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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
7
The notice states the Sunday Post will publish 12 pictures next Sunday and award $2 to each winner. The Daily Post Whys final edition will occur Saturday and no "Why" letters received after Friday noon will be considered.
In Watick two burglars, Frank Sullivan and James O'Brien, surrendered after patrolman William Hogan fired revolver shots into the air and at rear exits. Both men, held for the grand jury on $1000, were remanded to Cambridge jail by Judge Henry C. Milligan.
Professor Charles Jesse Bullock of Harvard criticizes the present tax system as unfair. He argues real estate bears most taxes while personal property evades assessment, urging separation of realty from personal property and uniform personal-property taxation. Remarks at City Club dinner alongside George S. Smith and John C. Cobb.
New York announces Samuel J. Battle as the citys first black police officer. Battle is 28, six feet tall, 230 pounds, and was appointed from the civil service list after Commissioner Waldo said no color or race condition prevented his appointment.
Joseph B Reichmann former president of Carnegie Trust Company was found guilty of making a false report to the New York State banking department. The verdict followed a hour and a half deliberation with Reichmann crestfallen as the court officer aided his balance. He faces up to a $60 fine or a year in jail or both with next Friday set for sentencing while free on a $10,000 bail.
The article warns that Castoria producers must spend hundreds of thousands to educate the public on the signature of Chas H Fletcher due to pirates forging the trademark. It urges parents to verify the genuine wrapper bears Fletcher’s facsimile signature, noting his supervision for over thirty years and urging mothers to scrutinize the paper’s Castoria ads.
In Washington a bitter arraignment of the Cenedian reciprocity bill opened in the Senate. The debate featured Senator Cummins attacking the measure as unjust to agricultural interests and Senator Borah denouncing it as Republican betrayal of farming, with strong crossfire aimed at the President and his methods.
The Senate debated the reciprocity proposal with heavy opposition notes. Senators Cummins Borah and Bristow argued the plan shifts benefits away from farmers, questions executive power, and risks party loyalties while urging Congress control over trade policy.
Maine potato producers report the early crop in the territory served by the Maine Central and Bangor and Aroostook railroads is encouraging despite a generally disappointing national crop. Large shipments leave Maine for Boston and thence to Chicago and southern markets with record quotations.
The Boston Lodge 10 Elks plan a special train from South Station July 9 at 10 30 AM arriving 8 30 PM for the reunion and Grand Lodge convention in Atlantic City. Hotel space for 300 is secured. Colonel John P. Sullivan of New Orleans Lodge 80 is the favored candidate for grand exalted ruler with Hon Thomas Dowd of Boston Lodge 10 to second the nomination.
In Lenox Massachusetts caddies formed the Lenox Golf Club Caddies Union with 15 members demanding 25 cents per nine holes. After no pay raise was offered the caddies walked out and will not permit replacements. Patrons include Robert W Patterson William D Sloane and Giraud Foster and an effort to hire strike breakers from Pittsfield was reported.
In Bar Harbor Maine on a June day Mr and Mrs Edward D McLean of Washington DC driving a pair of horses struck Mrs Jackson Webber wife of a local barber on Maine Street. Mrs Webber fainted and was removed to her home. The coachman backed the carriage over her while attempting to stop the horses. Initially feared fatal injuries but physician reported no broken bones and no serious harm. Mr McLean helped move the injured woman.
The Post acknowledges the June 26 1911 issue printed a picture not original but copied from Life. Copying copyrighted images can incur severe penalties under the law and only original pictures are accepted.
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