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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
5
Plans to bring the entire Chamber of Commerce membership in touch with its activities and to recruit more members were perfected at a meeting and luncheon of the membership committee and district captains at the Boston City Club yesterday afternoon.
The Boston chamber activates a 19 district plan with 4600 members. District captains and five to six member committees will contact 3300 downtown members to promote chamber work, aiming for strong recruitment and a major business boom. Secretary James A. McKibben attended and spoke.
Richard H. Hall of the Back Bay and son of Kingston aristocracy has been located in the chorus of a New York musical comedy, a note that highlights his banking connections and social standing.
James A. Farrell president of United States Steel testifies as defense witness in the government suit to dissolve the company under the Sherman act. It is Farrells second day on the stand.
Mr. Farrell defended American Steel and Wire Company, arguing its production share is under half of U S output and naming an independent firm as a larger producer of a specific item. He said railroads buy from mills near their shops regardless of ownership and noted foreign trade threats from new Australian plants lowering costs.
For years Mr Hall worked in the bond department of Lee Higginson Co. He resigned and vanished then surfaced in New York under Miss Florence Wessell to study with Henry W Savage. He met Miss Cecil Cunningham and joined Oh Oh Delphine. Now a nightly chorus soldier, he tours by day with Arthur Laurason refining a strong tenor voice.
A new Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners bans Sunday speeches at the Common. The move ends the decades old practice of travelers using the space to sermonize or advocate ideas on Sundays, restricting open speaking to residents only.
The Park Commission restricts permits to speak on Sunday afternoons to Boston residents and citizens after investigating applicants. The Charles Street Mall venue becomes too small as popularity grows. The Mayor previously granted permits with Public Grounds oversight. the new commission has not yet approved any petitions, angering longtime speakers.
He testified the corporation manufactured cotton ties for Southern growers after competitors abandoned the line. It prioritized government work, diverted to steel pilings for New Orleans levee repairs, and used pig tin stocks to thwart speculative corners. Since its founding, wages rose 28.5 percent, adding about 40 million dollars annually to payrolls.
Mayor Fitzgerald may arrive back in Boston tomorrow night aboard the steamer Metapan from South America. If on schedule, he will take a late afternoon train to Boston and likely return to City Hall by Friday morning.
Peter O Leary aged 54 of Melrose died at Relief Hospital after being struck by a team in front of 169 Merrimac Street West End yesterday afternoon. He suffered chest and head injuries and succumbed last evening.
Sacramento California May 13 Governor Johnson likely will send a message to Secretary Bryan tomorrow morning announcing his decision on the federal demand that he withhold his signature from the alien land bill.
Tonight the executive office hinted the Governor has decided on a course of action and will send a full statement to Washington before signing the land bill. He planned to reach the matter tonight but legislative duties delayed him. He did not discuss Japan's protest or any Wahington related aspect.
The upcoming Sunday Post will feature two pages of striking electro type pictures, promising timely visuals. Readers can expect a curated spread highlighting notable scenes and subjects of current interest.
Massachusetts militia officers and men are to be vaccinated for typhoid in the same manner as the regular army. Adjutant General Gardner W. Pearson directs the vaccination program with approval from Surgeon General Charles C. Foster and regimental medical commanders for the forthcoming summer maneuvers.
Captain C J Robinson stayed at the wheel as the Katahdin burned on Moosehead Lake and steered toward the shore near East Outlet. He and 9 other crew members reached land safely before the steamer was consumed to the water line. The fire erupted while towing a raft of logs for Coburn Steamboat Company.
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