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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
13
Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down a decision affecting Mrs. Percy A. Gearing and her husband of this city in suits they filed against John. The ruling centers on specific rights of spouses in joint litigation and outlines how the case proceeds under the law as applied to these parties.
Three scarlet fever cases were found among the crew of the battleship Georgia at Charlestown navy yard. As a result the remaining 168 crew members were quarantined in the old prison building. The cases are described as mild.
Supreme Court of this state rules city employment must favor citizens over alien laborers and mechanics. The ruling upholds dismissal of Artemus Lee and Lynn taxpayers case seeking to stop alien laborer dismissals by Lynn city agencies in public works and property.
The case questioned whether state laws favoring Commonwealth citizens in public works and government service violate the state constitution. The local Supreme Court ruled these labor statutes do not infringe the Commonwealth’s Constitution, noting the US Supreme Court has allowed similar laws.
District Chief John F. B. Madison was declared incapacitated and retired by Mayor Curley on a $1500 pension after injuries in a January 1915 Cambridge street fire. In the same building, two firemen previously died in a separate incident. Miss Martha A. Benz, held on $1500 bond as a witness in the Samuel Cohen murder case, was jailed at Charles Street.
Joseph McCarthy found guilty of stealing a case of cigarettes valued at $100 from a wagon on Hanover Street. He was sentenced yesterday to six months in the House of Correction.
John D. Moudlough age 27 of 33 Hancock Street West End narrowly escaped when an auto truck he was driving plunged into an elevator well at the garage 22 Chardon Street West End He was pinned beneath the vehicle and freed by Chemical 1 crew.
One hundred freight handlers at the Grand Trunk sheds in Portland went on strike demanding daily pay of 2.50 after rejecting a 2.25 offer. The action followed discussions on March 2 as workers sought higher wages.
A plain gold wedding ring was found in a cod brought in yesterday by the schooner Russell. The fish was caught in 60 fathoms of water, 27 miles from astern Point. Thick fog delayed shipping. the Yarmouth liner Prince George arrived with heavy fish shipments.
Shipping notices list steamer Prince George to Yarmouth Nova Scotia and MacWinnon, James S. Whitney to Crowell New York with Governor Dingley Linscott Portland. Gloucester tugs Boswell Armstrong tow Providence and Iron Queen. Tow ships Shickshinney Devon Radnor Conestoga Olsen Philadelphia and barges Thomas ton Eagle Hill Brookside. Numerous vessels named with ports Norfolk Philadelphia Jacksonville readied.
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