Foss Finance Commission Plan Sparks Republican Debate
The Republicans back Foss plan for a statewide Finance Commission to study municipal taxation and debt but oppose granting it power to continue investigations into state boards and departments. Democrats urge full investigative authority, while Governor Foss cites misused trust funds and unlawful borrowing to justify the commission.
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Foss
Grafton Cushing
Charles F. Gettemy
Bureau of Statistics
Gettemy backs more study on municipal finance policy
Mr Gettemy urged further study on municipal and town finance to outline policies, noting he is unsure how broad a commission’s powers should be and that taxation questions could extend beyond the department’s remit. He cited a proposed State finance commission concept discussed by Mr Chase.
Watertown Finance Committee Criticizes Town Expenditures
In a late night session the Watertown finance committee blasted Board of Selectmen over expenditures it calls excessive. The panel criticized Chief of Police pay rise from 1200 to 1500, Town Hall repairs, and heating equipment errors at the police HQ. Bartlett Shaw refused reappointment as chair. J H L Coon was elected to replace.
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Finance Committee of
Watertown
Board of Selectmen
W. F. Learnard
David Bolton
Bartlett M. Shaw
J. H. L. Coon
West End stockholders demand books on Boston Elevated bid
A committee of West End street railway stockholders protested to the joint legislative committee on street railways. They accuse the Boston Elevated Company of withholding books and data, seeking an official public investigation and appraisal of the books and property. F. S. Mead leads the protective committee.
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West End Street Railway
Boston Elevated Company
Joint Legislative Committee On Street Railways
Elevated
West End
West End Stockholders’ Protective Committee
F. S. Mead
Boston Elevated
Rebels storm Fez and Sultan seeks refuge in French consulate
A telegram reports Moroccan rebels captured Fez and massacred the garrison. The Sultan is said to have taken refuge in the French consulate in Tetuan.
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Madrid
Tetuan
Fez
Report on Shaw case sealed by judge orders
A grand jury investigation into the estate of Quincey A. Shaw and executors Quincy A. Shaw Jr Robert F. Herrick and Francis C. Welch found no fault warranting an indictment Judge Stevens ordered no bill entered and the special report sealed and not released to the public
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Stevens
Grand Jury
Quincy A. Shaw, Jr
Robert F. Herrick
Francis C. Welch
Quincey A. Shaw
Republicans Split Over Secretary of State Nominees
Republican members on Beacon Hill are deeply divided in the race for Secretary of State with about a dozen factions at cross purposes. A committee was appointed by 20 members to bring in Monday candidates other than Colonel A P Langtry of Springfield and Representative Russell A Wood of Cambridge.
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Beacon Hill
A. P. Langtry
Springfield
Russell A. Wood
Cambridge
Turner and Crocker
George Ellis
Roger Walcott
Nathan Tufts
Colonel Langtry
Cogswell
Langtry
Wood
Political Factions Form Amid Tax Debate Ahead of Caucus
Representatives Turner Crocker Ellis Walcott Tufts organize factions to block Langtry and back Donahue a Beacon Hill newsman with income tax and direct senate election bills. Hatfield faces criticism over Boston charter ties as Republicans risk agreement. Democrats mass for Tuesday caucus and joint convention.
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Hatfield
Republican State Committee
Boston
Donahue
Martin Lomasney
Beacon Hill
United States
Dorchester surveyor commits suicide after illness and worry
Richmond P. Souther a 35 year old surveyor in the city department of surveying killed himself at his Granite Avenue Dorchester home early yesterday after a night of sleepless worry over his daughter and wife. His wife, Miss Ethel Burt of Milton, fainted at the scene and lies in serious condition while the infant daughter remains critically ill.
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Richmond P. Souther
City Department of Surveying
Granite Avenue
Dorchester
Souther
Ethel Burt
Milton
Debussy Iberia Debut and Curry Tone Poem in Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra gave first readings of Debussy Iberia and Arthur Curry Atala in Symphony Hall. Fiedler conducted Curry from manuscript with Corinne Rider Kelsey soloing. Wagner and Beethoven items framed a mixed program. Curry’s piece shows color and ambition but uneven construction. Debussy impressed with rich tone color and impressionist fineness.
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Debussy
Iberia
Arthur Curry
Atala
Chateaubriand
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Fiedler
Curry
Newton Highlands
Corinne Rider-Kelsey
Chactas
Mr. Curry
Spain
Mme. Rider-Kelsey
Coriolanus
Beethoven
Tschaikowsky
Waener
Nuremburg
Seen and Heard in Hub Hotels
A New York triptych of hotel life anecdotes from the Essex and Vendome includes a farm guest mistaking hotel freedom for prison rule, a painterly mystery at the Westminster, and sports and lecturing notes featuring J C Chapman and Rev Dr James Moffatt visiting Boston and Cambridge venues.
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Essex
Farmington
Cr. H. Greenleaf
Profile House
White Mountains
New York
James Moffatt
Mansfield
Broughtry Ferry
Scotland
Union Theological School
Lenox
Pilgrim Church
Cambridge
Yale Theological School
Chelsea Everett Line Redrawn in Island End Boundary
The House passed the bill 128 to 79 for a third reading to redraw the Chelsea Everett boundary along Island End river. The change would move the New England Gas & Coke Works from Chelsea into Everett, sparking tax and access debates. The measure carries a referendum to Chelsea residents.
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Chelsea
Everett
Island End River
New England Gas & Coke Works
Heiverett
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Cher
Ant
SREA
Wulkil Ams
FIN
Levi Greenwood
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Chase
Joint
Greenwood
Norman White
House
White
State House
Finance Commission
Michael J. Reidy
South Boston
Union
Watertown Fin. Com
Adler
Rochester
Inshaw
Langiry
BY Olin Downes
Westminster Hotel
Atlantics
Brooklyn
J.C. Chapman
Red Sox
H. B. Davenport
Wauregan House
Conn
J. Edward Driscoll
Chapman
Louisville
Buffalo
wDa
England
Miele Yon
Chelsea-Everett
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