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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
4
The 26th international Christian Endeavor convention opened in Los Angeles with nearly 13,000 delegates from across the Christian world attending. The vast audience filled a huge canvas auditorium as outdoor scenes were recreated indoors for the opening.
Newton Massachusetts leader Prancis BE Clark known as Pather Endeavor presided at the convention with a 90 voice chorus. Messages from President Wilson and Secretary Bryan greeted the attendees as Dr Francis Clark was unanimously chosen to continue as president while Shaw and other officers were re elected.
President Wilson enjoyed a refreshed visit at Cornish New Hampshire with outdoor activity. He walked several miles in the pine forest with Mrs Wilson played pool with Dr Carey T Grayson and posed for photographs with New York photographers.
The President, vibrant and active, eased a ban to pose for 10 minutes with photographers A. C. Duff and Ariel L. Vargis. He spent the afternoon tennis with daughters Eleanor and Jessie at Harlakenden, while Mrs. Wilson painted in a garden studio.
Delia T Barnes known as Theresa of Dorchester and Joseph E MacDermott of Roxbury faced a court action over wedding gifts and furniture. Lawsuits were withdrawn after discovery that a husband cannot sue his wife. The couple married last Thursday at St Peter's Church Dorchester and continue living in the same flat with the disputed furnishings.
Mrs Wilson and her daughter Jessie spoke at the Cornish Discussion Club in the summer colony home of Mrs Herbert De Croly. Jessie, a suffragist, declined to join the debate on whether social or moral training is better in education but stayed for tea after the talk.
Timothy F. McCarthy, 47, of Roxbury, fell from the water cart he was driving yesterday noon. The heavy wheels passed over his head, crushing the skull. He was trying to hurry the horses near 18 Faxon Street when he became dizzy and fell. Survived by his widow and three children.
The upcoming issue of the Post features Maizie the Motor Maid with new verses by Paul West and four color illustrations.
Richard C. Soule, supervisor at the Suffolk School for Boys on Rainsford Island, was discharged after two 18 year old boys escaped and were likely drowned in treacherous waters off the island. Trustees ordered the dismissal following an investigation into the on duty lapse.
The House committee moves to broaden its inquiry into lobbyist activities tied to tariff schedules, while the Senate continues the Mulhall probe. Witnesses include former lawmakers and National Association of Manufacturers officers. hearings proceed with public access. Whiteman of Boston details decades of tariff lobbying, producing letters and records as the two committees pursue wool and sugar interests.
First base player Borton, traded from the New York Americans to Jersey City, will not report and returns to St. Joseph. Manager Holland of the St. Joseph team says he will seek to have Borton sent back to him.
Representatives from most major Bowston business interests urged the City Council to accept a legislative act to widen Avery Street from about 12 feet to 40 feet creating a new shopping district thoroughfare from Washington to Tremont. The project would cost about 704318 with a net city cost around 352159.
In Rockland on July 9, Melvin C. Cobb John N. Weld and H W Brown of the Hotel Pleasant were arrested after a raid yielded bottles of beer and a quantity of whiskey.
Vera Edmundson’s tales about department store life are praised as charming in current fiction. Another of her stories appears in next Sunday’s Post Magazine.
Lorimer T. West, 17, last seen at 7 Sylvan Street Malden in June, sent a letter from a northern New Hampshire farm saying he was happy and asking friends not to tell his parents where he went. Police and pond searches failed until revelation ended a state wide hunt. West attended Malden High School before disappearing and choosing work over studies.
Mrs. Mary Patten widow of Dr William Patten long connected with Quincy history died at her Hanover Court home in Quincy last night at age 87. She was one of Quincys oldest residents and lived in Quincy all her life.
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