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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
6
John FE Red fend leader of the Irish parliamentary group releases correspondence with President Taft. The pair discuss a proposal to secure by legislation protection in the United States for the Irish national trade mark.
March 1 letter from Mr. Redmond asks the President to aid passage of a special act to register the Irish national trade mark in the United States. March 2 President Taft replies that such a provision would be fair and equitable, noting he is considering the matter.
The President forwards letters from the Interior Secretary and Patent Commissioner about amending law to provide national trade marks. He notes the letters were not released earlier and doubts action at the extra session, but will raise the issue at the regular December session.
City gross funded debt fell from 114,711,239.35 on Dec 31 to 114,531,156 on March 31. Net debt declined to 72,834,682.60 from 73,109,884.21. Rapid transit net debt dropped 168,650.35 while county gross debt rose 22,666.67. The city could borrow 3,777,983.47 as of March.
Mrs. F B Adams of Brooklyn donates 5000 to Yale University for a Wright Memorial Dormitory suite in memory of her son Frederick I Adams class of 1905.
A committee proposes placing money lenders under state supervision and enacting laws to correct defects that allow high interest rates. The houses banking committee seeks authority to investigate the money lending business. House Chairman Cavanaugh of Everett introduced the order, expected to be adopted.
The committee will investigate mortgage and unsecured loan firms, summon witnesses, and travel within the Commonwealth. A June report with recommendations is planned as Cav anaugh urges tighter supervision, aiming to shield borrowers from usury while keeping trusted lenders.
The Massachusetts Senate defeated the Tinkham substitute bill by 17 to 2 after amendments. the measure would have allowed Sunday games under permit in twelve large cities, with a proviso prohibiting venues within 1000 feet of churches.
The Public Library hosts a Bible exhibit marking the tercentenary of the Authorized Version. The 64 Bibles span English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Latin and Polyglot works. Dr. William M. Arnolt notes early English translations by Wycliffe and Tyndale, the Great Bible, Geneva Bible, Royal or Authorized Version, and later Revised Version editions.
Herbert Strathard of Halifax pleaded guilty to uttering a forged check after extradition from Cambridge Massachusetts. He was arrested months ago and sentenced was suspended pending further proceedings. The charge relates to supporting a wife he had married shortly before the alleged offence.
A Gainesville Wyoming county heist report says yeggmen blew the National Bank vault doors but did not reach the contents. They escaped with 8% in cash and 400 worth of stamps found in the wall.
Maizie Hobbs and Rose Ginn of White Smith Music Publishing led employees to safety as a five story brick building burned on Stanhope Street. Firefighters recovered 14 000 music plates including Tech show Frenzied French and Cantelovers scores, while engravers lost about $100 but later recovered money and clothing.
About 70 workers faced escape as a blaze on the third floor of a five story brick building at 62 Stanhope Street sent flames shooting from a belting. The fire caused 35000 in damages with rapid egress via roof and balcony fire escapes led by Maizie Hobbs and Rose Ginn.
April 4 report that John Sharp Williams becomes the new junior Senator for Mississippi occupying the seat once held by Jefferson Davis. The desk bears Civil War bayonet marks and remains a symbol of the war era with repairs visible on the bayonet slots.
Alfred A. Booth chairman of Cunard Steamship Company warned at the annual meeting in Liverpool that a rate war may erupt among competing transatlantic lines as price competition intensifies across routes and services.
In defending directors, Mr Booth argues a lasting settlement for competing lines may require another rate war. He cites volatile North Atlantic trade risks and the need to accumulate funds. He notes Aquitania will have seven decks versus Lusitania Mauretania and favors carrying American mail from Liverpool to reduce delay and expense.
Boston steamship agents expressed surprise at A A Booth Cunard Company chairmen intimation of a possible rate war. They reported good business with steerage down slightly and doubted any U S government antitrust action could affect foreign lines. Agents believed the pool ended in 1912 and European coronation travel would not upset conditions.
The Tennessee Supreme Court sustains Judge Sanderson’s finding that Grace M Timberlake and Pearl E B Field are owed 2270 by the United Order of the Golden Cross of the World, a Tennessee corporation. Mrs Mary A Timberlake paid assessments until her death in 1908 amid a merger that the court later voided.
Mrs F B Harmon of Atoka Tennessee describes a six month scalp infection that caused hair loss and red bumps on the head face and arms. After using Cuticura Resolvent Soap and Ointment she reports swift improvement and full recovery. Supplies advertised by Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston with free samples offered.
The full bench holds that after accepting Mrs. Timberlake’s payment under a valid insurance contract, the defendant cannot void the contract due to its failure to enforce private regulations that were unknown to her.
Chicago April 6 a shortage of 8500 was reported in the wholesale stamped envelope department of the Chicago postoffice. Postmaster Campbell said department head John J Daly had not appeared since the shortage was raised. An investigation of all books showed imbalances in Daly's department.
A health note warns that spring colds often develop into stubborn lung trouble, potentially becoming chronic asthma bronchitis or consumption if left untreated. It claims Father John’s Medicine cures colds by nourishing body-building elements that strengthen the system and restore organ function. It states the product is not a patent medicine and contains no injurious drugs, but is a pure food medicine for the weak and run-down.
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