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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
6
Governor Foss told Robert Winsor and Counsel Snow of the Elevated that there must be an actual consolidation of the Elevated and West End railways and he will not sign a new lease bill under any circumstances.
The piece outlines a shift from a consolidation to a lease for the West End elevated line as Governor Foss resists a public lease. It highlights how the Elevated seeks a 25 year lease with renewal, concerns over 1922 contract expirations, and pressures from West End residents favoring consolidation. A tin shower engagement adds a local society note.
Seventeen of the prettiest girls in cobalt will visit Boston in July as guests of a newspaper. They will be chaperoned and stay at the Hotel Lenox during the visit.
Assistant U S Attorney E Mark Sullivan described Victor M Weil as resuming stock dealings from Summer street offices. Weil faces fall trial on charges of using the mails for fraudulent purposes after circulating investment solicitations promising “full protection” for $10 and warning of no protection otherwise in the Standard Amalgamated Exploration Company scheme.
The General Society of the Cincinnati in Newport, Rhode Island, on June 23 elected officers led by President-general Winslow Warren of Massachusetts and Vice-president-general James Simone of South Carolina. Other officers include Asa Bird Gardiner of New York as secretary-general and Charles Isham of New York as treasurer-general with several assistant secretaries and treasurers. Clergy appointments include Rev. John Haven White of Michigan City and Rev. Dr. Frank Landon Humphreys of New Jersey among others.
The Legislature is poised to approve a $9,000,000 harbor appropriation. A favorable report will go from the Ways and Means Committee to the Senate on Monday, signaling near certainty for the bill's passage.
A Ways and Means committee hearing drew Boston business leaders in support of a new dock commission bill. Prominent speakers including Charles Adams John Martin and William McNary urged funding up to 19 million to develop harbor facilities and raise port rank while reallocating existing dock funds. Senator Brown outlined a 15 000 a year commissioner and plans to deepen Boston harbor to 40 feet. Admiral Bowles noted need for deeper channels to accommodate larger ships.
The Democratic Progressive party statewide committee chaired by Senator Roger Sherman Hoar voted to not participate in the primary to avoid voter confusion and to organize as the Progressive party. Secretary Langtry will provide ballots for the party at the state primaries under law. A candidate needs 250 signatures for governor in four counties by Aug. 26 to qualify for the ballot.
Governor Foss signed the restraint bill affecting insane institutions allowing restraint only under the superintendent or doctor in charge. He also signed a bill barring fines on weavers for imperfect work and approved the vehicle lighting requirement despite farmer protests.
The joint committee on railroads and metropolitan affairs voted to drop the proposed merger of the Rovers Beach and Lynn railroad with the Boston and Maine from the New Haven tunnel bill. They also directed Chairman Walter Perley Hall to draft a bill establishing a New Haven tunnel under Boston harbor. The Providence railroad takeover remains in the bill, with a prospect of state ownership of the tunnel after years, at six percent. A new draft is expected to be presented Monday.
William Howe Austin Parks, nephew of Julia Ward Howe through Samuel Gridley Howe, died at 65 at his home 19 Blagden Street after a long illness. Born in Boston, he was son of Nathaniel Austin Parks and Martha Howe, educated at St Paul’s School, spent years in Colorado, and later worked with Parker & Stackpole. Survived by his wife Nellia Bassett and daughter Margery Parks.
Suffolk County Divorce Court ends after four sessions and Judge Brown completes 86 of 150 cases. Of 86 disposed, 13 were tried, 26 carried to fall term, and remaining docket items continued. Chief Justice Aiken set the original completion date.
In Lowell a man named Ibrahim Hassen, despondent over mill work, hanged himself after coming to the city. Nellie Gray, 15, and Laura Dresser, 22, planned mutual suicide. Gray died by stepping into the Merrimack River while Dresser leaped into Lakeview Park and was rescued. The two cited weariness of life as motive.
George S. Richards known as Mink Jones testified before Judge Dana that his wife Flomence Harle deserted him in 1905 after their New York marriage in 1901. He described sending money, but she did not return, with 1908 and 1909 New York divorce actions not pressed.
John F E Leahy of 639 East Second Street South Boston will marry Marguerite Maguire a Biddeford Maine school teacher next Tuesday at St Marys Church Biddeford Leahy is a civil engineer and superintendent of construction for a large Boston contracting firm Maguire is a leading figure in Biddeford Catholic circles.
The War Department plans to fill 200 officer vacancies as second lieutenants. Secretary Stimson aims to meet demand beyond the military academy. Applicants must pass exams and be 21 to 27 years old. June 23 report from Washington.
Japanese naval commander Admiral Togo will stop 17 days in the United States on his way home from the coronation. He arrives in New York on August 4 and will visit Philadelphia Boston Washington and Niagara Falls as a guest of the navy.
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