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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1912
Page
5
The Hon. Eugene W. Chain urged yesterday at Ruggles Street Baptist Church that ninety percent of Boston men frequent saloons and gambling dens, with only ten percent found in churches, in a talk on One City Morals.
A speaker linked liquor traffic to moral decay and white slave trade while urging voters to consider the broader national impact of elections. He argued church influence shaped the nation, slavery abolition, and would curb liquor evils, noting minority voices count in majorities.
The Immigrants' Home on Marginal Street East Boston is nearly finished and will soon be dedicated. The brick midmodern building at the Cunard Line wharves replaces the old wooden structure. For years it has aided arriving Europeans and, with larger quarters, aims to help thousands more, including many women and children.
Chester S. Jordan convicted of murdering his wife faces relocation to a death house cell at Charlestown within ten days unless clemency halts the transfer. He spent his last Sunday at East Cambridge jail with family visits, maintaining a calm, hopeful demeanor amid the remaining days of his sentence.
Reopening of Boston College and its high school brings many new faculty members for 1912 18. The college department adds ethics metaphysics physics chemistry and modern language professors including Brett Barrett Raf fretty Cusick De Butler Stecher and Lane. In the high school division new instructors Hurley McFadden Fitzpatrick Duggin Jordan Schmidt Hogan Beglan McGehee Feeley plus Riballianes join to teach various years and courses. Ignatius Novik succeeds Bro Ignatius Anglin moves to Brooklyn College.
Passengers aboard the Leyland liner Canadian reported a giant water spout rising from the sea as the ship neared port from Liverpool. The sighting marked one of the few in years along transatlantic routes. The Canadian carried about 100 cabin passengers including Miss Huling and Professor J. H. Logan of Rutgers.
Two transatlantic liners with over 4000 passengers approach Boston from Europe the Laconia from Liverpool and Queenstown and the Cretic from Mediterranean ports both expected late tomorrow or Wednesday. About a thousand aboard are saloon passengers with many teachers and students bound for schools and colleges reopening. The Laconia should dock at East Boston tomorrow afternoon and the Cretic may arrive by Wednesday morning depending on wireless updates.
Lieutenant RH A Carter of the Merelle police returned from Randolph Vermont with Lindsay L Lafayette and Joseph Castelucci in custody charged with larceny of a horse and buggy belonging to John H Thompson of 387 Broadway. They allegedly drove the team to Randolph and sold it to a livery stable keeper for 190 dollars.
A vintage notice touts Syrup of Figs as the ideal gentle laxative for children. It claims quick relief from constipation and stomach issues without drugging, emphasizing its fig taste and natural ingredients.
A counsel filed a petition for sentence commutation with Governor Foss and the matter goes to the Council. No action date set. Sheriff Fairbairn must keep Jordan in custody until further word, with removal to the SC ahead of the week of September 22.
Beginning next Sunday a solemn high mass will be resumed at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross at 10 oclock. It is expected that his Eminence the cardinal will assist, as he will return from a vacation abroad this week. The parish school connected with the Cathedral will reopen on Wednesday.
Bertram G. Spencer spent a quiet day in the State prison death house with only Chaplain Stebbins and Deputy Warden Allen visiting. He ate heartily, read magazines, and spoke calmly with guards, with a possible Christian Science reader expected midweek.
Portsmouth N H Sept 8 after years of debate over skeleton or cage masts a naval test shows the mast on the monitor Tallahassee and a replica on the old battleship San Marco withstood twelve 12 inch shells filled with hafsh explosives before the mast collapsed after its components were destroyed.
Ida Gordon aged 3 12 died at Massachusetts General Hospital from burns suffered while playing with matches in the West End. Her father Morris Gordon is janitor of a four story building at 63 Grove Square. neighbors and the mother attempted to extinguish the flames and rush to the hospital as doctors fought to save her.
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