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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
3
Massachusetts troops will assemble in Derby, Connecticut, to participate in joint army and militia maneuvers this month, per Adjutant General Pearson’s office yesterday after notice.
The brigade and regimental commissaries and quartermasters met yesterday at the State House to learn the place of mobilization and discuss troop transport and subsistence in transit and in the field. Major Frederick J. Hacker of the U S Army subsistence department attended, underscoring the War Department's interest.
In Providence Rhode Island on July 31 a spontaneous open fire destroyed about $50,000 worth of baled cotton and wool stored in a warehouse. Ownership of the cargo was divided among multiple textile mills.
The Burlington Route offers Personally Conducted Through Tourist Car Excursions to California with specially selected conductors. Agents promote low fares, comfort, and knowledgeable leaders for the trip, led by Alex Stocks of the C B & Q R R New England office in Boston.
New Bedford July 31 Delegates of the Weavers Protective Association were urged by the Textile Council to get busy and seek a compromise with manufacturers after their meeting this afternoon.
Tonight the weavers discussed tentative substitutes for the grading system and planned to present the best proposal to mill men after a conference. The textile council urged action, while the Weavers' Protective Association saw it as a weakening move.
Trainmaster Augustus Caby of the Portland division was retired yesterday after 46 years of service. He spent nearly 40 years on trains as fireman, brakeman and conductor without an accident. Directors awarded him a pension in gratitude for his long, efficient career.
Arthur D. Call, Hartford school principal and president of the Connecticut Peace Society, resigns to become executive head of the American Peace Society in Washington, D C. A Brown University graduate, Call will lead the national organization.
Government and steamboat officials and insurance men pressed questions about who was to blame after the Tuesday morning collision off Thatcher's Island between the City of Rockland, Eastern Steamship, and the William Chisholm, Seaboard Transportation Company, endangering more than 400 people.
Preliminary steps were taken yesterday toward an investigation. Inspectors Savage and Blaine will hear evidence, privately, to decide if charges should be brought against either steamer captain, with a public hearing before Supervising Inspector Sloane if indications of negligence are found. Reports on the Rockland and Chisholm captains were received but not released. A government official warned that fog requires ships to stop to avoid collisions, a principle likened to land traffic. The City of Rockland was surveyed after a damaging incident, estimated to cost about 18,000 dollars to repair.
In Cambridge the three Democratic school board members dismissed Frank E. Parlin, superintendent, in a meeting held without two Republican members. Parlin will serve until Sept 1 when his contract expires, replacing ongoing opposition from Bradley, Gadsby, and Vallely on policy disputes.
Washington July 81 The Treasury Secretary Mac Veagh plans a one third reduction in size and a uniform layout for all currency to curb counterfeiting and ease public use. Proposed dimensions are 6 by 2 1 2 inches with redesigned notes featuring portraits of Washington Jefferson Lincoln Cleveland Jackson Grant Franklin Chase Hamilton across denominations.
Two unidentified Americans were hanged near Cananea Sonora within the last 48 hours. Bodies found today and the Governor of Sonora reports to President Madero an investigation is ordered. Rebels are suspected to have executed them to provoke U.S. intervention.
2000 pair genuine Packard Shoes advertised as the best in the United States will be sold at 2.95. The offer is from S. H. Harrison Co. located at 666 to 672 Washington Street.
Lyman P. Blake and Thomas Murray of Kittery Maine suffered serious injuries after an Atlantic Shore Line electric car collided with a large American Trucking Company truck at Kittery. A horse was killed in the crash.
In an audience at Wilhelmshohe Castle, German American teachers on an extended visit discussed the view of women’s rights within the study of immigration to the United States. The speaker stated that if men immigrate, the women of their race should accompany them. The report from Cassel, Prussia, is dated July 31.
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