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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
7
Railroads resisting compensation demands announce they will carry parcel post under the new 20 pound limit set to take effect tomorrow. Committee representing 268 railways says government burden is unfair and public convenience would suffer without payoff.
Judge Dodge postponed the sale of Gilchrist Company assets for one week to allow stockholders to decide their course. A meeting is set for next Tuesday. Receivers may accept bids for the firm as a going concern while creditors seek the best price, with Vorenberg’s claims noted.
Sylvia Pankhurst is released from Holloway prison in London after another hunger strike. She had collapsed and was taken back to jail following her return on Sunday while still recovering from a prior hunger strike.
Miss Madeline M. Dalton daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis B Dalton resigns from the Cambridge Court House deputy sheriff office to marry James A Vitelli a Boston attorney connected with James H Vahey Voay The wedding will be at St Agnes Church with Miss Edith Long as bridesmaid and Leo Dalton as best man
A 17 year old youth clung to the top of a passenger car on the outbound Haverhill express. Police in Melrose pulled him from the car as the train arrived and learned he was stranded in Boston with no work or money. Passengers collected funds to cover his fare home to Haverhill and gave him six dollars.
Joseph LeBlanc of 34 Dover Street South End was arrested last night by Sergeant Riorden of East Dedham Street Station on the charge of selling liquor illegally. The raid on his home by the fifth division yielded three wagon loads of empty bottles and a wagon load of full bottles of various liquors. A still for manufacturing liquor was found. LeBlanc was bailed out.
National Manufacturers' Association backs Governor Foss turning Hyde Park strike into a nationwide clash between labor and capital. Metal trades arm seeks strike-breakers across the United States and Canada to fill Hyde Park plants while organized labor coordinates with local unions to block replacements.
International officers say the National Manufacturers Association is aiding Governor Foss to fulfill contracts. Reports from various labor unions allege strike-breaking agencies hire only skilled mechanics for two to three months in Boston plants. Some hired workers were later sought by strikers who say the aim is to restore the shop system after workers left during strikes.
The town may lose its postmaster and post office due to lack of qualified local candidates. FF A Stevens left the post master role after promotion, Fred Gore is ineligible for age, and two women candidates are also blocked. If no appointee is found, Lynnfield mail service will be annexed to Peabody with carrier delivery.
Eleven year old Tatrina Carey was struck by a car on the Winthrop Beach and Shirley Point railroad, operated two years. She played on the tracks with friends when the fencing car injured her but not seriously. Motorman Lawrence Green was in charge of the train.
United States Judge John E. Sater issued an injunction against members and officials of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers in Steubenville. The ruling supports the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company's right to maintain an open shop during a prolonged strike.
Fredericton New Brunswick Aug 14 Alexander Gibson longtime lumber magnate of New Brunswick died here today at age 94. Rising from poverty he built wealth and power by cutting and manufacturing about 30 000 000 feet of lumber annually for four decades with European markets. He also held railroad and cotton mill interests leaving two sons and three daughters.
Horace I. George, night watchman at the Haverhill post office, was held for the grand jury on a charge of stealing a letter containing 75 cents. He waived examination and posted 1000 dollars bail.
Seventeen year old Miss Mary O Connell plans to become a postulant next week at a Franciscan convent in Winsted Connecticut. Her sister Catherine joins the order today in Allegheny and both were trained at the Winsted convent. Mary, daughter of Mrs Mary O Connell of 40 Mercer Street, left her job as a Western Union telegraph operator after graduation a year ago. She has nine siblings in South Boston including two brothers serving as chief machinists on U S battleships attached to the Georgia and the Kansas.
Joseph Bobber of 5012 South Paulina celebrated his silver wedding with his wife of 25 years. He boasted of peace and drank a few beverages. At church he appeared unsteady and was horsewhipped by Mrs Bobber and fined by Englewood police court judge Sabath who warned him not to drink until his golden anniversary.
One striking copper miner was killed and two deputy sheriffs wounded in Seeberville during the copper miners strike at the Champion mine. Deputies sought two strikers who had forced guards’ line. the arrestees resisted and the attackers fired revolvers. A conference with Judge Alfred J. Murphy and mine managers aimed at arbitration to end troop presence, with Murphy reporting to Governor Ferris.
Frank Robinson aged 45 of 3 Bennington Street East Boston was discovered yesterday forenoon dead and hanging from a beam in the stable of Ross Brothers 1447 Bremen Street. He had worked ten years for the firm and left a son in New Hampshire and a daughter in Michigan. He served as secretary for the Order of Scottish Clans Chelsea.
The State Department announced that Panama becomes the fourth nation to accept Secretary Bryan's international peace plan for a treaty. Documents are en route to Washington for treaty preparation. Guatemala and Costa Rica agreed to treaties under the plan, while Salvadoran ratification awaits U.S. Senate approval.
New York August 14 Justice Guy of the Supreme Court ruled in Cusick v Cusick that statements about mental moral or financial qualifications made during courtship in a time of mental exaltation should not be tightly scrutinized. The decision notes that lovers in such periods may be unreliable witnesses.
Hilda P. Cusick filed to annul her marriage to Philip Cusick after discovering fraud in his claims of wealth and status. Justice Guy ruled the court lacked power to grant alimony or counsel fees in an annulment action, noting misrepresentations were gross but not a valid cause of action and denying costs of motion.
The British Mayflower Club formed in London at a dinner by the Atlantic Union as Americans in town for tomorrow’s Pilgrims monument unveiling at Southampton. Speakers included John L. Griffiths and Vernon A. Field. Percy Alden presided. a message to President Wilson was sent.
Boston elevated wage dispute hearings set for 10 am Monday with arbiter panel including James H Vahey James L Richards and James J Storrow as chair. Sessions to be held at an alternative venue yet to be decided and open to the public. Union also outlines Labor Day parade plans with 300 marchers and three brass bands.
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