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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1913
Page
1
Washington report notes neither President Wilson nor Democratic leaders could gauge the impact of the Senate lobby investigation on the tariff bill currency reform plan or other congressional business as of tonight. The remark highlights uncertainty about how the inquiry might alter legislative progress.
Six days of grilling have yielded information and new investigation avenues that may shape future legislation. The inquiry, while rooted in President Wilson’s charges of a large lobby, now probes broader legislative influence and a potential national registration of lobbyists. Sugar and wool fights loom large as well organized campaigns are cited by multiple senators.
Democratic leaders in the Senate after a conference with President Wilson have decided to apply a countervailing duty to imports of live stock grains fresh meats flour and other grain products while classing them on the free list. The duty will compensate for any duties other countries impose on US exports of the same commodities.
June 8 London The Home Rule for Ireland bill is set for a second reading in the House of Commons tomorrow as a preliminary step toward its second passage for law. It faces expected Lords rejection, repeating last year’s outcome, before routine passage in the 1914 session.
The government has not set a time limit on the Commons debate, signaling an ongoing discussion. Continued on Page 5-4th Column.
A mass meeting of striking barbers on Boston Common yesterday afternoon vowed to force noncompliant colleagues to quit work. I W W organizer Caleb F. Howard urged action against barbers still working, signaling intensified picketing and a swift victory through persistent pressure. Continued on Page 5 Fifth Column.
Vienna dispatch reports war nearly certain between Balkan allies due to cabinet crises. Sofia sources say Danoff cabinet seeks rapprochement with the Triple Alliance before June 12, premiers meeting doubtful. Serbia blocks Bulgarian messages and a stricter state of war restricts nighttime activity.
A fashionably dressed young woman canoeist saved the life of a woman friend after they were thrown into the Charles River at Auburndale yesterday afternoon. The rescuer steadied her companion and guided them to shore as onlookers shouted. No injuries were reported.
Unidentified man found in a vacant lot off Langley road Newton Centre yesterday afternoon. He was well dressed with papers bearing the name Ko ward W. Davis but no address. Police notified surrounding cities and towns but identity remains undetermined.
Mrs Britt of 288 Kennebunk Street Athol Massachusetts says Father John’s Medicine a food tonic saved her baby. The testimonial emphasizes the tonic’s life saving claim and domestic use.
Two young women paddling a canoe near Crescent Park capsized opposite the cove while traveling from Waltham to Riverside. The expert swimmer reached shore and, after seeing her companion sink, returned to pull her to safety. Earlier, four boys in a canoe near River side station all reached shore safely and reported to police. Two men were thrown from a canoe near Norumbega Park, righted it, and continued.
A mass meeting of the Anti American Youths Association in Torio on June 8 drew few attendees. Speakers were largely minor agitators aligned with opposition parties. Attacks on the ministry dominated the talks as a resolution urged immediate war against the United States.
The new organization led by Mrs James J Storrow plans a change that will bar the famous City Club bartender from serving Long Trees and Ward Fights along with the cigar boy and his tray of perfectos priced from three for a quarter to a dollar at the upcoming building.
The statue of Abraham Lincoln on the staircase may overlook a transformed building as renovations bring plate glass mirrors and a new scene where skirts sweep the corridors and the votes for women become a slogan.
Dr. F F Friedmann tried a new plan to reconnect with three New York hospitals after leaving patients. He drove to Far Rockaway to ask Dr Henry W Frauenthal at the Hospital for Deformities and Joint Diseases to lobby for board approval to continue patient treatment. He said he would seek similar requests at Mt Sinai Hospital and Seton Hospital on the Hudson, but Frauenthal offered no help.
D. D. Johnson, age 70, of 57 Hampden Street Roxbury, died after slipping on the top step of the second flight and falling backward onto his head at home last night. The stairs were steep and the fatal injury occurred almost instantly.
William Brown, 22, of Natick, was arrested on suspicion of breaking into L Louise Palen’s Shafer Hall room at Wellesley College. A witness saw him near the campus after 4 am Thursday and Natick police confirm prior arrests for assault and carrying concealed weapons.
A blaze broke out yesterday afternoon in an unused third floor storeroom at 41 Hancock Street in Everett. Fire officials estimate damage at $3000. No injuries reported.
Emily Wilding Davidson, a noted suffrage activist, died at Epsom Hospital from a skull fracture after trying to stop the King's horse Anmer during the Derby. Her death is described as a martyrdom in the fight for women's vote, with public funeral planned in her honor.
A fragment notes that moments before her death two comrades draped a screen surrounding a scene. The brief text suggests an event leading to a fatal outcome, with no further details available in the readable portion.
John Howard Payne born 1791 author of Home Sweet Home. Vigilance Committee formed in San Francisco in 1851. American army assembled at Cambridge in 1775 to 7644 strong.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair skies on Monday and Tuesday with continued cool temperatures. Moderate northerly winds expected across New England as a result of the approaching high pressure system from Washington.
A scrambled OCR passage reports multiple scores and times including 12 13 and 9 p m readings with team abbreviations and temperatures. The readable entities are sparse but reference Thompson's Spa and various numeric values, with unclear context and dates.
Boston defeated St Louis 5 to 3 in a National League game. The scoreless tie ended in 10 innings as New York edged Philadelphia 2 to 1 and Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 2 to 1.
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