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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1911
Page
5
Governor Foss will confer with Finance Commission Chairman John A. Sullivan today to discuss tax dodging in Boston. He will also meet the United Improvement Association, which has been investigating Boston assessments.
The Governor announced plans for a thorough investigation of taxation with aims to propose changes to law. He cites widespread evasion, especially of personal property taxes, and may seek external expertise. He cautions against artificial markets from tax rules on bonds and foreign stock, urging prompt action to protect Massachusetts investments and industry.
The body of William M. Olin former secretary of the Commonwealth lies in state in the Hall of Flags at the State House from 1 to 3 tomorrow afternoon with guard of honor from his old post. Services at his Roxbury home begin tomorrow morning conducted by Rev. E A Horton with Lotus Glee Club selections. G A R ritual services follow at Post 26 and pallbearers from Sons of Veterans will escort the casket to the State House for public viewing.
Boston College High School students, under the author Rev John D McCarthy and Professor Joseph Willis, prepare to present In the Fool's Bauble in Boston College Hall on April 17 18 and 19 with youthful actors directed by the college staff.
Rev John D McCarthy 8 S J of Fordham College New York wrote the drama which Fordham students have staged with Professor Willis directing Shaksperian works in annual productions. Leonard S Whalen and Miss Bernadette Masterson lead orchestration and dance with music by Charles L Von Baer. A 700 student pool yielded a balanced high school cast led by James P Dowling Edward A Farmer and Thomas Boland among others in roles from Louis XI to Perrinet and Randulph.
The Finance Commission finds no moral or legal liability in the transfer of the old Art Museum property in Copley square to the Copley Square Trust. It notes openness and publicated details, cites the April 1902 sale agreement, and states city legal counsel and the commission share the view that the transaction was proper.
The case concerns the Museum of Fine Arts exempt from tax and the Copley Square Trust purchase of its Copley Square property for 1.8 million dollars. The court ruled the tax assessed on 1.5 million instalments was unlawful since title to the funds rested with museum trustees.
Patrick Boope aged 11 and Joseph Fatts 12 from Malden were accused by police of lassoing Easter hats from eight women near the Pleasant Street grade crossing. One woman’s hat and a rat were taken, a gate tender pursued them, and a crowd formed as stones were thrown. Police summoned the boys to court as they could not be arrested due to their age.
General Arthur L. Goodrich, treasurer of the Hartford Courant Company, publishers of the Hartford Courant, died at his Hartford home today. He was a longtime executive in the newspaper.
Denman Thompson the creator and portrayer of Uncle Joshua Whitcomb was buried in West Swanzey New Hampshire after a funeral held at his home burial took place across from the actor’s residence where other members of his stage circle rest in the local cemetery
The actor Mr Thompson asked for plain services and no eulogy or singing. Over 600 mourners gathered at his Keene New Hampshire home as Rev H Sumner Mitchell read Whittier and a prose piece. Bearers included Charles Fox and Henry A Wyman. the chimes played Nearer My God to Thee as the casket lowered.
In Easthampton on April 16 George W. Phelps agreed to remove the body of his dog from near his wife’s grave after neighbors urged against a monument. The dog, an 18 year companion, had been euthanized, and town officials planned a meeting with Judge Edwards to advise.
Five adjustors working on the Elks Home on Somerset Street expect to send a report to the trustees within ten days. Afterward, definite preparations and plans will be made to rebuild the quarters badly damaged by fire last week. The Elks held meetings and initiations yesterday and Saturday in their old quarters on Hayward Place.
Plans are underway for a minstrel show to be staged May 2 in Institute Hall East Cambridge by the West End Troubadours. Director Patrick J Anglin oversees rehearsals with six end positions filled by Phil Brooks Warren Brooks Jack Dunn Jack Maloney Bill Toughey and Tig Wilson. The Colonial Quartet Cook Cox Koppman and Gaynor will perform and Cambridge Mayor and Board of Aldermen will attend.
We shall submit estimates for draperies furniture cushion and slip cover work. This kind of work is given personal attention and is done in our own workrooms by skilled labor.
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