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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
9
Booker T. Washington told the Robert Treat Paine Association at the Hotel Vendome that two great problems would be partly solved. He cited domestic servants and the fate of the young colored girl in the South as priorities in his plans.
Letters to the editor discuss Richeson execution or life imprisonment. A reader urges removing religious titles from his name and condemns his potential to teach or lead a Bible class until pardon. Another writer from Haverhill questions equal treatment for professionals under the law.
A reader denounces sympathy for Clarence V. Richeson in the Avis Linnell case. The writer urges Maine officials to allow the electric chair as punishment, asserting Richeson shows no remorse and the public deserves justice. The letter cites Governor Foss and condemns sympathizers as rabble.
Dr. Washington proposed with several ministers to establish a North side school of domestic science, likely in Springfield, to draw young colored girls from the South for study and future employment. He praised Shaw and urged the Robert Gould Shaw house as a fitting monument, noting its value to Boston’s colored citizens seeking higher standards and opportunities.
A Hartford letter argues the Richeson case shows a teacher who murdered an innocent girl he baptized and also killed his unborn child. The writer presses for electrocution of the “cowardly” killer, noting the crime’s horror and betrayal.
A Bath Maine letter writer praises A Davis Wright and expresses willingness to press the electric chair without charge. The writer extends sincere sympathy to the Linnell family and signs as A Down-Easter.
To the Editor, a long time reader protests clemency for Richeson and argues for a single law for all citizens. He invokes the blood of Avis Linnell crying for vengeance and contemplates the governor granting commutation and its consequences.
A Boston reader condemns commutation for Clarence V. T. Riche son, arguing mercy is proper only with justice. She urges the governor to apply the electric chair, stressing the murdered girl's family and the danger to womanhood, and voices widespread demand for stronger punishment.
The Gorton Pew F Awartee Company of Gloucester purchased Provincetown Salt Bank fishers, ending the Whorf fleet era. The four vessels Lottie Byrnes Blagstone American Monitor, built 1876 to 189, all Essex-built, will be used by Gorton for Salt Bank fishing on Labrador grounds next season.
After a three hour hearing before Mayor Fitzgerald the garbage contract issue was opened for additional facts until 5 PM Thursday. Proponents and opponents argued along familiar lines as approved by Commissioner Rourke and the City Council. Attorney George W. Anderson for the Boston Disposal Company read several letters at the end of his statement.
The Finance Commission criticised Mayor Fitzgerald for overtime payments to his staff and for payroll excesses amid new city charter reforms. It cited $200 and $1325 overtime allowances in 1910 and 1911, questioned travel reimbursements, and urged itemized expense statements. The report also noted a large last year’s appropriation, praised permanent improvements, and endorsed the small City Council and January municipal election.
Mayor Fitzgerald criticized the Finance Commission report asserting overtime allowances were set by department heads and paid to nearly all civil service workers. He claimed his office staff works late and would triple the bill if fully paid, and pledged no layoffs for three months as the city grows.
The Rev. John J. Harkins, longtime St. Augustine's Church South Boston member and later pastor of St. Margaret's Lowell, died at 1 AM in Carney Hospital after a weeklong illness. He had been unconscious since Monday evening.
Father Harkins died with Father P. J. Lyons present. He served at St Augustine's and later St Margaret's Lowell. Born in Newton he studied at Holy Cross College Worcester and St John’s Seminary Brighton. A former baseball player, he supported parish societies in South Boston including the Young Ladies Sodality and St Augustine's Glee Club. He once faced teachers over School Board matters in 1906.
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