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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1916
Page
9
Dr. Hugh Cabot, addressing about 250 at Copley Plaza, urged U S intervention for Britain amid the European war. He said war profits have drugged American ideals and condemned Belgian deportations as barbarism.
Dr. Cabot warns Americans to shed prosperity complacency and defend democracy as war looms. He claims profiteers profit from others' suffering and urges unity to intervene if needed. Lieutenant-Colonel Guthrie praises Canadian and Allied bravery while warning Germany seeks naval power to challenge Britain.
Miss Florence J. Wall daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Wall of 73 Mayfield Dorchester married Charles E Skehan Jr of Brooklyn at the parental home. Uncle Martin Fleming who had not been home for 40 years joined from Spokane to attend. Mortimer J Mahoney of Brooklyn was best man and sister Miss Gertrude L Wall attended.
Edward H. Crosby reviews Arnold Daly's Hollis production The Master credited to Hermann Bahr. The Teutonic psychological piece offers incendiary sociological views with little stage action, more a library essay than theatre.
The Master features Arthur Wessley a rogue surgeon with unlicensed cures, aided by a frail typist Florence Oakley and a Japanese doctor played by Edward Abeles. The drama probes social ethics, with Daly’s intense portrayal and brisk, blunt dialogue. The piece calls it a homily rather than a drama.
The Jewett Players at Copley Theatre offer Sydney Grundy’s A Pair of Spectacles with a curtain raiser Leave the Woman Out. Fred W. Permain shines as Mr. Goldfinch while Leonard Craske adds English commercial zest and Leon Gordon stages a detective‑plot one‑act.
pianist Moses Boguslawski played in Boston yesterday in Steinert Hall. He showed brilliant technique and a virtuosic spirit with concerted earnestness that impressed a small audience. The program featured Bach Busoni organ preludes variations Brahms Paganini Liszt Annees de Pelerinage and Chopin pieces.
Captain Karl Gunnar Petersen of the Royal Danish Commission in Copenhagen died suddenly in Derby Connecticut today of heart failure. A schoolmate of King Christian X of Denmark, he was 46 and had been in Derby since May supervising munitions orders for a local firm. He is survived by his wife.
Samuel Chalmers aged 57 and John A. Boyne about the same age were found dead in a Holyoke rooming house at 351 High street. Associate Medical Examiner Stanley C. Cox ruled accidental gas asphyxiation. The pair had been missing since Friday.
Chalmers a 30 year Holyoke resident and papermaker and Boyne a former Papermakers Union agent from Lee were found in bed fully clothed with a gas heater left on and whiskey nearby. Police suspect intoxication and sleep led to the fatal exposure. Survivors include Chalmers sisters in Manchester and Wells River and Boyne’s wife in Lee.
Boston Mayor Curley notified Secretary Baker that residents feel Ambulance Corps No. 1 of Massachusetts unfairly detained on the Mexican border. He notes the unit was first to go to the front while later-arriving units have returned home and asks when Boston’s ambulance unit may be expected back.
Salem Massachusetts Assistant District Attorney William H. Mc Sweeney submitted his resignation to District Attorney Louis S. Cox. He states he understands Cox plans to appoint Daniel C. Manning of Peabody to succeed him on January 1.
United States District Attorney George W. Anderson said he would welcome public assistance in investigating increases in prices for meat potatoes fish and other daily necessities.
Mr. Anderson states the Office and the Department of Justice will aggressively investigate rising prices of coal meats potatoes fish and other essentials. He says reasonable suspicion in good faith justifies inquiries and invites suggestions on price or trade conditions needing review.
Michael H. Corcoran announced his candidacy for re election to the School Board. He joins Henry Abrahams and Judge Michael H Sullivan as three candidates for two vacancies opening Jan 31. Abrahams also failed to win endorsement from the Public School Association.
The Boston City Club held its annual election in the club’s main lounge yesterday afternoon. Elected to the board of governors for three years were George H. Ellis John H. Fahey Edward J. Frost Henry I. Harriman Robert Luce Winfield S. Quinby Frank V. Thompson Charles L. Thurber. The nominating committee for 1917 includes James E. Downey David A. Ellis Frederick H. Fay Robert H. Gardiner Jr. David D. Scannell Bertram G. Waters Arthur J. Wellington.
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