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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1913
Page
16
The Boston garment workers strike committee met Julius Nelson at 18 Tremont Street where clothiers counsel stated employers are willing to shorten the workweek from 53–54 hours to 50–53 hours. They refuse to recognize the union, and the committee left to consider the proposal.
Fred Mark of Red Hook New York, known as Francis LeMoyne, pleaded guilty to larceny in Suffolk Superior Court. He admitted stealing 15 bonds valued at 14452 from Paine Webber Co on March 8 and received a five to eight year sentence at Charlestown State Prison.
A milk can with gunpowder and an electric fuse was found inside the Bank of England railing in London. Police removed it as smoke issued from the can. It contained a clockwork mechanism and was submerged in a nearby fountain for safety.
A promotional notice offers ethine double strength from Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores or Houghton & Dutton Drug Dept to remove freckles with a money back guarantee if it fails. One ounce usually suffices for the worst cases and a clear complexion is claimed as the result.
Explanatory ad extols Father John’s Medicine as the best remedy for building up the body when run down. It claims the product strengthens each organ, cleanses impurities, and avoids nerve-deadening drugs or temporary stimulants, offering pure nourishment.
President Wilson welcomed the Daughters of the American Revolution to Washington for an afternoon session. Mrs Matthews T Scott presided as president-general, with chaplain-general Elizabeth F Pierce guiding devotional exercises. The group sang America as My Country Tis of Thee filled Continental Hall.
Miss Pierce opens with a Bible reading from the Ten Commandments and surveys the hall for the New York state regent before Mrs. Scott’s welcome and credentials reports. Mrs. Morton Smith of Alabama proposes a new credentials committee amid current motions about the president general race.
In a heated session, the chair declares the ayes have it and the report is adopted despite protests and cries of unfairness. Mrs Scott’s gavel ends the dispute while factions clash over Mrs Morton Smith’s amendment and credentials committee changes. The conservatives claim a qualified victory as the programme committee proceeds.
The Metropolitan Telephone Company plans a June 1 1913 wage hike for day afternoon-evening and night operators with scales from $5 to $12 weekly plus increases based on service length. Senior operators and supervisors rise to $10-$15 weekly, with chief operators up to $25. An adjustment committee of three operators and three company appointees will handle grievances, with appeals to higher management.
The Chamber of Commerce mediation committee, with officials from the operators and the girls' union, met to address the telephone situation. They reported progress toward a satisfactory solution and the company announced wage increases for Metropolitan district operators and upcoming raises for those in outside exchanges.
Elmer P. Hersey of Dorchester was discharged by United States Commissioner Hayes on a charge of sending scurrilous letters. Handwriting expert Hingston testified that Mrs. Hersey, the defendant's wife, wrote the letters to William Nelson of Charlestown. The commissioner found no evidence against Hersey and released him. Mrs. Hersey denied knowledge of the letters. After a conference with Hingston, the assistant DA allowed Mrs. Hersey to go.
The Boston committee on cities voted to report a firemen pension bill providing retirement on half pay after 25 years of service or at age 50 with a petition, and the measure includes a referendum. Separate action on telephone rates faced a Senate defeat as the Hays order remained on the table by a 12 to 18 vote.
Albert Gordon a young man of 23 living in Charlestown pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a candy store on Tremont street March 19 in Suffolk Superior Criminal Court yesterday and Judge Brown sentenced him to State prison to serve a term of three to five years.
A caucus of Republican Senators and Representatives met yesterday afternoon amid mystery to decide on several legislative matters. No action was taken. adjournment set for next Wednesday.
A meeting showcased a Republican drive to push a package of bills to Governor Foss, including a public service commission measure. The plan also calls for a permanent old age pension commission, white slave traffic inquiry, and bills to regulate voluntary associations, enforce a rest day, curb appeal delays, and empower the attorney general to probe price shocks. The conference organized by Senate President Levi Greenwood and Representative Coggan debated about two dozen items.
The Senate approved and sent to enactment a butter standard bill by a 21 to 12 vote after earlier defeat. Opposition argued it unfairly penalizes local dealers on ignorance of standards.
Police identify a blood-stained vest and shirt found at the Dudley Street Elevated station with Stanislas Viere of Tileston Street who is now sought charged with assault with a razor on his wife Saturday night.
Henry Taylor, a Cook on the battleship Rhode Island, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Suffolk Superior Criminal Court by Judge Brown after being found guilty of second degree murder for shooting Gerald Taylor a Pullman carporter at a lodging house on Claremont Park on March 5. Both men are colored and not related.
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