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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1913
Page
4
Boston and Maine railroad station employees numbering over 406 have won a wage increase after two weeks of conferences. P J Coyle international president of the Railway Employees Union praised the agreement saying the men receive a reasonable percentage raise and are satisfied with the railroad's concessions.
Washington february 11 the house struck out the five thousand dollar salary of Dr Carl Alsberg successor to Harvey W Wiley in the bureau of chemistry and also eliminated provisions for department of agriculture official travel and lecture expenses in the 17 million dollar agricultural appropriation bill a point of order based on an old statute reduced the pay to two thousand dollars the senate is expected to reinstate the items
Washington February 11 The reorganization of the customs service by consolidating districts and ports of entry will be left for President Wilson Taft cannot complete the scheme before leaving office.
Fresh groundfish prices soar as scarcity hits week with three fish days. Shipments arrive from three vessels at T wharf. Frances S Grueby lands the biggest catch of haddock plus cod hake and pollock totaling around 15 000 pounds. Olive F Hutchins and Sadie Nunan bring smaller hauls.
The Boston Railroad Holding Company, organized in 1909, seeks abatement of 77,139.18 from a 105,944.18 tax for 1912 assessed by the tax commissioner. The case was reserved for full court review by Judge De Courcy after yesterday’s appearance.
The Hotel Sutherland in Winnipeg Manitoba was destroyed by fire early today. More than 50 guests and employees were rescued from upper windows by firefighters. Property damage is estimated at 100000 dollars.
Washington February 11. A sharp clash over Democratic extravagance and the House money trust committee erupted as a resolution to appropriate 35000 for further money trust investigation expenses passed 129 to 114. Many Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, bringing total expenditures to 60000.
Minority Leader Mann denounces a disorganized House and swelling appropriations as the Fitzgerald led appropriations panel and Lloyd defend the inquiry. Mann attacks the approach to Rockefeller testimony while noting the naval bill and other spending surge. Lloyd counters with a claim of unprecedented investigative effort and Untermyer’s counsel role.
The Chicago Board of Trade and its leadership face a federal anti trust suit alleging unlawful conspiracy to fix prices for wheat corn oats and rye during closed hours. A temporary restraining order and later permanent injunction are sought to curb the exchange and its 1500 plus members from continuing restraints on interstate commerce.
Albany Feb 11 The Public Service Commission second district ordered fare reductions for commuters between Westchester county points and New York city by the New York Central and the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroads. Rates reestablishing June 30, 1910, go into effect March 1 and will hold for at least three years.
Elders' Sanitarium at 657 Main Street St. Joseph Missouri publishes a free book detailing the deadly effects of tobacco and how it can be stopped in three to five days. Anyone wanting a copy should send name and address at once.
George D. Widener of Philadelphia, son of donor Mrs. George D. Widener, began the project by taking the first spadeful of earth at the site of the new Widener Memorial Library.
A small ceremony under a snowstorm marked the digging of the first earth for a new $1,000,000 Widener Library memorial at Harvard. George D. Widener and President A Lawrence Lowell led the event amid a 50 guest crowd. The library will hold 1 700 000 volumes and is slated for dedication during Commencement Week in June 1914. Mrs Widener was ill and did not attend the first spadeful. A Gore Hall plate will be placed in the new building.
Edward J Mitton of Brookline died after a long illness at 1440 Beacon street aged nearly 66. born in London he began at Jordan Marsh in 1861 and rose from cash boy to buyer then vice president. Survived by widow three sons and two daughters funeral Friday at his residence at 2 PM.
Washington February 11 Army aviators would form an independent corps in the line of the army rather than part of the signal service. They would serve as instructors, aviators or pupils in an aviation school to be located at a military post, under a bill introduced by Representative Hay of Virginia.
Claremont New Hampshire February 11 Arthur Pierce and James Moody both seventeen spent the night in a tent on Mt Ascutney summit and reached home early this morning in a half frozen condition under physician care. The final test of local hardy boys this winter ended before daybreak due to their intense suffering.
Earl Derr Biggers serial unfolds with rapid suspense and new twists leaving readers eager for next Sunday's installment. The cliffhanger style promises more intrigue and momentum in the ongoing mystery.
Mme Schumann-Heink appears as the Witch in Hansel and Gretel at Boston Opera House in a midweek matinee pairing with Coppelia. The performance features an American-singers cast on Lincoln's Birthday. Tonight Don Giovanni repeats with Destinn Nielsen McCormack Didur Mardones in the cast. Nielsen will not reprise Zerlina.
The late Francis Bullard bequeathed valuable Turner prints and related works to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and other institutions. Goethe Faust goes to Harvard College Library. Norton collection receives. Fogg Museum gains The Gladiator. Memorial gifts honor Charles Eliot Norton and Stephen Bullard.
Opponents of federal control and taxation of water power attack the Connecticut River dam bill in the Senate led by Senators Bankhead and Thomas. Thomas delivers maiden speech opposing the bill claiming it creates private franchise and monopoly power for local companies and links dollar sovereignty with diplomacy.
Frank E. Nelson of Lowell, 51, millionaire owner of a chain of New England stores, will marry Miss Grace P. Richardson, 44, longtime head bookkeeper at the Manchester store, in a private ceremony at Pastor Burton B. Lockhart’s home. The couple plan a three month honeymoon to New York and the Pacific, then likely settle in Lowell.
President elect Wilson was named honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America at the National Council meeting in New York. Taft and Roosevelt were elected honorary vice-presidents. Colin Livingstone was re-elected president. new executive board members include George Perkins, Charles Jackson, and Robert Garrett. The council planned training for 300,000 scouts to reduce preventable accidents and approved a sea scouts branch at the request of Arthur Corey who runs a schooner for scout cruises.
Joseph M Metzger, 72, longtime St Marys Church tenor soloist and Concordia Society musical director, invention pioneer of the first talking doll and an electric mandolin attachment for pianos, died at 540 Cambridge Street East Cambridge. Born in 1841 in Alsace Lorraine he came to the United States at 15. Survived by wife and one daughter Mrs James H Lundregan of Cambridge. Funeral from his residence with solemn high requiem mass at Sacred Heart Church East Cambridge at 9 oclock.
A jury in Revere awarded Mrs Frances Butler $150 for a July 1906 tea spill at a restaurant run by Henry W Wesson. The waiter spilled hot tea while she and her husband sat at a table, and Wesson had defaulted, leaving damages to be fixed.
At a Boston public schools principals meeting on Mason Street speakers urged principals to connect closely with students. Afterward the School Masters' Association met at Young's Hotel for the monthly dinner with L. P. Howard presiding and remarks from Edward Southworth Orlando PD Dimick Herbert Weaver Lincoln Owen and Silas Stone.
The Copley Plaza Hotel to host the first Salon Auto Show in Boston in its Grand Ballroom during March. Local society figures back a refined event financed and managed by prominent residents while New York firms and foreign agencies seek exhibition space and ship cars of novel design. The show blends mid winter social prestige with automotive interest as dealers rush to participate.
An old advertisement touts Musterole as a topical headache remedy without systemic risks. It claims rapid relief from headaches and various ailments, noting external use only and no stomach or heart effects. Available in 25c, 50c jars and $2.50 hospital size, with mail order options from Cleveland Ohio.
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