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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
4
In San Francisco on May 23 police battered through barred doors to free five Oriental slave girls from a third floor prison in a Chinatown tenement. The captives and their duennas were detained for deportation after one girl claimed to be native born though she spoke little English.
In Marquette Michigan on May 23 Theodore Roosevelt will try to prove Ishpeming publisher George A. Newett lied about Roosevelt’s drinking, with the trial scheduled for Monday May 26.
The suit charges libel with $10,000 in damages and a two week trial expected. The former President is due Monday with guest George Shiras. defense lawyers include James H. Pound and W. S. Hill, while Newett is represented by William P. Belden and Horace Andrews. The case hinges on claimed privilege and truth in a public character’s critique. The defendant, mid aged with gray hair, faces a costly battle but has declined contributions.
Boston University Law School announces new faculty for next season. Three prominent Boston lawyers join the staff, two existing instructors are promoted to lecturer, and new courses in federal procedure municipal corporations and constitutional law will be taught by Boyd B. Jones Fred T. Field and J Porter Crosby all named by Dean Homer Albers.
Diplomas were conferred on 24 graduates of the Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses marking completion of a three year course. The 1913 class drew nurses from New England and beyond with 500 relatives in attendance under Miss FE Nichols.
A promotional copy extols Estes Park Colorado as a health giving retreat with wildflowers, glaciers, trout, and mountain scenery. It advertises activities from climbing and golf to fishing and camping, plus lodging options and low fare excursion tickets. Contact Alex Stocks Boston for pamphlets and travel details.
The trial opened Thursday with Mr. Sawyer alleging his wife misconduct with Joseph Gazan. Detective Blanchard testified to following Mrs. Sawyer and seeing her with Gazan, while Mrs. Sawyer and Gazan described their meetings as largely innocent. Mrs. Sawyer testified about her early marriage, her husband’s absences and drinking, and denied persistent improper conduct. Cross-examination paused with Mrs. Sawyer set to resume Monday.
George E. Hunt former City Councillor and coal dealer was sentenced by Judge John B Ratigan to six months in Worcester House of Correction and fined 190 dollars for attempted bribery. He was found guilty after a trial on charges that in October 1912 he offered a hundred dollar bribe to Charles Ross assistant city sealer of weights and measures to drop a coal shortweight prosecution.
Timothy Sullivan, longtime janitor for the Supreme Judicial Court, received a handsome watch and chain from court officers and messengers yesterday. He oversees clocks in several rooms and is noted for accurate timekeeping.
A vintage advertisement touts TIZ foot bath as relief for tender feet. It claims immediate happiness after soaking, cites a testimonial from A. Coon of New York, and offers a 25 cent box plus a free trial package via Walter Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago.
New York May 23 Plans for a Queen Victoria statue in Washington a Lincoln statue for the British people and a historical costume ball were outlined by American committeemen planning the 1914 15 celebration of a century of peace among English speaking races.
The steamer Vestris arrived from South American ports with 486 passengers, the largest single-ship influx from that continent to New York.
Police arrest Jeremiah Sheehan and link him to a Wednesday night attempted robbery at Harry Stepper’s tobacco store on Washington Street. Clerk Robert Ezer was shot when he tried to stop Sheehan’s escape after the loot attempt. Stepper reportedly fought off the suspect before he fled.
Police hunt for the person who left a newborn girl in a vacant Dover Street lot opposite Wellesley College. Found yesterday by two students, the infant appears to have been about one day old and was located in tall grass in the central inclosure near Hunnewell estate and dormitories.
Old Colony Lodge of Railway Clerks reported a near unanimous ballot by New Haven system clerks supporting a strike. The vote 100 to 1 favored giving the general adjustment committee power to strike, with one Boston terminal vote against. Official talks continue with General Manager Bardo in New Haven.
President Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad said the $5,000,000 additional Boston and Maine notes taken by J P Morgan & Co will cover notes of the New Haven due about June 2 and fund ongoing improvements. He noted the financing secures all needs until the maturity of $10,000,000 in notes on February 2, 1914.
Judge Joseph J. Corbett of Boston city counsel is set to marry Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols of Philadelphia who now resides at Burton Hall Dana street Cambridge. The engagement was announced after the couple became acquainted in Boston society.
The Post learns from Mrs Nichols at her home that the wedding to Judge Joseph J Corbett will occur in June. The bride-to-be denies suffrage ties, and says she is not involved in the cause. Mrs Nichols, a Philadelphia native and widow, is sister to Robert Dale McCarter, connected with Westinghouse in Russia. Judge Corbett, born in Charles Town, is 49 and now lives at 14 Monument square.
In Roxbury yesterday afternoon H F Herlihey from Somerville backed an auto truck into a hydrant on Hampden Street. The impact snapped the hydrant at the base and sent a water column about 40 feet into the air. A flood drenched the street for nearly 20 minutes.
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