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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
3
Returned delegate from the Women's Peace Conference at The Hague says peace is closer than many Americans think. Mrs Glendower Evans notes Russia and France would welcome an end to the war, while Germany reportedly favors peace on its own terms and would concede only a small part of Belgium.
Mrs. Evans notes Britain refuses to discuss peace while German forces occupy allied soil and argues the allies may not enter Berlin soon. She cites World War I peace conference limits on delegates, French passport refusals, and a shared belief that war must end via social, economic pressure and united female advocacy for peace.
British organizations in Greater Boston closed Empire Day observances with Dr. Charles W. Colby of McGill delivering a wartime view of Canada as proud and free. Samuel J. Elder urged peace through a world navy and world court, while Macleod chaired. An Empire Day fund was shifted to relief.
Nearly 1500 Sons and Daughters of St George gathered at Convention Hall for Empire Day to raise funds for the St George relief fund. The event featured a tableau with Uncle Sam and Britannia and a singing finale of God Save the King and America. Notable participants included representatives from the British consulate and Colonial Club, with a Buckingham Palace donation read aloud. A theft attempt on an unattended automobile was thwarted by a passerby and Patrolman Graney.
Mrs. Susie Wakefield secretly wed Frank S. Cleghorn, ex Boston hotel man, last Saturday. The couple, once named in a cross libel suit, are honeymooning at Marblehead and have not announced a permanent home. Their 10 year old son Cyrus Wakefield Jr learned of the marriage by letter. The boy's father, Cyrus Wakefield Sr., and grand-uncle of Wakefield town, was surprised by the news.
The Massachusetts House passed Governor Walsh's bill to create a public educational system offering mail correspondence and lecture bureau instruction for youths unable to complete schooling. The Senate advanced tax investigation and other measures, while approving a bridge bill and delaying the 44 hour Saturday holiday proposal for economy review. A $2,000,000 credit request to fund a Boynton bicycle railway between Quincy and Taunton was filed.
The Connecticut House approved three of four road validation bills in concurrence with the Senate, with little debate. A fourth measure was held for today as Rep Jewett proposed amendments to address criticism. The conference committee favored delaying PSC review until after consolidation deals, while preserving scrutiny of capitalization.
The House approved bills on stocks bonds and notes including a blanket mortgage on the road and on the creation of preferred stock plus fractional shares for railroad companies. Amendments to the New Haven capitalization and supervision were deferred for today. The Jewett amendments call for an investigation of the New Haven finances, a feature of the Public Service Commission bill, though trimmed by the railroad committee.
The joint conference committee urged preserving the Hampden Boston & Maine merger and the Lomasney savings bank provision tying four percent earnings to legal investments. It also backed a House amendment on interlocking directorates restricting B and M directors from serving on other railroad boards in the state.
Benjamin W. Mansfield aged 52 a moving picture operator of 355 Maple Street Lynn died yesterday by shooting himself in the head with a .32 calibre revolver. The death is attributed to dependency from business troubles.
A May 23 1915 declaration from M C von Klock secretary of the Boston Branch National German American Alliance states the Massachusetts branch refuses to consider war with Germany. It urges unity for peace and independence and directs copying the President, the State Department, and Massachusetts congressional delegation.
Fourteen men appeared before Judge Churchill in Dorchester for selling wares without a Board of Health license. Nine cases were filed, with fines levied on several individuals including Alexander Manatas of 276 Hanover Street, Abraham Kavos of 258 Shirley Street Roxbury, and Charles Janes of 81 Quincy Street Roxbury, each fined $10. Timothy Demetry of 130 Fourth Street South Boston and Athansion Theodoropoles of 1226 Massachusetts Avenue were fined $5 each.
Boston ad promotes a large clothing sale offering blue serge suits at 12 dollars and other suits from 18 to 20 dollars for 10.50, with the $25 Harko line reduced to 12.50. Stores at 662 to 672 Washington Street claim the best values in men’s attire.
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