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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1912

Page

16

Primaries On Today Shape Pennsylvania Delegations

Philadelphia April 12 Pennsylvania's 76 delegates to both major parties depend on tomorrow's primary. Democrats and Republicans vote for 64 national delegates, two per congressional district, with 12 more chosen at state conventions. The state conventions will also decide whether electors are named in the party column next fall.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Keystone

Roosevelt Backers Stand Out in Ballot Name Choice

Supporters of Theodore Roosevelt leading the Republican ticket are the only delegates to use the uniform primary law provision allowing their name to appear on the ballot. The text notes a complete slate of national delegates and alternates, with near full participation.

Theodore Roosevelt

Delegation of State Delegates Endorse Taft on Ballots

State delegates declare support for President Taft and will have his name printed opposite theirs on official ballots. Regular Republican candidates statewide back Taft but will not be bound by voter instructions since Taft’s name will not appear on the ballots.

Taft

Spratt Faces Appendectomy Risk for Braves

Braves president John M. Ward said Jack Spratt has appendicitis and may require surgery. If operated, with Bridwell still weak from blood poisoning and Devlin’s past Giants stint, the team could be seriously handicapped.

John M. Ward Braves Jack Spratt Ward John B. Blake Spratt Bridwell Arthur Devlin Giants

Shuman Corner Delights Children With Farm And Mountain Scenes

An instructive display opens today in the juvenile department on the street floor. A series of tableaus depicts farm life with domestic animals and mountain life with wild beasts.

Shuman

Baldwin Hyland Lightweight Bout Set for April 28

In Salt Lake City on April 28 a W round lightweight bout between Matty Baldwin and Dick Hyland was announced today. The match will feature Baldwin aiming to improve on past performances against Hyland in a city venue.

Salt Lake City Utah Matty Baldwin Dick Hyland

Strike authorization for engineers on east of Chicago railroads

Locomotive engineers on 50 railroads east of Chicago and north of the Norfolk and Western authorized their officers to call a strike if pay negotiations fail. The vote, by more than 23 000 to 1 against, was announced by Warren S Stone and noted as likely not the final position.

New York Chicago Norfolk & Western Warren S. Stone Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers J. C. Stuart General Managers’ Association of the Railroads

ASK 15 PER CENT RAISE FOR ENGINEERS VOTE

The general managers call a meeting for April 15 to discuss the vote results. Engineers' officers inform they will remain to await a railroad counter proposition. The engineers had demanded a 15 percent pay hike, rejected by the railroads. About 25,000 Brotherhood members plus roughly 15,000 from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen voted on the proposal.

Stuart Ailroads Brotherhood Stone Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen

Early mackerel season seen at T wharf with gains

The Crest towed in four mackerel to T wharf yesterday. The Constellation and Sylvania were last year’s first to bring mackerel to T wharf in June with large fares. Fishermen expect an early mackerel season and more schooners soon back with full fares. The Arethusa earned 230000 pounds of ground fish and about 4500 dollars in ten days, a record at Tl’ wharf.

Constellation McGuire Sylvania Firth T Wharf Clayton Morrissey Arethusa Mathew Greer

Harvard Sprinters Shine at Rainy Spring Handicap Meet

Harvard athletes dominated the Harvard spring handicap games amid wet track conditions. R Tower posted 10.15 seconds for 100 yards, Peabo Gardner swept hurdle events, and Paul R. Withington won the two mile. Other winners included Adams in the 220, Rock in the 440, Clark in the 880, Warren and Withington in distance events, Gardner again in high and low hurdles, Moffat in high jump, King in broad jump, Camp in pole vault, Batchelder in shot put, and Cable in hammer throw.

Harvard R. Tower Peabo’ Gardner Paul R. Withington R. J. deGozzald J. J. Abbott J. ©. Rock S. Nichols F. W. Capper N. M. Clark J. R. Abbott W. B. Sloane H. M. Warren B. W. Zamore H. G. MacClure P. R. Withington Seratch R. S. B. Boyd BF. W. Copeland G. P. Gardner Serateh K. F. Pantzer W. G. Brackett J. S. King W. A. Allen T. Cable J. P. Camp H. St. John R. Murray R. BR. Batchelder R. T. P. Storer H. Leslie

Shipping News Miniature Almanac Apr 4 Daylight, tides and arrivals

Shipping notices list arrivals and clearances including steamers Kentucky Oregon Jobes and Cuba plus tugs and barges. Vessels from New York New Bedford Boston Yarmouth and Norfolk cited with destinations Providence Provi dence South Amboy and Stockton Springs. Several schooners and steamers sailed or were ready to sail including Calvin Austin and Nat Meader.

L&h Kentucky Kellesback Copenhagen Berwind Christopher Jobes Porto Rico Oregon Hansen Banes Cuba Onondaga Macbeth Jacksonville Charleston Greeian Briggs Philadelphia Camden Sawyer Bangor Dingley Strout Portland City of Gloucester Godfrey H. M. Whitney Crowell New York Kershaw Johnson Baltimore Newport News Norfolk Sankaty Merriam New Bedford Reliance Newburyport Eastwise Willin Florida Lamberts Point Scully Mercury Walls Searsport Boylston Piedmont Hudgins Conestoga Olsen Bethayres Eagle Hill Cymru Providence Tacony Wallace Bullock Liverpool Nor Portsmouth Wyoming Telumah Salmon River N. S W. H. Davenport Stockton Springs South Amboy Wayne Nat Meader

Dartmouth Defeats Columbia 5–2 In South Field Rally

Dartmouth College edged Columbia 5 to 2 as a three-hit third inning produced five Dartmouth runs. Columbia played cleanly but lacked the clutch hit, leaving the Blue and White with the decisive rally that sealed the victory.

New York Dartmouth College Columbia South Field White Mountain Collegians Dartmouth Blue White

Woman Succumbs After Burns in Somerville

Elizabeth Gillis, 35, suffered severe burns two weeks ago and had no medical attendance. She was removed to Somerville Hospital yesterday from her Florence Street home and is not expected to live.

Elizabeth Gillis Somerville Hospital Florence Street Somerville

Woman severely burned when lamp overturned

A Gillis family member reports she was burned from neck to knees after a kerosene lamp toppled at a home. The woman says she knocked the lamp while seated, oil spilled, and her dress caught fire as she tried to extinguish the flames. She was found by Mrs. Perkins and was alone in the house until yesterday.

Perkins Gillis

Spanish War Veterans Win Preference in Civil Service Exams

Veterans of the Spanish War secured a 5 percent preference in civil service examination marks. The House passed the bill on its third reading by 82 to 30. Support came from Coon of Watertown and Teslie of Quincy. opposition from Rothfeld of Newton and Underhill of Somerville.

Coon Watertown Teslie Quincey Rothfeld Newton Underhill Somerville

Senate rejects nine hour day trolley bill

In yesterday’s session the trolley workers nine hour day bill failed on a 6 to 8 vote.

Senate

House Defeats Bill to Pay Calhoun for Claims Work

The House rejected the bill to allot 11 750 dollars to C. Calhoun for services in collecting Spanish war claims yesterday.

C. ©. Calhoun

Legislation Allows Progressives to Vote in Primaries

The Senate rules committee admitted the bill to permit Democratic progressives to vote in the primaries of either party to the Legislature.

Senate Rules Committee

Sunday church services listed for multiple denominations

Adventist and Advent Christian churches hold morning and evening services with sermons on Loving the Law of God Where Art Thou That Silent Truman Force and The Rough Edge of Things. Baptist churches announce sermons, Sunday schools, and special events including anti lynching rope decoration and choir performances.

Adventist Church Putnam Street Somerville C. R. Crossett God A. Blackmer Advent Christian Church Warren Street C. OO Warren Avenue Baptist Church Canton Street Herbert S. Johnson D. D Friends of Justice Adelphi Robert Lister Isabel J. Melville Kyveryhloody First Baptist Church Commonwealth Avenue Clarendon Street Austen Kennedy de Blois Cobb Matthews Handel Johnston Techaikowsky Smart

Boston area churches list services and events

A long list of church sermons times and topics across Roxbury and Boston including Ruggles Street Baptist Church First Church of Christ Scientist Park Street Congregational Church and more with pastors such as Charles C. Earle A Fulton and William Harman van Allen plus Salvation Army and Spiritualist meetings detailing morning and evening services special music and class schedules.

Ruggles Street Baptist Church Charles C. Earle D. D Bible School Brotherhood Marsden BB. Knowles Samuel Russell Jesus Christ Boston Clarendon Street James A. Vwranects First U. P Warren Avenue West Brookline Street Dudley Street Baptist Church A. Fulton Jesus the Times First Free Baptist Church Warren Street Holborn — Street Roxbury Horace H. Hayes First Church OF Christ, Scientist Falmouth Norway St. Paul Streets Park Street Union Congregational Church Columbus Avenue West Newton Allen A. Stockdale Union Church ST. James Street Church Church OF the Advent Mt. Vernon Brimmer William Harman van Allen W. W. Webb Milwaukee Dr. Cabot ST. Stephen's Church Florence Street ST. Mark's English Lutheran Church Winthrop Street Dudley Street Terminal Edwin Lynn Miller Women of St. Mark's

Spiritualist Meetings Statewide in Boston Area

A long list of Sunday spiritualist meetings across Boston venues including Mrs Edward Lee at Lee's Hall 615 Front Street and Mrs A F Hook at SPIRITUALISM BOSTON WIGWAM 39 Dover Street. Demonstrations of mortality and message readings are offered by various mediums such as Izetta Sears Hill and Mrs Emmons Jollimore.

Mabel Reed Witham First Church of Immortalism Huntington Chambers Hall George Nutter Annie Banks Scott Lillian Geaghan Matilda Trask Boynton Elsie Quade M. Bennett First Bible Spiritual Church, Inc Massachusetts Ave Cambridge Rebecca G. Treadwell Mabel R. Witham Annie Banks-Scotts First Spiritual Church Boston Wm. Dorson London England Walter Mason Blagdon EK. G. Burnham Jeanette Deters Ross Harmony Hall Washington Street Cor Kneeland Spiritualist Phenomena Society N. Pr May Emmons Benjamin Sr. Bailey Jeas Blackden Malden Evy Louise Halt Viensant Street Mannie Allyn Cless Dar Charles J. Prevon I. M. Donovan Independent Paychte Massachusetts Avenue Back Bay Common St Science “Brotherhood Griffith Messeses Psycales Littlefield Bacon Nye Jollimore Topp Emmons Weston Marston Armand Rathbun Dix All Welcome FE. A. Judkins FIRST Church OF Sacred Truth Lucy Ackerman Johnson Tin Moe Hall Brighton Me. Marston Niles Evans Deering Church OF Britt William Smith Fishtors Pultie Church (Inc Ywieht Flatt Vremont Street Toston Dredley Edward Lee Hi Thought Lee's Hall Tront Street F. Curtis Young Adele C. Williams Tremont Street Milligan Sears-Hill Faelten Hall Huntington Avenue Izetta Sears-Hill Columbus Avenue P. Wyman Spiritual Meetings (Inc High = street Charlestown Thompson Square Hospitality Club Huntington Chambers Discuussion May Millan Dudley St Dudley Sq Peabody McKenna Warrenton Street KE. A. Roy Pembroke Street Marriner Dale Street Roxbury Baker Spirit Communications Tremont St A. BE. Ricker Dartmouth MA. E. Bingham Dartmouth St

Diverse religious lectures fill Boston venues Sunday

Bible students gather at Steinert Hall for The Ark of the Testimony with H P Gleason. Ford Hall hosts Evolution and Religion by Shailer Mathews. A 7:30 p m concert features Mrs Bertha Cushing Child and others. Scenic Temple shows moving pictures and forums. Multiple churches offer sermons and discussions across Warren, Huntington, and Berkeley areas.

Steinert Hall Boylston Street H. P. Gleason Ford Hall State House Park Dean Shailer Mathews University of Chicago Bertha Cushing Child Ethel Littlefield Fannie Green Fields Ballyclare Mabel Daniels Romanza Svenden Schubert Foote Elijah Mendelssohn Scenic Temple Warren Avenue Berkeley Street Clarendon Street Berkeley Hall Chauncy Hawkins Central Congregational Church Jamaica Plain West End Unity Church Jordan Hall Huntington Avenue Gainsboro Street Frederick A. Wiggin Christadelphians Warren Street Roxbury Daniel FIRST NEW Thought Society OF RBOL Richards Hall Huntington Chambers E. CC. NoryYis Kathleen Withan Gertrude Palmer UNION James Ford Harvard University School OF Social Science Pierce Copley Square George Willis Cooke Paine Hall Appleton Street J. PP Bland B. D America Mazdaznan Charles Fleischer Majestic Theatre Helen Philbrick Charles Zueblin Maverick Church Central Square East Boston Scollay Square NEW Thought Forum Association Hall J. K. Alicks Catharine Howard Thompson Ranklin Union Berkeley St Morrison J. Swift Humanist Forum Sheare's Hall Boylston St THE NEW Thought Church (Inc Emma C. Poore

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