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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
3
Miss Belle Squire, president of the No Vote No Tax League in Chicago, refuses to file a personal property tax schedule. She mails a letter denying political rights for women and objects to state taxation without voting rights, declaring she will not aid a government that demeans her womanhood.
Mayor Fitzgerald urges residents to display American flags today to mark the anniversary of the Stars and Stripes adoption. The appeal calls on citizens to honor national symbol and celebrate the flag’s history.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $55,738 judgment against Clarence W. Barron in favor of the National Bank of North America shareholders. The 1906 note for $70,000 funded 2000 Mallory Steamship Co shares via Charles W. Morse. The court found the stock transaction invalid but held the contract fulfilled, entitling the bank to stock or its value.
Bath Maine May 22 The torpedo boat destroyer Jenkins completed builders acceptance trial tests and will be turned over to the government June 12 Two four hour runs checked oil and water consumption at 25 knots and 16 knots Both runs met the satisfaction of the builders and the board of inspection and survey
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and Mr and Mrs Pethick Lawrence were found guilty at Old Bailey sessions of conspiracy and incitement to property damage. Each received nine months imprisonment. Pankhurst clung to the dock edge pleading for first class misdemeanour treatment.
Mrs Lawrence and fellow militants hear a judge sentence them to two years penal servitude after a jury urged leniency for motives of the agitation. Emmeline Pankhurst and Christina Pankhurst face conspiracy charges linked to the March 1 London window smashing.
In New York on May 22 Surrogate Fowler admitted the will of Col John Jacob Astor to probate. Special guardians for Vincent and Muriel Astor and Mrs Madeleine Force Astor were discharged after affidavits, each receiving 25 dollars. The guardians reported no objections and letters testamentary were issued to executors J Roosevelt Roosevelt Douglas Robinson and Nicholas Biddle.
London May 22 The Board of Trade inquiry concludes the iceberg that doomed the Titanic was forewarned by wireless messages from the Baltic America Californian and Caronia. Officers Boxhall Pitman and Lowe testified with the inquiry noting warnings covered ice near the Titanic’s path. Lord Mersey questioned why the ship continued into iceberg areas without a clear answer.
The Cunard steamer Laconia under Captain Irvine from Liverpool and Queenstown arrived at the quarantine station last night and will dock at East Boston about seven this morning. She carries 79 saloon 307 second cabin and 792 steerage passengers.
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