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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1912
Page
4
Right Rev. M. J. Splaine announced a new convent and home for the Cathedral parochial school sisters will be built near the Cathedral on Harrison avenue. The rector disclosed the plans at all Masses yesterday morning.
Mgr Splaine outlines starting a new convent and home for sisters teaching in the parish school as the first step in developing the property across the street. He notes saving materials from old buildings and plans an appeal two weeks hence for the initiation.
The Rev. David G. Supple of Immaculate Conception Church Malden will lecture tonight before the New Century Club of Malden on The Catholic View of Education. He will be accompanied by Miss Mary J L Gilman while Professor Virginio Capelloni from Boston chairs the event.
Railroad men of Boston follow a Pennsylvania Railroad trial of a baggage check with numbers on both base and duplicate portions. The new system adds space for the owner's name destination and home address to aid tracing and notification of unclaimed baggage. Officials from Boston and Maine and New York New Haven Hartford note benefits but warn it may slow work during rush periods.
Twenty men joined a $10-a-plate dinner at Hotel Napoli after a presidential election bet. Domenic Tutela, Republican leader of Ward 6, and Carmine Garofalo, prominent Italian attorney and leader of the Massachusetts Italian American Citizens group, each wagered $200 on Taft and Wilson respectively. The loser hosted nine friends for the dinner two weeks before election.
The Clarendon Street Baptist Society held Sunday services at the United Presbyterian Church. Rev. James A. Francis preached a sermon condemning privilege and monopoly in religion and calling for Christ’s twofold work of individual salvation and a holy democracy in God’s kingdom.
Nearly 700 younger residents of Boston will attend an evening performance of The College Hero at St James Theatre to benefit the Animal Rescue League. The show blends college satire with songs dances and scenic effects featuring Wena Bonelli and Leo Shatney with a chorus of Japanese Geisha girls. Performances run each evening all week with a Saturday matinee.
The Jackknife Gang burglarized Peirson hardware on North Street in Pittsfield during early Sunday hours, stealing goods worth 250 dollars. They entered via Larkin tailor shop four doors north, crawled through a skylight, and were not discovered until 10 a.m. The loot included 250 jackknives 18 revolvers three heavy sweaters and several manicure sets.
The Board of Foreign Missions general committee met at Simpson Church Brooklyn for a five day session to map the coming year. Last year the church appropriated $1,072,998 for missionary interests and the establishment of new mission stations will be considered.
Harvard students face rising living costs and four senior leaders Captain Percy Wendell Andrew J. Welch Peter L. Dillon and John M. Dougherty organized efforts to reduce expenses this year helping peers live more cheaply through practical ideas and cooperation.
Captain Wendell charges fellow students little to no upfront payment for typewriters aiding essays at Harvard. Andrew Welch, Peter Dillon collect worn garments for a low-cost repair and laundering service run by a Boston sewing class and area women. John Dougherty leads laundering efforts in the senior dorms with delivery by horse and wagon. All four men hail from Roxbury and Newark respectively.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr. will launch his new motor yacht Tarantula, built in Neponset by George Lawley & Sons, about mid next month. The 128 foot steel, schooner rigged vessel will have two 265 horse power engines, carry 5000 gallons of water and 9000 gallons of gasoline, and reach 16 knots. The old Tarantula will be sold after the new boat is completed as Vanderbilt plans a South American cruise.
The Very Rev Walter T Sumner dean of Chicago's Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul will preach at the Cathedral Church of St Paul Tremont street on Sunday The preacher had stirred clergy nationwide by stating that future Chicago weddings require a physician certificate before marriage.
In Council Grove Kansas on November 10 1910 Mrs Joseph Rutledge killed herself with a gun after fearing she could not find $3000 believed buried in an iron pot on her farm. Her husband had hidden his savings and died last February before revealing the cache.
The School Voters' League may nominate a rival for Miss Frances G. Curtis in the upcoming School Board race. If a candidate is fielded, Mrs. Susan W. Fitz Gerald is likely, backed by her strong prior showing of over 15,000 votes. The league rejected Curtis, aligning with the Public School Association that the role should go to a mother.
The Rev Edward Braislin D D longtime pastor of the Dorchester Temple Baptist Church resigns after five years and plans to return to his former New Jersey homestead. He asked the society in late October to find a new pastor by January first and his resignation was accepted with reluctance.
Dorchester residents discuss Boston attorney John F. Duffy as a potential City Council candidate to join John J. Attridge and Walter Collins. Duffy, a South Boston native, previously ran in the old school committee era and now serves a fourth term as president of the Mattapan Civic Improvement Association.
A petition seeking the pardon of Mrs Lena Cusumano, serving life for the murder of her husband Frank Cusumano at Sherborn, will be presented to Governor Toss by attorneys Thomas J Grady and William F Coughlan tomorrow or Wednesday. Her prior death sentence by electric chair was commuted by the Governor's Council the day before execution.
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