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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1916
Page
7
The House approved a proposed constitutional amendment to strike out the word proportional from tax assessments. The bill passed 179 to 49 with 35 Republicans and 14 Democrats voting no.
Debate centers on allowing varying tax rates for different property classes versus current proportional taxation. Proponents claim fairness and greater tax compliance, while opponents warn of needless exemptions and potential constitutional issues. The labor committee reported unfavorably on a related bill banning factory work on legal holidays.
Andrew Barrett, a Lynn police station keeper, was knocked unconscious in a desperate struggle with prisoner James Travers early last evening after delivering supper. Barrett revived during the beating and helped his rescuer subdue Travers.
Travers, arrested for drunkenness, attacked keeper Barrett in the jail’s feeding area. Barrett was struck with a large coffee cup and rendered unconscious before Patrolman Levi Hurd arrived. Travers was subdued after a struggle. Barrett required six stitches to close a head wound.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas urged caution to Americans about sailing on armed ships of European belligerents at a Brooklyn Bar Association talk in New York. He praised the President for seeking to protect rights and peace and urged restraint pending negotiations to avoid adding complications.
Franklin Park Zoo welcomes fifteen young wood ducks to the large flying cage. They are active and sociable, dive into the bottom pool to splash, perch by the pool edge, and chatter loudly between dips. Their brilliant plumage draws visitors.
Miss Mildred Esther Morrill former Malden High School student will marry David Morey of Malden a noted Dartmouth football and baseball player and inter scholastic coach. Morey has left Malden for Chicago to take a job with Swift and Company and wedding plans remain tentative.
Santo Ritdlosso was sentenced to two years in the house of correction by Chief Justice Aiken after pleading guilty to criminally assaulting Concettina Fiorello, a child, on December 6 1915. He had faced an abducton charge which was placed on file.
William Morrison also known as Count Delaney and William Delaney faced Suffolk Superior Court after being brought from New York. He pled not guilty to stealing 9422.67 in securities belonging to Wesley A. Gove and was held on 15000 dollar bonds awaiting further proceedings.
A Boston man testified about a New York visit with Alberti, then at the United States Hotel and the Hotel Essex, where rooms were set up for horse race betting. He described the money, a large black box, a ticker, and a staff including a bellboy, a chambermaid, and a manager, with bets placed on horse pools. The trial progressed with testimonies of hotel officials and investigators.
In London on March 2 8 15 p m the House of Lords heard Earl of Derby former recruiting chief express disappointment in voluntary scheme results. He blamed the shortfall on easy exemptions and criticized the head of the recruiting service.
The Earl of Derby warns against men of military age joining starved occupations to avoid service. Barons and officials debate exemptions for agriculturists and other trades. About 140,000 married men have enlisted this year under Derby’s scheme, with a revision of reserved trades promised to free more men for the army.
London March 2 David Lloyd George minister of munitions answered in the House of Commons that no glycerine is being purchased in America by the British government. He did not stop imports of American soap as a wartime measure.
W. T. Lufkin of the Roosevelt delegate campaign says Roosevelt would not consent in writing to use his name. He notes promoters planned to draft him to aid the GOP. Lufkin announces new treasurer Lawrence & Co. man John Lawrence will fund the drive and draw textile leaders into the Roosevelt fold.
After a meeting with Mayor Blodgett and Fire Commissioner James Hannan Deputy Chief John T. Nicholls was promoted to acting chief and commander of the Malden Fire Department. The decision ensures continued leadership without a full chief’s salary.
London dispatch reports the Russian council of the empire has passed the first reading of the income tax bill with advices to Reuters from Vetograd.
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