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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1913
Page
2
Frank O. McCormack of West Northfield was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on a charge of using the mails in a scheme to defraud.
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Dr Alessandro Albi of Denver who brought a young woman from Italy violating immigration rules was not indicted by the federal grand jury yesterday. Judge Morton held Mann Act cases should be handled outside federal courts as the act targets commercialized vice. Both Albi and the woman are in immigration custody under deportation orders.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a House provision to abolish the Commerce Court and distribute its jurisdiction to district courts. Supporters fought to block the move but were defeated as the full committee backed the plan.
John C. Henning of Chicago was arrested in Minneapolis and held as a fugitive. He had used the alias George Ball while staying two weeks at a local hotel. Henning had sued Clarence S. Funk for damages over alleged alienation of affections. Funk won and Henning was later charged with perjury and conspiracy to defame Funk.
Washington Oct 1 The House Elections Committee adjourned until December after examining witnesses on charges that Representative Richard S Whaley of South Carolina spent large sums unlawfully to win renomination. The action suggests no further inquiry or action on the charges filed by Mayor John P Grace of Charleston.
In a second confession, Mrs. Ida Leckwold admits murdering one of her eight children, attempting to kill another, and planning to kill her husband during September. She says four other children died of natural causes. she named a man who urged her to rid the family. Eight-year-old Viola was killed on September 8. son Willie and daughter Ethel survived. Ole Leckwold was released after police statements.
Copenhagen reports Prince Axel second son of Valdemar will join Danish cruiser Valkyrien officers and sail to the United States to represent Denmark at the opening of the Panama Canal. He serves as a naval lieutenant.
A delegation of 11 Senators will attend the conservation exposition in Knoxville Tennessee. The Senate passed a resolution authorizing the Vice President to appoint a committee to attend the exposition, as proposed by Senator Lea.
An advertisement touts Danderine for immediate hair beautification removing dandruff. It claims the rinse cleans dust and oil, leaves hair soft and lustrous, strengthens roots, and prevents itching and hair loss after a 25 cent bottle from drug stores.
Surprise was expressed at the State Department over a Tokio report that another note concerning California anti alien land legislation had been despatched to Washington.
Negotiations over California land law and the Knox treaty are reportedly in abeyance waiting for Counsellor John Bassett Moore. Moore has returned from a month’s vacation to Washington and secrecy surrounds steps in the talks. Japan may seek a new convention recognizing ownership rights in U.S. states, challenging the State Department position.
Winnipeg report says Western Canada welcomed 146000 settlers from the United States in the season ended, per an immigration commissioner Bruce Walker statement. The gain marks a notable rise from last year.
In Basbriageen-Landreas, Loire Inferieure, a 15 year old boy used an axe to kill six people in a savage act yesterday. Police report the village scene as the killer’s brutal crime.
Water was released into the Culebra Cut from Gatunake through four 24 inch pipes under the Gamboa dike at 9 am. With a 15 foot expected depth by Oct 10, the date set to destroy the dike, the Cucaracha slide now spans the cut to the 73 foot level. Ditching through the slide is proposed to flood and wash away the barrier.
James T. Lamphy known as Fredericks, a Maryland fugitive, was arrested by Inspectors Nortor and Patterson. He is charged with larceny of $39 and a watch on June 21 belonging to Leonard F. Lucker, and jewelry valued at $500 taken from Marcus Himmelford, both in Baltimore.
The Municipal Court annual report by Clerk Fred C. Ingalls shows 4147 more drunkenness cases and 2308 more crime cases than in 1912. Police say drunkenness did not rise, but police attention to drunken arrests increased in the year ending Sept 30.
Mrs. Annie Hazleton of 194 Central Avenue Chelsea appeals to the Post for help finding her 15 year old son William Thompson Hazleton who left home last Sunday with a sailor suspected of desertion from the navy. He was last seen near Postoffice square and had worked as a Western Union Telegraph Company messenger. He wished to join the navy but was the family’s principal supporter.
Last evening Miss Ruby Law Chris of Malden married George R. Monell of New York, a Yale graduate from the class of 1911. Rev. Arthur Varley of Maplewood Congregational Church conducted the ceremony.
John D Rockefeller owns the largest amount of personal property in New York City based on 1913 personal tax assessments released today. The list shows Rockefeller at 4 million dollars, with other notableowners including John D Rockefeller Jr, William Rockefeller, Thomas F Ryan, Mrs. Russell Sage, Herbert L Satterlee, Jacob H Schiff, James Speyer, and Herman Siebcken in smaller amounts. The figures exclude real estate, stocks, and bonds.
New York Oct 1 The steel plant at the Brooklyn navy yard shut down today. Seventy men were discharged and several hundred others will be affected by the change. The closure stems from the Navy Department economy policy. Contracts for the super dreadnought work were let elsewhere, some to England.
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