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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1914
Page
5
The Hancock Grammar School faced a student walkout as 50 of 130 pupils left due to parents accusing principal Miss Clara J. Wetherell of slang usage and partiality. A School Board hearing is scheduled for next Tuesday to hear complaints.
Parents charge Miss Wetherell used slang and improper language in class and led a strike that kept many pupils from school. Supporters including Miss Pauline Willis and alumni oppose the charges and defend the principal as the School Board considers a transfer petition. Indignation meeting blocks attendance. statutes prohibit keeping children from school.
Michael J. McNeil with a long police record pleaded in Police Court for a new chance to reform. He told Judge Brackett he had begun to turn his life around and admitted drinking after months of sobriety, then stole a pair of shoes. The judge placed him on probation to continue his bid for good citizenship.
Washington September 10. The conference committee on the Clayton antitrust bill began reconciling the differing views of the two houses. Agreement is not expected before next week.
Mrs Florence Carman wife of Dr Edwin Carman wealthy Freeport physician faces murder in the first degree for the June 30 shooting of Mrs Louise Bailey a patient of the doctor at the Carman residence office. Nassau county grand jury returned the indictment following coroner’s inquest testimony and evidence of a telephonic link between Mrs Carman and the office. The doctor stands by his wife while witnesses noted a woman on the lawn prior to the shot.
District Attorney Louis J. Smith announced new witnesses will testify at the Carman trial. Mrs Carman remains in jail on remand after Supreme Court Justice Kelsey refused bail for a first degree murder charge. An appellate division order could convene an extraordinary term for an October trial.
A cabaret concert and dance organized by the Beacon Club at Allerton Hills Hull will be held tomorrow evening in the association club house. Proceeds go to the Boston Floating Hospital.
Mary Manning beloved wife of John Manning died in East Boston on Sept 10 Funeral from 24 Lamson Street Sunday at 2 pm Relatives and friends invited to attend.
Enrolment for the new college year at Boston University is expected to surpass prior records. The School of Theology will hold its opening Tuesday with President Emeritus William F. Warren delivering the address. The College of Business Administration expected to exceed last year by 274 and the Liberal Arts admissions signal a large attendance. President and Mrs. Marlin, traveling from England, plan to attend the Liberal Arts opening. A new building is progressing but not ready until February.
St Eulalia's Men's Association held a whist and dancing party at Nazareth Hall drawing a large crowd. Sister Mary Gregory formerly Helen Bishop received final vows at the Waltham novitiate and serves at the Academy of Notre Dame in Lowell. City parochial schools begin registration this week aligning with public school openings.
A detective tale unfolds in the Sunday Post Magazine with clues, suspects, and twists. The feature builds toward a satisfying resolution as investigators close in on the thief and recover the gems.
In Waltham five months ago a baby squirrel was injured and given to artist A A Blum. He nursed it back to health and since then the creature refuses to part from him. The squirrel lives in Blum's coat pocket in Pullman cars hotels streets and at all times nibbles nuts.
J P Morgan and Kuhn Loeb announced that the 100 million dollar loan to New York City has been subscribed. A conference with Mayor, the comptroller and the president of the Board of Aldermen showed bankers in accord with the city's financial program.
A survivor recounts the North Sea loss of the British cruiser Pathfinder after a mine explosion. Men abandoned ship as it sank, using wreckage to stay afloat for over an hour while a chief petty officer steadied and aided the group of eleven, even attempting to sing Tipperary amid the peril.
A Paris corre spondent reports Mme Bonnard a widow has learned all nine of her sons were wounded in the fighting. The mother’s family status is noted as background to the dramatic casualty update.
A London correspondent quotes a private's letter describing a recruit guarding camp towers. The soldier jokes about guarding nothing in particular, illustrating humor found among British troops despite battlefield conditions.
A Petrograd correspondent recounts a fierce Russian cavalry advance aided by artillery that halted the Austrian rearguard. Concentrated fire at Lvov and Winniki disrupted delaying forces, provoking panic and a chaotic retreat toward Grodek.
A correspondent reports Sergeant Fougere of the 80s regiment of infantry as a hero of a thrilling series of experiences. He was shot eight times in Belgium, captured by Germans, and escaped during transfer to the rear. With a broken arm and wounds to calf thigh and ankle, he limped ten miles to reach his regiment.
Cornelius Cable of Brooklyn was found guilty in the Maine Supreme Court of carelessly and negligently shooting a human being while pursuing wild game. He was fined $250 and costs for shooting Charles Dodge of Guilford at Schoodie a year ago during a hunt.
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