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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
9
The Digby fisherman Albert J. Lutz was struck by the Plant line steamer A. W. Perry 60 miles east of Cape Sable. The hull was unharmed, but the ship lost its main boom and mainsail as fog and strong wind plagued the encounter reported by Captain John Apt.
Albert Prince, convicted of murdering Deputy Warden Edward Davis at the state penitentiary after chapel services on February 1, was sentenced today to be hanged on August 20.
Percival Roberts Jr of United States Steel testified at Sherman act dissolution hearings about American Bridge Company. He claimed J P Morgan gained control by open market bidding for Steel interests and that the Bridge Company was not originally aimed at monopolizing the industry.
Testimony shows 1900 output at 38 percent of national total dropping to 32 percent, with the company owning 29 plants versus 375 independents. Officials discuss merging small bridge firms into a larger unit to aid the American Bridge Company and Morgan & Company’s role in acquiring control.
Charles A. Whitney a Typographical Union member died Monday in Schenectady New York. He lived many years in Boston and is survived by a wife and two children. The Boston Typographical Union secretary has been notified and seeks to contact Mrs Whitney at once.
Boston suffragists spend the month in Ohio organizing a woman suffrage party. They demonstrate that women can post bills and hold street meetings. Ohio is seen as the seventh state and a first east of the Mississippi victory. Cincinnati hosts Eastern support.
Mrs Susan W FitzGerald and others from Massachusetts traveled to Ohio two weeks ago to post votes for women bills and address crowds. The group plans to stay until at least June first, holding indoor and outdoor meetings and distributing large amounts of suffrage literature alongside theater bills.
The next Sunday's Post features a peg overlaid embroidery design of a peacock to be executed in stencil. It is described as unusually pretty and can be transferred using soap and water.
George E. Hall testifies that his wife Annie Gertrude Hall used spoons, dishes, books, and silver dollars as missiles during their marriage. He seeks a divorce on grounds of cruel treatment after leaving in 1910. they wed January 12, 1893 and have three children in Roslindale.
Testimony describes repeated assaults by a wife on her husband including throwing a heavy silver dollar and a spoon, and an incident during the husband’s recuperation from appendicitis. The wife denies striking first, claiming self defense after he abused her. The case resumes this morning.
Xenia Ohio May 21 Fred J Southard of Minneapolis an amateur aviator died when he fell 100 feet at Wright aviation field near Osborne. A 40 year old man who had just bought the plane from the Wright brothers obtained hangar keys after being refused permission to fly alone. He fell six minutes into his first solo flight with his body badly crushed.
After 17 years, the Supreme Judicial Court rules in favor of the Philadelphia and Reading Iron Company. The city of Boston is ordered to pay the company 5200 dollars, ending a long land damage suit.
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott told a reporter that Colonel Roosevelt drinks mainly milk and that any claims of intoxication were false. He said Roosevelt allows him to speak for him and noted Abbott himself drinks light wine with meals while avoiding whiskey or brandy unless prescribed.
More than a dozen motor boats were seized by United States Deputy Marshal Cameron for owners failing to pay court fines under last year’s motor boat regulations. This marks the first seizure under the new rules and fines did not exceed ten dollars. The government is strictly enforcing life preserver and fire extinguisher requirements and other seizures for non payment may follow.
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