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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
6
The State branch of the American Federation of Labor presented seven measures to the incoming Legislature through Representative Weeks of Everett. Proposals include bills for a state university and the election of a Commissioner of Labor and Industries replacing the current board.
The harbor and land commissioners propose funding for a survey of the Commonwealths great ponds, $5000 for Province lands reclamation, $26500 to cover a federal refund for Plymouth Harbor work, $4095 to continue Salem Harbor inquiry, $2500 to finish the Taunton River survey for the Brockton barge canal, and a remarking of state boundaries. They also seek guidance on general harbor improvement funds, noting 1915’s $150000 was insufficient.
Frederick Orin Bartlett writes a sentimental story about a young man torn between two girls, exploring love and choice in a warm magazine feature.
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a health tonic to restore stomach tone and prevent disease. It cites Dennis Doherty, a Roxbury motorman, claiming indigestion and dyspepsia improved after using Plant Juice. The Plant Juice Man promotes the remedy at Liggett Drug Company on Washington and Avon streets.
The Special Commission on Taxation urges an income tax in the 1916 Legislature with a 1.5 percent rate on income from annuities, professions, employments, trades and business. Exemptions include $8000 total, $2000 thresholds, and several tax-exempt interest and real estate items. It also proposes strict returns, penalties, and a 6 percent tax on certain bonds and dividends, with revenue sharing between state and municipalities starting 1917.
About 200 of 600 striking plumbers returned to work after employers granted a six dollar per day demand. Independent firms signed the agreement as talks continue, though the Master Plumbers' Association had refused a compromise.
The Medford Board of Aldermen debated delaying a City Hall vote, with Volpe opposing the ruling. Some members plan to seek court review of Harris's decision that the matter remained a continuous issue. Mayor Haines denied militia involvement and defended police leadership at the inaugural meeting.
Paris reports the interior ministry says Teutonic ally consuls arrested at Saloniki will be taken to Marseilles then to the Swiss frontier. In retaliation for Bulgarian arrests of French officials in Sofia and seizure of legation archives, France has detained the Bulgarian archives official in Paris under guard.
Walter B. Grant of the Boston bar and Louis K. Rourke as arbitrators in Suffolk Superior Court awarded the Boston Fish Market Corporation 57 934 15 against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The firm claimed damages from pier construction delays including lost stall rentals and income.
The delay in pier construction stemmed from improper earth filling and costly rock fill. The Commonwealth collected about 17 500 in rent during the delay, which the minority report awards to the fish company. The governor's council will review the award.
The upcoming Sunday Post features Another Pictorial Sarcasm by Orson Lowell with verses by Joe Toye as a centerpiece.
The Parole Board reports against pardoning Stephen R. Dow the former Boston broker serving 19 months of an eight to 12 year sentence for fraudulent appropriation. It also recommends commuting Edgar Lord of New Bedford to four and a half years to become parole eligible. The governor will refer the petition and findings to the Council.
The governor chose not to submit the petition for Dow parole to the council. Therefore the petition is disposed of and Dow must wait at least another year.
At the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children meeting on 43 Mt Ver non street C C Carstens reported December activity. 394 cases involving 1206 children were completed. 105 cases were prosecuted in court for 408 children. 944 cases carried over to January and over 300 new families to assist. John H Sturgis treasurer noted a 2000 bequest from H Isabel Ireson of Lynn.
Earl D. Linnell former bookkeeper at Palmer National Bank Palmer Massachusetts was sentenced to five years in Greenfield jail by Judge Morton in U S District Court for abstracting over 1100 dollars and making false bank entries. He pleaded guilty.
District Attorney Pelletier rules Sunday labor at docks legal under conditions. Perishable goods handling or preventing interference with sailing and freight schedules justify Sunday work. Several cases have been heard charging steamboat companies with Sunday law violations.
A Constantinople despatch states the Turkish government prepared a bill to adopt the Gregorian calendar for civil year began March 14 for financial year The ecclesiastical year will stay lunar.
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