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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1911
Page
4
A state investigation finds sinking funds overstocked causing higher past taxes. Auditor and treasurer errors noted. calls for monthly balance statements and a central controlling ledger. Experts debate creating a dedicated financial officer while constitutional limits remain.
A life sized oil of St Monica was placed in St Monica's Church Dorchester Street South Boston yesterday. Donated by the will of John F Noonan a South Boston businessman who died years ago. Painted in Rome by an Italian artist of the Academy of St Gregory the Great. The work shows Monica seated at a table giving instruction to her eldest son Augustine.
The article argues that auditors must detail funds by standard classifications, tracing sources and purposes of money spent. It notes duplication in current Commonwealth bookkeeping and calls for reforms already adopted by several large municipalities to improve efficiency.
A blaze at Fuller’s four story garage at Commonwealth avenue and Malvern street Brighton caused about 1500 in damage to contents on the third floor. The fire, traced to spontaneous combustion, was confined to the service department by fireproof steel and cement construction with most damage from water and chemicals. Owner Alvin T. Fuller reported the incident occurred last evening.
The Aborn English Grand Opera Company staged a second Aida with a changed principals lineup Jane Abercrombie as Aida Mary Jordan as Amneris and Eugene Battain as Radames The audience applauded heavily for Abercrombie and Battain and the cast alternates with Miss Ewell Miss Le Baron and Mr Hansen will perform tonight and throughout the week with two casts alternating.
The Hoffmann quartet with Hein rich Schnecker on harp and others performed Haydn Op. 64 No. 5 and Converse Op. 18, plus Debussy Danse Sacree et Danse Profane with harp. The concert featured warm Haydn interpretation, notable harp color, and a well received showing of Converse’s early quartet.
Paris reports aviator M. Ceij Cei died after a crash while attempting a Seine flight at Puteaux. The machine lost control at about 2200 feet and crashed. he was picked up severely injured and died a few hours later.
Philadelphia reports the National Federation of Musical Clubs opened with awards totaling 700. Miss Mabel W. Doe of Brookline Mass won the Memorial prize of 100 for The Villa of Dreams. Miss Daniels won the Brush prize of 100 for a concerto. Henry A. Lang of Philadelphia received 300 and Henry J. Stearns of Boston earned 200 in additional prizes.
Richard C. Humphreys urges the Boston school committee to make women eligible for master and sub-master positions in mixed and girls schools. He cites examples from New York Chicago and Philadelphia where women hold principals and equal ranks, arguing qualified assistants deserve advancement to strengthen the teaching service.
In Boston the famous sparrow eating owl once ruling the Old Granary and King's Chapel burying grounds has been captured. Janitor John Edgerly seized the bird on a Westland Avenue fire escape after a brief struggle and locked it in a crate in the Ansonia cellar.
Rev. J. T. Proctor, ill and forced to quit Shanghai work, arrived on the Bohemian with wife and four children after a year’s furlough in Kansas City. He plans to resume missionary labors. Saloon passengers Cresswell and Harding were detained for further immigration hearings at Long Wharf.
President Theodore Roosevelt urged public review of federal courts and backed recall as a check on judges. He defended elective terms with recall for some states while warning that short terms without recall harm judicial independence. He criticized rulings by the highest court and called for methods giving people control over public officials who erred.
The Rev. Lyman Abbott reached Boston from Old Orchard Maine and spoke of a forthcoming book though he declined to confirm a divorce topic. Crowds gather at Back Bay hotels for the flower show with visitors including Edward L. Leslie and H. D. Wellington. Belgian importer P. B. Van Acker notes European firms see a rich American tourist market and expect success selling cut glass and crockery.
Boston Mayor Fitzgerald urged using local banks to back Boston enterprises and promoted a Real Boston movement. He cited a 2500-strong advertising industry convention next summer and proposed baking beans locally to boost the economy, arguing the city’s fire department water supply schools and docks are strong assets. General Bancroft supported a stronger Boston profile while William H. Ingersoll of New York proposed advertising as a formal study.
Clerks in the Boston post office money order division organized the Money Order Lend-a-Hand Association to keep clerks from being drawn to high interest lenders. Postmaster Mansfield and Bank Commissioner Chapin approve the plan, which caps interest at one percent per month. Officers include President John D. Coughlin Vice-President John H. Webber Treasurer John J. O'Brien and Secretary R. J. Tobin.
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