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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1910
Page
16
Reports from Republican headquarters say W. W. Lufkin, secretary to Congressman A. P. Gardner and son-in-law of Senator Lodge, has been selected as surveyor of Boston upon Jeremiah J. McCarthy’s June retirement. The post pays $5000 annually.
State Senator Arthur Crosby pressed his case in Washington with broad General Court support. Surveyor McCarthy was poised for reappointment, but the plan collapsed. The field narrowed to a younger candidate, W. W. Lufkin, who resides in Essex and now has strong Essex County backing.
Genevieve Mock, favorite niece of Charles M. Schwab, eloped with Titus De Bobula of Pittsburg after obtaining a marriage license June 1. The couple wed abroad in a ceremony by priest and magistrate and began a European honeymoon, with wedding announcements later sent by Miss Mock’s family. Schwab reportedly reacts with displeasure.
A six member committee led by A. B. Garretson and W. G. Lee negotiates on whether a strike by 15 000 conductors trainmen baggage masters and yardmen on Pennsylvania railroad lines east of Pittsburg Erie and Buffalo will occur. The talks with General Manager W H Heyward Myers yield no agreement and the company claims Myers proposed a one hour day on a mileage basis with possible extensions to the New York Central award.
Notice served upon Mayor Fitzgerald by a New York syndicate rep tied to Big Tim Sullivan. They plan to show the Jeffries Johnson fight pictures in the city and will fight the edict in court if blocked. The piece urges moral action to suppress the pictures and halt prize fights nationwide.
Mayor Fitzgerald orders licenses to theatres and film houses issued with a proviso barring exhibition of the Jeffries Johnson fight. He asserts law backing to revoke licenses if needed, while theater managers comply to avoid offense. Christian Endeavor groups and towns like Wilkinsburg ban the fight pictures, denouncing Independence Day as dishonored by the bout.
Boston contractors praise the Interstate Commerce Commission for plans to suspend the Boston & Maine railway milk rate hike for 129 days while investigations determine the reasonableness of the advance.
Milk rate protests ripple through New England as the Interstate Commerce Commission suspends the Aug 1 increases for 120 days. Boston & Maine faced protests from D Whiting & Sons and other contractors, arguing the new rates greatly exceed prior figures and aim to evade the Saunders bill. The decision pauses higher costs for milk transport by both freight and passenger trains, prompting outrage among milk producers statewide.
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