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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1913
Page
5
Aviatrix Ruth Bancroft Law and her brother F Rodman Law aim to fly a biplane across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to the Irish coast. They expect an 18 hour crossing with Miss Law teaching her brother to fly en route.
Flight engineers outline a crossing method using three floats under the aircraft for buoyancy while avoiding heavy pontoons. They plan 90 to 100 gallons of gasoline for about 30 hours of flying at 100 miles per hour. Lord Northcliffe offers a $150,000 prize for the first successful Atlantic crossing.
The Plays for Children company opened The Magic Rose by Susan Thayer Bowker at Plymouth Theatre. A fairy musical featuring Grace von Brooklin as the Prince and Anna Spencer Frost as the Sportsman, with many children in the audience including guests from the Home for Crippled Children.
A Boston dispute over the Dexter property lease by William Filene Sons Co and Alonzo W. Perry centers on a proposed 11 story building and an $400,000 project. George A. Carpenter denies any joint scheme with Perry and asserts no official announcement has been made.
The Dexter property trustees through adviser J Murray Howe say the new office building will not be erected if avoidable. They deem Mr Perry undesirable as lessee and note the lease does not require construction, limiting use to dry goods trade or department store activities not harming the premises, with no impact on the former Filene store portion.
More than 350 members of local engineering societies gathered at the City Club for the annual banquet. Arthur L. Williston introduced James W. Rollins as toastmaster as speakers focused on Harvard professor Ira N. Hollis being named president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
The first speaker, MIT president Richard C. Maclaurin, praised engineering education's rising status. Charles G. Washburn described his nationwide president search for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Harvard's Hollis and Lowell lauded engineering's firm footing, while Tufts President Hooper and Admiral Bowles attended. Matthew Brush of the Boston Elevated Railway spoke on local transportation problems.
The state Supreme Court granted a first appeal in Milliken v Towle & Co and Travellers, challenging a board ruling that Mrs Caroline Milliken, widow of Frank T Milliken, is entitled to compensation for six years at $6.50 weekly. The dissenting board member James B Carroll disagreed with the majority finding that the death arose from a personal injury in the course of employment caused by an impaired driver of Towle & Co.
Willie Westinghouse unveils a new device that shows promise but fails to work perfectly on first test. A comic strip accompanies the feature, illustrating the inventor’s challenges and humor as the gadget misbehaves.
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