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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1915
Page
12
Washington reports Ambassador Gerard in Berlin sent a despatch noting Germany has heeded the warning in the Wilson note. It marks the first official response acknowledging the Lusitania notes’ subject matter.
Ambassador Gerard reports the German admiralty wants American merchant ships to paint national colors on their sides large enough to be seen at distance. The State Department paraphrase notes ships often paint signs too small. No official comment, but Germany’s desire to avoid attacks on American vessels is evident.
J A Massel special agent of the Department of Commerce arrived to help New England machine makers with South American trade. He suggests donating a sample of their machines to the engineering school at Buenos Ayres under Argentine government oversight.
Mr Massel a former travelling salesman and buyer of machinery for a private firm in the republics to the south has toured South America as a trade emissary for the United States He will speak to New England machinery makers this afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce and spend the week at the Department of Commerce office in the Oliver building offering personal guidance He argues American machines in the Buenos Ayres government school will create future demand and outsell Germany with five demonstrators and up to date models.
The government filed in federal court the bill of particulars sought by former and current officers and directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad to answer a Sherman act indictment alleging conspiracy to monopolize interstate commerce. Names include Rockefeller Miller Brooker Barney Taft Hemingway Ledyard Pratt Robertson Brewster McHarg Cochrane Robbins.
Within a few days three United States submarines built at Fore River Company are to arrive at the Charlestown navy yard for drydock. The vessels are designated L-1 L-2 and L-3.
The body of Charles Becker was laid to rest amid a mob of morbidly curious onlookers. People crowded into his apartment and into the street outside the church while irreverent chatter and laughter interrupted the funeral services.
In Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx a 500 strong mob crowded the Becker family burial, pressed to view Mrs Becker and the corpse as flowers read Sacrificed in Politics. Police blocked access while the widow pinned her late husband’s photo on the casket. she later pledged a startling tale but did not speak.
Patrick Walsh, listed among Iberian victims, is suspected to be a Brockton resident. His brothers say his home was Prince Edward Island where they grew up, and that he left Brockton in June for work in Boston likely aboard the Iberian. He leaves a wife and three children.
Competitive athletic events will be held tomorrow afternoon on the Webster Craddock Park and Mountain Avenue playgrounds in Malden. Winners advance to represent their playground at the city picnic in Malden next Saturday.
Architect Charles R. Greco plans are in place as bids come in under Rev. James A. O Rourke for completing the SS. Peter and Paul church tower on Broadway. The contract may be awarded before week’s end.
The tower will be razed to 70 feet by Building Commissioner O Hearn and a stone buttress with four clock dials will replace it. Donations total about $4000 with a harvest party on the parochial school grounds to push the goal past 36000.
About 200 NYYC yachts anchored off New London awaiting tomorrow’s departure for Newport. Commodore George F. Baker’s Viking signals the 1915 cruise in commission as cannon salutes ring the harbor. A formal Viking reception drew owners and guests amid a record lineup of steamers and auxiliaries.
John Waldron of 37 Albion Street Wakefield survived the Iberian sinking after taking the voyage in place of John Wheeler. Waldron, a hustler on the steamer, used Wheeler’s ticket and name to board before departure from Boston. Wheeler had originally planned to travel but swapped with Waldron.
John F. Cronin, clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, told City Council members acting as county commissioners that they have no legal right to meddle with courthouse operations or curb expenditures the justices might deem necessary. He spoke during a discussion on ending the practice of rewriting old court records.
London was attacked by Zeppelins on the night of July 21, according to horsemen aboard the Leyland liner Colonian. They claim British airships intercepted the raiders and forced them away before bombs dropped. Seventy horsemen disembarked at the same port. Reports also mentioned a submarine attack on the Leyland liner Cambrian, which is due here today from New York.
A Central News despatch from Amsterdam reports that several 42-centimetre guns were moved through Berlin last week en route to the eastern front for use in bombardment of Russian forts.
The Waiters' Benevolent Association of Boston will hold its annual outing today and tomorrow at the Walpole Street baseball grounds plus events to benefit members.
Lieutenant Governor Cushing, also president of the Child Labor Committee, stated last night that the slides shown at the park aim to inform Massachusetts residents about protecting children from harmful forms of child labor.
The Child Labor Committee and allied organizations in Boston present a slide show on state conditions affecting child health. It features a boy examined by a physician and images of weak children in Massachusetts industries. John N. Cole protests the exhibit as harsh, urging park officials to allow the display.
In Chicago on Aug 2 the federal Commerce Department clashed with Maclay Hoyne as Robert Reid and C C Eckliff two federal steamboat inspectors were brought handcuffed before Secretary Redfield and the steamboat inspection service board. An application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed to transfer the inspectors from state officers and Judge Landis will hear the case tomorrow.
The engagement of Miss Eleanor Fabyan of Boston to Theodore Frothingham of Philadelphia is announced after a years long series of athletic events. Frothingham, a Harvard graduate, works with George H. McFadden & Brother. The couple, both from prominent families, expect no wedding before 1916.
The Finance Commission delivered an ultimatum to Mayor Curley following his edict barring city officials from testifying unless served with a legal summons, accompanied by city counsel, and allowed a full copy of testimony.
The opinion cites Attorney General Attwill and Michael J. Sughrue saying the Mayor cannot bar employees from testifying outside work hours. The commission warns it will seek a court order to enforce its rights if the Mayor does not modify his stance. It urges a conference to resolve the dispute for public good.
Rev E Ellsworth Shumaker condemned U S neutrality as cowardice and selfishness urging action to extinguish conflicts. He praised Pope Benedict XVs peace appeal and urged Protestant churches to lead in peacemaking despite church-state ties, speaking at Chipman Hall Tremont Temple.
City Council voted to have the Finance Commission investigate the awarding of the Birch street paving contract. Mayor Curley approved a $1600 Public Works contract to A. H. Archer for bitulithic pavement supplied by Warren Brothers Company.
Councillor Hagan calls for an investigation of a street contract arguing against limiting resurfacing to a single pavement type and a single manufacturer. Annuities of 300 dollars were approved for widows of Captain John P. McManus and Deputy Chief Charles W. Pope. Roxbury fire houses criticized as a disgrace prompting a 30000 dollar improvement request. Coulthurst moves to refer to Finance Commission. vote 4 to 3.
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