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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1915
Page
4
In a House appeal for a larger navy Representative Hobson of Alabama argues peace with Japan rests on U S promises to retire from the Philippines. He cites Roosevelt era fleet movements and says the fleet was allowed to reach Japan with a time bound departure from the Pacific.
Mr Hobson quoted a formal denial by Secretary Bryan that administration policy toward the Philippines or talks with Japan had altered. He warned the United States may abandon its open door China policy, favor Japan in Manchuria, and risk war as the Pacific balance tilts. He linked European war pressures and German material sources to Britain’s stance on American ship purchases.
Mayor Curley denounces Governor Walshs plan for a constitutional convention citing high costs and public unrest as reasons. Corporation Counsel Sullivan testifies against the measure before the constitutional amendments committee. Also at the State House cold storage eggs prompt calls for labeling to warn consumers in big print.
Donald Laurie, who served a voluntary term in a New York prison, will speak at the Somerville Forum in Unitarian Hall Somerville. His talk titled Prisons Past Present and Future will cover prison life insights.
The mahogany barge built for President Wilson's Panama Exposition voyage completed six-week finishing and speed trials. It measures 40 feet, displacement 1300 pounds, and houses a 150 horsepower eight cylinder engine achieving 18.33 knots. The craft will be shipped to Hampton Roads then onto the battleship New York for the Panama Canal voyage.
Mrs Minnie Maude Hinman of Jacksonville Florida sues George Batchelor Perkins of Boston and the Clyde Steamship Company in U S District Court for 50000 dollars over the death of her husband Frank W R Hinman. Hinman was shot on the Mohawk on November 11 while a passenger. Perkins allegedly fired while mentally deranged and has since been sentenced to three years. The Clyde line is named trustee of his estate.
Mayor Curley states one in five Boston residents receive city aid and urges state and national action for the unemployed. He says Boston is doing all it can and outlines plans that could spend about 2.5 million dollars when weather permits to carry relief projects forward.
The Catholic Church Extension Society funds chapel projects crediting 175 of 339 new U S churches last year. A mass meeting of the Suffolk County Catholic Federation is set at St Columbkille's Hall Brighton with Rev J W Tracy presiding and Rt Rev Mer M J Splaine among speakers. Feasts next week include Septuagesima Sunday St Ignatius Candlemas Blase Andrew Corsini St Agatha Titus. The Catholic Alumni Sodality plans its Feb 10 reunion at the Hotel Tuileries Commonwealth Ave with guests and events.
The funeral for Winfield Slocum city solicitor of Newton for many years will be held Monday afternoon at his home 424 Walnut Street Newtonville He died yesterday morning after months of illness He was the oldest Newton city employee a former Representative and a well known Boston attorney serving as city solicitor since 1881
Beverly observes the 93rd birthday of Robert J Wood at his Charnock street home. He fished the Grand Banks in Beverly’s heyday as a port and served in the second unattached company during the war.
The Boston and Maine rail line faces strong opposition at a recent hearing. Boston lawyer Junius T. Auerbach, stockholder, C. W. Crocker representing ex Senator William Chandler, and Frederick T. Fuller speaking for the Progressive party, argued against granting trusteeship and federal control.
Ir Auerbach denounces the bill as a book of jokers and warns it gives trustees sweeping powers to control leased lines, potentially overriding state railroad laws. Senator Hobbs calls the draft loosely drawn while others question state control and cross state regulatory influence. Frederick Fuller seeks more time as hearing resumes next Wednesday.
About 20 senior electrical engineering students from Technology will undertake the annual midwinter inspection trip through major New York State plants. Professor Wockenden will accompany the group as they start their itinerary tomorrow under the Electrical Engineering Society.
Miss Lorraine Willits led a Bible Study Hour at 68 Warrenton Street on the topic The Kingdom of Christ on Earth Today. A First Pentecostal Church service at East Lenox Street is set for tomorrow morning with breakfast and lunch for the poor and a night service. Pastor Charles W. Allen will leave Milford to lead Dedham First Baptist starting March 1 after resigning from his current post. He is a Wolfville Nova Scotia native and Newton Seminary graduate with prior pastorates in Newton Upper Falls Middleboro and Rockport. Rumors suggest Rev Mr Starkebaum may accept a pastorate in East Foxboro after being urged to supply.
The Boston Elevated Railway won the Anthony N. Brady medal of the American Museum of Safety. The award was presented at the American Electric Railway Association’s semi annual dinner in Washington last night.
General Bancroft receives the gold medal for the company while Russell Adams Sears earns a silver for leading safety campaigns and Henry V. Neal, a longtime Albany street shops mechanic, is praised for devising safety appliances and reducing accidents. Matthew C. Brush heads transportation and drives safety initiatives.
Miss Mary A. Haley of the Carr School retires after 50 years in Somerville public schools. Miss Ellen A. Boynton ends 28 years with the Somerville system. Both withdraw under the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Fund.
The Rev. Frank A. Powell, pastor of the First Unitarian Church in Manchester New Hampshire for two years, has accepted the call to All Souls' Church in Braintree Massachusetts and will begin his new pastorate on March 1.
A large group of prominent citizens urged the Massachusetts Legislature to appoint a committee to inquire into the state’s military preparedness and present the facts to the people in case of war. The joint committee on rules heard the testimony yesterday.
Prominent businessmen and social leaders advocate stronger state defense and urge an immediate probe into readiness. They push for consideration of the Swiss system or compulsory training for able-bodied Massachusetts men, amid calls for a joint Legislature committee on military preparedness. Former Governor Curtis Guild and ex Senator Claude Allen voice concerns about national versus state duties and past unpreparedness.
Druggists refund money if PAZO Ointment fails to cure itching, burning, bleeding or protruding piles. First application gives relief. 50c adv.
The defense and prosecution in the North Grove street morgue case rested their arguments after inspecting the morgue site and the O'Brien body area. Witnesses testified about funds found and missing from the corpse and debated who could have caused the loss amid a conspiracy charge against Dr Magrath.
C. B. Woodbridge, floor manager of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company in Boston, has been named sales manager at the companys New York bakery. He is a Dartmouth graduate and active in the Pilgrim Publicity Association and the Boston Rotary Club.
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