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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
3
Boston's City Council voted to appropriate 119000 from the Parkman fund for a zoo at Franklin Park and an aquarium at Marine Park. Work will begin soon under park commissioners. The move faced opposition from the United Improvement Association.
At the annual meeting in the County commissioners' room, the Middlesex Bar Association elected Samuel K. Hamilton of Wakefield as President. Elected as vice presidents were George F. Richardson of Lowell and Robert P. Clapp of Lexington. Frank M. Furbush of Newton Centre becomes Secretary and Ralph E. Joslin of Winchester is Treasurer. Council members for three years include Edwin B. Hale of Cambridge, Frederick N. Wier of Lowell, George L. Mayberry of Waltham, Samuel L. Powers of Newton, and Prescott Keyes of Concord.
Two Maine cats named Kit and Kat are described as clever. Kit sits by a stream catching fish with its paws. Kat swam about one mile in a Sunday afternoon and returned within 50 yards of shore. They enjoy canoeing, as shown in a photograph.
The Intercollegiate Swimming Association plans to admit Amherst Williams and Brown after a favorable vote by delegates from Yale Princeton Pennsylvania Columbia and Cornell. Dual meets begin December 16 with Cornell versus Columbia at Columbia and individual titles contest March 4 in the same pool.
Melrose High seeks a fast high or preparatory school team for weekday afternoon games this week. Makarias of Quincy schedules a Dec 2 match with a fast regis team and R Guest from Melrose HS coordinates. St James Altar Boys seek 80-90 pound teams away from home with J J McCaffrey as contact. St Johns Berchmans seeks 90-95 pound teams in-state for home Mondays and away Fridays led by William Hearn.
Scores list: New Bedford 8 over Worcester 4, New Haven 10 over Brockton 4, Fall River 5 over Taunton 3. Brief scoreboard snapshot of regional baseball results.
Detroit owner Frank Navin heads to New York for the American League meeting with turnover on his mind. He says the Tigers are wide open to trades and will consider moving several players to improve the club before spring. Navin and partner Jennings aim to patch the lineup by reaching deals if suitable offers arise.
After a bitter dispute among the Board of Selectmen and local clergy a license is granted to W. W. Echtler to use the Ballist church in Cliftondale as a moving picture venue. The church, vacant and dilapidated since a pastor vanished years ago, faced opposition from Rev W M Gilbert George W Caswell and Rev Mr Martin who argued the plan would promote immorality in Cliftondale and Saugus.
Francesco Guidara of Hatines Street was arraigned yesterday in the South Boston District on charges of disorderly conduct on a street car and assault upon a Boston Elevated conductor. He was found guilty on both counts and sentenced to a fine, which he paid.
Plans submitted to Mayor Fitzgerald call for removing the present Chelsea bridges and erecting a new $5,000,000 span upstream. The bridge would run from Lexington street in Charlestown to the Naval Hospital area in Chelsea, with new streets linking to Chelsea Square and Washington Avenue. The project would shift traffic away from Chelsea street toward developing Revere Malden and nearby towns, with cost burdens shared among many communities, reducing Boston’s share to about one tenth. A temporary Chelsea North bridge would precede the permanent one, and a $10,000 loan for preliminary work was sent to the City Council.
Toronto plans a largely new lineup for the Eastern League season. Joe Kelley signs to manage the club along with two other players as part of the addressed roster changes.
The annual bazaar to aid the free home for a consumptives on Quincy street is set for Friday and Saturday in Horticultural Hall. The event features The Wonderful Christmas Tree with eight children aged 5 to 7 acting as Grandmothers. Mrs. A. Nil and of East Boston will oversee the Children's Santa Claus Tree and every child receives a present. Mrs. K Brennan of Jamaica Plain heads The Fairy Apple Tree for grownups. The Holly Tree Inn is run by Misses Noonan Doran and Smith. A free Christmas dinner and a barrel of apples will go to a lucky person. Miss Ethel Fitzpatrick of Brookline handles an exquisite floral arbor and Mrs. William Stevenson of North Dorchester curates the flag table. Candy camps, frab-bags, fortune tellers, and antique displays enhance a variety of surprises.
The first annual minstrel show by Martin Manufacturing Co. employees in Play er's Hall West Newton featured two young women as interlocutors Miss Minnie G Lill and Miss Elizabeth Murphy were both elected to the role. The show repeats tonight with 68 performers in colorful costumes including black satin interlocutor outfits and a pink front row chorus.
Bogos Mucksian of Lowell, a nonspeaking Armenian, faces trial for his life before Judge Putnam and a federal jury in the United States Circuit Court over the death of Hammed Ahmed, a Turk, who died after being struck on the steps of the Lowell post office on September 23.
Ahmed was shot and died on the steps of the post office after an exchange with Mohammend Nouri and another man. The dispute arose from a prior murder in Armenia and Turkish raids. Judge Philip Rubinstein and Armenian lawyer Miran Sevasly were named as defense. The piece discusses capital punishment and Massachusetts law regarding the death penalty, noting that electrocution is the only method permitted there and potential government actions if a death sentence were imposed.
Fighting Dick Nelson of New York City and Glover of Boston fought to a 15 round draw at Casino New Haven. The match at 118 pounds lacked features with Marks of New Haven knocked in the sixth by Jack Smith of York as a small crowd watched.
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