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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
2
Governor Foss faced a lively session with a large Boston Democratic legislative delegation urging him to sign a bill for appointing fire department members in Boston who stand 5 feet 5 inches tall. The group was led by Senator Joseph P. Lomasney.
The governor initially refused but agreed to a compromise bill limiting height regulations for fire department candidates. It requires city council and mayor consent, and counters Vice Commissioner Daly who pushed for a 5 foot 7 inch minimum. The deal is seen as a victory for Boston Democrats.
During a tense session Governor Foss and lawmakers clashed over firemen height rules. The bill would shift power to selectmen and, for Boston, the Mayor and City Council to set height. Daly would lose independent regulatory authority without mayoral and council consent. The House would recall and amend the measure.
Earle S. Ovington host to nearly every aviator in the city after returning from France. He displayed new French aeroplanes including a special Bleriot crafted for him and a 70 horsepower Gnome motor praised as powerful as those used by Grahame-White. He claims the motor powers a machine over 75 miles per hour.
The grand jury will today examine the conduct of executors Quincy A. Shaw Jr Francis C. Welch and Robert F. Herrick for omitting from the first inventory of the late Quincy A. Shaw estate property due the city tax of 492000 dollars while hinting further assets remain to be listed.
The inquiry centers on whether the oath to the inventory breached law and if a conspiracy aimed to defraud the city of taxes later paid via the Finance Commission. District Attorney Pelletier leads the examination with many prominent witnesses summoned. Friends of the executors insist they fully complied as more property was to be disclosed. Mayor Fitzgerald referred the matter to the DA.
The estate far exceeds stated inventory values with claimants arguing the inventory was made to mislead about additional property of value. They deny negligence and say the document hid substantial assets awaiting discovery, drawing wide interest among lawyers and observers.
Four new scholarships for Boston newsboys announced raise total to six, with yearly incomes of 1010 dollars. Harvard recipients of 150 dollars each are joined by a 250 dollar Tech scholarship from Thomas Edison and Dr. James D Munro, a 200 dollar Boston Y M C A award, a 160 dollar Burdett College grant, and a 100 dollar Berkeley Preparatory School award. Criteria vary by scholarship.
Washington April 6 The Senate refused to take up a resolution asking the President if Portugal had received U S recognition The measure by Senator Culbertson was sent to the foreign relations committee after Senator Cullom moved reference and the vote adopted The committee is to consider the issue promptly
Liquor interests hope to use a Richard Olney opinion to allow a first and fourth class license to operate on the same premises with a partition and separate entrances. The interpretation would halve Boston license counts under the bar and bottle act. unless repealed before May 1 dealers face losing one license and the fight may pause if the attorney general concurs or an amendment is offered.
The Senate postponed consideration of the labor legislation on Senator James Jay Doyle's motion until next Tuesday. The outcome hinges largely on a ruling by Attorney General Swift regarding Mr. Olney's opinion. It was authoritativey stated the licensing board has not and will not seek swift’s opinion. Mr. Olney notes two rooms of the same premises separated by thin partition.
Blanche Hengerveld Dekol at F. F. Field Dutchland Farms achieved a seven days test total milk of 71 pounds and butter yield of 32 6 10 pounds, nearing the world record held in New York State.
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