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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1914
Page
5
Revere Republicans won every seat on the ticket in yesterday’s town election, the first time in the town’s history. The vote also kept Revere in the dry column.
Chairman Walter T. White won by 540 as White 1917 Barry 1877. Precinct 7 Dalzell beat Hartung 470 to 394. Precinct 2 saw Mendoza 415 Hurley 381 Hubbard 856 in a three cornered race. In Precinct 3 Selectman race ongoing.
A bold medical advertorial offers Williams Treatment as a cure for uric acid related ailments including rheumatism and bladder issues. It emphasizes relief from stiff joints and back pain and invites readers to send name and address with a small fee to receive a free 50 cent bottle, plus a regular 60 cent bottle by parcel post.
Frank H. Farrell and William H. Colcord lose key posts as Joseph H. Smith and Isaac D. Pearson win. In Precinct 4 William W. Gordon defeats Louis E. Vincent 3855 to 286. No-license vote rises to Yes 1471 No 1817. Newly elected board members include Brown, Andrews, Butterworth, Richmond, Tapley, Pendergast, Copeland, Gardner, Eaton, Cutler, Lee, Harding, Bubson, Shurtler, Proctor, Bond, Holmes, Simpson, White elected chair. Gordon serves as secretary. Auchenbach as clerk.
In Milton, Maurice A. Duffy and George R. Waton were re-elected to the board with Jacob A. Turner as the third member following the death of Henry H. Barnes. Town Clerk Frank Kemp, Treasurer Holmes, and Collector Babcock won. Voter turnout reached 14,382 ballots. Workmen's Compensation Act approved 626 to 170 and Eight-Hour Day for municipal employees approved 583 to 224. license questions drew 182 for and 87 against.
Winthrop voters re-elected 84 year old John Sept Woodcock to the school committee at yesterday’s town meeting. He defeated Albert F Walker by 2003 to 533 votes marking a decisive confirmation of his tenure.
In a decisive election 839 women registered to vote. The town rejected license plans by 1300 to 242. Re-elected selectmen are Winthrop Magee and J Stewart Carr, with Joshua Remby as third member. William Carstenson returns as water commissioner. John Flanagan, 84, secured an eighth term on the board of health.
Wakefield voters turnout was the smallest since 1990, total 1560, with weak interest in contests. Selectmen elected were John J Round and John A Meloney, re-elected were W F Shepherd Nathaniel Cutler and Forest A Seavey. Chas A Cheney reelected as assessor. Hugh Connell and George E Zwicker won Overseer posts. Bowman defeated on independent papers. License vote 486, no license 929.
In Hingham a rare no-license result passed 335 to 115 amid a record low registration of under 500 voters from 1800. The closest race was for light committee membership with Albert Kimball 250 to 244 for Walter E. Wyman. Walter Jones was re-elected selectman and overseer of the poor for three years, with Alphonso Cain tax collector, Edward Jones treasurer, Randall Lincoln auditor, Timothy Murphy tree warden, Dr. Charles Dorr health board member, and four others named to the school committee.
Natick voters approved a license by a margin, tallying Yes 1204, No 1080, the first since seven years. Mrs Nettie Agnes White and Frank S Currier elected to the school committee. other results include Town Clerk William O Cutler and Town Treasurer Harry M Fergu.
The selectmen named Edward B. Brennan William Fernald Edward A. Miller as assessors Fred J. Lucey overseer of the poor William S. Finn superintendent of streets William J. Oakes board of health three years Dr Thomas J McGrath sewer commissioner Michael F Doherty auditor Thomas J Shea park commissioner three years William Kane two years Willard N Hunnewell water commissioner Francis Sellow and others were listed for terms.
Late returns confirmed Frederick N. Kerr as Selectman over Edward K. Jewett. George H. Carter won assessor, Charles A. Lane beat Joseph Narroway for park commissioner, Ralph Redfern defeated Whitfield Tuck for school commissioner. Kerr allies Morris I. Brown George Davidson Charles Kendall and Harry Sanborn elected as selectmen. License vote 141 yes 82 no. Heaviest appropriation 71 250 dollars for schools.
In Stoneham the election yielded selectmen L B R Gray Arthur Parker Willie White town treasurer W P Gray overseers Walter Bancroft John Beede Sylvester Lawrence assessors John Best Edward Connell Oliver Fowle tax collector S A Lawrence school committee Winthrop Whitcher park commissioner Herbert Howe Board of Health George Hinchcliffe. License vote: Yes 266 No 615.
Mrs. Mabel R. Tabor was elected yesterday to membership on the town planning board for a one year term at Watertown’s annual town election. The old Board of Selectmen including Wesley F. E. Monk James H. McNally and William H. Lucas were reelected by a small majority. T. James Gallagher was reelected assessor. The town voted no license again 1878 No 499 Yes.
Saugus voted no on the license question by 528 to 176. Town officers elected include Selectmen George Quarmby Walter Sprague and George L Nourse. assessor Edwin E Hayden. overseers George H Ames and Charles W Bailey. treasurer H Dwight Bixby. auditor Granville A Clark. constable W Charles Wellick. town clerk Henry A Parker. cemetery commissioner Benjamin I Mullerton. Board of Health Thomas D Emmett. water commissioner Herbert E Dodge. school committee Joseph E Bryer Mary A Hanson Charles L Davis Clara J Calley. tree warden Thomas J Barrett.
Harvard and Tech celebrated a new cooperative agreement at the Harvard Club last night. Alumni from both schools mingled as Presidents Lowell and Maclaurin, Dean Sabine, and Major Higginson presided, detailing duties and benefits of the joint venture and the pride of belonging to both alma maters.
The Supreme Judicial Court held that Hurle, a Plymouth Cordage Company foreman, who became totally blind from exposure to extreme heat of a furnace door and inhalation of gases, is entitled to workers compensation under the act. The ruling centers on his chronic exposure leading to disability.
In Arlington the only contest was for Selectmen won by Thomas J. Donnelly Frank V. Noyes and Willis P. Howard by solid majorities. The town voted no-license by 295 for 868 against and approved a compensation plan for town employees by 643 to 208. A proposed change in selecting Selectmen was defeated.
The board awarded the maximum 8000 under the act for incapacity for work plus 100 weeks at half wages due to vision loss totaling 8952. The insurer demurred, claiming it was not a personal injury covered by the act. In the Jones case a minor child died a week after the father, and the act treated the surviving brother as dependent. The court held the deceased child’s share goes to the administrator for the surviving brother, a decision the court did not disturb. The ruling implies compensation under the act is a right not affected by death and may be collected by next of kin.
No license was favored at the Dedham town election with 983 votes against 370. Officials elected include Selectmen John D. Hirsh John J. Smith and George B. Gibbs moderator Frederick C. Cobb overseer of poor Charles W. Hart sewer commissioner Henry A. Phipps clerk Don G. Hill Jr treasurer Thomas P. Murray school committee Dr. Frederick H. Grant and Dr. Granvilla E. B. Hosses tax collector Charles A. Turner.
Westwood voters approve the wets by 140 to 58 in today’s town election. Officials elected include Selectmen Herbert W. Bonning George C. Lee and Henry G. Weatherby Jr Treasurer George E. Bonney Tax Collector Charles H. Ellis Clerk Willifie W. Baker Moderator Thomas W. Perkins.
At the Wellesley annual town election Patrick J. Fitzpatrick Warren A. Rodman and Otho L. Scho field were re elected as selectmen. The sole contest was for the tax collector post won by John H Sheridan Citizens candidate over Edward D Madden 351 to 148.
Willis C. Bates, longtime lumber executive and treasurer of Willis Bates Tie & Lumber Co, dies suddenly at 65 High Street Canton. Born 1858 in Coventry Rhode Island, he moved to Boston from Connecticut years ago and headed the firm at Kilby Street. Funeral from his residence Thursday at 1 30 p m. He leaves his wife and a married daughter Mrs Wesley Howard.
In Houghton on March 2 a local man died at his late residence 26 Milford Street in his Sith year. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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