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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
3
The United States Free Employment Bureau has listed over 600 shipbuilders and related tradesmen to revive wooden shipbuilding. When Atlantic coast yards win contracts these workers will be ready to start. More than 200 harvesting applicants await placement as the season opens in late June.
In Suffolk Superior Court Judge Fessenden presided as Miss Hannah Bradley sued James H. Devlin as administrator of James D. Callahan estate for 10000. She says Callahan shot her in 1913 and killed himself after. Defense cites a $300 release from Bradley to settle all claims. Trial resumes next morning.
After 15 years and five trials, the $10 000 damage suit of Cornelius Kane administrator of Daniel Kane against the Boston Elevated was settled by Judge Lloyd E White of the Superior Court following a conference with counsel.
In East Cambridge on August 27 1902 street sweeper Daniel Kane eighteen? died after being struck by a street car at Bridge and Prison Point streets leaving a widow and two children. The widow now 75 sues for 10000 with a long legal history including multiple trials and a Supreme Court appeal.
Boys who love play will find lasting wear in Norfolk suits on sale for 2.98 at Welf's My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland Streets. Legal stamps issued with each purchase accompany the bargain.
A civil case involving an aged widow and a plaintiff ends in a court settlement before Judge White after two trials. A prior verdict of 3900 was set aside, a March retrial ended with jury disagreement, and on the second day of the latest trial the judge urged a settlement. The amount remains undisclosed but is said to be substantial, though below the original 10000 claim.
President Wilson told Judge Aaron J. Levy that the federal government cannot take further action to relieve the Jewish situation in Palestine. He expressed sympathy and regret but said there is nothing he knows that can be done at this time.
Captain John T. Nelson becomes commander of the first section of the first naval district with headquarters at Commonwealth Pier. He succeeds Commander Raymond Del. Hasbrouck, who returns to duties as captain of the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Governor McCall would gain extraordinary powers to fix ceilings and floors on food prices and other essentials for the duration of the war. The measure, advanced by the House Ways and Means Committee, also grants surveillance authority over all alien residents of the state.
A passage notes strict movement restrictions with enforcement penalties. The text implies authorities enforce controls, detailing substantial consequences for noncompliance. The excerpt signals broader regulatory or security measures affecting civil liberties.
The bill empowers the Governor to seize property and transportation for war, manage food distribution, conduct a thorough survey of state resources, compel witnesses and documents, control bomb threats and firework use, and delegate powers to named individuals to execute the act.
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