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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
6
Pa Van Loon is called a good listener as the humorous Van Loon family signs on for a new episode featured in the upcoming Sunday Post.
The Governor's Council ordered removal of all restrictions on moving cattle sheep other ruminants and swine tied to foot and mouth disease after Dr Lester H Howard reported the disease no longer exists in the state and USDA declares the U.S. free. The change becomes effective May 1 releasing all quarantined premises.
Edward B. Hill was yesterday elected secretary and treasurer of the Fore River Ship building Corporation to fill the vacancy caused by Joseph A. Sedgwick's death. Hill, born in New York in 1879, is a Yale 1900 graduate who began at Fore River Engine Company in Weymouth and was appointed auditor in 1913.
Ex mayor Nathan Matthews and George F. Washburn clashed at City Hall over extending building height to 125 feet. Washburn denied being a broker or speculator and urged removing personal attacks. Matthews argued tall structures harm light and air and warned of political backlash at the next legislature.
Washington April 26 The organized propaganda of telegraphic protests against a break with Germany continued to pour into the Capitol today. Senators and Representatives especially from Middle West states had extra clerks at work sorting messages as telegraph companies brought in extra operators from out of town.
In Fall River on April 26 the state unions for weavers carders slashers spinners and loom fixers voted to reject a 5.6 percent raise and threaten a strike next Monday if a 10 percent demand is not met. Leaders warn 30 000 cotton mill operatives could lose work and disruption could spread beyond association mills to Wall River Iron Works and Chariton mills.
In a swift session the court found Mrs. Rogers not guilty on grounds of insanity. The verdict drew murmurs of approval from spectators as District Attorney Martin praised his duty while admitting she suffered enough. Rogers and his lawyer left for the country with their infant daughter to recover from the strain.
Mayor Curley assured a delegation from the Central Labor Union that regardless of the council's handling of job eliminations and pay cuts he would stand by the city laborers and mechanics. He said no man giving fair city service for wages would lose his position. The union delegation included President Harry Jennings, Secretary Walter Mullen, and John Stevens.
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