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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
6
Alderman John H. Mullen of Everett was arraigned in Malden District Court on a charge of disturbing a city board meeting. The case remains unfinished and extended arguments by city and defense counsel will be heard at 10 o'clock Thursday morning.
The Everett alderman case features city solicitor Colonel Leroy Sweetser for the city and George R. McKelleger for Alderman Mullen. Judge Bruce presided as the court questioned if aldermen can suspend a member, with potential transfer to higher courts. Mayor Chambers ordered patrol to take Mullen to the police station after his arrest. Mullen testified that he was dragged from City Hall with no opportunity to respond.
John Sharman presented a collection of landscape paintings at the St. Botolph Club in a private view yesterday. The exhibition runs March 13 to 24. Highlights include Garden Wall a summer garden scene From the Pergola a winter scene and Tall Cedars drawing strong remarks.
American cavalry crossed into Mexico pursuing Villa bandits after a raid that killed several soldiers. Officials warned the action was for bandit pursuit, not an invasion, while Congress debated intervention and possible troop recruitment.
A Boston letter recounts Fritz a German American worker confronted with joining the German army. An American employer offers pay and job security to switch sides, but Fritz reveals he has taken his first American papers and thus cannot serve Germany. The tale underscores loyalty and immigrant identity amid wartime propaganda.
Douglas Ariz March 9 A squadron of the Seventh United States Cavalry and a machine gun troop were ordered today to proceed immediately to San Bernardino 18 miles east of here The Tenth United States Cavalry at Naco Ariz and troops at Fort Huachuca Ariz were ordered in readiness
A drastic pro liquor measure from the State House would require a 10 percent petition to vote on liquor licenses in any city or town and limit votes to mayoral elections in cities like Boston. If passed, Boston would need about 11 000 signatures to trigger a vote, a task described as Herculean. The bill is expected to trigger fierce legislative battle similar to the bar and bottle fight years ago.
President Louis K. Liggett of the Chamber of Commerce urged Boston businessmen to stop tying up railroad freight. Speaking at the Master Bakers Association banquet in the American House, he criticized demurrage delays and urged a New England cooperative of business associations to improve deliveries and reduce storage.
Charles H. Gretter presided as Lyndoll M. Scott spoke on cooperation amid a railroad embargo. He warned New England businesses, including bakers, that railroads may need better stock management rather than more rolling stock and urged business leaders to help the situation with financing.
The owner pays one dollar per day demurrage to avoid warehouse storage as firms use that tactic. Several businessmen secretly organized last Sunday to obtain police permits and seized 270000 pounds of freight from Boston and Maine and Boston and Albany yards. They urge a New England wide cooperative body with officers from every association to influence state policy. They warn against a tax on intangible property now before the State House, saying it could drive many firms from the state and recalling a 1903 exodus of a $50 million corporation. They claim Harvard graduates aided the move that pushed AT&T into New York.
Mrs. Thomas P. Pickett rushed into a burning New Bedford home to save her children. Police officers, who had already evacuated the children, guided her to safety as flames engulfed the residence. both she and the officers avoided serious injuries.
The Tenth United States Cavalry based at Fort Huachuca Arizona about ten miles west of Bisbee has been ordered to Douglas to reinforce the Mexican border patrol. The cavalrymen will depart Bisbee tonight on a special train.
Announcement says during Commencement Week at Yale in June the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York will present Wagner Die Valkyrie in Yale Bowl New Haven.
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