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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1917
Page
2
A joint Senate committee votes unanimously to modify procedures, aligning with the president’s push to gain a clearer path for unilateral armed neutrality actions. The move seeks to empower executive action while preserving legislative oversight.
Federal grand jury returning two indictments targets coal sales. First indictment lists 108 corporations and 55 individuals accused of a price fixing scheme affecting 22 million of 85 million annual tons of coal produced in West Virginia. Second indictment charges 10 corporations and 16 individuals in coal production and selling.
Defendants in the second indictment are charged with combining through nine mining companies to produce 3,000,000 tons of coal and with a selling agent to arbitrarily fix prices and pool sale proceeds. A summary by Frank M. Swacker says they agreed in January to more than double the contract price for coal starting April 1, from 1.25 to 3 dollars per ton.
William H. Taft told an audience that war would be justified as a defensive action even if it hurts Germany. He warned against sacrificing moral rights for comfort and prosperity and urged vigorous presidential leadership. He said arbitration with Germany had failed, unlike with England, amid wartime tensions.
A mass meeting in East Boston High School tonight features women leaders against high costs and labor men. Mothers' League holds a Bryant Hall Malden meeting tonight. Mrs Ida M Hebbard leads a delegation to the State House to push a loaf contents bill. Real Estate Exchange votes for a mass meeting on high living costs in Tremont Temple. Jewish rabbis decide today whether to continue the chicken boycott through Purim. Yesterday women picketed chicken onions and beans in the West End.
Judge Joseph D. Fallon longtime presiding justice of the South Boston District Court died at his home in the Hotel Eaton Emerson Street South Boston at age 79. He had served forty years on the bench and had been in ill health for months.
Judge Fallon, long a South Boston icon and Holy Cross alumnus, died as his career spanned decades of district court service. Born in Galway, he came to the U.S. as a youth, taught before studying law, and was admitted in 1865. Known for strict, principled rulings and scathing rebukes of brutality, he shaped local justice for 40 years. He also served as presiding justice after Judge Burbank’s death, leaving a lasting mark on the Peninsula district.
Six people were hurt as manhole blasts rumbled State and Devonshire streets just before 4 PM yesterday. Gas in a conduit of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. exploded with a roar, sending two heavy covers upward. Officer Richard C. King, assisting at the scene, was knocked from his feet and hurled about 25 feet, his uniform scorched and knocked unconscious in slush.
Ernest Sabatino, 104 Cushing Street Cambridge, a Western Union messenger boy, was seared by flames when a piece of debris from an aerial cover fell on him. Margaret MacInnes, 79 Calumet Street Revere, was struck by gravel and slush as another cover shot skyward. Three other men were injured by flying steel and gravel near two man holes. Police and witnesses rushed to aid the injured as crowds fled. Sabatino was taken to Relief Hospital by patrol wagon. an unconscious patrolman was also helped by officers.
In Manchester a mother, born abroad, leaped from a second story window with her baby as fire swept the Weston building on Birch street. Both mother and child escaped without ill effects, while Deputy Chief Edward F. Merrill’s automobile hit T. P. W. Rogers, injuring him. Fire loss was small.
A newborn Samuel Brodsky Jr arrived as a Worcester blaze threatened the Brodsky residence at 5 Clarkson Street. Firefighters battled flames as Dr Louis Lazarus placed patient safety first, sealing a door to protect the mother. Loss estimated at $200 from clothing on a water heater. Both mother and baby were reported well.
Cambridge faces a likely record tax rate increase as Mayor Rockwood submits the 1917 budget totaling 3,378,632.42 dollars. If assessed values rise similarly to last year and state county and metropolitan taxes stay flat, the rate would rise by about six and seven tenths cents per thousand from 23.50. The budget, up 82,351.79 from 1916, was referred to the finance committee.
The Austro-Hungarian government says it agrees with the American stance on neutrals and protection at sea, while delaying any break in relations. The note also declares armed ships as pirates, subject to immediate attack, signaling continued potential for negotiation but rising tension.
The long communication defends unrestricted warfare and portrays Austrian submarines as the only operators in the Adriatic and Mediterranean. It says the United States will likely refrain from forcing a rupture for now, while Germany seeks Austria's full moral support to the submarine campaign. Austria must balance aiding Germany with maintaining relations with the U.S.
Port Angeles advices report the United States transport Dix has left Seattle for Manila and is in distress about 350 miles southwest of Cape Flattery. Assistance is being sought.
Officers of the First Minnesota Infantry report Paul L. Scharfenberg of St. Paul a private in I Company was sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth for furnishing military information to Germany. The men are returning from the Mexican border to Fort Snelling. Trial occurred Feb. 5 in San Antonio, Texas.
British authorities intercepted a letter addressed to German relatives claiming 10,000,000 Germans in the United States would rise against the government in war’s outbreak. Scharfenberg, a native of Germany, is tied to the matter. Colonel Luce and Captain McClay confirmed Scharfenberg’s claims that Wilson would be removed and that 100,000 border troops would fail against an efficient force.
President Wilson wins a fight to curb filibusters as a conference committee of ten senators, five Democrats and five Republicans, agrees on tightening Senate rules. The change would allow two thirds of present senators to end debate at any time, shifting power and prompting opposition debates before a probable final agreement tomorrow.
Leaders championing the change expect the resolution to receive caucus endorsement and be presented to the Senate for consideration. Opposed Senators may resist any alteration of the present unlimited debate procedure. A majority of the Senate has favored the conference committee resolution, and cross party support could deter a filibuster by a small opposition group.
Weather forecast notes fair and warmer conditions for Boston and southern New England on Wednesday. Thursday looks unsettled with likely rain or snow and warmer temperatures, while northern New England remains fair and warmer Wednesday with cloudy, likely snow or rain Thursday. Winds shift from moderate variable to southeast and south.
Washington March 6 There was no final decision on whether President Wilson can authorize arming American merchant vessels against German submarines without Congress. Officials indicated the President seeks a unilateral path but will proceed only after careful deliberation and high caution.
President and Secre taries Lansing and Daniels discussed the issue while the usual Cabinet meeting was cancelled amid talks of an extra session. Senate canvassing aims to act under Congress authority if possible. Some officials cite 1819 law to argue it does not bar merchantmen arming in self defense. Lodge’s armed neutrality bill failed in the Senate under a House timing dispute.
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