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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1914
Page
7
Yesterday marked moving day as the Mayor packed personal effects for leaving City Hall on Monday. Items were moved to the newspaper office at the Republic and others to his home in Dorchester.
For four years a wagon load of the Mayor’s personal property piled up at City Hall and was sorted and packed by the office. Work continues and Saturday brings the final removal from the School street capitol. The mayor and staff burn midnight oil to hand over a tidy city to the mayor elect Monday morning.
The incoming mayor plans to retain some current office staff for a time to handle routine duties. Secretaries will depart with the mayor, while clerks and stenographers face uncertain futures. Possible successors for chief secretary include John J. McCarthy and Secretary Moore may join the Boston American League club.
Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo and Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston arrived from Portland, were honored at a Seattle Commercial Club dinner, and will hold a regional bank hearing in Seattle tomorrow.
Baltimore January 28 Congressman R G Bremner of New Jersey and Miss Margaret Quayle daughter of Bishop Quayle are receiving radium treatment here and were reported to be in improved condition today.
Quincy A. Shaw president of Calumet & Hecla Mining Company condemns Congress for a proposed investigation of the Michigan copper strike. He argues the plan would prolong the strike and unfairly target one side while omitting disorders and bloodshed by strike leaders. He pledges cooperation with the committee.
Georgia official Felder testifies before a congressional committee investigating alleged misconduct by Federal Judge Emory Speer in Savannah. Felder voices strong criticism of the judge as unsatisfactory and cites public suffering.
Miss Lucy Daly and Paul Jones Chute performed a tango exhibition before members of the House and Senate in the National Theatre last night. They failed to persuade Representative Louis Sullivan, noted for the anti tango bill, that tango is a proper dance.
The National room packed as Miss Daly and Mr. Chute showcased modern dances with the audience, including Senators Brennan Beazley Ward and McCarthy and Representatives Sullivan Chamberlain Ellis Briggs and Mitchell. Brennan did not join the tango. Sullivan called the bill question after the performance.
The Sanitary Department installs several dozen Civic Pride rubbish cans in downtown areas. Large white on red signs warn of a $20 fine for street waste and aim to curb littering, especially at the old State House archway.
A home cough syrup recipe promises fast relief within 24 hours using Pinex and sugar syrup. Mix sugar and warm water. add 2½ ounces Pinex to a pint bottle. shake two minutes. keep it and use as a trusted cure with a money back guarantee. available via The Pinex Co. in Ft Wayne.
Townsfolk in Colebrook New Hampshire and Boston search for Eleanor Arlin a Brookline typist who vanished January 8. Reports claim she died in Chestnut Hill woods while detectives pursue false leads and Boy Scouts mobilize for a Saturday search.
Phillips Academy at Andover will receive 300000 from the will of Melville Cox Day who died in Florence Italy a month ago. The gift funds general school purposes and continues a long pattern of Day contributions to the prep school.
Mr Day, a successful lawyer in St Louis and New York, retired twenty years ago to live in Italy. A 1858 Phillips Academy graduate later from Yale, he funded dormitories at the academy starting in 1891 with Tay lor cottage and Eaton cottage in 1893 and Bancroft cottage in 1900. After buying the Andover Seminary property in 1908 he renewed interest in the school.
The donor funded three large dormitories Day Hall Adams Hall and John Phelps Taylor Hall at Phillips Academy. His gifts total more than $260 000 to the academy with a bequest lifting the overall contributions to over $560 000. He avoided publicity despite the enduring impact on his alma mater.
Canada will adopt a parcel post system with zone based rates effective February 10. Postmaster-General L G Pelletier announced the plan, incorporating ideas from the U S parcel post system. The Ottawa despatch notes the move as part of recent postal reforms.
In Springfield Illinois a funeral for Senator Cullom is scheduled for 2 30 p m Saturday in Representatives Hall at the State House Reverend Donald MacLeod of First Presbyterian Church will preside Memorial addresses will be given by United States Senator Lawrence Y Sherman and Governor Edward F Dunne After the funeral the casket will be moved to Mrs Charles Ridgeleys residence before being taken to the state house for viewing and interment
Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois died in Washington today after an illness of over a week. He hovered between life and death, and his last words expressed a wish to live to see the completion of the national memorial to Abraham Lincoln, whom he counted as a personal friend.
After retiring last March, former Senator Cullom served as resident commissioner of the Lincoln Memorial commission. He contracted grip and died at age 86 after a long public career spanning 50 years. The Senate adjourned in his memory as Senator Sherman announced the death.
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