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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1912
Page
2
The Episcopal Diocese plans to appoint a suffragan bishop, with Bishop Lawrence as the main figure, at their convention in Boston in late April. Archdeacon Samuel G. Babcock, long involved in episcopal duties, is mentioned as a candidate should the office be created.
In a series of late month theft cases, Harry Bazar was fined ten dollars for stealing shirtwaists. Martha Frown and Ber tha Heft, young women from South Boston, each paid ten dollars for the larceny of shirtwaists and gloves across three stores. Mrs. Hilen Berg also faced a ten dollar fine for stealing shirtwaists in two stores.
William J. Burns, a detective, told the Women's Municipal League at the Somerset that detectives and lawyers can be hired to commit murder. He asserted many lawyers are in the same class as detectives and claimed he knows how to hire lawyers to kill.
A crowded banquet room heard a speaker recount his San Francisco work and mock Samuel Gompers while urging common sense in detective work. He warned that criminals reveal themselves and urged revisions to laws to curb delays and elite misuse of labor.
Detective Burns denounces Samuel Gompers as a menace to organized labor calling him insincere and a danger to the movement. He spoke on graft and dynamite cases and praised the McNamara trials while urging a new, decisive leader at the helm of labor.
The Boston Athletic Association celebrated its second anniversary with a Keith's Theatre program. The gymnasium was filled by 1000 members as scenery lights and a 10-man orchestra supported the unique production. Henry Parkman, the oldest ex-president, offered thanks for the pleasant evening.
The drawing for seats for next season will be at the Boston Opera House next Thursday. Subscriptions are arriving rapidly, mostly from old subscribers, with a growing share from new buyers indicating strong public interest in another three years of grand opera. Recent fund gifts include Mrs. George R. Eager, $100. Leopold Morse Company, $100. Mrs. Louis Strauss, $25. John Doe, $166.67. and others totaling notable support.
Francis J. Heney told Boston City Club members that wealth is concentrated in a few hands, prompting mass struggle for a living. He praised William J. Burns and warned Congress shaped past conditions, citing Roosevelt 1908 inventory note and a future where public utilities escape private ownership within 50 years.
Chairman John F. McDonald of the Democratic State committee is expected to resign at today’s meeting to focus on his law practice. Friends urge Lawrence’s John P. F. Mahoney as successor, with Boston Judge Thomas P. Reilly and Governor’s aide George M. Harlow also mentioned. The move follows pressure from party leaders and Governor Foss.
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