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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1913
Page
3
Robert McNeil of Roxbury foreman mason on the new gas company building project was killed when a 500 pound stone fell from a derrick arm. Another worker was seriously injured. An electric car approaching was stopped by the motorman Frank Knowles just before the impact.
Three government surgeons Charles F. Stokes surgeon general navy George H. Torney surgeon general army and Rupert Blue surgeon general public health service will be made fellows of the American College of Surgeons at the Chicago convocation November 13. The honor recognizes scientific achievement and ethics and will be conferred on 600 physicians nationwide.
Boston art critics viewed 67 watercolors by Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis U S N retired at the Copley gallery on Newbury street. The self taught painter studied drawing at Annapolis but learned painting later. Many works depict Washington suburbs Georgetown Old Georgetown Little B Street Canal Above Georgetown and Conanicut Island scenes. Critics praised Mackerel Cove The Cliff Meadow and The Blockade, with the latter hailed as among the greatest sea paintings in Boston.
Public Works Commissioner Louis K. Rourke ordered all city watering troughs and horse drinking fountains closed after glanders cases surged. The move, made with animal industry chief Fred F. Walker and Dr. Francis H. Rowley of the M. P. C. A., aims to prevent an epidemic as disease can pass to humans. Critics blame lack of horse inspections at state sales stables for added spread risk.
John C. Palmer a 30 year old former efficiency engineer on the U S S Celtic was arrested by Special Officer James Hoey at City Square station charged with forgery. He allegedly passed six checks three in Charlestown and three in the city, forging signatures and using another name for Mrs Harris. Palmer to be arraigned at Charlestown Court today.
Chicago mayor appoints Captain James Gleason as chief of police succeeding the resigned John McWeeny. Gleason was promoted from the ranks under civil service rules.
New York election day closings feature Fusion candidate John Purroy Mitchel against Tammany Hall’s Edward D B McCall as police prepare unusual forces and shifts. Officials warn of possible intimidation by mobs and gangsters with 700 officers assigned citywide and captains moved for 24 hours. Bets favor Mitchel, Murphy predicts Tammany victory, while charges swirl around Sulzer Hennessy and a $28 000 check to a Republican treasurer.
Nine thousand people are named in warrants issued for arrest if they attempt to vote in tomorrow's election. The warrants follow a Supreme Court ruling that a voter must register where he actually resides, prompting the Honest Ballot Association and the Voters League to compile the list of allegedly illegally registered individuals. Police will receive and distribute the warrants at polling places.
New York dispatch reports Republicans forecast regaining control of the Assembly as Progressives claim 62 members. The article outlines party strength, potential shifts, and expected outcomes in the New York political scene.
The article notes a Democratic Assembly with a strong majority and Republican hopes to regain control. Progressives anticipate 62 of 150 seats. State officers to be chosen include chief judge and associate judge of the Court of Appeals, nine Supreme Court justices, and one Senator, with two congressional vacancies. Four constitutional amendments appear on the ballot concerning excess condemnation, workmen's compensation, Brooklyn county judges, and storage reservoirs for municipal water supply or power generation on state forest lands.
Worcester duty reports Melvin C. Joy of West Boylston held in the Central District Court by Judge Samuel Utley on a charge of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor.
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