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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1912
Page
5
Senate hearings condemn the Californian captain for not aiding the Titanic and call for stricter lifeboat rules and navigational reforms. Report details missteps by Titanic crew, warnings ignored, and Carpathia’s timely rescue praised. bill proposals seek safer ocean travel.
Boston captains reject Senator Smith’s claim about 1100 boat capacity and 700 survivors, citing darkness and crowding. They urge more lifeboats and pontoon rafts, better searchlights, limited amateur wireless use, and prompt crew instructions, while noting accountability and need for broader safety reforms.
The Titanic committee blamed Captain Smith for steering toward ice at speed despite warnings and faulted Captain Lord of the Californian for not aiding the wreck. It cites non watertight compartments, lifeboat shortfalls, and recommends universal lifeboats and searchlights, stricter wireless rules, and safer bulkheads.
Fire at the United Cork and Seal Company plant in Millis destroys the facility and causes an estimated 75000 dollars in losses. The blast leaves 129 workers unemployed while nearby structures catch fire but are kept from major damage by rapid fire department action.
The crews of the battleship Virginia and the scout cruiser Salem helped extinguish a fire in the Charlestown navy yard core foundry discovered shortly after 8:30 PM. Sparks from the foundry forge caused $200 in damage as marines were summoned and ships answered the alarm, aiding yard hoses until firefighters arrived.
Dr Samuel A. Green, Boston’s oldest living former mayor, who was near death recently, improved enough to be wheeled around the City Hospital ward. He chatted with children and sat up briefly, later dressing without help, before a one hour ward outing.
George V. Dearing of Albion, former assistant cashier at First National Bank of Albion, was arrested in Detroit on an indictment for bank wrecking. The federal grand jury returned the indictment yesterday and he may face arraignment Thursday. His father Henry M. Dearing and brother Palmer M. Dearing are imprisoned at Leavenworth for involvement.
Chester Jordan, whose appeal for a new trial was denied by the U S Supreme Court, has chosen G Leonard McNeil as his spiritual adviser in East Cambridge jail He faces execution by electric chair unless Governor Foss intervenes amid plans to seek commutation The plan hinges on affidavits from alienists and the forthcoming Supreme Court mandate with District Attorney Higgins to proceed.
Mrs. McNeil, a reader and adviser from Cam bridge First Church of Christian Scientists, discusses Jordan s belief system and says she will accompany him to the electric chair if he is executed. She notes his courage after the Supreme Court denied a new trial and describes visits to discuss faith rather than the murder. She vows to aid Jordan s family and attorneys and to press officials to spare his life.
Dayton May 29 Wilbur Wright the aeroplane inventor who has been critically ill with typhoid fever for three weeks has rallied from a sinking spell and doctors say there may be slight hope for his recovery.
John O Rourke a foreman for William Dolan contractor was assaulted by an Italian on Washington Street near Bowdoin Dorchester yesterday afternoon. The assailant fled after a blow struck at the back of the head left a severe wound.
In Pittsburg on May 28 jurors found Joseph Notedly guilty of beating his wife and beating his mother-in-law and recommended mercy. The machinist was sentenced to pay costs a 64 cent fine and 80 days in jail.
Mayor George P. Cotterill vetoed the anti red flag ordinance approved by the city council following a May Day red flag demonstration in Seattle Washington.
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