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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
5
Thomas G. Frothingham writes to the editor defending U S Navy readiness for summer 1915. He asserts Oklahoma and Nevada will be commissioned soon, join the fleet, and carry guns he praises as essential in the war. Frothingham agrees with Gardner on the value of naval guns and calls for continued improvement.
In New York Dr. Henry C. Coe vows to shield his granddaughter after his son disappeared last December and was later found in Fairbanks Alaska denying paternity and indicating he would not return to his wife.
Dr. Coe announces steps to protect the girl and seeks mental examination for his son. He says the boy is healthy, the reward is paid, and public interest in the case has ended. Young Mrs. Coe travels from Boston to New York to visit relatives. arrival at 8 West Seventy sixth Street is uncertain.
Clarence S. Darrow, defense attorney for the McNamara brothers, told the Industrial Relations Commission that he hopes J B McNamara in a life sentence would be pardoned soon. He tied the case to broader industrial and social conditions in America today.
The lawyer portrays McNamara as acting for the common good and a martyr when he blew up the Los Angeles Times. Darrow argues for reforms replacing punishment with progress, claiming American liberty is a theoretical delusion and England grants more liberty. Emery cites fees from dynamite actions and questions martyrdom. Rockefeller Jr remains to testify on Colorado coal strike, awaiting commission call tomorrow.
Clarence N. Gay an employee of the Globe for 19 years died of pneumonia at his home 31 Orkney road Brighton after a brief illness. Born April 17 1872 in Tunbridge Vermont he worked as night foreman in display advertising at the composing room and was active in the Boston Typographical Union Benevolent Order of Printers and Globe Relief Society. Survived by wife Edith Alberta and two sisters Grace Lynn and Chester Wright funeral Friday at Forest Hills Cemetery chapel.
William H. O'Brien chief of the Public Service Commission telegraph division spoke at Fraternity Hall Milton Lower Mills last night. He delivered an address on the history of the telegraph and telephone and the state’s work in regulating public utilities.
Boston police identified John R. Meakin as the lone gunman who for three months robbed store proprietors and clerks. He had been captured by Hartford police in a running revolver duel before his positive identification at headquarters yesterday.
Meakin admits guilt in a series of armed robberies across Boston. He pleads mercy, claims lack of opportunity in youth, and is remanded to Charles Street jail for arraignment in Superior Court on a hold-up indictment. The list covers Richardson & Co 110 Beach Street Feb 4, United Cigar Stores 70 Federal Feb 18, and several others through April 30.
Miss Alvira Munson domestic at 162 Munroe Road Quincy was assaulted by a man as she returned to her employer's home. He sprang from behind a tree, struck her in the mouth and face, knocking out three teeth and leaving her bruised. She screamed for help and escaped, police say a clue exists and are investigating.
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