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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
5
Washington notes Britain faces grave consequences to neutral rights and relations from a blacklist. The State Department hails the British foreign office receipt and insists the US cannot acquiesce, calling the blacklist fundamentally incompatible with the rights of all non belligerent nations.
The United States condemns Britain's blacklist of firms and individuals as an arbitrary interference with neutral trade. Ambassadors and officials warn that British prohibitions affect American firms, banks, and merchants abroad and may invite reciprocal action against Americans at home. The note stresses potential harm to U S trade and neutral rights and calls for protest.
Americans visit Juarez across the Rio Grande for a bull fighting exhibition amid improving border relations. Large crowds, including many New Englanders, watched four bulls killed. soldiers and civilians mingled with few incidents as recruits travel to El Paso. Mass.
Dennis D. Driscoll of the Trades Union Liberty League calls for the third annual convention of labor groups in Massachusetts. The session is set for 2:30 P.M. September 10 at the Highland Hotel in Springfield. Separately, freight handlers on the Boston and Maine system were urged to act as a united front in all employment matters at an A O H Hall meeting in Charlestown, under the Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employees.
State Branch of Steam Fitters and Plumbers Unions announces plans to raise 20000 dollars to oppose open shop policies by Worcester firms. A special assessment funds a committee to plan the campaign, study costs, and set the levy. The next convention will meet in Lawrence, with Frederick W. Mansfield as guest speaker at a banquet after adjournment.
The plan for forming a new party was pushed for years but only moved forward after a September meeting. A refer endum vote in affiliated unions was conducted, and the Massachusetts State branch executive board announced the project is a dead one.
Blacksmiths and Helpers Union Local 105 has gathered the necessary data to prepare a new wage scale to be presented to the Navy Department for the chainmakers at the Charlestown navy yard. The effort aims to adjust pay reflecting duties, efficiency, and cost of living, with union officials coordinating the submission to authorities.
The first trainload of Turkish soldiers passed through Sofia bound for the Galician front a day after news from SOFTA via Athens and London.
The Massachusetts State Branch A F L executive board decided to urge Governor McCall to reappoint Miss Mabel Gillespie to the Minimum Wage Commission. The group endorsed legislative reports on representatives and senators, protested unfair tactics used to enroll party lines, and endorsed Henry Abrahams for School Committee. Final plans were made for the annual convention at Springfield from September 11 to 14.
Reports from Sayville say a great conflagration at Petrograd destroyed a bridge over the Neva twelve steamers including trans Atlantic liners and the Putnoff gun works and other establishments, according to Lokal Anzeiger and Berlin papers dated July 30.
Four national guard recruits from the Cambridge Armory join the Fort Banks unit as the new recruiting nucleus replacing Camp Whitney as the official recruiting headquarters.
Springfield prepares for a week long convention in the Auditorium with 300 to 400 expected. Speakers include John A O Shea John Herman Loud Ernest Kroeger Homer N Bartlett and George Ashdown Audsley. Lectures and recitals will be open to the public with free admission.
The Super-Six motor adds 80 percent efficiency to a compact light engine, delivering 76 horsepower where previous models produced about 42 horsepower of the same size. This marks a significant gain in power density for small internal combustion motors.
Summary of performance benchmarks set under American Automobile Association oversight for a certified stock car or chassis. Distances and times include 100 miles in 80 minutes 21.4 seconds at 74.67 mph with two occupants, 75.69 miles in one hour with two occupants, 0 to 50 mph in 16.2 seconds, one mile at 102.53 mph, and 1819 miles in 24 hours at 75.8 mph average.
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