24 Mar 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1911
Page
1
The measure passes the House by 131 to 103 amid party splits with 23 Democrats opposing repeal and 15 Republicans backing it. The action firmed up the record on the contentious proposal.
Two elderly women renewed a long friendship then fought yesterday afternoon. Miss Bridget Moore, 60, was found dead in a basement room with severe head injuries. Miss Josephine Herron, 57, faces manslaughter charges at the House of Detention.
Neighbors heard heated words and shrieks from a Hudson Street basement before a Moore woman died at City Hospital. The Herron suspect claimed self defense after a knife attack and showed a cut finger as police investigate a fatal domestic incident. The landlady says the Herron woman lived reclusively in basement rooms for about a year.
Professor Edward W. Branigan acting dean of Tufts Dental School died of heart failure after a three day illness at Charlesgate Hospital. A world renowned expert on children's teeth he helped in shaping the Porsyth dental infirmary fund and served as trustee. He was longtime Algonquin Club member lived at 2 Commonwealth Avenue and led the Megantic Fish and Game Club while serving as librarian of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Club.
Ernest J. Menzel of Northampton Mass elected captain of the Dartmouth basketball team for next season. He has two years on the varsity and previous freshman experience and is a member of Phi Delta Theta and Sphinx society.
In San Antonio reports warn of a larger war cloud with calls for 6000 to 7000 recruits. General Carter issues urgent orders for possible fast moves. Dr. C F Caricristi claims U S intervention if tranquility is not shown by May 1 and urges Madero to win decisively.
A courier leaves with Dr. Caricristi's letter reporting on the meaning of the mobilization of American troops in Texas. The document is described as not an order but a report. Continued on Page 3 Fourth Column.
Boston Council weighs ending the poll tax after City Collector Parker reports about 160000 residents do not pay the tax while 200000 polls exist and 176000 avoid real estate tax. He notes collection costs rival revenue and similar costs apply to gypsy and brown tail moth assessments.
Boston Nationals top Los Angeles 9 to 6 as Wanderers and Ottawa draw local attention. Leo Houck heads abroad pursuing Bill Papke. Corello yacht sold. Collegiate crew teams from Princeton Yale and Cornell race on Carnegie Lake on May 20.
The Easiest Way company fled the city after Mayor Fitzgerald banned their play. No show at Hollis Street Theatre last night as management pressed to lift the ban.
Hollis Street Theatre refunds tickets for The Easiest Way after Boston officials declare the production deems to injure community morals. Mayor and police commissioner say the show presents life in a way unsuitable for young minds and will not be allowed to run.
In Douats France aviator Louis Breguet carried 11 passengers in his monoplane for two miles at 50 to 75 feet height. The total weight of the 12 people was 1315 pounds and the craft plus occupants weighed 2602 pounds. Previously M Le Martin had taken seven passengers on a five minute flight on February 2.
Donald Nicholson of California street Newton has been appointed deputy consul of the United States for four years in Turkey by the Department of State. A Brown University alumnus, he later served as assistant superintendent of schools in Porto Rico and worked with the immigration service in New York.
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald demanded an explanation from the Finance Commission about why the alleged tax dodging by executors Robert Herrick Quincy Shaw and Francis Welch of the $20,000,000 Shaw estate should not be referred to the district attorney for perjury charges.
Executors paid the city 492020.42 for unpaid taxes on the Shaw estate after the assessors were said to be misled about the estate inventory. Mayor Fitzgerald reported he asked the Finance Commission if legal collection was possible and whether to refer criminal action to the district attorney. He said the commission answered the first question and would report on criminal action. It also emerged that names tied to the expose were sent to a grievance committee.
Executors of Mrs. Clara B. Snow bequeath 75000 to Brockton for summer excursions Christmas dinners and Christmas gifts for the citys poor. The city council will draft an ordinance and place the funds in trust with the treasurer and sinking fund commissioner. The gift is divided into three 25000 trusts to cover each program.
The three master Willie H. Child after a three week voyage from Brunswick was towed to port yesterday morning. She became stuck in Warren bridge draw delaying traffic before being moved back to the stream and to Standard Storage wharf Charles town to discharge 534,263 feet of lumber.
Jewelry and clothing valued at 500 dollars were taken from several tenants at 635 Main Street Cambridge. Entry was gained by a key left hanging over the outer door, police reported yesterday.
Boston Back Bay buzzed yesterday over a report that Bessie Chapman, former wife of T. Irving Chapman and mother of the Chapman Baby, has married Roy E. Pierce, a wealthy New Yorker.
Historical report traces Mrs Mary Irving Chapman filing for divorce from Irving Chapman in 1900 and a separate $25 000 alienation suit against Chapman's mother. It recalls Chapman's youthful marriage to 17 year old Bessie Faulkner, inquiries into a baby, travels to Australia, Europe, Japan, and rumored engagement to Baron James Ormond de Rothschild amid public scrutiny.
Lazarus Ogus, age four, of 27 Chestnut Street Chelsea, was knocked down by a wagon owned by A Berkman of 120 Cross Street Boston yesterday near his home and is listed in dangerous condition with internal injuries at Frest Hospital.
Major-General William A. Bancroft of the Boston Elevated warned at the New England Street Railway Club banquet that socialistic ideas threaten the nation’s industrial, legal and religious fabric. He did not name socialism but signaled the movement aims to abolish private ownership of productive wealth.
The speaker ends with a call to honor the Constitution and ancestors, urging citizens to resist new views threatening government and the republic. He emphasizes fair play by public service corporations, outlining the relation between these entities and the Commonwealth. Continued on Page 6-Third Column.
A large audience gathered to hear lawmakers vote on a bill that now takes effect on May first. Six members were not recorded on the roll call separate from the main vote.
The bar and bottle bill affects 846 liquor outlets including 672 saloons and 174 hotels with May 1 as the repeal date for conjunctive licenses. Abolishing the conjunctive license costs cities about 201 600 yearly. first and fourth class licenses cannot be held in the same store.
S S Hastings, executor for Grover Cleveland's estate, denied a society-page report that Mrs Grover Cleveland planned to marry Professor West of Princeton. Hastings noted West is married with a son at Princeton University, refuting the engagement claim.
Rhode Island bought from Indians for beads in 1638. Rufus King born 1755 as US minister to Britain. The Hornet captured the Penguin in 1815. Crosby born 1820, Matilda J. Gage born 1826. Moon phase and spring day noted with several dates.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Friday and Saturday with slowly rising temperatures. Winds shift from moderate to brisk northwest to west. Washington reports New England also fair Friday and probably Saturday with temperatures rising Friday night into Saturday and diminishing northwest winds.
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