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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
1
At a mass meeting of the Master Builders Association in Boston officials considered resisting the carpenters union as members demand 61 cents an hour and a five day week. The group voted the men’s demands unwarranted and discussed a lockout versus awaiting a strike, with a referendum due next Thursday night.
From the union headquarters came a statement that the men have trained all winter and a lock out would not starve them. Secretary Joseph F. Toomey of the Carpenters' District Council said Our stomachs are just like leather.
The Harvard wireless station under Professor G W Pierce picked up a Berlin message 3000 miles away using five aerials including a 600 foot span. The new station aims to transmit from moving aeroplanes and is testing from a dummy aircraft at the Craft Memorial laboratory potential to aid modern war aviation.
The Rev. David Otis Mears, pastor emeritus of Fourth Presbyterian Church Albany, N Y, died at his brother Leverett Mears residence in Williamstown. He had pastored in Cambridge Worcester and Cleveland and authored religious works. Survived by wife Mary Grinnell Mears and two sons Dr Edward M K Mears and Elliott G Mears Harvard Business School instructor.
Colonel Roosevelt was excused from the witness stand in a $50,000 libel suit filed by William Barnes after he recounted his 1907 panic story and identified a letter by Charles S. Whitman then NYC district attorney and later New York governor. The letter accused corrupt conditions across parties.
William Loeb Jr., former White House private secretary and New York port collector, testified he heard William Barnes say he had an agreement with Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall not to interfere in selecting a U S Senator. The moment occurred during the 1911 period before James A. O’Gorman’s choice. A bid to bring up Albany vice and gambling testimony was denied.
Rises and sets times for the full moon and sun given. Moon phase dates listed including full moon April 29 and subsequent quarters. Evening star Saturn and morning stars Venus and Jupiter noted. Comet visibility mentioned with telescope, auto lamps timed for 7 11 and 7 41. Today’s anniversaries include naval battle 1814 and Civil War bombardment 1863.
Forecast for northern New England calls for local showers Friday then clearing, with warmer temperatures and fair Saturday. Southern New England also expects local showers Friday followed by clearing, with warmer east winds and Saturday fair conditions.
Ipswich England reports a hostile aircraft bombed the town early this morning. An incendiary fire damaged Brookshall road home and adjoining houses. A little girl was rescued by her father Harry Goodwin. No injuries reported as fires spread to nearby homes then smoke cleared. Other bombs dropped in Waterloo road Whitton with no known casualties. London reports ongoing Dardanelles battle with Allied forces fighting to force the straits.
British reports brief on Gallipoli say progress is being made while Turkish claims of victory are dismissed. London jokes at Constantinople Berlin Amsterdam dispatchs. Sighi Dere west of Seddul Bahr cited as cleared, Kaba Tepeh landings said broken by four brigades driven into the sea.
A weather snippet reports yesterday's average temperature at 48 degrees with highs and lows listed for 3 pm 57 46 and 6 pm 44 52. Morning readings show 9 AM 50 48 and 9 PM 42 48 with a mid 40s average at 12 midnight. Average temperature yesterday matches the prior year's 48 as 7-28.
A local letter alleging immorality among Newton High School girls prompts a parent led inquiry. Mrs Ruby Winchenbaugh of Newton Highlands accuses well to do students of sensational charges while Enoch C Adams headmaster of the Classical High School promises a thorough check.
Mrs Winchenbaugh says she wrote the letter after mutterings among youths about alleged indiscretions by some girls. Clubwomen and parents urge a thorough probe but insist there is no factual basis for charges.
William Murphy aged 33 of 198 Cy press street East Watertown attempted self harm at his home last evening using a razor. He was taken to East Watertown Relief Station where doctors said the blade narrowly avoided his jugular vein. He will live.
New York Nationals induce Kauff to jump contract and join game plan. Boston objects and umpire forfeits the contest to New York. President Tener upholds Boston and bars Kauff, ordering the game to continue.
Charles Sumner Bird, twice the Progressive party nominee for Massachusetts governor, told a joint meeting of Republican and Progressive ward committees that if Governor Walsh supports Bird as a Democrat candidate, the state GOP would break with the national administration. He denounced the Wilson administration and urged opposition to the policy of Wilson, Bryan, Daniels and Williams.
Ernestine Hunt of Newtonville, a Wellesley College junior, condemned the Student Government Association and faculty as unfair for suspending three juniors from studies until February. Hunt, daughter of a Newtonville physician, spoke at her home on 424 Newtonville Avenue.
Former Governor Foss urged as Republican candidate with prohibition as a key issue while Mr. Bird stayed noncommittal. The gathering, begun amid cold weather, floated Bird for vice president, U S Senator, Governor and Lieutenant Governor with Burr leading the proposal and strong enthusiasm.
Springfield April 29. The State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration said there will be no suspension of service on Springfield Street Railway Company lines while differences with the trolley men's union are adjusted.
Miss Hunt and two companions defended their late return from Natick Cavalry Club riding lesson. They argued the SGA rule banning unaccompanied outside-town outings was too harsh and the college faculty overreacted in suspending them. Dr. Hunt, their father, said the rule’s enforcement was excessive and linked to his instruction restricting riding without a male chaperone.
An April 29 blaze at 118 128 Cabot Street in Beverly caused about 15000 in damage across a three story wooden Commercial block. The Brockton Shoe Company started the fire and rapid firefighting saved the structure. Losses included 3000 to Moore Drug, 5000 to Brockton Shoe, 4500 to Lenox cafe, 300 to Princess billiards, 1000 to Ferrants market and 2000 split among offices and local fraternal groups. Building damage estimated at 3000.
London April 29. A resolution by David Lloyd George to double the duty on spirits passed the House of Commons 89 to 5. The dissenting minority consisted of O'Brienites. This marked the first division since the war began.
Andrew Bonar Law reserved criticism of Lloyd George’s plan while John Redmond and William O'Brien denounced it as harming Ireland’s trade. O’Brien warned taxes would devastate Cork as if bombarded by Germans, urging Ireland’s exclusion from the operation.
Martha Kleiner aged 22 died at 10:30 this morning in Adams after three weeks of illness from blood poisoning. While visiting Pittsfield relatives she tended a crying baby and was bitten on the nose when leaning over the infant to adjust its clothes. The injury preceded her death.
Before spring training Brooklyn Federals signed Marquard of the New York Nationals with a 1500 dollar bonus. The Giants protested strong saying he was under NL contract. President Ward of the Federals finally yielded. The NL then lured Kauff from Brooklyn to the Giants.
John J. McGraw tries to insert Benny Kauff into a game against the Braves despite Kauff’s contract with the Federals and his blacklisted status. Gaffney and Stallings refuse, leading to an on‑field dispute and an umpire’s threatened forfeit later reversed by the National Commission.
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