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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1910
Page
6
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court blocked the tunnel plan urged by President Mellen of the New Haven. The ruling stops the overhead thoroughfare project by prohibiting the taking of adjoining land to widen properties along the route, while allowing eminent domain for the main highway.
The decision allows driving a highway through the city over a proposed tunnel but blocks combining side land into regular estates for business or manufacturing. The tunnel bill awaits March 1 hearing before the Metropolitan Affairs committee, with talk of a constitutional amendment to permit side land takings.
President Taft spoke at a Twenty-Four-Hour-A-Day Club dinner praising the presidency as a constant job. He joked that any other office can be filled by different people but the President must be always serving. Ambassador Bryce of England and Minister Lagerantz of Sweden attended, with Minister Chang Yin Tang of China as a guest.
In Scotland Neck North Carolina on March 4 State Senator E L Travis Representative A P Kitchin and Deputy Sheriff C W Dunn all Halifax county were shot by E E Dowell on the main street Travis and Kitchin were seriously wounded Dunn fatally wounded a volley fired into the air. A bystander Drexler was shot in the stomach. Police shot Robert Modell 19 while dispersing a crowd stoning trolley cars Modell is in serious condition. Nearly 100 mill workers in Kensington district resumed work after six weeks of strike and grievances were settled.
Powell met his three victims on the street and asked Senator Travis why he did not answer a letter. Representative Kitchin tried to calm him, Powell fired wounding Kitchin Travis and Dunn, then returned to his store, took a shotgun, and barricaded himself before surrendering to authorities at Halifax County Jail.
In Philadelphia a broad labor strike paralyzes services as bakers milk drivers and teamsters join in. Reports claim 75 percent of city drivers quit after delivering tomorrow then stay off until the general strike ends. Police and emergency services mobilize as unrest grows.
The court issues a final decree in the Astor marriage case granting custody of William Vincent Astor to the father with access for the mother and custody of Ava Alice Muriel Astor to the mother with access for the father. The plaintiff may remarry during the defendant’s lifetime. the defendant cannot remarry until the plaintiff’s death unless modified. Colonel Astor’s vast estate underscores the case.
Mrs. Julia Ford aged 60 of 13 Rail Street West Quincy was struck and killed near the West Quincy depot by the 9 15 express from Braintree to Boston this morning.
John R. Alpine, general president of the United Association of Plumbers Gas Fitters Steam Fitters and Helpers of the US and Canada, is a Bostonian by birth long identified with organized labor. He has led Boston Local 175 and served on AFL and international union bodies, winning re election in 1908 and earning wide respect for his leadership.
Washington March 4 three members of the lower House on the joint printing committee asked Justice Wright for leave to amend their defense to the Valley Paper Company of Holyoke Massachusetts claim that the committee unlawfully failed to consider its bid to supply paper for government printing. Melville avenue Dorchester was broken into between 9 p m Thursday and 7 a m Friday with $200 worth of jewelry and silverware stolen likely via a rear pantry window.
Nearly 200 Beta Beta Pi Fraternity members gathered at the American House for the 29th annual New England convention and jollification. Reports from officers showed the New England branch in flourishing condition. Hon. Harrison Trump, Dartmouth 66, acted as toastmaster.
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