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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
7
The West End crisis intensifies as Senators Tinkham and Bennett pledge definite action on Monday. Senate President Treadway and House Speaker Walker mobilize chairmen to push prorogation at week’s end.
Governor Foss weighs seven percent merger rate as talks with Public Franchise League advance. Senate bills by Tinkham and Bennett promise immediate consolidation of the Elevated and West End systems with arbitration on rates by chief justice appointed arbitrators. League urges prompt passage to build subways to Dorchester and through the West End, arguing the bills are fair and sound for Greater Boston.
Clouds of brown tail moths filled the air around the Lurcher lightship on the Bay of Fundy as the Dominion government steamer Stanley arrived at St John New Brunswick. Officers said millions swarmed the water and the ship sailed away to clear the swarm.
In M Allen? Okla a three year old boy shot and killed his father Dr I O Pickens while the man visited at the home of banker R Hall. The child seized a target rifle and discharged it while the doctor was reading, the bullet entering the base of the brain.
In extreme heat a blast at the Standard Powder Works on the Petersburg branch of the Pennsylvania railroad at Horrell Station yesterday killed four employees. The explosion, felt five miles away, left only the storage house standing amid the destruction of the works and its all but total loss of dynamite nitro glycerine and powder.
A whaler named Pretriana arrived in Victoria with a massive ambergris portion reportedly worth 150000 dollars. The piece is described as one of the largest ever found in the area.
Chicago guest William Canney in a hot Crawford House room searches for his missing upper false teeth. He placed ads after losing them in Scola y square while eating mush and ice cream. Dozens offered recovered teeth but none matched, as Canney awaits an emergency replacement from home.
Providence July 6 A 14 year old boy William Peters rescued the body of Charles Gorman from Kennedy's pond after police failed to reach him. Peters dived to over 20 feet, hooked the body under the arms and brought him to the surface.
The fruit steamer San Jose bound for Port Limon Costa Rica was to sail at 9 am but is likely delayed after firemen and oilers struck yesterday. The union demands include coal passers 35 dollars a month firemen 40 and officers 45, with higher wages not yet granted. Replacements may be sought to fill the void.
Mrs. Jeanne B. Marion, former U S Circuit Court stenographer and attorney, shingling the roof of her summer home Valhalla at Nassau by the Sea. Wearing a man’s felt hat and sturdy work clothes, she plans to finish the job solo, saying in Denmark women are carpenters and that courts close she rests and hammers nails. Her Manhattan home is 124 East Twenty-third Street.
N Simon of Appleton has won a National Dairy Show contract to construct a cheese weighing 12 000 pounds. The project will require milk from 6500 cows for a day and consume about 65 tons or 130 000 pounds of milk and cream. Eighteen cheesemakers and 26 helpers will work on a specially built flat car.
Washington July 6 The White House will host a bachelor arrangement for the summer as President Taft invites Secretary Hilles and Major A W Butt to move in to keep him company. Hilles and Butt, unmarried, will sleep and dine there when duties keep the President in town.
Washington, July 6. President Taft will escape the heat and hold private political talks on a two days’ yachting party aboard the Mayflower. He will join the ship in Philadelphia after addressing the Christian Endeavor convention in Atlantic City. The vessel heads to sea to Hampton Roads, then Washington.
In California on July 6 President Taft was notified of his election as an honorary member of the Grand Camp of Rough Riders of California. The president reportedly prefers the automobile to the horse, reflecting his noted tastes.
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