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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1913
Page
2
Former President William H. Taft spoke at Yale on Some Problems of Modern Government, calling state wide primaries extreme reform and a national primary almost beyond thought. He argued primaries elect good locals, while conventions allow mature deliberation, and discussed bosses, civil service, and Senate confirmation constraints.
Taft argues a state wide primary benefits wealth and ambitious backers who spend on advertising to win votes, while well qualified men lack the same access to influence and publicity. The remark underscores concern over money in the nomination process.
John J. Days a watchman fired a revolver from Chelsea street saloon in East Boston about 10 30 last night aiming at boys on the opposite curb. Officer Walter Kelley arrested him after a crowd gathered. Days said he acted in self defense fearing assault and did not intend to injure anyone.
An ad claims ready-made clothing is inferior and urges readers to visit Gale and Kent at 96 Court Street for tailor-made suits. It touts prices from 15 to 25 dollars with variety from new woolens and claims big savings compared to other shops.
At the American Federation of Arts closing session in Washington a proposal called for a federal bureau of fine arts modeled after the Bureau of Education with a cabinet head. Boston’s Walter Gilman Page joined the special committee. The convention reelected officers Robert W. De Forest, Miss Leila Mechlin, and N. H. Carpenter.
The Boston Grand Trunk Railway office at 256 Washington Street will close Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to noon as a tribute to W. E. Davis, passenger traffic manager, who died Thursday. His funeral will be held at 11:30 in Montreal.
William C. Hastings brother of the late Governor Daniel H. Hastings shot Ross A. Hickok husband of the governor's daughter at Hickok's Harrisburg home. Hastings fired seven rounds from an automatic pistol during a hallway struggle. one bullet struck Hickok in the abdomen but the wound was not serious.
A 75 year old Hastings was shot in the right arm after a struggle with police when he fired at Hickok’s home. A girl bystander was wounded in the leg as Hastings exchanged about a score of shots before being driven away. Hickok tackled Hastings and was struck by four bullets through the door. Hastings had long attacked his brother the Governor over family money.
Forty Cambridge evening school teachers face unpaid wages totaling about 3000 dollars for early last winter. The school committee has refused to certify the bills, with only about 300 dollars left from last year’s appropriation. Payments halted after the committee exceeded appropriations by roughly 11000 dollars. Unpaid bills include coal 800 dollars janitor service and other items.
A heated dispute centers on whether an unpaid sum should come from the school budget or the general fund. A morning conference was set with Mayor J Edward Barry, City Solicitor James F Aylward, City Auditor Charles H Thurston, and Superintendent Michael E Fitzgerald to resolve the issue. School teachers’ bills, sent to the auditor without certification by the school committee, were not paid. teachers claim certification was withheld on a technicality by a 3 to 2 vote, opposing committee chairman James B Vallely.
The mayor cites two high school boys who toured as city sponsored guests and urges expanded exposure to commercial life. He notes New York's vast port activity and proposes a Boston program where 100 merchants fund 100 top students for a week in major cities to study business and industry.
Boston merchants were urged by Mayor Fitzgerald to contribute annually to a fund funding travel trips for 100 Boston high school boys. The mayor says trips would broaden boys and aid their preparation for commercial and industrial life. A competitive exam would select the top 100 for annual trips to different destinations.
Mayor Fitzgerald proposed converting the old Boston Cab Company site at Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street into a municipal market and public forum. He praised Transit Commission for taking nearly the entire block and said a new building could house subway facilities, a farmers market, and a public forum for direct sales of garden truck.
Thomas Spillane of Weymouth aged 101, the first Irish immigrant to settle there, suffers pneumonia for the first time and receives his first doctor’s attendance. He has had only headaches or minor ailments before and remains sharp-eyed and a keen reader of newspapers.
On Lake Street Arlington two farm workers quarreled over a year long feud and fought with razors. Patrolman Horgan intervened as both men fled. Lucrassi was struck near the ear and slashed toward the neck before the assailant collapsed under police.
Hartnett and Curran of Hanover Street assisted Officer Lucrassi after a razor attack. Lucrassi was taken to station, Abrazesi to Relief hospital, and Dr. Dunn repaired a severed ear. Warrants for assault with razors and intent to kill are planned. Abruzesi remains guarded at the hospital.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered reductions in class freight rates from New York and other Eastern points and from Ohio River crossings to Middlesboro Kentucky and similar destinations. Existing rates were deemed unreasonable.
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