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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
5
Washington March 7 Representative McKinley Taft campaign director answered Senator Dixon the Roosevelt executive committee chair on the challenge to submit Taft and Roosevelt to preferential primaries.
Director McKinley argues for choosing national convention delegates by primary where legal and fair, noting most states already provide primaries. He emphasizes state and district authority, warns against changing rules during a campaign, and opposes recall of conventions mid campaign.
The Senate ratified the general arbitration treaties with England and France by 76 to 3 removing a clause seen as invading Senate treaty power. Senators Lorimer Martine and Reed voted against. Reed and Martine are Democrats.
President Taft heads to Toledo and Chicago after a Senate action on treaties that leaves them "up in the air." The Bacon amendment limits arbitration on alien admission and Monroe Doctrine matters, while the Hague tribunal handles most disputes. Senator Lodge opposes the changes, and diplomats refrain from comment at the State Department.
Patrick O Day died at City Hospital Wednesday night. He chaired the Tipperary Men's Association meeting in Investigator Hall Sunday evening where Police Commissioner O Meara spoke. His wife is critically ill and unaware of his death. four young children survive. Funeral from 197 Second Street South Boston Sunday at 1 pm with many members of his affiliations expected to attend.
Prominent lawyers and city officials attended the funeral for Thomas M. Babson, longtime Boston corporation counsel. A full Episcopal service was held at the Church of the Messiah, with music by the Arlington Street Church quartet and a large display of floral tributes from mayoral, law department, and official sources. Cremation followed a brief service at Forest Hills.
Mrs. Jennie A. Shattuck the principal prosecution witness grew emotional under cross examination as the trial involving Mrs. Annie M. Reed Dr. John D. Ferguson and Miss Mary A. O Neil tempered by a court adjournment after Miss O Neil fell ill. Shattuck testified Ferguson warned her not to reveal the body and she learned of dismemberment plans from Captain Harriman. She named her husband as being in Greenwood New Jersey last Thursday.
Max Mitchell, longtime superintendent of the Federation of Jewish Charities, received a banquet at the Elysium Club rooms in 218 Harrison Avenue. Simon Vorenberg acted as toastmaster and presented a gold watch and chain from the federation’s board. Lehman Pickett and Judge A. K. Cohen praised Mitchell’s 20 years of service and the federation’s charitable achievements.
E O McCormick vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad refutes New York reports of California lemon crop damage. He says fresh receipts at Eastern seaports and rumors of a California shortage are speculative and that the home crop will balance the market. He adds California production will average with the past five years and fruit quality is on par.
An interview with a local druggist touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a highly effective kidney liver and bladder remedy. The article asserts it delivers immediate results and notes a free trial bottle offered by mail to readers.
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