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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1915
Page
3
The $100 million suit brought by Ralph S. Bartlett as executor of Clea Bull Vaughn and minority stockholders against former and present directors of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad has been halted or ended by a full bench Supreme Judicial Court opinion handed down yesterday.
The full court rules the bill lacks a valid cause of action and fails to show directors were urged to sue for losses. The suit alleged $112 million for street railways overvalued at $56 million and related overpayments to steam roads, Boston & Maine, and Westchester road with questioned valuations.
State House officials heard of a novel declaration as legislative counsel admitted receiving far more money for services than his client reported in the Secretary of State filing. The dispute centers on a five hundred dollar opposition fee cited in the matter.
Legislative counsel Conrad W. Crooker claims he received 7500 dollars plus 1991.61 in printing costs from February to June for services to William B. Lawrence. Lawrence disputes the figures, noting his personal payment and that Crooker spoke for him as an individual during railroad committee hearings.
Washington reports two Americans killed in the German U boat strike on the British steamer Anglo Californian off the coast on July 4. Richard Martin of Chelsea Massachusetts or Providence Rhode Island and John Mahoney of New York are named as the dead. Eight crew members and the captain died. eight were wounded. The Anglo Californian survived.
Harriet Stone, age 93, was found dead in bed at the Home for Aged Women in Peabody on what would have been her 98th birthday. The gas jet was open and the door and window closed. medical examiner undecided on accident. Stone had married Oscar Swain at 70, later divorced and resumed her maiden name.
The program features Tschaikowsky selections and overtures including Eugene Onegin and 1812, with Elgar Organ and Bach Gounod Ave Maria, plus orchestral pieces by Wagner Handel and Waldteufel and a Sousa march. Performances include soloists Hoffman and Harp Mr. Holy and Mr. Marshall.
In Chicago on July 8 300 Southern men and women delegates to the world Christian Endeavor convention proclaimed brotherhood with the Negro race and vowed to extend fellowship following speeches by church and business leaders from the South.
The movement led by Rev Ira Landrith of Nashville promotes organizing new Christian Endeavor societies in negro churches to enlighten millions and spur an interdenominational peace union. Daniel A Poling says peace requires action not treaties, while a festival chorus and messages from President Clark and President Wilson frame the gathering. Field Workers Union officers are named: Lehmann, Dewar, Evans, MacCrory.
A civic drive shows Boston patrolmen contributing a tenth of a dollar each to the Guild Memorial Fund. The total raised nears 12 500 with substantial subscriptions from individuals like WH Hedge Eugene Battelle Hooker Association of Mass Andrew Gray Weeks and others.
Five thousand pairs of men's pants in hundreds of patterns for business and outing use. Includes French striped flannels, belt loops, cuffs, blue serges, and striped worsteds. Located at 662 672 Washington street corner Beach. Open Saturday till 10.
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