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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1912
Page
11
Governor Woodrow Wilson, após receiving letters from Maine Democratic leaders, endorsed local option on the liquor question. He refused to let the issue become a party political matter, signaling a stance ahead of September gubernatorial elections.
The Governor sends a letter to Maine stressing local self-government on licensing and opposes making local option a partisan issue. He believes social and moral questions belong outside party platforms and warns against party lines in such matters. He also comments on Senator Gore's visit, noting a vigorous campaign ahead with balanced view of strength.
Governor Hiram W. Johnson, Progressive candidate for Vice President, said he would not resign as California governor. He arrived in San Francisco from Chicago, spoke briefly in Sacramento, and planned a speech tour starting in two weeks after remaining in the state until Tuesday morning.
Patrolman John H. Connolly in plain clothes pursued and captured Charles Myers 21 of 34 Hanover Street Boston after a woman screamed at Revere Beach. Myers allegedly attempted to steal a wrist bag from Mrs. Charles Sutton of 114 Water Street Newburyport, prompting the chase, arrest, and identification.
The Rev James Scribner Brockinton his wife and daughter Maude slept by a barrel stove on a vacant lot beside their home at 1217 Sixty-eighth St Brooklyn after a foreclosure on two mortgages 2750 and 550 due to missed interest on the smaller loan. The family is nearly penniless with Mrs Brockinton an invalid.
Jephano Gnombelolo was ambushed on the flats at Norwood and shot three times. Police issued a general alarm for Joseph Russo, about 29, 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, issues a long letter denouncing A. Bonar Law for inciting Ulster against home rule. The missive, dated August 11, is prepared for tomorrow's papers.
Gnombelolo, warned by Black Hand letters, was shot about 8 15 last night in a deserted area of Norwood. A man matching Russo fled the scene, no trace found. Gnombelolo lies gravely wounded at Massachusetts General Hospital with doubtful recovery.
William Royal, 19, of 561 East Seventh Street, is believed drowned at L Street Bathhouse in South Boston after disappearing during a swim yesterday. Attendants found Royal's clothes in a locker, with papers addressed to him and others and $20.28 left behind.
Miss Ruth Bancroft Law, flying a Wright biplane at Saugus Atwood Park, will circle the Boston Light in a bid to match Harriet Quimby’s fatal flight. She also aims to fly with a female passenger if another woman with nerve can join, proving women can hold the aircraft levers as men do.
Churchill compares Bonar Law to Ben Tillett on Tower Hill during a dock strike. He cites a chant where a strike leader prayed for Lord Davenport to be struck dead. Churchill says such doctrines disqualify the Conservative leader and supporters from official duties and justify lawlessness.
Funeral held for Elizabeth Church Bowditch one of Crescent avenue railroad disaster victims. Born Boston July 2 1845 she lived in Weymouth since 1885. widow A Granville Bowditch survives. She served with D A R groups and local clubs.
Aug 11 Rabat Morocco Sultan Mulai Hafid plans to leave Rabat for France likely Monday. He favors a brother, Mulai Youssef, succeeding with French support after talks with General Lyautey. Publicly declaring health reasons may be used to prevent fanatic appeals to coercion.
Wright Robertson, 24, a Yale graduate and Boston brokerage employee, drowned in a heavy undertow at Westport harbor. His father, John T. Robertson, a Fall River broker, narrowly escaped the same fate today.
Robertson and Wright with a younger son and Malcolm Eldridge ventured into rough water to Elephant Rock. The younger Robertson and Eldridge boy reached shore, but elder Robertson struggled and Wright disappeared. John Brayton Jr. rescued the elder Robertson, who survived after treatment, while Wright Robertson was not found. The elder blamed the under tow for the accident.
The Rev Robert S MacArthur of Brooklyn preached at Tremont Temple that today’s rich men live by a creed of faith in God rather than wealth. He cited a millionaire who prioritizes distributing wealth to build libraries and educational foundations as a model of proper giving.
Dudley Field Malone assistant corporation counsel has been chosen to head the Young Men's Wilson League nationwide. Governor Wilson sought a young leader for the young Democrats, and Malone, son in law of Senator O Gorman, has built a campaigning reputation.
Boston labor groups from Teamsters to Electrical Workers organize committees and attend meetings to press for a 2.50 dollar daily minimum wage. Delegates from unions including Team Drivers 25 and 68 plus Central Labor Union plan appeals to Mayor Fitzgerald and Indianapolis bound conventions.
International and local officers of Street Carmen's Union 589 announced that new rating lists have been posted at all barns restoring men who struck or were discharged before the strike to their old ratings and runs. Most affected workers have resumed under old conditions.
One thousand five hundred members of Boston and Maine Railroad Freight Handlers Assembly 5572 voted unanimously to affiliate with the AFL. The group will be known as Boston & Maine Railroad Freight Handlers Union 5572 AFL. Officers and members cited stronger prospects for success under the new affiliation after months of deliberation.
The State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration plans full adjustment by next Monday. Eligible workers will return to their posts by tomorrow morning. Pit men who struck at the barns return to work today and others will be reconsidered by the board. Cases of arrested workers appealing convictions will be reviewed by District Attorney Pelletier and disposed of swiftly. Not guilty workers will be reinstated. About 50 new membership applications arrived. L’op shop and mechanical staff of the L division organize with strong support, joining local 589 under international law with a branch for shop matters.
A Bay View Lodge of Brotherhood Railroad Carmen No. 57 meeting at 724 Washington street adopts resolutions thanking Governor Fess Mayor Fitzgerald District Attorney Pellitier and Attorney James H Vahey for aiding the street carmen strike settlement. The lodge sees public interest in the settlement and plans to organize car men for higher wages and better conditions as negotiations loom with New Haven railroad management over a five cent hourly wage increase.
The Provident Union approved forming an Atlantic Coast District Council of Longshoremen to coordinate unions from Montreal to Newport News. International President T W O Connor calls for a convention in this city on September 16 to establish the district modeled after Pacific and Gulf coast groups.
Dr. William T. McElveen of Evanston Illinois urged his former congregation and New England listeners to resist following a few leaders. He argued a few set the pace and that every individual’s virtue shapes public opinion. He challenged residents of the South End to live virtuously.
Car workers from five New England railroad lines met in Boston to form the Eastern Federation aimed at improving working conditions. T H Condon of Salem was elected president and P J English of West Haven secretary treasurer for a federation intended to cover all east of Buffalo, with a planned October session and future expansion.
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes of Stamford is due back in Boston by Thursday to push campaigns for shorter hours and higher wages for women in Boston hotels cafes and restaurants. Edward Blochlinger says Boston workers will demand the New York strike style concessions and notes illnesses among hotel staff due to unsanitary food. He will meet with union attorneys on possible action against management.
Secretary Henry Abrahams of the Boston Central Labor Union warns that individuals are soliciting money from Boston merchants and in New Bedford in the union’s name. He calls such actors swindlers, says the union never requests funds from outsiders, and urges turning impostors over to the police for prosecution.
R R Clerks expect wage scale progress within ten days as locomotive engineers talks near a conclusion. R G Stearns urged Old Colony lodge on New Haven adjustments while organizers report strong growth and international backing for clerks seeking better working conditions.
Dock workers and clerks across Boston shift affiliation to the American Federation of Labor unions. New unions form under AFL auspices, including Boston Longshoremen Union 805 and Boston Trans-Atlantic Steamship Clerks Union 811. District Assembly 30 remains active, planning meetings and a Labor Day parade, while a new AFL Freight Handlers 5572 receives its charter.
Boston Bath Department Employees Union A F of L voted last night to form a special committee to push for double time wages for Sunday and holiday work. They note prior pay under Mayor Hibbard and current reduced rates, and report unequal raises across departments while their group is left out. President Timothy W. Kelley, newly elected head of the Boston Joint Council, received a inscribed gavel.
On May 18 San Francisco newspapers invited four reputable physicians to send a Bright's Disease case with heavy albumin and casts that failed Digitalis and Bashams Mixture. The Riker Jaynes Drug Co advertises Fulton renal compound. case brought to office may recover or be published.
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