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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1915
Page
5
Gabriel F. Rosenthal of this city, heir to a large fortune and receiving $20 weekly from his late father’s wool merchant estate of Boston, has been arrested in Detroit on a charge connected to the inheritance delay.
A 25 year old man named Rosenthal faces charges of robbery and carrying a loaded revolver and is also wanted by Boston police on multiple complaints charging him with defrauding Boston hotels with fraudulent checks.
Rosenthal, known in Boston as Harvey Rosenwald Franklin Rose and Willard Shiff, forged signatures to bad checks. Detroit police seek his detention. In Boston he allegedly obtained $125 cash and $171 in hotel entertainment at Copley Plaza in April, $10 from J R Whipple Company hotels, $50 from Lenox Hotel Company, and $106 from other hotels in a larceny by means of checks.
Alberto Lasole, well dressed and wielding 185 in currency, was fined 5 for stealing a 1.50 hat from a local store. He claimed the hat on his head slipped his mind as he browsed for underwear and tried to pay later. He gave New York and Pitts Street Boston as his home, and his poor English was noted as a possible factor.
London reports White Star Line bans bookings for emigrants of military age after Cunard example. Liverpool mass meeting protests, urging Defence of the Realm Act controls. Government to restrict departures, with passports possibly required for future emigration to the United States.
The Birgit was sunk by a German submarine near Gefle Sweden and the crew of 32 men was landed ashore. Copenhagen reports the steamer Birgit’s crew was saved and that the sub sank the vessel in wartime action.
Attorneys for the government in the New York New Haven Hartford trial read a letter from Charles A. Mellen noting the road’s “maintenance of your monopoly” in relation to acquiring competing properties.
In a May 3, 1900 letter written during his absence as Northern Pacific president, Mellen criticizes delays to acquire control of Central New England Railroad. He argues competition could have been stopped earlier at lower cost and warns New Haven against overestimating its monopoly value.
About two dozen women from the Women's City Club attended a Boston City Council session. They studied government and heard a monologue by Councillor Watson with help from Councillor Hagan. Mrs. James J. Storrow, wife of Councillor Storrow, was among the attendees.
Lexington reports the appointment of the Right Rev. Mgr. Edward F. Hurley as pastor of St. Bridget's Church and St. Michael's Catholic Church in Bedford. He succeeds the late Rev. George Albert Costello who died last month after a long decline.
An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a reliable medicine to strengthen weak kidneys and relieve backache. It claims the tonic builds up the whole system and urges readers to buy it today.
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