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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1912
Page
4
Readers are introduced to the Tunnel Bargain Basement and its unique system of Automatic Prices. The ad explains how automatic reductions apply to items, promising savings not found in any other store.
Mrs Mildred Evans aged 24 wife of Edward Evans says the Lynn Board of Health barred her from work claiming she has tuberculosis and could infect others. She has consulted counsel and will seek an injunction to stop the board from interfering with her right to earn a living.
Mrs. Evans visited Boston to complain to the State Board of Health about treatment by Lynn board Chairman Michael P. Ward. Ward denies threatening to discharge her from any position if she did not return to North Reading Sandatorium, saying he warned against allowing her to work in Lynn due to many complaints.
Parker accuses the Boston Finance Commission of failing to investigate or suppressing facts in its report on the city collecting department. The charge was voiced before City Council members including George A. O. Ernst as the Commission watched during the first of several night hearings on the annual appropriation bill.
Collector Parker details alleged Finance Commission oversights and unaccounted costs tied to Hyde Park annexation and five year cost factors. He cites 20 years of unbalanced books with thousands in bills unsettled by courts. Chairman McSweeney presents tuberculosis figures and pushes $60,000 for Mattapan children’s hospital.
Former San Francisco mayor Eugene Schmitz is acquitted in Judge Lawler’s court on charges of bribing former Supervisor Wilson amid the ongoing graft prosecutions. The jury returned a verdict after deliberations that concluded the case.
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen voted large raises for police and fire staff at the last meeting before the city election. Captains and officers receive boosts of 100 annually. chief rises to 2500, deputy chief to 2000, with higher caps for captains lieutenants and engine men. Assistant assessors also gain from 175 to 200.
The educational committee of the Boston Central Labor Union votes to back teachers in the legislature after a School Board ruling blocks their appearance. Dennis D. Driscoll will oppose the bill at the State House hearings, while the committee supports a separate janitors’ bill.
Henry L. Stimson secretary of war and 1910 Roosevelt candidate for New York governor announced support for President Taft. He said he remains a friend of Roosevelt but cannot back him for the presidential nomination.
Mr Stimson declares for President Taft and the progressive faith, praising Tafts steady carry of reform and rejecting recall of judges. He argues Taft continues Roosevelt era policy with orderly, inconspicuous public service and criticizes referendums in New York while noting Oregon's use.
In Malden at 17 Rockland Avenue shortly after 2 PM a woman helped a maid who had clothing on fire while ironing. Julia Washington, a domestic, was badly burned on hands face and arms as she tried to extinguish the flames with her bare hands and Mrs West reacted by beating out the blaze.
An advertisement claims Cascarets purify blood and cure pimples, blotches, and eruptions by flushing toxins. It touts rejuvenated tissue and skin health with a 10 cent box as proof, presenting a medical tone for a consumer product.
Bodies remain on tripods in Pekin streets as troops from legations parade through the capital. Some corpses have been buried. stores continue business cautiously via small windows, while daily troop marches exert a moral influence.
A missionary letter reports imperial troops blinded and beheaded 40 Christian converts as rebels. Mutineers looted and were decapitated. 2000 troops mutinied at Kiu-Kiang, Yangtse Valley, with looting. Canton faces serious turmoil as generals executed for insubordination. Foreign forces total 5700 with 1000 near Pekin. Japan ready to reinforce. conflicts widen across Pao Ting Fu and surrounding areas.
The third annual session of the Federation of Catholic Societies of the Boston archdiocese will convene Sunday at 2 PM in St Alphonsus Hall Roxbury. Henry V. Cunningham will preside as delegates from across the archdiocese attend to discuss key issues affecting their work.
Four hours of debate in the Senate suggested ratification of the pending arbitration pacts with Great Britain and France is likely by tomorrow. Many statesmen view the action as a major step toward universal peace.
Senators debated Clause 3 of Article 8 linking treaty making to a joint high commission. Lodge warned of a close vote on committee amendments while predicting ratification if unamended. Brown Williams Heyburn Smith Bacon Shiveley spoke as others expected to address the issue.
A letter extols Stomach Rite as the best cure for indigestion and dyspepsia, arguing digestion strengthens blood and health. It links chronic inflammation in the digestive tract to systemic diseases, urges proper food and digestion, and notes availability through New England druggists and Houghton & Dutton, Boston.
Reports say hundreds of Americans and other residents flee Mexico this week ahead of possible upheaval. A Chihuahua trainload heads for El Paso. rebels hold Chihuahua preparing to advance on Mexico City. Diaz replies he will not intervene in internal party struggles.
London report says Queen Alexandria continues to suffer influenza for weeks with physicians cautious about recovery. Disturbing rumors suggest her condition is serious and not improving as expected.
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