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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1916
Page
2
New London Conn November 14 three submergence tests were held at the freighter Deutschland pier and, according to officers, all were entirely successful. One dive saw the vessel completely disappear from sight with no masts showing, and the longest submerged period was thirty minutes. Officials refused to discuss departure timing.
President Wilson earns a net gain of 40 votes over Charles H Hughes in official returns from five New Mexico counties. Unofficial statewide tally shows Hughes 29,834 and Wilson 31,948 with 610 of 6388 precincts reporting. full official results expected within a week.
Waterville Maine November 14 Hope was virtually abandoned that Kenneth Curtiss a 17 year old Water ville boy missing since Friday from a hunting camp on Russell Stream in the Moosehead Lake region was not found alive A 14 inch snowstorm hampered search efforts led by the boy s father Minot W Curtiss with no other camp within 100 miles offering shelter.
Robert G. Valentine a prominent lawyer and former commissioner of Indian affairs died in a New York hotel from heart disease after a sudden illness at a Fifth Avenue restaurant. He resided in South Braintree and had offices in Boston and New York.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce reports a charity bureau now screens solicitations through its credit agency. President Charles F. Weed says 75 percent of charities were unworthy and 25 percent were fakes, a problem the group claims to have ended. The Boston Credit Men's Association heard about Trade Acceptances from Wilbur F. Beale and Raymond B. Cox at Young's Hotel dinner.
General E. Leroy Sweetser argued before the special constabulary commission at the State House that a State constabulary is unnecessary and too costly. He urged that a militia would be called as a last resort in case of riot or any disturbance against the peace of the Commonwealth.
The will of Mrs Julia Greenwood of Brookline was upheld by a Norfolk Superior Court jury in Dedham. The nephews and nieces of her late husband contested the will. The jury found she was of sound mind and not under undue influence by her sister Miss Mary Hillman.
Dr W L Tenney pastor of Lee Congregational Church is hospitalized with a fractured skull after a collision between an oil tank truck and car in Stockbridge front of the Red Lion Inn. He was traveling with My Wurzbach and several Lee women to the Southern Berkshire conference in South Egremont.
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a cure for stomach trouble and dizziness. It cites Boston resident Miss Julia Raymond, who says the product cured her indigestion, palpitations, and dizziness after costly prior treatments. The Plant Juice Man promotes the remedy at Houghton & Dutvon drug dept daily.
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