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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
2
The Public Service Commission suspended two six-cent fare proposals for street railways until July first. The New Bedford and Onset line serving New Bedford and nearby towns had its raised tariff delayed from June. The Norfolk and Bristol line remains paused beyond June 1.
Harvard Bureau of Business Research begins a thorough study of the U S retail grocery trade following last year’s shoe trade survey. The project aims to gather facts to inform teaching at Harvard Business School as boot and shoe research nears completion.
At the Brewers Association of Massachusetts banquet in Boston last night Congressman James A. Gallivan warned that nationwide prohibition would unleash a jobless two million man army and cause economic and social chaos. Mayor Curley urged support for President Wilson, while E. Mark Sullivan and Hugh F. Fox criticized prohibition. Officers elected included Willian H. Lee as president and several directors from Boston and other cities.
New York May 26. Charles Becker compares his plight to the Dreyfus and Frank cases and insists on innocence as the Court of Appeals schedules the week of July 12 for his execution at Sing Sing. Governor Whitman silent on the case as Becker contemplates death.
Eight hundred Foresters members and affiliates representing more than 40,000 Catholics pledged allegiance to the United States and backed President Wilson in efforts to keep the nation neutral.
The Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters adopted a unanimous pledge to back President Wilson amid wartime danger. Officers were elected including High Chief Ranger Brennan and High Secretary Treasurer Maguire, with several amendments to the constitution and age limit approved.
Street commissioners heard a plan to remove trolley and electric poles on Washington Street between Cornhill and Boylston to create a pole free thoroughfare. The Boston Elevated Railway Company and property owners must settle who pays for removing poles and wiring connections. The block reportedly contains 6 trolley poles 21 electric poles five fire alarm poles and two signs at subway entrances.
Governor Walsh and Mayor Curley expected to attend the BC reunion at University Heights during the Holy Cross game. Prominent attendees include John R. Murphy, Henry Hagan, William Taylor, John Feeney, Hugh McGrath, William McNary, Frederick Lyons, Martha Moore Avery, and John W. Campbell and spouses.
In Brockton on May 2 the F. F. Field Company and the C. A. Eaton Company received through the Bank of England orders for 1,000,000 pairs of army shoes for Italy France and Russia. Eaton recently finished a Belgium government order for 100,000 pairs. Field will run its factory night and day to meet the demand.
The 6 year old Philip Thayer was taken to New York for treatment after a family dog, later shot by police, was found rabid by three veterinarians and Harvard medical authorities. A second Wakefield dog, owned by A B Comins, was shot after the owner claimed it had bitten the Thayer dog and an animal doctor confirmed rabies.
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