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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
14
Senate forces rally to override Governor Foss on a bill allowing light and power companies to issue bonds double their capital stock. Backers see the bill as similar in principle to the railroad measure and aim to block the veto to ease passage of the railroad control bill.
Senate action on the bill is deferred to next Thursday amid opposition from the Governor’s allies. In the House, street railway stock provisions delay the railroad measure while a light and power veto raises stock-issue questions. Other actions push a health board reorganization, a 9 in 11 work hour limit for carmen, and a broad child labor bill toward later amendments.
Oliver H. Jones drowned in a militia camp incident and his will was overturned by a Suffolk jury. Eva A. Bartlett, executrix, was accused of undue influence after receiving nearly the entire estate.
Rain disrupted the planned tea on the White House lawn forcing President and Mrs Wilson to hold the reception in the East Room. It marks the final garden party of the spring season.
Revere residents plan to petition the Board of Selectmen at next Wednesday night s meeting to call a special town meeting for Monday evening June 16 to safeguard the town s interests. The petition cites confusion in the tax collector and assessors offices.
Government details 14 of 18 acquired by United Shoe Machinery Company ceased business within two and a half years. Rivals and firms producing different shoe machinery or supplies were absorbed as part of a plan to monopolize the industry. The case notes eyelet companies bought in 1900 and 1901 and a partial restructuring of two eyelet firms. Trial resumes Tuesday.
Petition by C. Sumner Benvie seeks repeal of a town by law and asks for special counsel to protect Revere interests amid a controversy. Samuel A. Segee posted bail after a day in jail with bondsmen Charles Bates and James Cameron. Cameron replaced John Cazale, whose deeds tied to forgery charges prompted Segee’s surrender. Ida W. McLeod’s real estate tied to the case was deeded back to end Cazale’s bond role. Grand jury indicted Legee. McLeod ill and absent from district attorney’s office. Assessors, Bates, and Colcord met at Town Hall to request a true uncollected taxes list for the town collector’s duties.
New Haven May 23 announcement from Yale states Edward F. Smith of St. Albans Vermont won the Cook prize in poetry worth $50. The 1915-born student is honored for his verse with the regional award.
Stoux City reporters say Robert Palmer cattle salesman and former Iowa football star took a dose of bis chloride of mercury during a personal crisis Wednesday evening. Attending doctors now believe he will live as indications for recovery appeared very favorable this afternoon.
The West Roxbury Meeting House known as the historic Theodore Parker Church at Center and Church streets will be torn down. Trustee George L. Shirmer, via broker Warren F. Freeman, plans a new business block on the site. Built in 1706 with timber from England, it marked Revolutionary era pledges and readings from the pulpit.
The 159th anniversary of George Washingtons 1775 Philadelphia to Cambridge journey will be observed by the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. They will travel the historic route June 23 to July 3 1914 and dedicate tablets along sites in Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Connecticut and Massachusetts.
A petition from six Everett express companies asks the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to force the Everett Board of Aldermen to grant pony express licenses. A hearing is set for June 3, as the aldermen have refused licenses and the petitioners argue law requires at least one license.
Isaac Endlar, 33, of 31 Mt. Vernon Street Malden, was arrested yesterday by Inspector Daniel Hart on two counts accusing him of charging an illegally high interest on small loans. He posted bail and was arraigned in the Police Court, with a hearing set for May 28.
A protest against naming Herman Hormel chairman of the Boston Republican City Committee as secretary of the Republican State Committee was filed with Chairman Charles E. Hatfield by the Association of Progressive Republicans. Charles S. Baxter led the protest, arguing Hormel’s appointment would hinder efforts to unite party wings for the fall campaign.
An explosion on the destroyer Stewart during a speed trial off San Diego killed oiler Richard Curtis Smith and chief machinist's mate H F Bock. Alma Milter, also an oiler, died later while attempting to save Bock. Steam pipe failure occurred as engines ran at high speed.
An interested reader in Boston questions the proposed appropriation for Parcel Post. The letter asks why non users should fund a loss, whether any prices fell due to Parcel Post, and notes mail order firms benefit from a government carrier operating at a loss since January 1918.
Watertown High School officials cancel public dances after the junior prom, citing enforcement of banned dances. Principal Whitney vows the 1913 prom will be the last public event in the hall, with future events limited to students only. Committee member Ely blames nonstudents for the disruption and calls for no more public dances in town schools.
During the opening waltz several couples displayed the new dance twists while the orchestra paused. Principal Whitney asked for no encore and officials cautioned dancers at intermission about the so called questionable dances as the censor warned of harm.
A. Sidney Simpson of Buttonwood Street Dorchester, superintendent of the Healey Seaver Gum Co, sustained injuries while stopping a runaway horse that endangered a group of about twenty children. He boarded the animal, grabbed the bridle, was knocked under the vehicle, and trampled but his quick action averted greater harm.
New York May 23 John N. Anhut the lawyer convicted of bribery in trying to obtain the release of Harry K Thaw from Matteawan was sentenced to two to four years in Sing Sing Supreme Court Justice Pendleton ordered the DA to show cause why a certificate of reasonable doubt should not be issued. If issued Anhut may be released on bail pending the matter. Anhut remains at the Tombs.
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