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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1912
Page
17
London November 18 the home rule quarrel in the House of Commons ended in an amicable settlement. The government will pursue a roundabout method and observers observed precedent as Unionists raised no objections. A new resolution will replace the defeated financial measure delaying the home rule bill by about ten days.
Dorchester merchants and residents rally over the future location of the branch post office on Dorchester avenue near Adams street Welds Corner. Petitions signed by hundreds urge moving the post office farther south near Park street while counter petitions seek to keep it at the current site.
In New York on November 18 an order in U S District Court appoints Ambassador Guild of St. Petersburg as commissioner to take the testimony of Admiral Kiedermuller, a resident of Moscow, in the Sherman act suit against Hamburg-America and other foreign lines tied to the North Atlantic conference. Testimony to be included in the report by special examiner Charles E. B. Pickett.
In Salem the Ettor Giovannitti Caruso trial over the Anna Lopizzo murder heard a witness say he saw two police officers discharge revolvers before Lopizzo fell. Other testimonies covered dynamite, a police arrest, and Giovannitti describing his life, socialist work, and speeches to Lawrence strikers amid the riot and standoff.
Plymouth reports a missing 17 year old domestic worker Gladys Damon from Lancaster Industrial School left a suicide note at the Price home. Police conducted an all day search with no trace of her movements after she departed. The note says she took money to buy poison and asks family to comfort her father.
City officials faced a scare when a cavern formed during foundations work for the new 800000 annex near City Hall. Contractors halted the slide and sought permission to close part of Court square to prevent further collapse behind the Kimball building.
New York engineer John J. Carty has been made a member of the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Japanese Emperor He already wears the Order of the Rising Sun decoration given by the late Emperor after the war with Russia Carty is chief engineer of American Telephone and Telegraph Company His methods of telephone engineering influenced Japanese government engineers after study abroad
The Very Rev Walter T Sumner dean of the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul Chicago is improving after falling ill en route to Boston for engagements at St Pauls Cathedral He is now a patient at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in Boston Public notices indicate his condition has stabilized amid the travel setback.
A brisk advertisement touts Tudor Tea as a healthful beverage suitable for daily enjoyment. It urges readers to follow the rule and savor the fragrant tea, inviting broad, daily use.
Horace Greeley Atwood of Boston sues William Lithgoe Willey, a Boston Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company quartermaster, for 20000 alleging alienation of his wife Mrs Atwood's affections. Willey admits past contact and gifts but denies wrongdoing while Atwood recounts marriage in 1886 and ongoing divorce actions.
OSSIPEE N H November 18 John Stokes a farmer of Freedom was arrested charged with killing his friend Charles Demeritt who was shot in the back while the pair hunted together last Thursday Stokes appeared before Justice A E Kenniston and was held for the next Superior Court session
William O. Blake son of a Back Bay real estate holder marries Miss Mabel I. Beckwith nurse to Mrs. Charles Blake at the Congregational Church Newtonville. The ceremony had no attendants and used two rings. The couple left for an extended tour after visiting the groom’s mother at Beacon Street.
New York Navy. Judge Hough scheduled a Thursday 10:30 a.m. trial in the federal district court over alleged mail fraud tied to the Hawthorne group of mining stocks. Defendants include Julian Hawthorne Josiah Quincy Albert Freeman Dr William Norton and John McKinnon. The case centers on stock circulars and alleged misrepresentation affecting Hawthorne Companies. Freeman heads the McIntyre mine and has raised about 700000 for its development.
All are alleged to have been engaged in selling stock in the Hawthorne Silver and Iron Mines Company and allied concerns. The defendants, indicted last January for using the mails to defraud investors, claim they were victims of a Post Office Department crusade. The government says at least 3 million dollars accrued from sales misrepresenting property, yet no dividends were paid. A prior statement notes the suspension of operations at the mines as a primary result of the action.
Kingston Bank and Trust Company was dynamited early today by robbers who escaped after taking about 1500 dollars in cash. The explosive charge tore books and currency in the vault.
Police in Saragossa arrest Francisco San Millan a longtime anarchist linked to a 1910 plot against Spanish interior minister de la Cleruva and suspected of ties to Pardinas who shot Canalejas.
Mayor proposes amendments to curb mashing loitering and sleeping on the Common and Public Garden. Offenses include standing or sitting on grass lying on benches and rude or indecent language. Intoxication, littering, and damage to trees or flowers would also be offenses. The council referred the measure to the ordinances committee for quick consideration.
Melrose rejected a plan to bring 15 Boston Opera Company concerts to the Globe Theatre. Managers Powers and Woodhead failed to raise the $4,590 guarantee, with only $800 subscribed, so the series was abandoned. The proposed program hoped to feature Miss Jarrar and Antonio Scotti during the winter season.
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