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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
7
London date: The House accepts the Attorney General and Chancellor of the Exchequer’s statement on their purchases of Marconi Company of America shares. It expresses regret the purchases were not mentioned in the Oct. 11 debate, absolves the ministers of any improper act, and reprobates corruption charges as false.
The House of Commons closed the Marconi affair tonight by a 346 to 268 vote on Sir William Adkins' amendment. The debate was orderly with quiet decorum, and party lines dominated the outcome as Liberals abstained in part and Laborites and Nationalists supported the government. The amendment would allow the President to suspend certain rates on select U S imports if a foreign nation discriminates against U S products or withholds reciprocal trade. The measure also strips from the Underwood bill several new features including the inquisitorial clause and registry requirements for consulates.
Washington June 19 An amendment to the Underwood tariff bill adopted by Senate finance committee members would authorize the President to suspend certain rates and proclaim special rates against nations that discriminate against U S products The measure sits beside reciprocity authority and echoes elements of the Payne Aldrich framework eliminated in the House bill
Fred Williams utility outfielder for the Chicago National League club joined the team today after spending time coaching Notre Dame University. The move places Williams back with Chicago and shifts Notre Dame’s coaching duties.
Legislature to be prorogued tonight. Police salaries veto in House. Governor signs child labor bill and teachers' retirement bill. $8,000,000 tax to be reported today. Governor declines special message on river and harbors. Attorney General fights for 50 cent ice deliveries. Railroad Commission rejects ball signals.
The governor's prorogation ceremonies loom as the Legislature readies a mock session. The main issue is a bill barring street railway firms from employing carmen more than nine hours in eleven. It was vetoed, then overridden in the House. To defeat the bill, 14 senators must sustain the veto, with nine opposing it on June 5 during third reading.
The fight in the Senate centers on keeping 29 third reading votes for the carmen bill while Governor Foss’s allies seek nine opponents and five of the 29 to defect. The governor expects veto sustainment on a pay raise for state police as the House considers the veto today.
A 1913 State House lobby story notes the Massachusetts Railway Association and Boston Elevated Railway Company presentations to lawmakers. Carmen announces firm Senate support for a nine‑in‑eleven‑hour bill, pledges 26 votes, and warns against pairing as a tactic. Legislative committee members from the State Conference Board of Street Railway Employees are listed.
A glimpse of next Sunday's Post Homes section highlights a lesson in Japanese embroidery floral centrepieces for the dining table and pretty items for the bride's trousseau showcasing wedding style ideas and home crafts.
Susan McLaughlin, a Malden teenager, attempted suicide with bichloride of mercury at her home on 45 Bryant Street. Doctors pumped her stomach after she refused an antidote and treated her with egg whites to neutralize the poison. her condition remained precarious as police investigate a possible love affair motive.
John Francis Gibbons 17 son of Mr and Mrs Martin Gibbons of 368 Centre Street Jamaica Plain has run away from home after failing finals at West Roxbury High School. A letter from Gloversville New York reveals he left due to not graduating and to reclaim earnings from mornings work for a local milkman.
A Boston Filene examined advertising before print, verifying value, quantity, style, color and every detail. Articles must compare full value to a dollar item in Boston, with no guesswork allowed. A $5 reward invites the public to expose exaggeration in ads and price tags.
Two letters were sent to every Massachusetts Senate member, one from rail interests and one from Carmen’s union. The rail letter says Governor Foss vetoed the 9 in 11 hour bill, the House passed it over his veto, and urges senators to vote their honest convictions despite intimidation or threats to political futures. It claims the bill is unfair and unprecedented in any state.
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