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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1915
Page
14
Alexander Sylvanus Porter renowned as a club man and dean of Boston real estate, prominent in major financial deals, died yesterday at his home 22 Brimmer Street at age 76 after a week at home from vacation.
Boston real estate pioneer Porter, born 1839 in Virginia and educated in city, played a central role in Back Bay development. He helped form a 1900 hotel syndicate with Oliver Ames and Richard Olney, owned the Hotel Pelham property, and organized the State Street Exchange. Survived by his second wife and five children.
Joseph C. Manley of Everett faces arraignment for reckless driving after a Main street Melrose collision that killed William Murray and seriously injured six others. Miss Sadie Oderkirk fractured a thigh, while Miss Margaret McIntosh avoided greater harm by steering her roadster clear of the wrecked car.
Charles Hanson a 50 year old East Saugus dairyman at 121 Hesper Street shot himself with a shotgun early yesterday following a quarrel in which his wife left for relatives in Lynn. He bade his sons good night Thursday and died later.
The Massachusetts Northeastern Street Railway filed with the Public Service Commission a tariff to raise passenger fares from 5 to 6 cents. The line serves Salisbury Amesbury Merrimac Newburyport Haverhill Lawrence Methuen Lowell Dracut and Nashua. General Manager Franklin Goodman of Haverhill asks an effective date of November 1 but hearings likely delay the date.
Four school children and 60 year old E M Zell were killed when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad express train at a grade crossing in Leola Lancaster. Two more children were badly injured and may die. The driver took the youngsters for a ride after school. the road curves and obscured the view of the train. Ages ranged from 8 to 18.
The American Hawaiian steamship Panama arrives at Pier 4 Boston dischargeing 800 tons of raw Hawaiian sugar. It is the first steamship from Honolulu through the Panama Canal to reach Boston with Hawaiian sugar. Captain Nicholas J Kane, at 30 years old, is reportedly the youngest captain in the American merchant marine to command a big steamship. The voyage lasted 26 days with a 12 day delay from a landslide at the Peter Miguel locks.
Ten thousand Cambridge men are fighting or training for wartime defense. Vice-Chancellor James reported 470 killed 7 wounded and more than 3300 distinctions. Enrolment has fallen to less than one third, threatening a severe financial deficit at the start of the academic year.
Secretary Daniels announces disciplinary action for the Annapolis hazing case. Six midshipmen were dismissed, four suspended for one year without pay, and 15 others demoted to the next lower class.
The New York steamship arrives in New York Harbor on schedule and the Earl and Marchioness of Aberdeen are slated to visit Boston next week. They will stay at the Copley Plaza and attend a reception and banquet on Monday Oct 11, hosted by an executive committee including Elbridge R. Anderson and many city leaders.
The navy dismissed four men of different classes and commuted nine sentences to one year suspension without pay. Midshipmen with one year suspensions include WC. Wilcock Joseph S. Ives Paul D. Dingwell David P. Minard. Fifteen men received one hazing offense guilty verdicts and one year back in class work. Named are Benson Gregory Fisher Craig Clark Hutson Meadows Connolly Post Westphal Gamble Seligman Killian Whitson Ramsay and others. Secretary Daniels withheld falsehood charge details.
Paris reports the French government protests to neutral powers after learning that German seized booty from Lille is being sold in a Berlin department store. The protest cites a German Military School letter to a prisoner in Fougeres confirming the sale.
Chairman P A OConnell announced that Joseph A Dennison John Nolen and James W Reardon were assigned to act for the Bostonian reception committee in New York. They have received special permission to fulfill their duties.
Paris report from Oct. 1 states the Temps military critic expects the Champagne battle to endure about two weeks. He notes possible checks but says Allied forces overall hold a favorable position with eager troops, ample munitions, and extraordinary artillery results aided by clear weather observations.
A Masson Quebec group the Sisters of St Mary praise Father John’s Medicine in a letter. They cite quick relief for colds and fatigue among teachers and claim it aids throat and lung ailments without alcohol or dangerous drugs.
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