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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
13
Deputy Sheriff Joseph G. Collingwood travels to Washington to round up witnesses for the government in the case against Mrs. Jennie May Eaton accused of murdering her husband Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton. The trial starts next week in Plymouth.
The Eaton trial jurors will be sequestered from opening to verdict with guards Collinswood and Spring overseeing. Mrs Eaton’s attendants will be deputies Simmons and Hurley while press access is limited, provoking concern among reporters and artists.
The national German American alliance closed its biennial convention in St Louis after deciding to meet in 1915 in San Francisco. Delegates were later guests at a Leipsic celebration marking Napoleon’s defeat a century ago.
Chemist D. J. Lane of 682 Lane Building St. Marys Kas claims a simple home asthma remedy. He sent samples to long‑time sufferers who say they were cured, offering a $1 bottle by express if it cures, with buyers to judge effects within ten days and write for the remedy with no money required.
Washington October 8 Minority Leader Mann filibustered to delay the urgent deficiency appropriation bill while a quorum returned. The House adjourned short of a quorum and without a Speaker or clerk as Sherley acted as Speaker pro tempore amid questions of regular designation. A flock of bats provided comic relief in the chamber.
President Wilson will present the administration three battleship program to the cabinet next Tuesday. Secretary Daniels and others urge it become policy and win Democratic support before Congress. The plan already has broad backing in government and Congress, with a possible armor plate factory inclusion. Daniels met with Senator Tillman, who supported big ships if docking facilities suffice.
Merchants and stores owned by Jews in Greater Boston will close at sundown tomorrow and reopen after sunset the following day to observe Yom Kippur. About 0,000 Jewish residents join Hebrew community in prayers and 24 hour fasting. The shofar signals the end of the fast as families gather for the feast.
Police continued their two-day search for 11-year-old Arthur Harris son of Dr William I Harris of Providence Rhode Island. He disappeared Monday morning two minutes after leaving his father to buy a newspaper. The father fears kidnapping or harm.
Malden and Melrose police scoured Pine Bank Park and surrounding woods for a yellow collie believed rabid after it bit two children and several other animals. The dog, shot at during a chase, may be dead in the woods. Saugus authorities warned to watch for it as searches resumed. The two bitten boys at Maplewood Grammar School are reported improving.
In a general order by Police Commissioner Stephen O Meara three reservemen were promoted to patrolman. John P Hoar of Roxbury Crossing station John Lydon of Lagrange Street station and Patrick Scollard of Joy Street station will remain on duty at their current stations.
Webster Oct 8 The 400 woolen department workers of Slater & Sons Inc voted to accept management concessions after a two week strike. They will return between next Monday and Oct 20. Key terms include separating worsted and woolen operatives, loom adjustments, and a 58 hour week on trial before permanent adoption.
Lillian Bell Ogden filed a suit in Suffolk Superior Court for 25000 against William H. Aspinwall Russell S. Codman and Alexander H. Bullock as trustees of the Congress Street Associates alleging broken bones and permanent injuries from an elevator accident in this city.
At its annual meeting Brown University elected Abel C. Collins 78 of Great Barrington Massachusetts and Samuel H. Ordway 80 of New York to fill two board vacancies. President Faunce announced a modification in entrance exams to ease West student entry with more elective freedom.
Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania Oct. Mathias Stahle a Altoona building association official and German singing society president was convicted of embezzling 15000 belonging to his minor son John H Stahle. He confessed on the stand that he squandered 75000 of others money in real estate speculation.
In Havre de Grace Maryland a carrier pigeon landed in an office window on Oct 8 after flying from Topeka Kansas. Clerk Stanley Vanneman found a note around the bird asking the owner to arrange contact. Milton Pond of Topeka replied that the bird arrived home on Sept 23 covering about 1100 miles in a direct air line.
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