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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1913
Page
3
French airman Marcel G. Brindejone des Moulinais arrived at Hendon after a Bremen to London flight. He left Bremen Friday morning at 8 40 in a monoplane with a Brussels stop and resumed at 10 30.
An individual refuels in Calais then crosses the Channel swiftly and at a high altitude, illustrating a rapid transit with minimal details on purpose or outcome.
An airship flew from Dover to Gravesend and along the Thames to London then Hendon arriving at 3 pm. It crossed the channel in 20 minutes, a new record, though flight over the city is illegal and likely to be overlooked due to public sighting.
The Order of Railway Conductors with about 490 members in the United States Canada and Mexico will convene in Detroit tomorrow to discuss enactment of new laws and amendments. Wage questions are not expected to require official action.
The Buxtons of 117 Main Street Everett report their children Alice 17 and William 19 vanished from work places six months ago. Private detectives say a breakthrough is expected this week with one arrest already made and another to follow.
The Boston Finance Commission urges the Legislature to defeat a bill requiring the city to spend 2.5 million dollars on street improvements outside its debt limit. The act previously approved authorizes the expenditure up to 500 thousand dollars yearly.
Detectives traced the boy and girl from Pittsfield New Hampshire near Concord to Boston where clues failed. Mr Buxton alleged a woman influenced them to leave home and lavished gifts to entice them to accompany her.
The official describes a confrontation with Assessor Bates and Pendergast over town books. He reports discovering embezzlement discrepancies, addresses found as fictitious, and threats as he tried to copy records before a struggle at the assessors’ office.
Los Angeles May 11. John Lewis a prominent Whittier church member stole two horses to raise funds to wed Miss Nellie Walker daughter of a wealthy rancher. He was arrested on a grand larceny charge.
The Norwegian freighter Torsdal reports eight icebergs sighted off the Newfoundland Banks. One was in the night ahead, prompting the command to steer hard apart and narrowly avoid a collision. A scout cruiser’s lights were sighted nearby the same night.
London May 11 George Wells age 60 described as a dealer told a detective after being committed for trial that he has never done an honest day's work. He claimed he has spent most of his life stealing and that four months free was the longest period without theft.
The biennial convention of the Grand Division of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers will open in Baltimore tomorrow morning and run through May 19. About 410 delegates from 105 railroads in the United States Canada and Mexico are expected to attend along with 250 members of the Ladies Auxiliary.
Police Chief Seabury tightens hunt for a woman suspected of poisoning dogs in Peekskill. Dozens of pets have fallen ill, with dog fanciers fearing to let their pets out. A recent attack on a dog prompted the suspected poisoning.
John Oswell and Bradley Redd, reported missing after the Berlin Mills Company fire that destroyed the lumber plant, were located today. They escaped by sliding down outside pipes to the ground as officials revised the loss to $300,000.
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