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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1915
Page
2
One thousand five hundred members gathered as the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs met the Somerville Woman's Club for a mid winter session in the high school auditorium. Two sessions were held from 10:30 to 12:45 and 1:45 to shortly after 4.
Charles Stelzle argues the church must identify and fight social problems beyond preaching. Dr. Stanton Coit warns environment shapes race development and urges aligning habit and society with ideals. Dr. Walter B. Fernald cites a state need for a Feeble Minded school with 15 006 affected. Mrs. George Winslow Perkins presides.
In Blackstone on February 2 the gold headed cane of the Boston Post was presented to James Cooney, the town’s oldest resident, by the Board of Selectmen. The cane was previously held by the late William A. Dodge.
The anonymous benefactor known as Mister Smith added 3000 to his prior 5000 gift to fund unemployed relief. The Mayor will reveal his identity April 19 and dedicate a Strandway section near the Head House at Marine Park in honor of the donor, with funds used for balustrade foundations.
With sunset the Hebrews of Greater Boston join world Jews to mark the 24 hour Feast of Purim also called the Feast of Lots. Special synagogue and temple services center on reading the Book of Esther as the festival begins.
The funeral of Rev Dr David D Supple longtime assistant pastor at Immaculate Conception Malden was held at St Marys Holliston. A large clergy contingent from Boston Malden Holliston attended with church and choir members participating in a solemn mass and procession.
The British steamship Baltic of the White Star line arrived in New York on Feb 26 after leaving Liverpool Feb 17 the day before the German war zone proclamation. Officers and passengers report a quiet voyage with no convoy, submarines, or mines sighted.
Alfred Noyes the English poet and James Ford Rhodes were announced as speakers for the Phi Beta Kappa Day exercises at Harvard on June 21. The day honors the society’s best Harvard graduates who entertain their guests.
ThePOST promotes saving in sound banking institutions not stockings or old teapots. Banks lend to build now movements and businesses, creating jobs, boosting merchant trade, and aiding community growth. The paper highlights talks by prominent men on proper saving methods to widen public interest.
The speaker laments European war caused loss and hardship while urging consistent personal saving. He recalls starting as a thirteen year old apprentice and argues saving a small fraction of earnings builds capital and future security, with examples progressively increasing from 25 cents to a dollar.
Britain announces a labor settlement step as Clyde shipbuilders refuse higher wages. A government letter to employers and workers orders a Monday return to work and promises arbitration to resolve the dispute. Sir George Askwith signs the directive as chief industrial commissioner.
He warns that delays endanger national needs as munitions for navy and army are held up by the stoppage. The Court of Arbitration will set the settlement date. Up to 100,000 workers would be involved if unrest spread. Unions did not authorize the strike, but workers will vote on it after rejecting a 1.5 cent per hour wage increase. Dockers and other workers show some unrest but generally favor higher wages to offset living costs.
The British steamer Florence Pile arrived at Halifax from New Orleans bound for Pylos Greece after a hurricane. A seaman Gerstuing was drowned, while Second Mate Barber and Boatswain Edwards suffered leg injuries. others had minor wounds.
Captain Pearn narrowly escaped death as a great comber swept him from his steamer deck. He regained consciousness after being picked up, then steered the vessel into port. The ship returned on a floating wreck with battered sides, smashed lifeboats, bent rails, and a disabled steering gear operated under a jury arrangement. Several injured crew members were hospitalized.
New York court denies Charles Becker a third trial on the Herman Rosenthal murder indictment. Justice Weeks stamps the motion with the terse ruling motion denied.
A federal grand jury in New York returned a superseding indictment against 21 directors and former directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company charging violation of the Sherman anti trust law. The indictment mirrors the prior filing from last November aimed at overcoming objections to its procurement.
A sudden temperature drop in northern and western New Hampshire curbed floods across the Connecticut River valley from St Johnsbury Vermont to Greenfield Massachusetts. Frozen waters halted thaw damage as river levels subsided after four days of high water and deaths.
Scores of washouts from floods crippled rail lines across multiple divisions including White Mountain, Claremont, Fitchburg, and Connecticut and Passumpsic. Conductor Daniel W. Chandler is dying after a wreck at Claremont. In St Johnsbury the Connecticut River inundated homes and power plants, forcing hundreds from work and causing extensive property damage. Ice jams and receding floodwaters damaged bridges and structures with dynamite used to clear debris.
Beginning tomorrow morning the Poston Elevated will operate a car every Sunday from Park street Dorchester to Dudley street Elevated station via Geneva avenue and Meeting House Hill at 5 35 am. The car connects with the inward train from Dudley street and with the Grove Hall car from Adams square at 6 36 am at Warren street Dudley street.
Florists embrace Autocar Delivery Vehicles for timely city and suburb deliveries. Penn, a Boston florist at 37 Bromfield Street, uses two Autocars. The Autocar Sales and Service Company at 642 648 Beacon Street, Boston showcases the factory build and workmanship. Autocars serve over 2000 businesses nationwide.
The Allan line steamer Mongolian carrying 200 passengers was leaking badly and heading to Halifax Nova Scotia tonight, escorted by the US Coast Guard cutter Seneca under orders to convoy it.
A voyage from Philadelphia and St Johns to Glasgow was forced to turn back after ice interference. Passengers boarded at a port, and a wireless message tonight reported all aboard were safe. The Seneca joined the Mongolian as convoy after the cutter intercepted signals for the Stephano. The Mongolian steamed at 10 knots in clear water, continuing toward the destination.
Suffolk judge failure to agree in Elizabeth Ryan v Mansfield prompts juror Hugh P. Mc Nally to back Mayor Curley plan. He argues a new trial would outrage taxpayers of Boston and urges legislative action to block venue changes in civil cases.
Mrs. Ernest G. Pritchard of Everett fainted yesterday in Malden court as she prepared to be sworn as a witness in the case against her husband charged with non support.
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