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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1911
Page
7
The income tax amendment to the federal Constitution passed the House yesterday without debate. Speaker Walker, absent due to a rules committee meeting, said he would seek reconsideration and push the matter to a debate next Thursday.
The chamber debates end with a no vote and a notice to reconsider while Senate splits on a 54 to 65 hour bill for textiles. The peaceful persuasion measure passes amid arguments on legality and impacts on capital and labor. A lengthy roll call lists supporters and opponents of the income tax.
Governor Foss faces a tough choice for associate judge of the Dorchester Municipal Court with three strong candidates rivaling for support. Richard Johnston is backed by Frederick J. Macleod and former Dem State chair. John R. McVey and Peter J. Donahue are backed by distinct labor and Democratic delegations. A 150-person Dorchester bar and resident petition supports McVey as the Governor mulls sending the appointment to the Executive Council next week.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled the Walker budget act of 1910 constitutional. The court answered Senate questions and upheld Governor Foss power to vet department and institution appropriations before General Court action. The governor is using the act to investigate state institutions and departments.
Senator Doyle offered resolutions in the Senate yesterday urging Massachusetts Senators to act on Senator Lorimer of Illinois and clear him of charges from his election. Senator Pearson offered an order memorializing Congress against tariff revision. Both orders were laid over.
Somersworth New Hampshire April 17. For the second time in months firemen battled a basement blaze in the high school. Sub Master White detected smoke and found a brisk fire in a pile of wood. Students calmly evacuated as fire drills proceeded.
Mme Linar in Fashion Monthly advises simple hair care. Do not wash hair often as soap alkali roughens it. Dry shampooing with amotone and corn meal keeps hair long soft and silky by absorbing dust and dandruff.
The Aborn English Grand Opera Company presented Massenet Thais in English last night marking the first such English production on any stage. Lois Ewell impressed with vocal expressiveness and acting power while Howell, Picco, Coughlan, Ranney, and Ferenzi contributed strong performances under Carlo Nicosia's balanced conducting.
Members and friends of the Ladies' Catholic Club gathered for an Easter ball and whist party at the Hotel Somerset. More than five hundred participants helped in the reception, with William S. McNary and W. T. A. Fitzger leading the club’s hosts. Mary A. Barr presided over the whist event in the small ballroom.
Alec Peneau 24, a blacksmith, chased Dora Harty after she spurned him and slashed her with a razor. He then cut his own throat, severing the windpipe and inflicting a deep neck wound. He was taken to Milford Hospital and listed as on the dangerous list.
Mrs Harty suffered a severe throat slash and finger loss after a confrontation with Peneau outside a moving picture theatre. The assailant wounded himself with two deep throat gashes after the attack as hundreds of workers fled from a nearby factory. The motive cited involves a rejected relationship.
The Victor Ea home ported crew returned with two missing hands Ernest Munroe and Levi George both Nova Scotia natives about 30. They were swept from a dory thirty five miles off Cape Sable during a Palm Sunday gale. Captain Malone reported an ocean steamer may have picked them up. Munroe leaves a widow and three children in East Boston.
A thaw dislodged a large boulder at Simonton Cliff in Rockport Maine instantly killing Isaac Upham age 71. Upham, who was struck while walking beneath the cliff, leaves a widow and five children.
Edgar N. Wrightington states the city of Boston pursued gas street lighting bids since 1909. He notes Rising Sun Company repeatedly led bids, prices ranging from 23.60 to 22.30 with equipment, while alternatives include the Pressure Lighting Company at 19.30 and a city purchase option. The city could save at least 75 thousand dollars annually with a long term contract and automatic devices.
An astrology pitch offers life readings revealing past present and future including love health wealth marriage and career. Readers are urged to send birth date and six cents for a reply from Dr A Zerola Havana Cuba with assurances of truthful insights.
A 1912 Technique rush begins at 1 20 P M on the oval near Irvington and St Botolph streets. The entire student body participates as elaborate preparations unfold for the fierce battle. The first five books are signed by the institute president and issued as the deluxe edition.
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