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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1915
Page
18
Governor Walsh signed a bill providing $2,500,000 for highway construction in five western counties. The action at the State House was hailed as a major step toward improved transportation, better roads, and regional development after years of limited progress.
Governor Walsh signed the measure praising relief for western Massachusetts hill towns. The bill funds 17 major highways at 2 050 000 dollars with the counties repaying one fourth, 500 000 dollars directed to repair or complete roads, while remaining non state highways and preserving county highway funds.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children announced at its semi annual meeting that in the first six months 3027 cases involving over 7500 children were reported. Work has been done on 2102 cases with protection for 5715 children. Eight hundred cases were prosecuted for over 2000 children. 105 parents were compelled by court action to support their children and 36 men prosecuted for crimes against young girls. The board endorsed a revised Carstens bill creating a film censorship department under district police rather than the State Board of Labor and Industries.
Pupils and teachers from Sunday schools in Boston Chelsea Cambridge Somerville and Brookline are invited by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to visit Angell Memorial Animal Hospital at 180 Longwood Avenue on May 15 or May 22 between 9 and 10 a.m.
Premier Asquith stated in the House of Commons that when the proper time comes due reparation will be exacted on those who violated the rules of civilized warfare. He said a careful record of events and evidence is being kept to ensure proper punishment when the moment arrives.
The premier argues neutral internment of prisoners is not feasible outside Switzerland and would ruin a clean wartime record. Lord Robert Cecil cites letters from officers abused in Germany and Andrews Bonar Law urges ending conventions delaying peace and considers seizing German goods across the empire.
Berlin dispatch reports General Tiago von Seidenitz killed on the battlefield. No further details provided on the engagement or location beyond Amsterdam as the reporting point.
London May 5 Lewis Harcourt secretary of state for the Colonies issued a communication supporting charges that Germans poisoned wells in the southwest African campaign. He said General Louis Botha forces found six wells poisoned by an arsenical cattle wash at Swakopmund.
General Botha sent a protest to Colonel Francke over German troops denying enemy water access. The record cites actions at Swakopmund and Gabib Ida mine with copper sulfate and salt to contaminate wells. It notes ongoing poisoning of railway water along retreat routes after Aus and Warmbad evacuations.
May 5 The Siamese twins will not be cut apart. Parents, after a tedious journey, reached their home in Holyoke following the long trip from the Children's Hospital in Boston.
Mr and Mrs George R Gibb arrived in Springfield by train then drove to Holyoke with their two children Mary and Margaret reaching home at 630 pm The mother Mary was upset by the journey while Margaret remained relatively strong The parents praised Boston Hospital care but said they will not consent to the proposed three spine operations as too dangerous and unlikely to succeed
A Boston Newsboys Protective Union committee meeting at 28 Washington street arranged a Memorial Day outing for poor and crippled children. A tag day is set for Tuesday May 13 with each newsboy expected to donate 25 percent of earnings to the outing fund. The general committee will hold a mass meeting to discuss the plan.
In Penzance May 56 an inquest ruled Captain Alfred Gunter of the Gulflight died of heart failure accelerated by shock from torpedoing off the Scilly Islands. Evidence showed the Gulflight flew a very large American flag when torpedoed.
In Merrimac Mass a local resident Moses Evans, famed as a hunter and trapper, is featured with his dog Prinnie. Evans trapped 26 skunks and 13 musk rats last season, and the photograph was sent to the Post by a friend.
Metropolitan Fire Prevention Commissioner John A. O'Keefe served notices on eight downtown properties to install automatic sprinkler systems immediately due to large quantities of inflammable materials. One building at 255 Atlantic Avenue is said to be owned by Boston University, with others at 100 Franklin Street 104 Purchase Street 144 High Street 178 Tremont Street 104 116 Tremont Street 247 Atlantic Avenue and 286 290 Summer Street.
Huge quantities of Australian wool are heading to Boston with the British steamer Colusa under White Star charter delivering a cargo valued at 1 980 000 dollars. The shipment is described as the largest and most valuable ever sent to Boston and is now on the ocean heading to the port.
The Sisters of St. Mary at Farnham New York report cure of coughs after using Father John s Medicine. They state the remedy ends stubborn coughs and colds and contains nourishing foods without alcohol or dangerous drugs.
The Gulflight, an American steamer, was torpedoed without warning while under the U S flag 15 miles west of Bishop amid heavy weather. Officials seek the submarine’s nationality as Ambassador Gerard asks Germany for information and aims for an amicable settlement.
The ambassador has launched a thorough probe by sending a naval attaché and a naval constructor for a technical examination of the vessel. Consul General Skinner and his subordinate agents are directed to obtain depositions and statements from officers and crew members.
Former State Treasurer Frederick W. Mansfield sues Jack Geraghty and wife Julia French Geraghty of Wo burn and husband John F. Geraghty seeking $800 for legal services billed after they eloped at Newport several years ago.
The Harvard department of hygiene will conduct a thorough study of food in all Harvard eating places. J. M. Bunker will lead the sanitary analysis to certify establishments meeting standards and reduce typhoid risk among students.
Joseph Guimont of Manchester set a city record by shaving 84 men in one hour at Hormisdas Pellersin’s shop on Monday night. Spectators saw him surpass a Boston barber’s 62 in 60 minutes, finishing cleanly with no blood drawn on any patron.
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