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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1916
Page
7
Washington dispatch reports Japan renews objection to parts of the pending immigration bill seen as effectively enforcing the Root Takahira agreement and excluding Japanese with Indians from entry to the United States as a bound class.
The administration plans talks with House and Senate leaders to smooth terms of the bill and avoid provoking Japanese sentiment. Ambassador Count Chinda has met with President Wilson, and Japan’s representations pressure action as the bill moves toward Senate passage despite changes by the immigration committee.
The Japanese manned steamer Tansan Maru with Captain Nishikawa arrived in Boston with iron pyrites from Huelva Spain. It will load general merchandise outward. This is the third Japanese steamer to arrive in months.
Officials opposing a second Boylston street subway station at Arlington street praised a House decision that blocked a penalty clause from being added to the Arlington street station bill. The move signals a legislative setback for proponents of the broader project.
Advocates pressed for a new penalty clause to force approval of a proposed station project, seeking "teeth" in the measure. The panel rejected the clause, and the bill moved toward engrossment with plans to revisit in the Senate. Other actions included debates over Pang Suey herbal medicine practice and milks grading, while Chelsea excise board plans and nuisance abatements moved forward.
New York report says Misa Ethel Shaw sues Ralph Davis a Cedarhurst and Manhattan heir and merchant aged about 29 for $50 000 alleging breach of promise to marry. Shaw describes herself as tall blond with a four carat diamond ring and a bulldog living alone on West Sixty eighth street.
A compilation of reader inquiries and replies about acting careers in studios such as Famous Players and Edison. Topics include connections to Pauline Frederick, crying on cue, working with Charlie Chaplin, charity donations of clothes, touring details, dyed fabrics in films, chasing California shoots, actors like Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne Edna Minimal details, Viola Dana, director Weber, and opportunities for children in pictures.
Mary Pickford's conversational talks will appear in the Daily Post five days a week and in the Sunday Post each Sunday, guiding readers with regular installments from the silent film era icon.
Charles Sumner Bird and Congressman Gardner attacked President Wilson in New Bedford, urging Colonel Roosevelt as the Republican nominee. Bird recalled Roosevelt’s warnings of insecurity and urged action, arguing Wilson’s indecision leaves the nation weaker and Roosevelt best fits the crisis.
Former President Taft and other prominent laymen join the World Alliance of Churches for international friendship. The group will hold a convention in Garden City New York starting next Tuesday with topics on The Church and the New Nationalism The World Task of the Church The Maze of the Nations and the Way Out The Fight for Peace and The Church of the Oriental Problem.
Harvard Medical School’s three oldest graduates are physicians. Dr. James Lloyd Wellington, who died at 98, was the oldest living graduate and doctor. The living trio includes Dr. Nicholas Emery Soule of Exeter born June 13, 1826 in 1845, Dr. Samuel Franklin Coues of Cambridge born Sept. 17, 1825, and Dr. Abner Little Merrill of Boston born Jan. 28, 1826.
Beginning Monday the Eastern Steamship Corporation opens its season for the Kennebec line with three weekly trips to Bath Richmond Dresden and Gardiner.
Portsmouth, N H April 21 George H Stilson saloon keeper murdered early this morning on his way home. Police estimate the robbed sum between 800 and 1000 dollars. No arrest yet but police say two clues exist likely to lead to an arrest.
Harry F. Sinclair announces organization of a $60 million oil company to refine crude oil with headquarters in Tulsa. The Sinclair Oil & Refining Company will link larger refineries via pipelines and deny plans to challenge Standard Oil, having already acquired the Cudahy Refining Company and other independents.
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