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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1915
Page
8
Nobscot Mountain in South Sudbury will host a fire signal tower to aid forest fire prevention. The structure will be erected under state forestry department direction with a watchman stationed seven months annually.
Former Attorney General Herbert Parker argued Hampden is a bonafide, lawfully capitalized railroad not an outlaw property. He said litigation with Boston & Maine must be settled before reorganization proceeds. The railroad committee closed hearings and plans executive session to draft a new Boston & Maine bill. C. W. Crocker opposed the bill, preferring receivership. Moody Boynton urged economy for trustees.
Boston University Professor Harry F. Ward argued that labor and capital must unite to solve problems. He said syndicalism highlights solidarity and cooperative action but cautioned that shortcut tactics fail. He urged developing both workers and leadership to fit a new order, not by military methods.
Fully 100 citizens of Roxbury gathered in Dudley Hall last night urging legislative action to compel the Boston Elevated Railway to establish a station between Dudley Street and Egleston Square. The group convened on Dudley and Washington streets to press their demand.
In Phillips Congregational Church West Broadway last evening a reception honored Rev Clarence H Dunham and his wife by parishioners. Several South Boston clergymen attended.
Frederick A. Taylor, who arrived in Boston from London last October, confessed to stealing war maps and was deported by Great Britain as an American citizen. United States officials yesterday ordered his deportation, ruling he is a British subject. The case drew wide attention from local immigration authorities.
Taylor, born in the United States, faces deportation to Britain after a secret case draws federal attention. He was jailed aboard the Allan liner Pretorian two hours after a deportation order from Secretary of Labor Wilson and sailed for Great Britain to confront possible death, imprisonment, or exile. He claimed to be American by birth and said he had no friends or money. He admitted to stealing maps and pleaded guilty.
Harvard Medical School faces anti vivisection scrutiny as a bill to ban dog experiments is debated by the legislature. Proponents cite dog suffering and 200000 annual vivisections. opponents argue dogs yield vital scientific data and that restricting them harms medical study.
Dorchester Press Club hosted a complimentary dinner at the Lenox honoring Superintendent Michael H. Crowley. About fifty friends attended as speakers praised his faithful service and rise from modest beginnings to responsibility. Governor Walsh visited briefly to note Crowley's example of merit.
William B. Lawrence of Medford filed two bills restricting railroad influence. One blocks treasury stock voting by railroads and caps any single interest at 10 percent. The other requires directors to actively manage, standards liability for neglect and failure to report law infractions.
William Ruf, gun pointer on the US battleship Texas, made eight straight hits at a moving target 12 miles away with a 14 inch gun off Virginia Capes. The Beacon New York youth earned a $20 gold bonus, pay raise, and the right to wear the gunnery letter 12 on his sleeve.
Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of Frederick Douglass a famed abolitionist and orator. Mayor Curley ordered flags to fly at half mast in honor of his service after the National Independent Equal Rights League interceded.
Baron Wimborne was sworn in as lord lieutenant of Ireland at Dublin Castle succeeding Lord Aberdeen who held the post nine years. Born in 1878, he has sat in the House of Lords for an Irish seat and earned a Boer War medal. He is famed in America for bringing the international polo cup back to England in June 1914.
The court guides jurors on how to treat alleged promises to marry and prior statements in a breach of contract case. Juror inquiries focus on admissibility and effect of statements, while the judge stresses that a contract form is not required and outlines statute limits from Jan 24 1908 to Jan 24 1914.
Court charges jury on contract elements spanning January 24 1908 to January 24 1914. Judge Fessenden rules on promises to marry while Mansfield sits at one end of the courtroom during the proceedings.
A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall drew 2000 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America members who threaten a general strike against Boston clothing manufacturers and other unions. The six local unions face repudiation over their split from the United Garment Workers of America.
A telegram to Mrs. John H. Clay of Salem reveals her daughter Miss Lucy M. Clay and Wesley G Clark of Salem wed in Wakefield on Monday evening, performed by Rev. Frederic S. Boody. Parents learned of the elopement after the telegram arrived.
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