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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
15
Copper moved higher with Phelps Dodge & Co raising to 17 5 8 cents per pound. London market quotes show copper spot £79 1s 8d with futures £80 8s 9d and best selected copper £84 15s, while tin, lead, spelter and iron held steady on firm to dull tones.
Lynn Massachusetts awards a temporary 200000 loan to Blake Bros Co at 3.55 percent discount plus 4750 premium for 100000 due Oct 22 and 100000 due Oct 29 1912. Curtis Sanger bid 1049 for 104000 412 percent 30 year Passaic New Jersey school bonds. Du Pont calls for sinking fund redemption 54000 first and collateral trust 5 percent bonds due 1922 callable at 105. International Mercantile Marine sinks 250000 first mortgage sinking fund 5 percent gold bonds drawn for redemption at par Aug 1 1912.
One of the popular Dago bert's Children features will appear in next Sunday's Sunday Post Magazine. The story carries the title Parole of Honor.
Senator Root spoke as temporary chairman after roll call while spectators left the hall amid jeers. He defended Republican tariffs, currency reform, and federal power, praising Roosevelt Taft policies and urging adherence to constitutional limits and the courts.
In Chicago on June 18 a woman named Katherine Doll snatched William Jennings Bryan's reporter ticket at the Coliseum door. Police found $1000 sewn in her underskirt. The ticket was recovered and the woman was to be examined for sanity. She attempted to enter the hall after the theft.
Fred Kelley a 32 year old strike breaking conductor living on Brookline Street South End was arrested at City Point car barn last evening charged with carrying a revolver unlawfully. He was brought to the City Point station after a disturbance where a crowd hooted at the motorman and obstruction on the tracks. Police followed and located Kelley with the revolver.
About 8000 people gathered from across the United States for Harvard Class Day 1912. The day began at Holworthy Hall with a march to Appleton and culminated in a full schedule through midnight, celebrating the seniors with a long, uninterrupted program.
Ivy exercises at the stadium draw crowds as the class of 1912 and the 25th anniversary class of 1887 celebrate amid decorations and parades. Ethel Roosevelt attends. Robert Benchley delivers the ivy ovation. The yard glows with lanterns and lights as bands perform and graduates march to Sanders Theatre and Appleton Chapel.
CLASS ODE By George William Gray of Houston Texas. From the hills and the plains and the farthest shore From the valley and mountain and sea Thou hast gathered thy chosen and made them one blood In their sonship Fair Harvard to thee. Though the centuries change though the myriads pass Though the years beckon eager be fore Thou art ever enshrined in the hearts that look back to behold thee to bless and adore. In the thrill of our youth we believe in our might God keep it ennobled and true In the ways thou hast stood in the service of right To dream and to strive and to do. All the joy of this day all the hope of our heart is a pledge unto God and to thee That we go in the shield and the armor of Truth In a faith that is reverent and free.
Wellesley College held its 34th commencement with 285 graduates receiving bachelor of arts, including 92 Bay State students, and 18 master of arts candidates. Alice Freeman Palmer fellowship went to Miss Bessie Marion Coats. music prize to Miss Gertrude Streeter. Multiple honors and gifts noted.
Senator Crane announced he would not allow his name to be a candidate for national committeeman. Taft delegates from Massachusetts then hurriedly named H Clifford Gallagher of Milton as their candidate for the national committee through General Edgar Champlin.
Massachusetts Taft and Roosevelt delegates clash over seating the credentials committee at the convention. Baxter heads the Roosevelt at large, Gallagher named to the national committee, while Taft nominates Barnes for delegation chair. Talks of compromise fail as the rift widens among Joneses and Crane remains opposing harmony.
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