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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1912

Page

13

Week's Range in New York Ex Dividend

Ex dividend note appears for New York stocks this week. Investors see limited trading activity around key indexes as the market adjusts to corporate payout schedules.

New York

Groveland Rustic Theatre Destroyed By Early Morning Fire

Fire at the Pines in Groveland swept the open air rustic theatre away at 1 30 this morning. The Groveland fire department saved the pavilion merry go round and other buildings after a desperate battle.

Groveland June the Pines

Oscar Straus Calls on Col. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay

Frederick W. Whitridge of New York, president of the Third Avenue Railway Company, and Oscar Straus called on Colonel Roosevelt today at Oyster Bay. The colonel had nothing to say about their visit and declined to discuss politics.

Oyster Bay N. Y Frederick W. Whitridge New York Third Avenue Ruilway Company Oscar Straus Coloniel Roosevelt

Protest over Chamber activity at Interstate Commerce hearings

A Boston Chamber of Commerce petition controversy emerges as a group of directors and railroad interests protest using the chamber name to attack New England railroads before ICC hearings on Boston & Maine and related lines. The papers seek to bar evidence gathered by D. O. Ives and demand public statements from chamber leaders. The affair involves figures like Lucius Tuttle Edwin Greene and many New England business executives.

Chamber of Commerce New England Interstate Commerce Commission Boston Post Office Boston & Maine Boston Chamber of Commerce Chamber Boston & Maine Railroad Lucius Tuttle Edwin Farnum Greene RE. C. DU Ives Board of Directors D. G. Wing First National Bank Charles Hayden Hayden, Stone & Co Everett & York Manufacturing Companies William M. Flanders W. M. Flanders Company Frederic T. Parks Staples Coal Company Everett C. Benton W. B. Henderson John C. Paige & Co Henry Hornblower Hornblower & Weeks Sidney W. Winslow United Shoe Machinery Company W. R. Chester W. R. Chester Company C. IL Edwin Farnham Greene Walter C. Baylies Robert M. Burnett Theodore N. Vail Alexander Cochrane Amory A. Lawrence Greene Pacific Mills Mr. Dumaine Amoskeag Mills John Lowell Transportation Committee James A. McKibben Russell New Haven

New Party Formed in New York as Roosevelt Supporters Organize

June 30 New York City Comptroller William A. Prendergast was named to represent New York on the Chicago committee organizing the new party backing Theodore Roosevelt. He had been slated to speak at the Republican convention nominating Colonel Roosevelt.

New York Chicago NEW York Trust CO Mortimer N. Buckner New Party Theodore Roosevelt William A. Prendergast Prendergast Roosevelt

Pren dergast urges voters to form new party for reform

Pren dergast appeals to men of all parties to enroll in defense of honesty in political work. He says a provisional organization will be effected without delay and permanent pragma will follow, stating the new party arises from distrust of both old parties and the Republican national committee.

Prigma Prendergast Republican National Committee Republican National Convention

Three Men Arrested for Drug Sale in Brighton

Brighton police arrested three men on warrants dated June 7 for illegal sale of heroin at drug stores. Edward W. Howe of Roxbury an employee at George Warren drug store Brighton, G. H. Sherbert of Brighton employed at 382 Cambridge Street Allston, and William H. McLaren of Saugus employed at Staples and Towes Allston were seized with evidence gathered by a Watch and Ward Society agent.

Brighton Mullen Edward W. Howe Harrishoff Street Roxbury George Warren Washington Street G. H. Sherbert Griggs Place Cambridge Street

Empress in Poor Health Brings Medical Anxiety in Berlin

Berlin June 30 Empress health causes anxiety to physicians despite denials. She recently returned from Bad Nauheim where she had been taking the cure.

Berlin Bad Nauheim

Dare Devil Hunter Bob Hunter Killed in Luna Park Race

Bob Hunter known as Dare Devil was instantly killed in a Luna Park motorcycle race. Riders flew at 75 miles an hour when a collision halted the event and ended his life.

Cleveland Bob Hunter Luna Park

Four Canoes Capsize on Charles River Rescue by Police

Metropolitan Police officers from the Riverside division saved eight canoeists after four canoes capsized on the Charles River opposite Norumbega Park. William Long assisted three youths, William Chaisson rescued one near Old Lilly Point, and Arthur Hardy pulled another from the water near police headquarters. The incident marked the busiest river day of the season.

Metropolitan Police William Long H Riverside Division Charles River Norumbega Park William H. Chaisson Arthur Hardy Long Chaisson Old Lilly Point Hardy Police Headquarters

Chamber Opposes Widening of Avery Street

The Boston Chamber of Commerce urges the Mayor and City Council not to accept the act for widening extending and constructing Avery Street. Estimated cost is 1 250 000 with only 250 000 collectible as betterment assessments under the act. Money would be raised outside the debt limit. Acceptance by the Mayor and Council by January 1 1914 is required for the act to become operative.

Boston Chamber of Commerce Avery Street Counil

Chamber Proposes Revisions to Property Assessments

The Chamber cites that under the act $6,788,488 in property could be assessed while its proposals would allow assessments totaling $31,241,268. It argues amendments by the Chamber and Finance Commission could save the city $200,000. The act permits one third of improvement costs as betterment assessments, though rarely more than one fifth is collected.

Chamber Chamber and Finance Commission

Alden Descendants Wed In Los Angeles Home Ceremony

Miss Beatrice Severns Lane, descendant of Priscilla and John Alden, marries David Forbes Morrison in a Los Angeles home ceremony. Born in Duxbury Massachusetts, she pursued a business career before eloping to Yosemite for a honeymoon and plans to visit New England. The couple’s jewelry included a seed pearl heirloom brooch from the Alden family.

Los Angeles Cal Beatrice Severns Lane Priscilla John Alden David Forbes Morrison Duxbury Mass Boston Morrison Luke Redington Yosemite National Park New England Hanna Alden Manley Severns Alden Deep Sea Island

New Demurrage Rules Set by NE Demurrage Board and ICC

Negotiations between the New England demurrage committee and the Interstate Commerce Commission yield nationwide rules on demurrage charges. Rules cover actual placement, delivery at nearest available point if tracks are busy, and unloading time for bunched lots. Notice timing extends free unloading time, and weather delays excuse charges.

New England Interstate Commerce Commission United States Consignor

May strike along the Atlantic coast warned

A telegraph from New York warned that unless Atlantic coast steamship companies adopt the wage scale and rules demanded by 20 000 marine firemen and seamen, all Atlantic seaboard workers will strike before noon. Boston officers received the message yesterday afternoon.

Coastwise Steamship Companies New York Atlantic Coast Atlantic Seaboard Boston

Boston Seamen and Firemen Strike Widens Across Ports

Union leaders report 250 Boston local members ready to stay out until wage and living-condition demands are met. Several companies including Harper Transportation and Coastwise Steamship expected to sign, with Clyde Line likely joining New York talks. The New York local plans broader action if wage proposals are rejected.

M. J. Spurvey Boston Seamen’s Union Alexander Morgan Marins Firemen’s Union Boston Eastern Steamship Company Harper Transportation Company Coastwise Steamship Company New York Boston Marine Firemen’s Union the Marine Firemen Clyde Line

Boston Chamber Backs Plan to Avert Rail Strikes

The committee on industrial relations proposes a state law to prevent strikes on the Boston Elevated and the plan is approved by the chamber's directors. The report supports adopting the measure to avert labor disruptions in the city transit system.

Committee On Industrial Relations Boston Chamber of Commerce Boston

Red White and Blue Lights for Fourth in Boston

Boston will glow with red white and blue lights in retail sections on the Fourth. The Retail Trade Board governing board organized the display. Edison Company will provide colored incandescent lights to customers at no extra charge, avoiding extra expense.

Boston Retail Trade Board Edison Company

Proposal for a three member public interest investigating board

The plan calls for a board with three members to handle industrial disputes affecting the public interest. One member would be named by employers, one by employees, and a third chosen jointly. A distant state authority would activate the act, with special provisions to compel production of records in public utility cases and ban strikes and lockouts during investigations.

Man and Woman Swim Nahant to Revere

John Bray and Annie Morecroft swam from Nahant to Revere Beach in a stiff breeze and against the tide. A large crowd watched as they finished at 2:20 and 2:25 pm respectively, greeted by rescuers wading into the water to congratulate them.

John Bray Annie Morecroft Nahant Revere Bray Miss Morecroft

Telephone Co Pension System Starts Today

The pension system of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company takes effect today. Officials cannot yet estimate the number of applications or the total pension payout the company will face.

New England Telephone &Telegraph Company

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