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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
3
Pittsburg reports heavy foreign interest as French agents press for 9 000 000 hand grenades and more steel purchases, with local manufacturers reluctant to experiment amid wartime demand. Shipments to line have surged in recent weeks.
Speaker Champ Clark talked from a Hotel Touraine bed about national prohibition Massachusetts elections and President Wilson. He joked about governing term length and asked about Mayor Curley Fitz and Gallivan while noting Curley faced recall votes but was not removed.
The bedridden Mr. Clark, speaking with weariness, laments the toll of constant lecturing. He notes late bedtimes and early rising, then hints at needing rest, while reporters seek his view on national preparedness. He groans and turns his head toward the paper, signaling fatigue.
The Department of Justice through the U S attorney in Boston begins an inquiry into reports of a combination between United Drug Company and the Riker Hegeman Company to test possible Sherman Act violations. No report is expected soon as probes into the intrastate retail case continue.
William Shinnick aged 16, a newsboy from 7 West Seventh Street, Boston, was hit by an automobile owned and driven by Edward de Scanza of 655 Main Street Medford as he alighted from a car bound for Roxbury Crossing near Broadway. He sustained a brain concussion and multiple bruises and was taken to City Hospital.
The Rev. Milton Beckwith, pastor in South Auburn West Durham and North Pownal, denied the charges by Mrs. Marcia Goding and said he will seek divorce annulment and custody actions against her. District Superintendent Holt investigated. Beckwith warned against false rumors about a supposed red-letter list of clergy linked to scandals. Miss Elizabeth Vosmus, his fiancée, remains supportive.
Beckwith claimed Mrs Goding was not informed of intentions until last Friday. Mrs Goding’s attorneys released an alleged confession dated Oct 29 in which Beckwith admits offering $300 to sign a release, claiming motive was to avoid scandal and protect his invalid mother. He reiterated innocence and willingness to pay to avoid publicity. He said he would continue once charges were public.
Fred Goding, now living in Revere and divorced from Mrs. Marcia B. Goding of South Auburn, Me., said he is aware of the divorce and will visit his family in South Auburn today.
Philip Mc Cann age 40 of 38 Chelsea street Charlestown was crushed between two cases and a wall at Pier 2 Northern avenue while unloading from the S 3 Tuscan of Merchants and Miners. He died several hours later at the Relief Hospital.
An advertisement describes a link between kidney disease and heart risk and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Anuric Tablets. It claims the product dissolves uric acid, offers free medical opinions, and invites readers to mail 10 cents plus samples for testing at Buffalo New York. It stresses backache frequent urination and rheumatic pains as signs.
Mrs. Leon H. Chandler formerly Flora Belle Cook of Everett Massachusetts and Ellsworth Maine died in Chicago after a long illness. She married in 1914 in Everett and was a graduate of Everett High School. Her body will be brought to Ellsworth for burial.
Mayor Curley schedules a conference next Wednesday to shift control of a waterfront strip from the State to the city. Dock plans near Wood Island Park aim to preserve the playground reservation from being affected by the development.
Vatican announces Cardinal von Wartmann archbishop of Cologne will attend the December consistories in Rome along with Cardinal Mercier of Belgium. Cardin als Gasquet and Billot head to represent Britain and France. Cardinal Begin of Quebec expected soon. The gathering of war nation church leaders prompts talks of possible peace steps.
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