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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1913
Page
2
Dr Charles W Eliot addressed a crowd at the Twentieth Century Club urging a Massachusetts bill to create an immigration inspection commission. He proposed restricting unmarried male immigrants to 15 percent of all foreign born admitted to the country.
Dr Eliot backs Dillingham plan urging that only married men with families enter the country. A Massachusetts commission bill for 1914 would study foreign population welfare and education, with seven unpaid members. Notable speakers included Dr Eliot Dr Dole Judge Severoni Prof Balch and Probation Chief Mulready who downplayed the scope of the issue while blaming cities and big manufacturers for conditions.
Albany January 31 The New York Stock Exchange opposes incorporating the exchange and opposes laws setting a maximum rate on call loans. A committee reported to Governor Sulzer that such legislation would bring disastrous results for the financial market.
A severe storm rages through northern Germany with heavy snow delaying trains in Berlin and causing suspension on many minor branch lines. The weather disrupts travel and commerce across the region.
The Senate rejected a joint committee investigation plan by 18 to 11, clearing the way for the House to handle the telephone rates inquiry. Senator Coolidge moved to lay the proposal on the table, sidetracking the measure.
The chamber split on appointing a lower house committee while the Senate is excluded. Rep Hays vowed to fight the House over the committee's appointment as Coolidge notes pending mercantile affairs bills on telephone supervision transfer to the Gas and Electric Light Commission. Horgan opposed laying the order on the table, saying no legislation is pending for mercantile affairs to warrant an investigation.
A state economy report recommends abolishing the Fish and Game Commission and replacing it with a single commissioner, Dr. George Field, at $5,000 a year. The panel argues a single head would improve efficiency, cut administration costs, and streamline results.
The Legislature's social welfare committee weighs a petition from Senator McDevitt of Quincy asking the State Board of Health to spend $200000 annually to provide medical attendance for those unable to pay. He cites about 5000 deaths yearly in the state due to lack of proper medical attention. The petition was taken under consideration.
Judge Joseph Corbett head of Boston law department said the city charter is a wonderfully good document and should not be tinkered with. He opposed a bill to elect the commissioner of public works by the people, stating such legislation would undermine the charter's progressiveness and effectiveness. His remarks signal Mayor Fitzgerald will not seek charter amendments this year.
All druggists sell Adamson's Balsam, the never failing cure for colds.
Dr Martin Kelleg Schermerhorn, formerly pastor of the Church of Unity in Boston and now with Harvard’s philosophy department, told the Metaphysical Club that chemical and physical means could create human life. He noted his long New Thought and Theosophist involvement and recent three year stay in England.
A speaker asserts all matter is alive and conscious, arguing animals and plants think and feel. The talk cites Roosevelt, Ruskin, Goethe, and Darwin to support universal life, suggesting future chemists could breed humans in factories like incubated eggs.
Horace G. Whittemore of Minneapolis, a Rus sell estate witness, clashed with Attorney Scharton as terms like swindler and cheat were hurled at him. He admitted being paid 620 dollars by an attorney to travel to Melrose and help prove his identity while denying any premium for testimony. He claimed he wrote to Daniel Wing and Berry Upton and spoke with a Russell estate detective about the impostor. He also alleged Dakota Dan claimed to have killed a man in Melrose, but Whittemore stood firm, saying he would testify even at a sacrifice for justice.
John J. Sullivan, 42, longtime Manchester Street Railway conductor and oldest employee, died suddenly of heart failure at his home on East Spruce Street. He served 25 years with the company.
Congressman Curley and President Cain urge the Navy to assign more shipyard work to Boston to offset layoffs. They compare Boston to New York, argue fairness and yard efficiency depend on steady employment, and request the Navy Department secure the yard its full quota of ships and jobs to prevent further cuts.
Congressman Curley’s brief to the Construction Board of the Navy yields Boston Navy Yard consideration to bid on building one of the planned colliers. Secretary Winthrop notified Curley tonight that the yard could secure the work, promising $1,000,000 for Boston and at least a year of steady employment for the men. The document argues Boston yard’s fit, quality, and strict inspections would ensure superior ships.
The piece notes that after stock taking the cleanup phase yields strong seasonal values at Wolf's department store located at Hanover and Portland.
The J. A. Salesman Company, sellers of steamship tickets and drafts, in North square, has been enjoined by the Supreme Court from paying out any money. Bank Commissioner Thorndike requested the court to take this action on the ground that it was in a bad financial condition. It had $2.80 on hand and liabilities of $1700. The case will be heard on Tuesday.
Marquis Dela Vega Spanish commissioner to the San Francisco exposition will sail on the White Star liner Canopic at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. He will return before the exposition opens.
In North Providence Rhode Island a soup kitchen for Esmond cotton mill strikers opened today at Graniteville. About 260 workers and their families were fed as the mill operates with just over half its normal staff. The strikers rejected a five percent compromise and appealed for aid.
A fire at Pleasant View Beach in Westerly Rhode Island destroyed three cottages, causing about 12 000 dollars in damage. The blaze began in the Edward Sisson cottage and quickly spread to the nearby Bicknell and Kenyon cottages. The Sisson home was the only occupied structure.
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