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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1912
Page
4
Washington May 14 The President today nominated Herbert W. Hawks to be collector of customs at Wiscasset Maine.
William A. Dorr accused of murdering George E. Marsh of Lynn appeared improved in his Salem jail cell. He talked rationally with visitors, seemed stronger, and had recovered from a semi comatose state while on a liquid diet. no trial date was set.
Florence Thomas testifies Dorr is well liked in Stockton and that his illness may be fright-related. She and Miss Julia Ballinger, his fiancée, describe his social circle and church involvement while Dr Atewood and Inspector Kane provide cautious views on his condition as the trial unfolds. Predictions circulate about leadership in New Haven amid trolley bill debates and a state commission review of street railway capitalizations and voluntary associations.
In Greensboro North Carolina on May 14 the fifth seventh and ninth districts chose delegates who were instructed for Roosevelt. The action shows continued support for Roosevelt across multiple districts in the state.
Independence Kansas May 14 delegates from the third district were instructed for Roosevelt in the presidential contest.
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico May 14 The Democratic territorial convention elected six delegates to the Democratic national convention in Baltimore all instructed for Woodrow Wilson.
The Points Against the Trolley Merger claim the plan would raise capitalization to 22 million dollars, hinder fare reductions and improvements, and reverse state policy. Public supervision is said to be impaired, with costs shifted to the public for unlawful trolley purchases. The court review condemns the commission’s acts as unclear and burdensome. Merger should wait for further report on voluntary association, with potential impacts on New Haven legislation and rumors about Mellen’s retirement.
The board’s report on the trolley merger was released at 4 PM, noting New Haven remains in the same position as three years ago after the Supreme Court ruling against trolley holdings.
Mayor Fitzgerald chairs the delegation elected at a Quincy House meeting to travel to Baltimore for the Democratic convention. Edward Higgins Lynn is secretary with Hayes Springfield and Olney 2d as vice chairs Strecker treasurer and O Leary sergeant at arms. Dr John W Coughlin Fall River expected again as national committeeman. Delegation sails July 16 from Boston on Fall River line reaching Baltimore July 17. Hotel Ker nan will host the delegation.
Mrs Evelyn Thaw remains in New York with the baby Anthony and plans to appear as a witness against her husband. She continues social life on Broadway with friends, and expects her $5000 annual allowance to continue while her husband’s civil rights case proceeds toward a possible medical sanity evaluation next month.
At a Somerville meeting, Union Square Baptist Church members voted 70 to 56 to reject the Rev. William Bradley Whitney's resignation. one ballot was blank. Whitney had offered to leave in August after nine years as pastor and declined to say if he would stay.
Seattle May 14. City council passes ordinance banning carrying any flags not recognized by the United States government. The measure targets the red flag as the focal point of the restriction.
Moorfield Storey of Boston sent the old woodsman John Daniels of Clearwater Lake to Maine in a private car with his physician and nurse. Daniels once guided Storey through Maine when a canoe tipped over, and this trip aims to help Daniels recover his health in his native wilds.
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