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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
3
Mrs. Anna T. Steinauer of Mattapan began duties as an assistant censor with the amusement license division after a local dispute with Commissioner Stephen O'Meara over her regular appointment to the Boston police force. John M. Casey oversees the division.
In her current role Mrs Steinauer will study moving picture theatres public dance halls and other amusements and the condition of young working girls seeking evening recreation She has no arresting power only investigation and reporting to aid the mayors morals safety plan Yesterday she checked out outlying district theatres to ensure managers exclude children during school hours Law requires children under 14 to be kept out unless accompanied by an adult or valid authorization and last night she visited dance halls and resorts for youths.
The new Wilmington high school building, costing 35000 dollars, was dedicated last night with impressive exercises. David Snedden, chairman of the State Board of Education, delivered the principal address.
Ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle, vegetable alternative to calomel for clearing skin and improving digestion. Claims cleansing of blood bowels and liver, with no sickness or dark taste, priced 10c and 25c per box, available through all druggists.
Superintendent James Bi Murphy testified at Tremont Temple arbitration hearings that many motormen and conductors in the Taunton division live as well as officials. He earns 21.50 weekly and rents a five room double tenement for 16 monthly with access to a yard. average workers could rent similar tenements for 12 per month.
Testimony discusses price changes for food and rents in Taunton and Brockton. James H. Vahey questions the witness on housing costs while noting 82 percent rise along Bay State street railway routes. Attorne y Swift challenges the figures as conjecture.
Directors urge granting land to Boston Fish Market Corp to obtain an Excise Board license for a saloon on the new fish pier. They cite crew drunkenness, captains unable to locate crews, and past moves to Atlantic Avenue. Opposition exists, but transfer is likely.
The last of the de luxe book cases of 1912 were marked from the Superior Court trial list yesterday when Assistant District Attorney Daniel V. McIsaacs did not press indictments against George W. Fisher alias Wilson Frank T. Daniels and Walter Y. Dunton charged with larceny and conspiracy to steal from Frederick G. Carnachan a former Gold Coast student at Harvard. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles. First application gives relief. 50c adv.
Sealer of Weights and Measures William E. Dunn of Malden charges wholesale cheating in the sale of five and 10 cent loaves across Greater Boston. He plans an immediate push to revise statutes governing bread sales.
Sealer Dunn argues bakers gain leeway under current law causing weight fraud. He cites quarter and three-quarter loaves priced five and ten cents, with smaller loaf weighing about one pound and the larger two pounds. He plans to consult State Commissioner Thure Sianson to push statute changes.
Massachusetts bankers and brokers face defeat in their bid to secure legislative relief from a stock transfer tax that the 1914 General Court suspended until January 1 next. The first battle is expected in the 1915 session as information from the State House indicates the appeal will fail.
A Massachusetts hearing examined a bill from the Boston Stock Exchange to suspend the stock transfer tax amid a federal levy. Deputy Tax Commissioner Charles A Andrews argued the measure is wrong, noting the tax would raise about 400 900 for the state, while financial leaders including Walter Jackson and George A Rich pushed for the extension or lifting of the tax alongside the federal measure.
Mrs. Betty Bailey aged 74 fell 15 feet from a second story piazza while beating a rug and died from a skull fracture. She lived with grandson Albert W. Bailey at 71 Martland Avenue and was mother of Reverend Nathan Bailey of New Bedford.
Representative Marcella filed an order in the Massachusetts House to create a joint House Senate committee equally split between Republicans and Democrats. The probe would review pardons granted last year including those for John A. Hall and E. A. Hosford and report whether they were justifiable and proper.
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