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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1912
Page
4
Hamburg America Line plans 25 000 ton Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and an 18 knot fleet to serve the Mediterranean route in 1915. A Boston dock visit by directors will decide harbor facilities as Secretary Stimson weighs War Department action on New York harbor line upgrades.
Chairman Bancroft reports that the Hamburg American line will start a fortnightly passenger service in May between Hamburg Southampton Cherbourg and Boston aboard the Cleveland and Cincinnati of 16 000 tons. The Amerika may join in 1914 and the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria in 1915, with a possible Mediterranean service.
Boston leaders meet Hamburg-American Chair Albert Ballin at the Plaza to press for harbor access. Ballin vows to help Boston while shipsize growth in New York spurs pier extensions for lines including Hamburg-American and North German Lloyd. War Department action looms as officials weigh port expansion.
Governor Foss rejected a Progressive party bid to urge a special session of the Massachusetts Legislature to consider popular selection of U S Senators. He faulted the Republican majority and party leaders for four prior rejections and accused them of political maneuvering to bolster forlorn hopes.
Mayor Fitzgerald reports a productive meeting with Hamburs American officials led by port figures and Chamber of Commerce members. He outlines a plan for two steamships to operate in Boston next May and a harbor dry dock to accommodate vessels, boosting cross Atlantic service to Plymouth and Cherbourg and linking Boston with Continental Europe.
Kalamazoo Michigan October 24 John Ganzel manager of the Rochester Club of the International Baseball league may lose the sight of his right eye after a hunting accident. A bramble recoiled and struck his face cutting his forehead and injuring the eyeball. He returned home to consult a specialist.
A large rally is planned in Brookline under the Brookline Democratic Town Committee and the Woodrow Wilson Club. Speakers include Congressman Andrew Peters John Mitchell of Marlboro candidate for Congress against John W Weeks George W Anderson candidate for attorney general Frank J Donahue candidate for secretary of state Sherman L Whipple Daniel J Daley Francis W Muldowney and Albert F Bigelow two Brookline House candidates.
Captain Wagner of the Pirates posts his sixteenth straight season above .300 batting average, earning well deserved honors for his consistency and hitting prowess.
Henry Lee and Jesse Bolinder, both of Detroit, escaped a Missouri farm school, rode in a cotton car, and were found near Portland starved after being locked inside for about three days. An inspector heard faint cries, pried open seats, and freed the emaciated youths at Prison Point.
Elbert E. Martin a Roosevelt secretary and alleged savior of a Progressive candidate will address an audience at Faneuil Hall this afternoon at o'clock detailing his experiences in Milwaukee and his relation to the attacked presidential hopeful.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as instant relief for sour, gassy, upset stomachs and indigestion. It claims five minute relief, regulation of weak stomachs, and widespread sales, urging readers to buy a fifty cent case at any drugstore.
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