Garvey Springfield Solba Fitchburg Donahe Worcester Lucey Agawanda trustees for three and two years.
Police Commissioner O Meara asserts power to decide building contents for the new City square municipal complex while Arthur Harrington vows to seek court action over a wardroom in the police station area. Dr Francis P Silva is re elected president of the Charles town Improvement Association. officers and directors are named.
Dr Richard Cabot advised women not to imitate men in social work at a lecture for the School for Social Workers held at 18 Somerset Street. He urged women to value their distinct contributions and humor in aiding humanity, noting nurses should especially avoid impersonating male methods.
The speaker argues for professional autonomy for social workers and flexible hospital social service practices. They urge cultivating humor and wonder, recognizing individual environments, and avoiding undemocratic attitudes while addressing issues like morphine addiction and relapse as worthwhile efforts.
Mrs. James W. Lawson of 45 Shepton street Ashmont died suddenly yesterday noon at Dr Hewson Dental Parlors 595 Washington street while under anesthetic after a tooth extraction. Dentists attempted to revive her and summoned Drs Nicholson and Williams from the Hotel Pelham.
Both physicians arrived within minutes and after examination pronounced the woman dead. Medical Examiner Magrath ordered removal to the North Grove street morgue for autopsy to determine the cause. Mrs. Lawson is third in five years to die during teeth extractions.
Ruth Morrill, 14, described as exceptionally beautiful and formerly sheltered by the Boston Children's Aid Society, disappeared after visiting South Station on May 1. She had been in the care of a Somerville family and returned to town last Thursday before vanishing.
More than 300 men and women gathered in the music room to advance preparations for a May party to aid the new Boston College. Hon. W. T. A. Fitzgerald chaired as Rev. William J. Conway reported progress, with gifts including $25 hand knit shawls from fire department members. The drive includes tickets, whist, dancing, and a large support from business leaders for Father Gasson and BC faculty.
Miss Sun Yin daughter of Sun Yat Sen first provisional president of the Chinese republic is seriously ill and has left Berkeley for Shanghai attended by two nurses Her sister Miss Sun Wen has been at a seminary in Berkeley A brother Sun Fo is a UC student
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