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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1910
Page
6
Cincinnati June 5 The parents and sister of Raynor H Allen who is reported engaged to Miss Oliia Richardson of Boston arrive en route to Boston after the match was broken off due to temperamental clashes.
The father of Thomas W. Allen, president of John H Hib ben Dry Goods, wired relatives that he will go from Chicago to Boston. He says the newspapers spread false stories about his son courting Miss Richardson and has informed family they should believe nothing seen. The family travels to Boston for MIT graduation and plans to return after.
A national congress on vocational guidance for helping children choose vocations will meet in Boston this November. The Boston Chamber of Commerce invites national commercial groups to join, with an executive board led by Harvard’s Paul H. Hanns and others from Tufts Y M C A and the Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union guiding the effort.
Stephen Batticks a 20 year old Brighton butcher ran amuck at 49 Wexford street boarding house last night slashing two men and one woman. The crowd defended themselves and police officers secured Batticks at the scene before he was taken to the station.
Former Attorney General Herbert Parker harshly criticizes the agriculture committee for a milk standard bill. He argues the proposed 20 day immunity is meaningless and that the law unfairly criminalizes innocent milk producers while allowing diluted milk sales. He urges repeal and a measure protecting pure milk without punitive prosecutions.
Syracuse June 5 Chancellor James R Day told Syracuse University graduates that the rise of automobiles has become a national curse. He cited millions invested in cars as non productive luxury causing mortgage risk and lost wealth through extravagant spending and time wasted.
Captain C. D. Baker, secretary treasurer of Boston Division B25, longtime B M railroad man and noted labor leader, born in New York, sailed world seas, served in the Civil War and blockade service, later commanding ships before turning to railroading and active labor leadership in New England. He led at a biannual railroad convention in Boston and directed the executive committee.
General President Martin F. Ryan of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen arrived from Kansas City to join international officers and N Y N H & H railroad workers in wage scale conferences at South Station with General Manager Samuel Higgins. He reported gains in organizing and wage scales, and outlined consolidation plans with the International Associations of Car Workers.
Boston Sheet Metal Workers Union 17, at tonight's meeting, will receive complete reports on the $4 a day rate, which went into effect last Wednesday at every Boston shop and in accordance with the agreement made last year by which wages rose from $3.60 to $3.75 a day on January 1, and June 1 named as the date for the $4 rate. Detailed reports from every shop have been ordered for tonight.
The Stationary Firemen's Union 3 yesterday announced all stationary firemen at the Boston & Northern Railroad power plants are now unionized. Chelsea Lynn and Woburn workers join Boston Union 3. A campaign for an eight hour workday is led by a joint committee from unions representing these men.
Bunker Hill Lodge of railroad trainmen admitted 10 new members at yesterday's meeting and received applications from seven others. No formal action was taken on the B and M road offer of seven cents a day increase though the proposal was discussed by members.
The Bay State Lodge of Railroad Carmen re elected President J J Massey Vice President David Watson Treasurer George H Brest Financial Secretary Edward O Nye and Recording Secretary Daniel J Collins. Trustees named W E Ferguson Otto Tarbox and Michael F Flynn. Massey to name appointive officers at next meeting.
President John Golden will address crowds at Wells Memorial Hall on The Great Car Strike in Philadelphia a Crisis in the Labor Movement. The Wednesday evening event on June 15 is open to the public.
Yesterday the Expressmen's Union 307 voted to hold a Labor Day parade. The action reflects the union’s plan to participate in the public holiday observance.
Mrs. Madeline Davis of Charlestown was arrested after taking $700 from her mother Mrs. Kate Menzer. A letter from her husband in San Francisco prompted the act amid fear he was ill. The money was recovered and prosecutors will not pursue charges.
More than 2600 BU Law alumni are urged to donate to a $400 000 campaign by June 11. The effort, led by Dean Melville E Bigelow and a campaign committee chaired by Judge Thomas Z Lee, mobilizes graduates across Massachusetts and Canada to support school enlargement and maintenance.
The Boston Central Labor Union urges referendum on Senate Bill 410. The measure, tied to Tremont street subway and East Boston tunnel contracts, would extend existing terms and set tunnel rents via the Board of Railroad Commissioners and Boston Transit Commission. The union seeks public merits review before enactment.
John A. Cunningham of Hose Company 1 Brookline handed in his resignation yesterday and announced plans to go into business for himself at Village square.
Lorenzo Cognasso shot himself after his wife failed to return to Quincy following a search for work. He lies in critical condition at City Hospital. Mrs Cognasso has been at a Boston home since Saturday night, uncertain of her city or husband.
A Post report details a husband Cognasso firing three shots at his head after learning his wife Delia Cognosky left Holyoke with him two weeks ago. She tried to reach him from a Dorchester lodging house as police traced her, but rules kept her from leaving. The man survived a suicide attempt, and investigators found letters suggesting a belief of desertion.
Daniel J. Dwyer spoke on ancient and modern Ireland at Hi Bernian Hall Charlestown in a lecture and song lecture benefiting the OConnell memorial fund. The audience applauded as vocalists illustrated the text with ballads. Resolutions praised Father James Maguire and Boston College for Ireland’s cause.
A private afternoon showing of Dragons of Wrath, a one act Chinese play by Loie Fuller, starred Madame Chung as a princess. The performance featured superb dancing, striking scenery and electrical effects with a cast of Chinese actors. Nearly 400 attended, including many from Boston's Chinese district, marking Madame Chung's first local appearance.
Robert Bailey, 35, of Canaan Connecticut, fleeing Deputy Sheriff Lewis Rhoades on a chickens theft warrant, swam a stream into Massachusetts. He was struck in the left hip by a pistol bullet as he reached the far bank and was later arrested on a drunkenness charge.
Iditarod City reports 350 prospectors arrive via Kaltag after a three week Yukon trip. Early summer arrivals may reach 5000, but pay dirt is scarce with seven miles found. Many expect large camps yet warn wealth is unlikely. many will head back to the Kuskokwim basin.
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