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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1916
Page
8
Irving E. Olmstead of Newtonville waived examination after two continuances in the shooting death case of Mrs. Violet Mooers. He was held without bail for the grand jury. Olmstead appeared discouraged and asked how long until the trial.
Hiran Lodge of Masons in Arlington held their yearly ladies night at Robbins Memorial Hall. The event drew a large crowd and featured an entertainment, a collation and dancing.
Winter's last sign vanished as three new steel street flushers washed away snow ice and mud. At midnight Washington State Devonshire Congress and other downtown streets were left spotless by powerful water streams.
Crowds gathered to watch the apparatus as hydrants were pressed into service after dirt and mud filled gutters. In Back Bay, reports describe heavy ice and snow on streets bounded by Arlington Beacon Massachusetts avenue and Boylston. Marlboro Street between Arlington and Charlesgate East is especially treacherous with ice above the curb. Only the sun had worked the street cleaning and snow melting apparatus up to last night.
A proposed bill to abolish the Rainsford Island School for Boys and transfer hundreds of Juvenile inmates from City control to State custody will be filed by the municipal law department after a hearing in Mayor Curley’s office. Curley says juvenile care belongs to the State and Boston bears 100 percent of the local cost. The State Board of Charity agreed not to oppose the transfer.
11 year old Esther Loughlin daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Loughlin of 76 Pleasant Street Wakefield was badly burned last night while playing with matches at home and is in serious condition at Melrose Hospital.
A public hearing will be held at Melrose City Hall Saturday night over the New England Sanitarium of Stoneham refusing admission to a Melrose colored woman about to become a mother into its maternity ward after a storm of protest.
American Italian Circle held a Steinert Hall concert for the Italian army wool fund. Mrs. Susan Thayer Trooper chaired the committee with assistants Mrs. Robert P. Bigelow and Mrs. Pasquale Galassi. A long list of patronesses included Mia Edmund Billings and Miss Alberta M. Naughton among others.
In a special Lynn street commissioner primary five candidates competed. John R. Graham led, with Thomas Niland close behind. Niland received 753 votes while Graham won by a narrow margin. A special election is set for April 18 to fill the vacancy caused by George H. McPhetres’ death.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt invites Captain Gus Gardner to discuss Massachusetts politics and other matters. The long estrangement appears likely to ease, signaling a potentially interesting reconciliation between two former close allies.
Roosevelt aides and supporters debate the Massachusetts slate while Colonel Roosevelt curbs punishment of dissenters. W T Larkin stays hopeful for a responsive statement, as others seek to influence the GOP machine amid Trinidad-era furor.
Members of the Boston Yacht Club welcomed women as guests for the first time at a dinner dance and entertainment held at Copley Plaza. The nautical themed function featured 359 guests, with tables arranged around the ballroom and performances between courses.
A Boston investigat ing committee studying school expenditures recommends salary reductions for high school teachers. It notes Boston pays higher maximum salaries than comparable cities like Pittsburg St Louis and Cleveland. Maximum salaries in those cities range from 1200 to 4000 dollars while Boston tops out from 1764 to 008.
Barbara Mackinnon, long time assistant librarian at Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, resigns to lead three neighborhood house libraries in Cambridge and Boston under patronage of Mrs. Quincy Shaw.
American Consul Trust at Queenstown reports the Manchester Engineer torpedoed without warning off Waterport yesterday. Two American citizens aboard were listed as Negroes. Despatch says no lives were lost.
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