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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
15
Ex-Congressman William S McNary published an open letter urging City Council, Good Government Association and Citizens Municipal League not to elect James Smilling Jim Donovan Ward 9 Democratic leader as city clerk.
A former congressman urged judging Donovan by his record as lamps and streets supervisor and urged Boston’s City Council be free of payback politics. He praised the council but warned against rewarding campaign supporters with public office. Rumors of a star chamber session by the Good Government Association were denied by its secretary. Donovan supporters denied withdrawal from the race.
President Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad refused to comment on Governor Foss of Massachusetts message over consolidating the New Haven and Boston and Maine systems. He denied any plan to move the headquarters to Boston.
The proposed transfer of headquarters would break the New Haven charter which requires a Connecticut resident majority of directors and a state headquarters. Connecticut financiers foresee prompt legislation if headquarters relocate to Boston. President Mellen calls the physical union of the systems a vital necessity.
Eight hundred members of the Vermont Association of Boston gathered at Horticultural Hall for the annual sugaring off. Myron J. Cororan directed the maple syrup boil in the basement while attendees sang of the Land of maple trees. The event combined old-fashioned square dancing with modern freak dances into a late night social.
The event featured apples cider pickles rolls and doughnuts as members poured drinks over sparkling snow. Vermont snow was shipped to Boston and a real snowman stood beside a snow mountain bearing an American flag among pine trees.
Panama April 11 report clears the record on a sensational claim that thousands died and Indian villages were swept away by Chiriqui peak. Investigators found no eruption and Panamanian officials are unsure how the erroneous tale began.
A vintage ad touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a color restorer and scalp tonic. It claims gray hairs disappear in days, improves hair growth, and removes dandruff with a 50 cent bottle from any druggist under a money back guarantee.
The Somerville Medical Society told the Board of Aldermen last night that schools pose a serious menace to the health and well being of the youth of Somerville.
Mrs Irma Blanch Wright Heims says her husband seeks reconciliation only because she plans to resume the lawsuit. She told reporters last night she intends to press forward with the action against him despite his efforts.
A signed statement by Drs Henry F. Curtis Frederick G. Smith and George A. Miles condemns crowded unsanitary conditions at Somerville High School. They call for fresh air proper ventilation adequate toilets improved lighting and safer circulation to protect pupil health and well being.
Nine bombs three dynamite packages and foreign cartridges were left by Mexican revolutionists who crossed the Rio Grande eight miles west of Del Rio Texas. The group of ten fled when a railroad worker approached and were pursued for a mile without capture. Authorities say the band planned to hold up a train.
A blaze at Cairns Woodworking Company in East Hartford Connecticut spread rapidly after midnight destroying nine houses one warehouse and five barns. Hartford help was summoned as the blaze remained uncontrolled with losses estimated at $400000 from an explosion.
In New Haven on April 11 Curtis W. Reynolds aged 68 shot and killed his son Charles A. Reynolds aged 87 at their home 458 Washington Avenue after a dispute in which the son reportedly threw a lamp. Reynolds was arrested later and said the lamp incident prompted him to fire the shotgun.
Mrs. Helms says General Thomas Powers offered free legal help and vaudeville work to raise funds to reopen the fight. She cites a letter from General Powell urging Massachusetts court action and alleges Dr Heims offered bribes to drop defense to ruin his practice. She notes her Logan Ohio birth, violin studies, Mt. Auburn graduation, and meeting Dr Heims in Florence.
At the annual dinner in Youngs the Massachusetts Medical Society chose Dr George R Southwick of Boston as president. Other officers named include Dr J Herbert Moore of Brookline and Dr John H Bennett of Pawtucket as vice presidents, Dr Edward S Calderwood as recording secretary, and Dr Fred Piper as board chair.
Soprano Carolyn Mary Ingalls with baritone Clifford F I Lassen and cellist Mildred Richler presented a concert at the Dorchester Women's Clubhouse last evening. A large audience attended the event.
An unidentified man about 35 was struck and fatally run over by a Bunker Hill subway car on Warren bridge shortly after 9 30 last night. An ambulance from Station 15 arrived too late and the body was taken to the North Grove street morgue.
Bar Hemenway, motorman, was jailed in Station 15 on a manslaughter charge but later released on company bail. Lieutenant Philip Teague, rider in the front vestibule, said the accident was unavoidable as the man crossed the bridge toward Boston and darted in front of the car about 100 feet away, mid span between City square and the draw.
The prize competition for the Forsyth Dental Infirmary children's room designs was won by Mrs. Florence Liley Young of Roxbury. First prize awards $250 for designs featuring a tiling room with magnesium flooring and a vaulted ceiling. Exhibition opens today in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts trustees’ room, inviting teachers and children to view and comment.
The Board of Health called for volunteers yesterday to aid its campaign to reduce infant mortality in Boston this year. Officials issued an appeal for social workers across the city to assist in the effort.
The Health Board plans to train volunteers to teach parents how to care for newborns in Tub. A new law requiring birth reports within 24 hours goes into effect Sunday April 21. It will help locate homes of babies quickly and ease welfare work.
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