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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
15
Engine trouble halted the standardization trials of the government’s largest dreadnought Texas. A broken valve stem on the forward low pressure cylinder caused the outage. Repairs will take at least two days.
The Texas completed three measured mile runs at 10 to 19 knots before an accident on the 21 knot attempt halted the test. 750 men from Newport News yards were aboard under navigating officer Captain W G Melvin, with Captain A W Grant slated to command on transfer. Vice-President A L Hopkins and General Manager Homer L Ferguson represented the builders.
A full page of pictures of Joe Knowles, famed for his Maine woods experiment as a “primitive man,” appears in next Sunday’s Post, promising a visual showcase of his claimed survival skills.
Definite plans for a new Pacific coast to Boston service have been made. From the present outlook extensive business will be done between California ports and Boston before year end. It was previously thought the trade would wait for the Panama Canal opening.
The Virginian will depart San Francisco on November 18 carrying wool canned goods dried fruits nuts wines and general freight to Salina Cruz on the Mexican coast. From there cargoes move via Tehuantepec railway to Puer to Mexico aboard the Texan en route to Philadelphia New York and Boston.
Timothy E. Byrnes, ousted as vice-president of the New Haven railroad, plans to retire from active railroad work January 1. He would not discuss future plans, directing a reporter to contact his Cohasset summer home, where he refused an interview.
Representative John J. Murphy of South Boston accuses Governor Foss of inaction on alleged graft tied to the New Haven situation. Murphy asks for a thorough investigation and for a special legislative session if the Public Service Commission won’t probe railroad legislation.
Luke Soper aged 82 left Bucksport Maine two weeks ago to travel outside his state first time. He sailed back on the Bangor boat last evening showing boyish enthusiasm after his trip to Boston.
Mr Luke, born in Bucksport and raised there, visits Boston after being invited by George Johnson of No 5 Haviland Street. He loves the subways and big city wonders, noting trains in the tubes move fast. He craves more musical comedy and laments noisy conductors but enjoys every new sight.
An elderly Mr Soper praises Boston’s lack of drunkenness, contrasts with Bucksport, Maine, notes he turns 83 on March 27, plans a New York trip, and names his three children Arthur in Boston, Harry in Denver, and Hattie in Milo with ages 44 and 37.
In New York a jury begins hearing Ernest A. Muret case on counterfeiting with a printing truck and gear as evidence. Co defendant Hans Schmidt confessed to murder of Anna Aumuller and awaits state trial, likely not tried federally as murder charges take precedence. Jurors were excused for prejudice before trial began.
Four patients were operated on by Dr. E. H. Pratt of Evanston to eliminate criminal tendencies and moral deficiencies. Judge George W. Bridgman of St Josephs Mich urged using the knife before sentencing convicts of moral crimes, aiming to regenerate the mind.
Names are withheld but two patients under 20 underwent operations at St Francis Hospital Evanston. Dr Pratt says the procedures do not harm mind or body but remove abnormal conditions of nerve centers. A brother and sister are recovering rapidly and pending charges may be dismissed if moral weakness is overcome.
Sneak thieves and house breakers strike Brookline with a month of burglaries. Two more houses were entered Tuesday evening and jewelry items were taken, but police initially kept details private until yesterday.
Burglars entered two Longwood area homes Tuesday evening by climbing trees to reach second floor windows. Leonard L. Hiden’s home on Evans Road was robbed during dinner, yielding 127 dollars, a gold pin with a diamond, three turquoise set collar pins, a gold watch marked M Bees, a diamond solitaire ring, and a locket. An attempt at N L Amster’s home on Hawes Street ended when a maid heard footsteps and the burglars fled.
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