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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1915
Page
2
The Rev. Edward Cummings of the South Congregational Society officiated. Burial was at Framingham. See if your contribution isn't on Everybody's Page of the next Sunday Post.
Edward F. Smith, 20, of 35 Salem Street Medford, died after being crushed in an elevator at 175 Tremont Street. Janitor Howard H. Whitten and Patrick Joyce heard the crash, found Smith wedged between the floor and wire glass, and rushed him to City Hospital where he died three hours later.
President Wilson plans to veto the immigration bill in a message to Congress tomorrow The veto centers on the literacy test requirement as a condition of entry The White House held two hours of talks with members of the relevant committee but did not sway the President from his position that the literacy test does not measure immigrant quality for citizenship
Janitors elevator operators and watchmen from city buildings will attend their third annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall Tremont and Berkeley streets Monday night. Invited guests include Governor Walsh Mayor Curley ex Mayor Fitzgerald and several labor leaders.
The Ward 10 Suffrage group will host its annual subscription ball tomorrow night at Blackwell Hall 200 Huntington Avenue. Suffrage workers and leaders from Greater Boston and nearby towns have accepted invitations to attend.
Governor Walsh and Mayor Curley expected at a Dorchester mass meeting in Bloomfield Hall under the Dorchester Board of Trade. The gathering seeks to accelerate public improvement projects to provide work for hundreds of unemployed men tomorrow evening.
Prominent citizens endorsed the proposed legislative memorial to Congress in support of Congressman Gardner's bill to establish a National Security Commission. Emphasis was placed on the coast defences and the urgent need to strengthen national defenses.
A Boston hearing featured speakers including J Randolph Coolidge Jr and Louis Frothingham, with affidavits recounting alleged atrocities against Catholic priests and nuns in Mexico. Lawmakers debated a request for federal investigation into abuses and related resolutions.
Fitz-Roy Carrington a Harvard College history of engraving lecturer was indicted by a federal grand jury along with 18 others six secretly indicted. The charge alleges he unlawfully aided the operation of radio apparatus at his home.
A professor’s unlicensed apparatus used by a neighbor’s son sparks inquiry. James G. Bridgman, ex clerk at Amherst’s First National Bank, faces embezzlement charges for $1259.30. Five indictments accuse schemes to defraud by mail, involving Peter D. Muir of Boston and others in homework and cigar sales frauds, plus letters and counterfeit coin cases.
Massachusetts Reform Club members heard from Harvard economist Arthur Holcombe Howard W Brown and Robert A Woods on employment and wage regulation. Brown urged tighter oversight of private agencies while Holcombe noted wage-raising investigations and industry probes.
Dr James Lloyd Wellington Harvard College class of 38 and Harvard Medical School 42 the oldest living Harvard graduate welcomed many friends at his Swansea home to mark his 97th birthday He credited good health to staying indoors during winter and reading about Harvard matters with notable vigor
The Grain Exchange of the Chamber of Commerce paused from 2 to 3 yesterday to honor Daniel Dow Morss. His funeral was held at Mt. Hope Cemetery chapel with Rev. Daniel D. Addison officiating and nephews and cousins serving as bearers.
An advertisement details French surgical magnets drawing shrapnel and bullets from deep flesh, Buffalo facilities with high tech devices, and Dr. Pierce's tonics and remedies. It promotes painless rupture cure, bladder stone removal, and his Favorite Prescription for women's health, with free literature on request.
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