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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1915
Page
6
The censor board will decide if Birth of a Nation may continue to run with the three members each viewing the film to judge its character. The decision is expected Wednesday afternoon by the newly created board.
The Boston board held its first meeting at City Hall with Mayor Curley as chair and John M. Casey as secretary. Chief Justice Bolster and Police Commissioner O Meara attended. The board voted that each member would view the photoplay individually and set a next meeting for Wednesday at 4 pm to decide whether the show can continue or must be halted.
A meeting is scheduled tonight at St Mark's Church 1042 Tremont Street to organize fund raising for the Boston Guardian linked to the campaign against The Birth of a Nation. A large attendance is expected.
Judge Dodge in a U S district court dismissed the bill with costs in Post Publishing Company v Murray. The decision holds the Post's headless woman feature and its prize advertisement may be unmailable under Section 213, and the appeal probably goes to the Circuit Court.
The court relied on the Revised Statutes of the United States Act of March 4, 1909 section 213. It prohibits letters packages ecards or circulars promoting lottery or gift enterprises dependent on chance for prize distribution. The law bans lotteries by this framework.
William L. Radcliffe of Plant Shoe Co and J C Brimblecom of the Newton Graphic challenge the penny postage committee at the Chamber of Commerce meeting. Radcliffe says the move to one cent postage masks a push for higher second class rates and warns it could drive newspapers and magazines out of business.
George EK. Fenn, 49, of 24 Pine Street Melrose, is dying at Melrose Hospital from a bullet wound caused when a revolver discharged accidentally while he was packing a trunk for a vacation yesterday morning.
Washington May 26 The Customs Court sustained the so called five per cent clause granting a tariff reduction on goods imported in American ships. The court also ruled the five per cent rebate applies to all goods imported in ships of nations with which the United States has favorable nation treaties.
Seventy seven passengers were saved from possible death when the Holland America liner Ryndam collided early today with the tramp steamer Joseph J. Cuneo off Nantucket Shoals lightship. They were brought safely to port by the battleship South Carolina which assisted in the rescue.
The decision, if sustained by the Supreme Court, would require refunds of about 15 million dollars in duties already collected. Judge De Vries notes 5560 favored nation vessels would gain this five percent rebate, with future years seeing rising impacts on fiscal policy and retroactive effects to the Underwood-Simmons era. Government officials warn of a profound effect on fiscal policy.
Thomas J. Boynton, former Massachusetts attorney general, urged the 1915 Suffolk Law School graduates to marry. The class average age is 84, with William Mc Carthy as the oldest and William Francis O'Donnell Jr. as the youngest at 21.
The Ryndam was to Rotterdam with 57 passengers and about 150 crew when it collided with the Cuneo in a dense fog. The Ryndam suffered a large side gash and cargo loss valued at a million dollars. passengers were transferred to the Cuneo as battleships from the Atlantic fleet responded. The Cuneo, with a damaged bow, headed to port as rescue operations continued.
In South Carolina, no injuries were reported in the two transfers. The damaged steamers remained operable enough to be convoyed by men of war toward the port at 18 miles per hour. Most passengers aboard the Ryndam were foreigners returning home, with only six Americans aboard.
Miss Martha Daly aboard the Ryndam reports waking to a crash and the ship sinking alarm. Passengers dressed in night attire and life preservers filled the decks as boats were lowered with some confusion. The South Carolina arrived first at the Cuneo, transferring rescued passengers and receiving courteous treatment with no injuries reported.
Resolution urged reconciliation between the International Printing Pressmen's Union and several large Eastern city locals after differences surfaced. The meeting called for unity and coordinated action to strengthen the union's standing.
In Ellis Hall Heywood Place last night local 67 discussed resolutions and proposed a joint meeting of the city printing pressmen unions to consider the matter.
James E. Treat 81, a retired organ maker, was found dead in his rooms at the Queensland Colony Apartment 39 Somerset Street last night. Police are investigating the death as untimely but there are no immediate signs of foul play.
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