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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1915

Page

5

Student Council at B U Law Is Complete

The Boston University Law School student council is filled with six members, three chosen by students and three by faculty. Faculty appointees are Orville S. Poland, Malcolm Chesley, and Philip B. Dowst, with student appointees Thomas P. Cheney Arthur Harvey Knight and Clifford Epstein.

Boston University Law School Joseph C. Donovan Concord N. H Orville S. Poland Winchester College of Liberal Arts Malcolm Chesley Saco Brown Philip B. Dowst West Roxbury

Olive Tablets touted as a safe calomel substitute

An advertisement extols Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel and liver stimulant that purifies the blood and remedies bad breath without the griping side effects of calomel. Priced at 5c, 10c, or 25c, the olive color tablets are sold by All druggists and the Olive Tablet Company in Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. Edwards The Olive Tablet Company Columbus, O

Fixed price bill called injustice by retailers

John T. Kirby field secretary of the National Retail Drygoods Association denounced the Steveris price maintenance bill as unconstitutional and an injustice to thousands of consumers and businessmen at a luncheon for Boston dry goods store representatives hosted by Jordan Marsh at the City Club yesterday afternoon.

John T. Kirby National Retail Drygoods Association Boston Dry Goods Jordan Marsh Company City Club

Six Dead As Trains Crash Near Columbus Georgia

Six persons are killed with two missing and more than 30 injured after a head on crash six miles west of Columbus between Central of Georgia passenger train No 2 from Birmingham to Macon and a 28 car carnival show train. Fire and overturns trap victims while carnivals cars burn. A mis communication of orders is blamed.

Columbus Here Central of Georgia Don T. Kennedy Carnival Company Carnival Company Birmingham Macon Atlanta Phenix City Ala

Inventor Philip W. Pratt Found Dead at Hoffman House

Philip W. Pratt, 70, a noted rubber trade inventor, was found dead in a chair at his Hoffman House apartments in Columbus avenue and Berkeley street yesterday with two gas jets open. He reportedly invented 30 devices for use in the rubber industry.

Philip W. Pratt Hoffman House Columbus Avenue Berkeley Street Pratt

Jury Selection Hindered by War Sentiment in Hamburg Line Case

New York on November 22 reports widespread sympathy for both sides of the European war made choosing neutral jurors difficult. The case concerns Dr Karl Buenz managing director and three Hamburg American Line officials charged with conspiracy to deceive and defraud the United States by routing ration ships to German cruisers in the Atlantic during the war’s early days.

Hamburg- American Line New York Howe Europe Karl Buenz Hamburg-American Line United States Atlantic

Jury selection amid war related tensions in trial

Forty two talesmen were examined and ten jurors tentatively chosen with eight acceptable to both sides. The panel was exhausted and a new pool will be ready tomorrow morning. Counsel pressed peremptory challenges with defence using five of ten and government four of six. Few jurors claimed neutrality on the European war while many had relatives in armies or backgrounds of German British or French descent influencing sympathies.

Talesmen

Fragmentary note on American parentage and German marriage

A fragment notes only three were Americans of native parentage and one of these was married to a woman of German parentage. The context suggests a discussion of heritage or national origin among a small group.

Rich Cabby Dead at 72 in Haverhill

William W. Seaver longtime Haverhill hack driver died of pneumonia at the City Hospital aged 72. He owned Potsdam, NY real estate but preferred driving over an estate. He was a familiar figure at the railroad station with many traveling customers. Funeral planned for Potsdam next Wednesday.

Haverhill William W. Seaver Potsdam N. Y City

Roebling Sons Buys Spencer Wire Assets

John A Roebling Sons Company purchases the Spencer Wire Company of Worcester Massachusetts machinery and equipment to secure operations after a damaging incendiary fire at its Trenton New Jersey plant. The Worcester plant will make rope from wire for Roebling firms until Trenton is restored, then gear is moved as needed.

Worcester John A. Roebling Sons Company Trenton N. J Spencer Wire Company Roebling Sons Company

Six Suits Begin Trial In Auto Crash Case

Six damage suits filed at $4000 each, totaling $24000, are being tried together in Superior Court before Judge White and a jury. The claims arise from a Sept 17 1913 accident on Revere Beach Parkway involving Mr and Mrs Philip Goldstein of Chelsea.

White Philip Goldstein Chelsea Revere Beach Boulevard Parkway

Goldstein Sues Trio After Auto Smashes Buggy

Mr. Goldstein and his wife seek $4000 each from Silas E. Smart Lewis F. Kornfield and George A. Proctor after an auto rear ended their buggy, demolishing it and leaving them unconscious. He claims $150 for a horse and $125 for the buggy. injuries kept him out six months to a year. Mrs. Goldstein notes a 36 year marriage.

Goldstein Bessie Goldstein

Melrose Man Sentenced Six Months for Knife Assault

John A. Mackeigan of Melrose was sentenced in Malden District Court to six months in the house of correction for assault with a dangerous weapon on fellow Melrose resident John P. Mathewson. The case arose from a knife attack during a heated argument between neighbors.

John A. Mackeigan Melrose Malden House of Correction John P. Mathewson Mackeigan Mathewson

Charlestown man held on four counts of attempt to kill

John J. Smith of 2 Central place Charlestown was held on four charges of attempt to kill in Charlestown court yesterday on $4000 bonds. He faces a $500 bond on a loaded revolver charge. Smith allegedly fired at four people including Mrs. Annie Kelly last Saturday night and shot at Patrolman Clause during the arrest attempt.

John J. Smith 2 Central Place Charlestown Sullivan Smith Annie Kelly Clause

To Cure a Cold in One Take Laxative Brom Quinine

Adv claims a single dose cures colds with laxative brom Quin. Druggists refund money if it fails. Signature of B. W. Grove appears on each box.

B. W. Grove

Army and Navy Officers Hold Secret Conference

A closed session at the Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island brought together Major General Leonard Wood Brigadier General Montgomery M. Macomb and several rear admirals from the Atlantic fleet. Details of the topics discussed were not released.

Newport R. I Army and Navy Naval War College Army Leonard Wood Montgomery M. Macomb Army War College Washington

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