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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1914
Page
2
At the Old Colony Club annual meeting in Provincetown on Buzzards Bay the call was made for federal protection of the Buzzards Bay fishing industry to boost the local fish supply. Members were told pounds and seines are the greatest enemy to fishing and urged to oppose state control and yearly reopenings to those nets.
Walter Geer argues Buzzard's Bay should be federally protected to curb fish losses from traps and predators. Speakers include Governor Walsh and several dignitaries as the Old Colony Club meets after a Cape Cod Canal trip, with organizers led by Walter Rapp.
Brigadier General Carroll A. Devoll has arrived in Salem to confer with Mayor Hurley and the local relief committee about the $200,000 Congress provided for fire refugees. The War Department seeks disbursement details and purposes under Secretary of War guidance. no funds have yet been spent.
BROOKFIELD August 28 Charles D Nichols proprietor of a town garage Charles Ross chauffeur for Mrs Nichols Bert and Edwards Edward Goulette of Brookfield and Edward Collins of Springfield narrowly escaped being killed this evening when an automobile tipped over on Ware road
Samuel Pearlman, proprietor of the Em Hill stable at 2 Abbottsford Retreet Roxbury, was fined 40 dollars by Judge Hayden in Roxbury Municipal Court for cruelty to a horse. His driver John Moses received a fused sentence of one month. Pearlman appealed. The complaint was brought by the M. & PC. A.
The mayor was given a bewhiskered goat by Captain William T. Haines of the steamer Pretorian of the Allan line just before departure to Glasgow. City Hall staff wonder where the animal will be kept and a city vote suggests the goat cannot be housed at public expense. Other ideas include naming the goat New York and gifting it to the fans.
Washington Aug. 28. A conference of representative bankers from 12 reserve cities and other centers with the Federal Reserve Board was called for Sept. 4. Two bankers from each reserve city and six from non-reserve cities were invited to seek understanding and cooperation before launching the new banking system.
Washington Aug 28 More amendments poured in as the Senate disposed of judiciary committee proposals on the Clayton trust bill. Senator Reed proposed fining a violating corporation 10 percent of asset value paid from directors, placing guilty firms in receivership, and selling assets. A third amendment would bar interstate commerce for large capital firms and let state attorneys general sue for anti trust enforcement. Borah proposed juries for injunctive cases where the United States is a party. Cummins added labor exemption and supplier purchasing amendments.
Senator Norris of Nebraska spoke for nearly four hours in executive session opposing Attorney General McReynolds as a Supreme Court justice. His speech continued without conclusion and the nomination vote was postponed until tomorrow with Democratic aides indicating no Democratic opposition to McReynolds.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Willner who died after a long illness at her home on Washington Street will be held tomorrow at 3 30 in East Boston Chapel Temple Chabi Shalom. She resided at 1303 Washington Street for 14 years and is survived by her son Joseph at 36 Boylston Street and a daughter Mrs. Viola Meyers.
Edward C. Stratton, secretary and general superintendent of the D. M. Read Company in Bridgeport Connecticut, killed himself this afternoon with a revolver in the head. No reason given. Stratton aged 63 had worked for the Read Company for 2 years.
The wireless apparatus on all foreign ships in Boston harbor were put out of commission yesterday by order of Edward Billings port collector. The action follows President Wilson's neutrality proclamation extending to wireless stations and harbor use by ships for sharing enemy information.
Twelve steamers from Germany Austria and Great Britain had their wireless gear dismantled or sealed by order in Charlestown Harbor under Radio Inspector Gawler and the Charlestown navy yard commandant. The Pretorian sailed but could not use wireless while in port. Collector Billings said Bos ton Custom House activity had nearly halted as ships remained idle awaiting wartime orders.
The Scimitar Club at 40 Kilby Street sold in a United States Bankruptcy Court sale yesterday for 075 dollars. Purchaser was John Piscopo.
Judge Sears ruled in Salem District Court that a man cannot use a leather belt with a fringe of tacks to stop his wife from disturbing his sleep and force her to her side of the bed. Herbert Rye, 35, an Englishman, charged with non support, testified his wife complained of being cut by tacks worn over his nightgown.
Judge Sears questions Bye’s claim that he wore a belt with tacks to keep wife in check for sleep. He orders Bye to drop the tacks and support his wife with two dollars weekly. The wife may stay up after nine and walk with her mother-in-law if she chooses.
Watertown will upgrade to 890 candle power mazda lamps along Galen Street from Watertown square to the Newton line. The current orc lamps will be discontinued and old poles and wires removed, giving Watertown a brighter Gay White Way in a few months.
Wireless from Cartagena Colombia reports the United Fruit Company steamer Metapan aground in the inner harbor has transferred her passengers to the Colon for New York.
Miss Margaret Foley told a Magnolia audience at the Rus sell summer home that there would have been no European war if women had the vote abroad. The al fresco suffrage event shifted indoors as rain drove attendees inside the Manchester Cove gathering.
Mrs Russell hosts a suffrage luncheon and tea as speakers discuss the cause. Rev William Dewart argues voting rights would have prevented Europe’s wars. William Roscoe Thayer urges broad suffrage goals with justice prevailing. Maude Wood Park outlines a suffrage observation diagram, and Miss Margaret Foley repeats street speech themes. Mrs Russell closes hopeful that suffrage will win in 1915.
Funeral services for John A. Gale a Brookline and Boston banker killed in an automobile accident at North Weymouth while en route to the Marshfield Fair with Samuel W. McCall will be held at his residence 226 Babcock street Brookline at 3 30 this afternoon.
George H. Whitaker 21 months old son of Everett V. Whitaker of Providence Rhode Island was visiting his aunt Mrs. E. J. Powers of Dedham. He wandered from the yard onto the Providence division tracks of the New Haven road at the foot of McDonald street and was instantly killed.
The drop follows a wheat market dip in Chicago and Minneapolis with declines of 3 and 4 1/2 cents per bushel. Boston wholesalers cut flour by 10 to 15 cents per barrel, while some dealers pass 25 to 30 cents cheaper. Prices on sugar, pork, beef, and lamb shift modestly. poultry and eggs rise slightly as the market rebalances.
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