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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1911
Page
8
A fragmentary verse scene recalls a boyish memory of swimming and mischief gone wrong. A firelight tableau involves a prank that turns sour, bruised pride, and a cautionary sense of danger amid a woods edge and a hickory tree.
In Montgomery Alabama on May 14 two Black men are dead and another mortally wounded, four deputy sheriffs are shot, one fatally, during a murder at the Williams place twenty one miles south of Montgomery on the Mobile road. A sensational gun battle followed attempts to capture the killer.
At 9 o’clock this morning Tom Benson killed Peter Falls and mortally wounded Ike Primers in a cabin barricade. Deputies Naftel Ellis and McCord, with Sheriff Hood, battled Benson. Naftel and Ellis were wounded, McCord injured, and Benson was killed after a smoky standoff.
At Knights of Honor Hall Cambridge representatives of 11 Portuguese societies formed a petition urging Dr Manuel Garcia Monteiro to be the new Portuguese consul in Boston. The group predicts the dismissal of current consul Vicompte Valle Da Costa as Republicans fill all consulates. The petition has about 10 000 signatures. Dr Monteiro, 49, has lived 28 years in the U S and practiced in Boston before moving to Cambridge. He has written for Portuguese papers and published poems celebrating Portuguese rural scenes in Rimas de Yonia Alegro.
Chicago May 14 Mrs Harold McCormick a prominent social figure plans dances in a new refectory in Tincoin Park as part of public initiatives. The invitation set she leads includes promenades and charitable efforts drawing public interest and some opposition over restricted public access.
Hundreds of motorists gathered along Commonwealth avenue near the Leif Ericson monument to inspect the so called danger point. The demonstration highlighted the peril of the spot and left drivers realizing the risk more clearly than ever before.
A Post report canvassed 27 drivers near the so called danger point noting universal opposition to the rule. Many urged an open hearing to reconsider, while some warned Park Commission obstinacy could keep the rule. Drivers argued the spot endangers motorists and pedestrians alike and urged Peabody to reassess after a public review.
New York report profiles Miss Grace C. Strachan a district superintendent who has never married to avoid hindering her work and to press for equal pay for women teachers. She cites wage gaps between female teachers and male colleagues and notes her long career from Buffalo Normal School graduate to supervising 29 Brooklyn day schools and multiple extra programs.
A bystander at a park commission dispute warns of undisclosed methods if thousands remain against the ruling. He suggests the commission must face public sentiment and implies possible plans for action after hearing replies from other motorists.
Music lovers in Paris await the premiere of La Martyre de Saint Sebastian, a joint work by Gabriele D Annunzio and Claude Debussy. Andre Caplet, conductor of the Boston Opera Company, prepares the production at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris for early June with Caplet also composing. He plans to return in September for Saint and Delilah at the Boston Opera House.
Ellerton L Dorr Sr cotton broker said his son Ellerton L Dorr Jr did not live at 45 Commonwealth Avenue and did not work with him in business He learned of Ellerton Jr marriage to Miss Lillian Thompson a Hotel Youraine operator from yesterday's Post.
Winsted Connecticut May 14 A hen on Emil Carlson s farm began laying in the pig pen and adopted a litter of pigs as her brood The hen settled atop the pig pile and tried to brood the young pigs in a curious social tale from the countryside
Colonel Joseph F. Scott, longtime head of Massachusetts Reformatory and Hol Mira Reformatory in New York, will be named superintendent of New York State prisons by Governor Dix. He will oversee Elmira and related reformatories, earning $2000 more annually. Scott, born 1860 in Virginia, has built a career beginning at Monson and advancing to Elmira, with leadership roles in national prison groups and international congresses.
Pauline Wayne the White House cow will travel to Milwaukee in September to compete for prizes at the International Dairy Show. A. S. Cannon, secretary of the International Dairy Show Association, has secured President Taft's consent to enter the animal.
Mayor John F. Fitzgerald chaired St. Mark's parish meeting in Dorchester announcing use of his Welles Avenue lawns for the first outdoor parish reunion on June 16 Dorchester Day. Funds aimed at 1500 with Misses Rose and Agnes Fitzgerald active. The mayor also indicated 2500 Dorchester Day appropriation and possible parade pending public sentiment.
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