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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
13
New York March 12 complaints by railroad firemen described excessive work periods lack of food and heat exhaustion before the Arbitration Board under the Erdman act While seeking to settle demands on 54 Eastern roads for higher pay and extra firemen on large locomotives the witnesses reported blistered hands scorched clothing and added responsibility
Judge William L. Chambers extended the review to about April 5 after learning Sundays do not count in the 30 day decision period. Firemen testified superheaters fail to cut labor and may boost profits, while riders spoke of extreme heat and long shifts with workers rationing food and collapsing from heat exhaustion.
More than 100 delegates from all New England sections of the General Boards of Arbitration and Adjustment of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers met at the Quincy House for a biennial session spanning morning to evening to settle a wage issue affecting about 3000 members.
The delegates voted to support the committee negotiating wage and work rule requests with several railroad systems. International leaders from St Louis to Boston urged amicable settlement as biannual conventions loom in May. Meetings with New Haven Boston & Maine and other lines continued with officers re-elected and talks planned to resume soon.
Fourteen-year-old Helen Nowell from Reading grammar school won the cover design for the annual report of the Reading school committee beating 200 rivals. She lives at 48 Linden street.
Mexico City March 12 reports say Venustiano Carranza the rebel governor of Coahuila surrounded by government troops is suing for peace. He is said to command about 2000 men in the stalled revolt against the Huerta administration.
Manuel Garcia Aldape, named Minister of Agriculture, telegraphs President Huerta seeking a pardon for the rebel Governor Pascual Orozco Jr. Orozco returns to the capital, has not signed a full peace accord, but negotiations proceed with government commissioners. Final talks likely at the National Palace this week as most of his army may join the government and Orozco could become Chihuahua governor.
Nearly 100 constitutionalist sympathizers crossed into Agua Prieta and took peaceful possession of the town. They were joined by about 600 State troops under Prefect Bracamonte who established order and set up a provisional municipal government.
A Berkshire reception to former Senator Winthrop Murray Crane is planned for Patriots Day April 19. Dalton will play a conspicuous role in the event and a handsome loving cup and morocco bound album with gilt inscriptions will be presented, the latter to hold the names of Dalton contributors.
Franklin A. Messenger, a wealthy woolen importer in this city and New York, has been sued by former employee Miss Sarah McDonald for breach of promise and he denies he is married or intends to wed. He is reported to have wed a St. Louis girl, but denies the report.
Mr Messenger arrives in Boston from a Western trip and denies marrying a Miss Bertha Cloud. He says the reports are false, notes Miss Cloud is not 19 but 43, and brands the claims as blackmail while promising a sensational case if it goes to trial.
Representatives of the 24 street car unions held a conference at 724 Washington Street and backed a proposed nine hours in eleven bill. Delegates will go to the State House to support the measure. General Organizer Fred Fay presided and Attorney James H Vahey spoke to the delegates.
Wakefield voters gather at Town Hall to act on about 40 articles left from last Monday night. The session aims to complete the town warrant items and decide on local matters.
London reports from March 12 that Adrianople, the besieged Turkish fortress, may capitulate by week’s end or face a last attempt by Shukri Pasha to break through the siege lines, according to Constantinople despatches.
The allied response on mediation is delayed and unlikely to arrive before Friday as Adrianople may fall to the allies first. The Turkish fleet is active against the Servians aiding Montenegro at Scutari, with the Hamidieh bombardment of Durazzo and San Giovanni di Medua and a restored 18 ship fleet at Naghara. Austria plans to disband about 35,000 reserves in Galicia.
Theodore N. Vail and William Endicott Jr and Everett Morss of Boston named life members of the MIT corporation at a meeting announced by President R C Maclaurin. Vail head of American Telephone and Telegraph Co donated 25000 to maintain the electrical library. Morss leads Simplex Electrical Co and is 1885 alumnus. Endicott is a Kidder Peabody partner. New officers include Francis R Hart as treasurer and Frank H Rand as assistant treasurer.
Ernest R. Hill aged 26 died after leaping from the rear platform of a local train in Braintree Highlands while a Boston bound Cape Cod express passed. His brother Theodore jumped moments later but landed after the express had passed. The accident occurred as the local slowed to let the express pass before stopping at the station.
Two thousand two hundred Greater Boston telephone operators vote to forgo Easter bonnets and finery to aid striking garment workers. police arrests occur as disturbances ripple through the city with several individuals charged.
News from Chicago reports that Jack Norworth, recently divorced from Nora Bayes, has remarried Mary Johnston formerly of the Little Miss Fix It troupe. The couple wed in the West and are now in Los Angeles. Nora Eaves continues her Kansas City engagement while denying a link to the same leading man.
A party of 60 from the United States arrived at the Isthmus to inspect the canal. The group includes 12 Congressmen, retired Lieutenant General S. M. B. Young and their families.
A gala week unfolds at R H White's millinery department for the annual spring opening sale. Decorated rooms showcase imported Paris models with bold colors and Bulgarian hues, while hats feature small tricorne shapes and a range of braids and feathers.
Nearly 1700 passengers arrived aboard the White Star liner Canopic with about 1500 steerage travelers held for further examination by immigration officers after docking from Mediterranean ports.
A newspaper notice promotes a home remedy to prevent kidney and bladder disease. It claims Bright's disease and other ailments can be avoided by a gin based formula with Murax Compound and Buchu. The mix is taken after meals and at night to relieve back pain and rheumatic symptoms.
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