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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1912
Page
2
In Aberdeen Scotland on November 29 a box believed to contain an infernal machine prompted alarm as suffragettes hid behind the hall organ awaiting David Lloyd George. It proved to hold firecrackers and the trio were arrested before doors opened to the public.
After a meeting a militant suffragette aimed at Mr. Lloyd George’s car but struck an unoccupied vehicle instead. She was arrested. The chancellor urged urgent reform of land laws and spoke on Highland deer preserves and emigration. An ad promotes Adamson's Cough Balaam.
Washington November 29 A revolutionary reform in the fiscal scheme of the government is projected. A resolution to be pressed in the House at the coming session by Representative Sherley of Kentucky proposes changes to the provision of funds for governmental expenditures.
Representative Sherley introduced a resolution to create a House budget committee with original jurisdiction over all annual expenditures and to allot funds to all appropriation panels. He aims for operation with the new Democratic administration, challenging Taft's forthcoming general budget proposal.
Mrs. Emily Sharpe of 252 Western Avenue Cambridge and her husband William were found unconscious from escaping gas in their room Thursday morning. Physicians at Cambridge Relief Hospital report her condition is improving and expect she will recover.
The new eight car elevated Dover Street station will be completed by December 5. It replaces the old island platform and features a main waiting room 50 by 80 feet with ash finish and copper ceiling, six ticket offices, eight stairways, four platform exits, and heated by modern electrical systems. News stands occupy upper platforms and facilities include a station master's office and restrooms.
Miss Katherine Kelleher 25 of North Abington was missing for two weeks before being found today in Belmont Hospital Brockton where she underwent an operation.
Boston physicians won a regulatory concession after urging changes to the 20 minute street parking limit. The Board of Street Commissioners will soon pass a new rule exempting physicians from the 20 minute restriction entirely.
Physicians once allowed to park indefinitely before their offices are now subject to traffic regulations like others. After protests from Back Bay residents, several doctors were arrested. Street commissioners clarified that not all doctors in a building with multiple offices may line the curb with autos.
Packard Sample shoes for men offered today only at 2.98 with 150 pairs at 5.00 6.00 and 7.00 from S. H. Harrison Co. located at 662-672 Washington Street, corner Beach.
Boston Chinese may have solved the high cost of living for America. Restaurants could feature bills of rare eggs laid in Canton or along the Yangtse River or Tung-ting-hu Lake, suggesting new origins for staple items to curb prices.
Boston customs open the Indrasamha cargo from Japan and China showing preserved Chinese eggs laid by guinea hens and dried lizards. Officers fear Chinese eggs may flood markets raising prices. locals gossip about meat substitutes while longshoremen watch for broader imports.
Four men were injured when a runaway cab horse in Washington Street caused a wreck in the South End about 1 am. A demolition followed as the cab was destroyed and about 30 officers, cabs, and onlookers chased the horse for roughly half a mile.
A runaway horse in a cab on Washington street, driven by R. J. O’Brien, caused three men to be injured after the cab struck a post near Pelham street. Patrolman William Trainor restrained the horse after it collided with a second cab and the chase by other cabbies.
George Poland and his son Carroll Poland were struck by a locomotive on the Boston and Maine line in Lebanon New Hampshire while they were on a team. The foggy conditions likely prevented sighting the approaching engine and both men died instantly.
William A. Richardson, of a wealthy social family, telephoned his brother to warn of an impending self-inflicted death then shot himself in his apartment before a mirror. Charles T. Richardson and police forced entry and found him dead.
Gardiner M. Lane of Boston acknowledges Balkan War relief contributions totaling 4707.37 for the Massachusetts Red Cross. The list includes many individuals and churches from Lowell, Wellesley, Lawrence, and Boston, with a note that today’s total is 2.98 on a separate line.
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