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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1915
Page
16
President Wilson and his fiancee Mrs. Norman Galt with a large party visited New York to attend the Army Navy football game. Despite rain they stayed to the finish and enjoyed the event before expected return to Washington on Monday.
After the game the President and Mrs. Galt visited friends at Miss Gertrude Gordon’s and other hosts before dining with John W Wilson and family. They attended a theatre party, arriving by special train and greeted cheering crowds. At the game the President stood for the Navy band and Army cadets saluted as the Navy side welcomed him. The President planned a quiet day with work on his annual address and European talks with Colonel House, possibly meeting Brand Whitlock.
Alexander Pope, a noted Boston artist, displays a hyperreal painting described as a two foot high marble statue in a semi-domed niche backed by red velvet. Close inspection reveals it is all painted on canvas with gilded moulding, a masterful illusion praised by fellow artists.
Nora wood manager C A Bingham sought a police chief with suitable character and bearing. Clarence A Bingham chose Harry W Swift, Bridgewater chief, as Norwood’s new head. Bridgewater residents protest Swift’s departure and plan a meeting to block his move.
Town meeting leaders including Howard McMasters Loring Jenkins and C R Fitch endorse Chief Swift for police head. Town Manager Bingham cites executive ability honesty family ties and local school involvement as key virtues. Swift praised for leadership since March reorganizing the department and earning support. salary listed at 1000 in Bridgewater with potential 1500 at Norwood.
In Pawtucket Rhode Island Rich ard Dohing a jitney driver of 760 Weeken street was arraigned at a special midnight session of the Tenth District Court on a manslaughter charge. The coroner's report found him responsible for the death of seven year old Nellie Flaxington on November 1. He was released on two thousand dollar bond posted by his sister for a December 13 hearing.
Dr Samuel J. Mixter shuts off the public from a private road to stop a Lynn lumber company crossing his estate with wrecked cargo from the H S M. Swampscott selectmen reply by cutting lights and water on the road they long supplied for public use. Tensions rise over salvage money involving Special Officer James Kennedy and estate workers.
The 8000 feet of lumber from the H.8.M. wreck near the Mixter summer home was sold by insurers to a Lynn firm. Mixter forbids crossing his estate with the cargo and has stationed a Special Officer to enforce the gate. Salvage disputes involve officer Kennedy and two workers claiming equal shares, while lights and water to the private avenue were cut off by town officials.
Chin Sing who runs a laundry at 225 Mineral Spring avenue reported six men entered his shop and forced him at gunpoint into the back room. They bound him, ransacked the till, and escaped with $18 and some silver. Sing freed himself after a struggle. The suspects remained at large.
Six Republican city committee members in Quincy plan to resign claiming they back Mayor Chester Campbell as citizens Republican candidate. Bates, the Republican mayoralty nominee, previously said he was still a Socialist at heart, prompting defections and quiet Bates campaign rhetoric from Temple Winsloe.
Boston friends of Sheriff Donald Drew of Dover New Hampshire learned of his death a few days ago in Dover at age 73. He left a wife and no children and had moved to Dover after selling his Stafford farm to Edward J Hogan of the Hogan family.
At the Boston Opera House last night Mme Pavlova headlined an evening of ballets and divertissements with Amarilla Puppen Fee and Snow Flakes drawing strong audiences. Supported by Volinine and others, she delivered exceptional performances amid high praise and repeated encores. Otello is slated for Monday night.
In Long Beach on November 27 William Johnston and Claude Wayne defeated Mau rice McLoughlin and Thomas C. Bundy 2 6 2 6 2 6. Johnston with Clarence J. Griffin now holds the national doubles title.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch offered a third historical programme in Jordan Hall featuring romantic era works. Mendelssohn pieces from Songs Without Words and Variations Serieuses anchored the recital alongside Schubert Schumann and Weber selections. The program included Schubert Moment Musical in A flat major op 94 and other notable works from Weber and Schumann.
Mr. Gabrilowitsch presented a program of Schubert Mendelssohn and Schumann noted for breadth and creative interpretation. The pianist balanced tradition with modern phrasing while maintaining simplicity and musical honesty. The large audience applauded vigorously.
MILAN and Paris report that Earl Kitchener British secretary for war gained Greek government permission for allied troops to disembark at Greek ports besides Salonika. The Athens despatch to Corriere della Sera confirms the broader landing rights.
The North Bennet Street Industrial School in North End completes its dining room project by students in furniture making and interior decorating. The 1435 pupils in trade training and related classes were guided by 25 paid workers and 50 volunteers, reaching an estimated 23,000 people through diverse efforts.
Abbott Andrew A Boston portable fire escape and William E Ahern Westfield decarbonizing internal combustion engines among many claims. The roundup lists inventors from Boston Nahant Fall River to Brockton with devices for weaving looms, shoe making, clutches, hinges, and machines for weights and measuring.
The Maynard Checker Club accepts a challenge from the Lowell Checker Club to play a match game with the Merrimac River City Club. A date will be set later.
Speeches before the Massachusetts Nautical School Alumni Association at the American House argued for a first class mercantile marine. It was described as vital to international commerce and as a secondary navy to sustain the fleet after initial enemy contact.
Captain P W Hourigan of Ranger urges support for maritime education as vital to national defense. J C Riddell notes America as a commerce nation and calls merchant marine key to navy life blood. Speakers Press government aid, potential licenses for 19 year olds with nautical service, and praise various officials and alumni.m
Seventeen years ago yesterday the Portland coast wise steamer vanished after departing Boston in a northeasterly snow storm. Captain Hollis Blanchard led 108 passengers and 62 crew. 38 bodies were recovered from Provincetown to Chatham as wreckage drifted ashore. The first body was found November 27 by Gideon Burley, surf man at Highland Light.
A Brussels message via The Hague reports the French soldier who confessed to German authorities leading to Edith Cavell’s arrest and execution has hanged himself in a military prison in Brussels.
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