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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1907
Page
12
Leading political figures here feel renewed apprehension about Japan United States ties. No open hostility is seen, but concerns grow over federal state autonomy conflicts and labor demands affecting treaty rights after the second San Francisco incident.
Washington reports note Tokio uneasy over Japanese discontent with American handling of San Francisco troubles. Officials cite lack of new exchanges, ongoing investigations into attacks on Japanese restaurants and bathhouses, and a perceived gap in published official correspondence that might calm public opinion.
Announcement settles questions on policy as Labour Day opening on Sept 2 signals Lind say Morison will assume management of the Boston Theatre. Morison has 15 years of experience in theatrical events and planning.
The renowned actor, set to lead Boston Theatre, recently ran the Empire Theatre. Manager Morison says exclusive Boston rights cover a strong repertoire for the season. A corps of assistants and improvements are planned to boost the stage. Weekday matinees and evenings will be offered at popular stock prices to attract large audiences. Entrances and foyers will be redesigned before opening the season.
Left fielder Harry Billet of Lawrence is traded to Lynn for outfielder Fitzmaurice. Fitzmaurice will join Lawrence to play at Overhill on Tuesday.
Boston hotel porters allege head porters seize most tips, leaving workers $6 a week after 12 hour days. They claim $2 to $5 daily tips, meals of poor quality, and that head porters answer only to themselves. A meeting will decide on a strike. union officials warn of replacements to be brought in.
Miss Ethel May Towns learns her fiancé Clifford Adelbert Sampson, athletic instructor at the Brooklyn Y M C A, is ill and cannot travel from Brooklyn. The Maplewood Methodist Church ceremony, set for Tuesday night, is postponed indefinitely as townspeople mail friends and relatives.
Alderman Bell denounces Commissioner O'Meara for halting a Grand Army post parade on Memorial Sunday. The board backs a bill to let G A R veterans march to music, while debating eight mile speed limits and bridge loans. Contagious hospital location and transit funding issues are discussed with no decisive action.
The mayor disputes press claims of 1000 new hires since April 30, 1906. He cites weekly departmental totals showing an overall increase of 79 after adjustments, with hospital adds of 42, health inspectors 30, licensing board 12, and schools 24, asserting appointments were not politically influenced.
A statement compares the week of May 9 1907 with 1906 showing laborer reductions in park sewer street and water departments by 98. It defends the administration noting Scollard the city collector improved efficiency abolished extra pay and raised salaries where warranted. It cites payroll figures for late April 1906 and 1907 to rebut newspaper claims and urges public facts over misstatements.
In San Francisco a major labor capital confrontation unfolds as 8000 workers strike amid over capitalized city and halted building. Patrick Calhoun leads United Railroads in a campaign, while banks halt loans on inflated values and building projects stall amid mounting violence fears.
E H Harriman stated that negotiations for a 50 million dollar loan in Europe collapsed because of attacks on railroad corporations in the United States. He said funds would have supported American markets but a different financing plan is now in place. He warned no retrenchment or new field extensions are planned.
Plymouth June 3 Osceola T James was granted a decree nisi in a divorce case ruling his marriage to Carrie J Brown in Providence four years ago not legal Mrs Brown had been divorced but could not remarry in Massachusetts They wed in Providence at her suggestion She offered no defense Luther M Chandler freed from Esther J Chandler on desertion Jennie E Wentworth of Middleboro formerly Miss Hartland of Chelsea won a decree nisi with child custody Frank Wentworth charged with habitual intoxication Seventeen divorce cases lay before Judge Sherman at the term eight uncontested
Two students from the far East will receive advanced degrees at Tremont Temple tomorrow. Nil kanth Krishna Bahat of Poona India earns an honor degree from the Law School and Norbu Kamasaki of Japan becomes the first of his race to receive a master of arts degree.
Boston school board debated building parkside schools for crowded North and West Ends noting higher costs may be offset by reduced central facilities. J Randolph Coolidge Jr proposed open lot sites near Canterbury Street and Blue Hill Avenue with possible relocation of Baldwins and Somerset Street schools. The board voted to place the plan on file and discussed high school openings and female practical arts program.
The report notes the resignation of Arthur A. Jordan as sub-master of the Comins School. The Dartmouth Street building formerly occupied by the Normal School is mentioned in an update on local arrangements.
Dorchester youths urge Mayor Fitzgerald to repair Savin Hill ball grounds damaged by the title dispute. They plan a mass meeting soon and will invite the Mayor and other officials to attend.
Mrs. C. L. Stacy of 46 Jay Street Cambridge was robbed yesterday morning when a tramp who asked for food entered her kitchen. After she fed him and stepped away, he fled with her pocketbook containing $12.50. The incident occurred during a rainy morning as she performed housework.
B P Mullen of Boston testifies he was born near St Patrick’s Church in Lowell and recalls Father John O’Brien gifting his mother a bottle of the medicine named for him. He says it cured his bronchitis and was a family remedy for 45 years, with endorsement from an eminent specialist for Rev Father John O’Brien. The medicine is said to cure colds throat and lung troubles and to restore health while nourishing tissue.
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