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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
2
Freehold N J April 10 Charles D Clayton of Asbury Park who was convicted yesterday on his second trial for the murder of Policeman C D Lippincott of Asbury Park committed death by his own act in jail today He was to be sentenced next Monday.
Poslam offers a marvellous curative effect for complexion clearing and blemish reduction with a small amount. A free sample is mailed by Emergency Laboratories, 32 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York City, and Poslam soap is marketed for daily use with druggists selling both products.
The Senate finance committee signaled support for free wool and one cent sugar with a three year free attachment as urged by the President and House. It will amend other tariff bill schedules and provisions as it sees fit.
A conference with the President yielded a working agreement in which both executive and Senate leaders concede points. Senate Democrats will not seek a general tariff rate increase or block tariff reform efforts. Many schedules will be revised with work starting today on the first schedule, with possible carryover to the House and caucus.
The article describes Democratic unity behind the president on tariff issues, with Senate and House members weighing changes to wool and sugar provisions. It notes hopes to preserve a small wool duty and resist making sugar free in 1916, amid cross party pressure in both chambers.
Geraldine Farrar reports from New York that she has securedpermission from the Metropolitan Opera House directors and C A Ellis to sing at the actors fund of America benefit at the Boston Theatre on Friday afternoon in April.
Leo J. Hayes aged 29 of 206 Dudley Street Roxbury committed suicide in the pool room of the St. James Hotel Bowdoin Square after firing a revolver shot into his mouth. He had earlier fired into the floor to test the weapon.
The arrest of a Back Bay dress maker, long sought by customs, is expected to follow federal grand jury inquiries into recent port smuggling disclosures. She has been ordered to produce books, invoices and papers on gown and millinery imports over the past decade.
Repeated charges accuse a Back Bay dressmaker of smuggling gowns from Paris. A relative was fined $500 years ago for similar acts. Five suspects remain under arrest as grand jury resumes, probing multiple importations and one firm in the port. Honey Mellody’s pending sentence may offer information.
Federal interest centers on associates of Mellody as witnesses appear at the district attorney office. Names include Moses B. Mann and J Francis McMorrow, plus Catherine McNamee and Mrs Dolan. John B. Wilkie leaves for Washington to confer with Secretary McAdoo amid calls for Boston customs officials’ replacement.
About 500 Malden residents enrolled as Progressive party members at City Hall last night, with 1000+ pledges already sent to Patrick Fuller. A Young Men’s Progressive city committee is planned for ages 21 to 35, and a large rally with Matthew Hale and Charles S. Bird is slated in two weeks.
Indefinite postponement of a resolution shifting lectures on its board caused several churches to withhold support and many clergy and lay delegates to withdraw from the final session at Jacob Sleeper Hall. The day’s business included electing Rev. Samuel G. Babcock as suffragan bishop and creating a clergy minimum wage commission with rates of 1500 1300 and 1200 dollars per year.
At a Boston convention the debate over who is responsible for lectures concluded with a motion to indefinitely postpone. Father Bull and others pledged to withhold church support if the board does not accept lectures. Archdeacon Babcock was elected suffragan bishop on the first ballot, with a $5000 salary and $1000 travel funds approved.
Former Governor William L. Douglas of Brockton married his housekeeper Mrs. Alice Kenniston Moody a widow in a quiet Brockton ceremony. The license was secretly filed at City Hall and a judge issued a five day permit. They plan a quiet honeymoon sailing to Europe after a breakfast at Brockton on West Elms Street.
Alfred M. Tozzer assistant professor of anthropology at Harvard married Margaret Castle of Honolulu yesterday in New York at the Church of the Heavenly Rest. Only immediate family attended. The couple will be at home on Tuesdays in May at the Charlesgate.
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