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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1917
Page
3
The amendment reported to the constitutional convention removes the word proportional from the taxation section. It would permit the Legislature to classify property and levy different tax rates on different kinds of property, removing a major obstacle to reform.
The convention discussed tax reform to empower the Legislature to set uniform rates on undeveloped and developed real estate, aiming to equalize income tax. Walter H. Creamer, Guy H. Cox, and Charles Francis Adams spoke for and against the amendment. The body met to handle routine business as 26 amendments remain from an original 300.
The Tupper Family Association of America will hold its second annual reunion on August 10 and 11 in Sandwich where its ancestor helped found the town. The 1637 house still stands and meetings occur at the First Parish Church where Thomas Tupper was an early member and preacher. Frederic Allison Tupper is president and Frances Tupper Nash is secretary.
The Pemberton square courthouse, once guarded only by glass windows, will be protected from invasion by iron bars.
Five hundred reserves marched from Commonwealth Pier to Harvard Square for Caliban’s naval night. The R O T C band escorted them to the Stadium for a dress parade on the Yellow Sands. Miss Alexandra Carlisle as Miranda waved the American flag as the national anthem played.
As the run of the big community masque nears the end demand rises for the popular priced seats. Supply remains equal to demand and will do so for the four remaining nights.
In Catania Sicily on July 16, Mount Etna produced a brief but severe eruption. Lava column rose to 2500 feet, and within 35 minutes a ring of lava 1 mile from the crater was laid down 10 to 20 feet thick, triggering panic in nearby districts per Professor Pond.
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the railroads war board, said national passenger train service totaling 16 267 028 train miles yearly has been cut to boost freight transport for the war effort. New England lines trim 4 847 332 miles, saving 256 72 tons of coal with Boston and Maine cutting 2 118 948 miles, New Haven 1 707 004, and Maine Central 442 676.
Fannie Shringer of Leverett Street was found guilty and fined in Municipal Court for keeping liquor for sale. John Dutton and Peter Contus, proprietors of the Hotel Watterson on Bulfinch Place, were fined and sentenced for operating a disorderly house. Twenty people seized from the Bulfinch Place raid were each fined ten dollars.
Porto Rico held an election yesterday with four towns missing returns showed 99,775 votes for prohibition and 61,295 against at 11 oclock this morning. The result reflects a strong public mandate for prohibition across the territory.
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