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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
4
Consul General Louis Henry Ayme died early today in Lisbon Portugal Advices received by his wife Mrs Ayme visiting daughter Mrs J L Schalkanbach indicate she learned of his illness only yesterday The body will likely be brought to New York for burial
Complaints from farmers across New England allege a woman duped them out of thousands. Postal authorities report the suspect has moved frequently and remains only descriptively identified, hampering capture and charges.
A woman advertised as a 30 year old housekeeper seeks work for moderate pay and targets widowers and bachelors via postal replies. She requests funds for room rent or travel after sending a Kodak portrait, tricking at least 70 victims into sending 20 to 48 dollars before she disappears. The scheme uses general delivery addresses in Manchester and other cities across New England.
Former Justice Henry A. Gildersleeve and Langdon P. Marvin were appointed guardians for Mrs. Madeline Force Astor by Surrogate Fowler. Guardianship lasts until John Jacob Astor's will is admitted to probate. The action was taken on motions by Mrs. Astor and Vincent Astor, who state in affidavits they are infants over 14.
George E. Ferris, former officer under Harry E. Shaw and keeper of Lowell jail, faces completion of his perjury trial in Middlesex county. Ferris testified accusing Shaw of misusing county railroad tickets for personal use, claiming Shaw’s family repeatedly sought tickets and that Ferris had seen and heard multiple requests.
The school board voted at a special meeting to sell the old East Boston High School property to the city for 40000. Funds will fund a new courthouse and police station, with excess used for new school buildings. Lee reported a productive talk between the advisory school hygiene committee and Dr Gallivan. Nurses are to meet daily with doctors at opening of school. more nurses may be secured next year from the Legislature.
Interstate Commerce Commission agents plan an official inquiry into the New York New Haven Hartford Maine Central and Boston and Maine railroads after collecting hundreds of shipper complaints across New England. The probe coincides with pending Massachusetts legislation affecting the Boston and Maine and the New Haven. About three quarters of complaints allege B and M service issues since the New Haven took direct control.
The Reliable Manufacturing Company, operating a thread mill in Central Falls, was adjudged bankrupt in U S District Court on a voluntary petition. Assets were listed at 33720 and liabilities at 27955.
Julius A. Stursberg former secretary of the Brooklyn Refining Company testified before the special examiner in the government dissolution suit. He cited strong competition as the motive behind the formation of the so called sugar trust, saying the trust agreement arose from conferences led by John E. Searles with officers of other firms.
District Attorney Wise questions Mr Stursberg who describes an 188 agreement that closed all refineries for 10 days to curb overproduction. He cites a board of 11 trustees including Havemeyer and Searles, with $50 million par stock issued, $35 million distributed to refineries owners, and $15 million reserved in the treasury for further need.
In next Sunday’s Post Percy the mechanical man features farm stunts with every picture aimed to provoke laughs. Miss Van Slyke eludes sophomores by meeting a party at Wellesley station then returning to campus, hidden in a box labeled books, and witnesses a burning of the address as juniors celebrate victory in a campus contest with a dirge.
Bernice Van Slyke of Lawton Michigan vice president of the junior class at Wellesley College leads her side to victory in the annual forensic burning contest. She outwits watching sophomores who tried to obstruct the burning by escorting it in a large wooden box to the college library.
An advertisement claims miseries from indigestion and gastritis fade within minutes after taking Pape's Diapepsin. It describes fermentation of undigested food as the root cause and promises rapid relief and restored appetite once the remedy is used.
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