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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
14
New York August 10 The convention of the International Stewards Association closed with Pittsburgh chosen as next year’s meeting site. Frank A. Knapp of Pittsburgh was elected president and George C. Boldt of New York named honorary president.
In New York on August 10 officials for the four railroad brotherhoods and their employees said President Wilson may mediate the dispute unless a deadlock in negotiations is broken. The indication came from representatives of both sides.
Market comparisons with a year ago show nearly all items higher while fish remains cheaper. Potatoes have advanced substantially and flour is higher with expectations it will top the peak seen two years ago.
The United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation heard both sides and faces a deadlock on resuming talks. Mediators plan to decide next steps while workers push for an eight hour day and overtime pay, with a secret meeting held with railroad managers and guards outside the hotel.
The piece details sharp price increases across staples due to black rust reducing crops in Canada and the U S labor shortages. It notes wheat rising from 7 50 to potentially 11 50 per barrel, and broad gains in meat fruits vegetables and seafood with specific city prices and timing.
A local drama will be presented with townspeople as cast hero and audience. Performances run tomorrow and Monday evening and tomorrow afternoon and Tuesday afternoon in Deerfield.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce endorsed widening Stillman and Morton streets and opening a large playground in the block bounded by Cross Salem Endicott and Stillman streets in the North End to improve housing and living conditions.
The list shows prices yesterday for sea bass 25 cents per pound eels 22 cents pom pano 45 cents halibut 28 cents per pound soft shell crabs 85 cents a dozen sand crabs four cents each shrimps 40 cents a quart scrod 15 cents each and shad 40 cents each.
Captain Thomas Kuffin and seven crew members of a Boston owned three masted schooner were rescued off Cape Race last Friday as their decks were awash and the vessel sank. They were brought safely into port yesterday by the British steamer Cape Finisterre after rescue by another schooner.
Bishop John W. Hamilton conducted the funeral for Rev. Dr. Joel M. Leonard at his home 177 Bellevue Avenue Melrose yesterday afternoon. Prominent attendee included former Governor John L. Bates, a noted Methodist layman.
Edith Mawane presents a griping tale of high finance and romance in the next Sunday Post Magazine. The story follows a daring financier and a clever partner navigating risk and affection amid mounting pressures.
Senator Stone denounces the publication of the Danish West Indies treaty terms as dishonorable and says he will seek an investigation at the next executive session into how a printed copy reached a Washington and a New York newspaper. He notes that President Wilson and the Danish government asked that treaty details sent to the Senate on Tuesday remain confidential until promulgation.
The Patrick J. Carr fund for the relief of the widow and seven children of Patrolman Carr reached $100.50 yesterday. Additional contributions are invited and may be sent to W. Prentiss Parker, treasurer, 115 Devonshire Street, Boston.
The American Woolen Company mills in Maynard shut down tonight for an indeterminate period after a Monday strike by 200 workers in the picking and wet finishing rooms. The plant employs about 2400 people, with work to be transferred to other company plants as a restart is not yet known.
Labor organizers urged 1600 A. G. Walton Shoe Co workers to picket the factory today after a mass meeting at the Y M C A Hall Chelsea. President Fred H Hill counseled against violence while advocating peaceful picketing.
Three escaped patients from Danvers State Hospital remain at large. Willis Lyman of Lawrence is deemed dangerous, while James S. Cook of Gloucester and Irving Christine of Melrose are described as not dangerous.
Miss Wilhelmina Souza, a 16 year old of Cambridge at 9 Eighth street, attempted suicide by inhaling gas in the bath room. Discovered by her mother she was revived by Dr H J Cabaceiras. She had been morose lately and is now reported entirely out of danger.
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