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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
5
The milk war began yesterday when eight local dealers raised milk prices from 8 to 10 cents per quart. Many customers refused the usual quantity and turned to other dealers or condensed milk.
Town residents form a milk consumers league to resist a 25 percent price hike at local fountains. They aim to keep milk at eight cents, citing declines in sales among some dealers who raised prices. A circular is sent to every voter to gauge opposition and inform dealers how many oppose the raise.
Thomas O'Brien of Kendall Street Roxbury was jailed three months by Judge Creed in Municipal Court after he threw a rock through a saloon plate glass window when refused a drink.
Lucy Louise Sandberg, Boston University Law School graduate now practicing in Washington, argues that women are better lawyers and would make better Supreme Court justices. She credits women's patience with details and tenacity and advocates appointing a woman to preside over juvenile courts. She objects to the term attorneyess, preferring plain lawyer.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company will not receive a welcome on its return to Boston from Europe. Captain Nichols says late arrival and militia engagements in New York errand plans, including a possible parade, have been scrapped. A cable indicates the group sails Liverpool to New York on a White Star liner, expected late Aug 9.
Twenty Massachusetts delegates head for the supreme convention of the Knights of Columbus in Colorado Springs. The group travels via Chicago with supporters, while Joseph C. Pelletier supreme advocate of the order attends to committee resolutions. The Boston party plans a two day Chicago stay, with a Kansas City stopover before Colorado Springs arrival Monday morning.
A young sailor leaped from the barkentine Stranger anchored on the flats near Boston and swam to the South Boston shore to avoid a voyage to Nova Scotia and South America. His identity and motive remain unknown as veteran maritime crews grow scarce and captains seek sailors in New York to fill crews.
A House bill introduces a 1.26 million dollar Lincoln Lee Grant memorial in Washington. It includes 250 thousand for a statue of General Robert E. Lee opposite Grant’s statue and 1 million for a Lincoln peace memorial arch over Pennsylvania Avenue linking the statue bases, with every state invited to contribute material.
The Senate after a one hour session as a court of impeachment adjourned until 2 p m Saturday. Judges Archbald’s counsel said defense could not be prepared before Oct 15. Chairman Clayton opposed delay but would wait until Saturday to decide. An executive session time debate failed.
The Norwegian steamer Helen arrived from Boston with a broken propeller blade after striking a submerged object 75 miles south of Nantucket lightship at 10 p.m. July 31.
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