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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1916
Page
11
The House debated the annual postoffice appropriation bill as Chairman Moon charged that lobbyists seek to substitute space for weight payments to throttle the parcel post. He claimed opposition serves express firms and railroads, sharing profits.
A unanimous call was extended today by the First Unitarian Church of Manchester New Hampshire to the Rev Dr Edmund Gearhart of Newark New Jersey. The local church had been without a pastor for several months.
New York February 8 A national convention of men and women of Irish race in America to declare Ireland has not and cannot be absorbed by England will meet in New York March 4 and 5. Signers include Justices Goff Gavegan Cohalan Herbert McLaughlin and others. The group aims to press Ireland’s claims at the end of the war and discuss how to ensure Tre land’s separation from England receives full consideration at the Congress of Nations.
The strike of freight handlers on the Boston and Maine remains active with 500 men still out. On the New Haven line most workers have returned after an agreement, but officials say the strike ends only when all are back in their positions. AFL New England organizer Frank H. McCarthy says reports of an end mislead unions and halt relief assessments.
Ralph S. Bauer of Lynn told the legislative committee on street railroads that the Elevated must raise fares or reduce dividends to continue paying current dividends. He suggested this indicated an effort by the Elevated to push fare increases.
The committee heard support for revoking street railway locations if fares rise or mileage drops and for towns to operate railways. Boston Elevated opposed. Warren defended stock value. Other measures would require PSC notice of service changes and street tracks on Pleasant street funded by city. Public safety bills against slippery roads and auto theft registry were discussed alongside a farm garden station proposal under MA Agricultural College.
Hartford Conn Feb 8 A federal judge ruled that accrued interest of 30000 dollars on attached savings deposits of 180 defendants in the Danbury hatters boycott litigation belongs to the defendants The decision moves toward saving hatters homes from auction to satisfy a 252180 judgment won by Loewe Co Union drives raised nearly all the rest but fell short by about 30000 dollars
Early this morning the Roxbury jury failed to reach a verdict on Oscar F Russ accused of murdering his wife Emily last August on Centre street. Judge Sisk awaited further instructions while District Attorney Pelletier and defense counsel Murray remained nearby through the night.
The factory district of Chelsea was thrown into a panic last night by the accidental sounding of several alarms from Box 19 at the Richard T. Green Shipbuilding Company plant on Margin Street.
Dr. David D. Scannell new chairman of the Boston School Board announced a policy shift to open meetings. All board business will be in public sessions unless secrecy is absolutely necessary, reversing prior secret conferences where the real work occurred.
Before a public session the board met privately to discuss actions. Dr Scannell announced a public hearing Friday from 4 to 6 pm on remedies to congestion in high schools. Assistant Superintendent Burke will outline proposals including intermediate schools for grades seven and eight and the first year of high school.
Attendants at Franklin Park Zoo stage a playful danger show with John I a large gray goose. Visitors are invited to provoke the bird with Sic him Jack. The goose chases and pecks, forcing attendants to intervene. John I. yesterday attacked a new feeder prompting a retreat to the pond.
Oliver Josiah Lane Bedford's oldest male resident and holder of the Boston Post cane died at his home on a Billerica road opposite Wilson Park after a long illness. Lane served in many town offices in his earlier years.
Boston dealers predict a potato price hike with peck costs at 50 cents and possibly 55 or 60 cents before June as new crop arrival delays. Current retail prices run about 45 cents per peck for lower quality stock, while wholesale rates hover from 1.60 to 1.80 dollars per bushel for carload purchases. Poor weather last summer and a previous price dip caused a nationwide potato shortage of about 80 million bushels.
Paris reports Rene Besnard under secretary of state for aviation and aeronautics resigns amid persistent hostility and media accusations of incapability following a sustained campaign against his conduct in office.
A blaze at Savage Paper Manufacturing in Skowhegan Maine destroyed the mill and machinery, starting in the boiler room. Loss estimated at 30000 with 22000 insured. the plant employed about 20 men and consisted of three wooden buildings on the Kennebec River producing heavy paper.
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