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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1912
Page
14
Governor Woodrow Wilson and Representative Swager Sherley of Kentucky urged a broader approach to managing the US government’s business and finance. They spoke for over an hour about adopting a comprehensive budget system for federal financing in Sea Girt New Jersey.
The governor and Mr. Sherley discussed an idea to systematize income and expenditures amid shifting committees. He offered no details of the plan. News from Vermont reports hopeful notes from Major Childs and E R Allery. Daniels discussed campaign details with the governor. He will visit Trenton for state business and attend a farmers’ picnic in Gloucester. He also agreed to attend a Woodrow Wilson Workmen’s Club dollar dinner in New York in September.
The vessel named The Nelson, built for the Cuba Distilling Company to haul molasses, was launched at Fore River Works. Miss Madeline E. Mayer sponsored the event. Havana's H. S. Rubens attended with Argentine navy officers onboard, while the ship measures 370 feet long with 4700 tons gross tonnage.
In box 748 of the John Hancock building on Devonshire Street, two crossed wires caused a fire alarm scare yesterday afternoon. Fire gongs sounded, vaults were closed, and staff rushed to fire escapes as fire apparatus and firefighters responded, only to find the danger minimal and the all clear given shortly after.
Senate passes resolution to appropriate 400000 for a memorial building in Washington to honor loyal women of the Civil War. The structure would serve as permanent Red Cross headquarters in the District of Columbia. An additional 300000 must be raised by the New York State Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
Mrs Alice Longworth faces a political clash in Oyster Bay supporting Theodore Roosevelt for President while opposing the Bull Moose candidate for Congress against her husband Dr Zwick. She withholds sympathy for Zwick who is the only Bull Moose option she does not back.
Mrs. Longworth plans to stay at her father's home until his departure to begin a nationwide stumping tour next week. Expected daily is Nick Longworth joining the visit, highlighting the strong family friendship between the pair.
Ohio managers follow colonel orders to back Zwick against Taft men while Alice Longworth prepares to enter the fray. Mrs. Longworth aims to deliver a strong political speech, and Colonel Roosevelt faces a rare challenge in guiding his daughter. Future events will reveal the final outcome.
New York August 12 Coroner Winterbottom says no inquest will be held into the death of Miss Eugenia Leutrell wealthy recluse of 1320 Broadway found dead in her apartment surrounded by empty cracker boxes sour milk bottles and candy bags The coroner believes natural causes and notes her odd diet contributed to the death.
Coroner Winterbottom links Miss Leutrell to 2000 dollars in jewelry 88000 dollars in New York real estate 11000 dollars in Jacksonville property and 1000 dollars on deposit at a mortgage trust. The 35 year old daughter of late State Senator George M Leutrell lived alone in sparsely furnished rooms and survived on milk crackers and candy. Tradesmen note lavish but unsold groceries and no bed or furniture unpacked in five months.
Progressives in Brooklyn's 18th Assembly District distribute campaign cigarettes bearing Oyster Bay leader image and the slogan The People Rule. The novelty ad seeks to push the party message as an election booster.
Mexico City reports 36 soldiers and over 20 passengers killed when Zapatistas attacked a southbound passenger train in a canyon near Ticuman, 110 miles southeast of the capital. Only partial details available as survivors tell of the massacre.
A transport train en route to interview Emiliano Zapata was ambushed as rebels killed and mutilated passengers, including two journalists H L Strauss and Ignacio Herraras. The attackers looted and burned cars while soldiers from the Eleventh Battalion guarded the scene.
Miss Caroline Leveen, a young Boston attorney, becomes the first woman lawyer in the Bay State to seek the post of presiding justice of the city courts. She declares it her prerogative to pursue a judge ship and says she is as entitled as any male attorney in the city.
Miss Leveen a Massachusetts Bar Association member and Boston University Law School graduate argues women should hold the state’s Municipal Court judgeship. She cites progress internationally and in Chicago and urges equal professional rights for women.
Domenica Rosa Guiseppe Reggitano and Vincenzo Fiore of Norwood were arraigned in the District Court of northern Norfolk at Dedham on murder charges in the death of Vincenzo Di Stefano. Di Stefano died at Massachusetts General Hospital from gunshot wounds sustained during Sunday evening trouble. All three pled not guilty. case continued to August 16. They were held without bail and remanded to Dedham for the hearing.
Miss Gertrude P. Desmond, a Medford school teacher, married Charles T. Daly, a newspaper man, at St. Joseph's Church Medford yesterday. The couple, after a reception at the bride's home, planned a wedding trip through Canada and will reside at 11 Boston Avenue Medford after returning.
Miss Vera Hazen an 18 year old from Berlin Connecticut drowned while swimming at Gilmore pond in Jaffrey New Hampshire She could not swim and went beyond her depth She was here with D E Bradley also of Berlin Connecticut
Genuine Packard Oxford shoes in $4 and $5 grades advertised at $2.98 in stock. S. H. Harrison Company lists this sale at 666 to 667 Washington Street corner Beach, offering best value in men’s footwear in the United States.
Boston’s tax rate remains 16.40 while total valuation climbs to 1.5 billion. The city adds 10 million in personal property and 28 million in real property, keeping the rate steady for three mayoral terms of Fitzgerald and 10 cents below Hibbard’s era.
Mayor Fitzgerald outlines factors behind Boston’s tax rate, noting mandatory state and metropolitan assessments, school and police funding, rising food costs for public hospitals and institutions, and wage and pension increases. He cites $577,200 in permanent improvements funded by the levy and says the rate remains 10 cents lower than during the prior administration despite higher valuations.
More than 100 park commissioners from across the United States and Canada attended the opening session at Horticultural Hall for the 14th annual convention of the American Association of Park Superintendents. President William H. Dunn of Kansas City chaired the opening business meeting after a brief executive session.
James B. Shea spoke for the city and Mayor Fitzgerald at a welcome for visiting park superintendents. President Dunn seconded the tribute to John A. Pettigrew. Delegates toured Franklin Park and watched 1500 children at play, with dances and games led by Dorchester playground staff.
In Dickinson North Dakota on August 4 a remarkable Bosworth household grows as five more adopted boys join Mrs. O. R. Bosworth. She has now fostered 21 children in recent years, with several grown and married in the region. Four come from a Fort Ripley Montana family whose mother sought aid after the father's death.
The Department of Commerce and Labor plans a broad probe into contract labor law violations in New England. Pending prosecutions involving Francis Willey & Co. of Bradford and Boston and the Barre Wool Combing Co. of Barre, Mass., will trigger wider inquiries across other firms.
W. W. Husband returned to Washington to report progress on the Willey case. The Department of Commerce and Labor weighs presenting the matter to the Justice Department for civil penalties of 1000 dollars per violation. Twenty eight aliens held in Boston may be detained as witnesses or deported.
Norton alias Willie Gillis known as Punk Norton was held for the September grand jury term after a preliminary municipal court hearing in Augusta Maine. A witness testified Norton and Patrick Lucy were in the room with two flashes of three shots heard and Norton seen pocketing a revolver as he left the scene. No defense evidence was offered.
The Belmont firebug reward offering $1000 for information leading to the arrest of the incendiary who set fires on the barns at the estates of Edwin F. Atking and Charlies Poole was increased to $1000 by Mr Poole yesterday.
Mrs. John J. Mack wife of the city marshal died today in Ipswich after a long illness. The City Hall bell tolled to inform the public of her death.
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