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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
5
Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland is drafting bills to propose government ownership of telegraph and telephone lines. Introduction in the House is expected within a month.
Representative Lewis presses a proposal to have postal service take over telephone and tegraph operations. He prepared cost and revenue estimates and a tentative acquisition plan. The idea has drawn interest from President Wilson and Postmaster-General Burleson, but no formal administration plan yet. Lewis aims to push legislation and has secured broad congressional endorsement.
Eleonora Sears remains at large three days after a warrant was issued by Judge Sears of the Salem District Court. She is not fully hidden but is constantly surrounded by guards who prevent contact with her.
Court witnesses report Miss Sears attended the Brockton Fair in secret, guarded by a bodyguard. She remained veiled on entry and exit, with neighbors and officials unsure of her presence while others insist she was there both Tuesday and yesterday.
Charles Sumner Bird, from Becket, telegraphed that he did not refer to Gardner in any way other than a courteous one. Gardner’s remarks in yesterday’s papers unsettled speakers touring the state, prompting Bird and Arthur D. Hill to respond by wire and in tonight’s speech.
The report recounts Charles Sumner Bird and Arthur D. Hill on a whirlwind Progressive campaign through North Adams Williamstown Hancock Dalton and Lenox Hall. It notes speeches denying insults by Bird toward Gardner and emphasizes Roosevelt support while detailing crowd sizes and local reactions.
Brooklyn man Adolph Schoen describes severe itching and red spots that bled from scratching. He credits Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap with rapid relief and full cure after about a month. The note quotes the product as a physician endorsed remedy used nationwide for eighteen years.
Williams College held its October meeting with twelve of fifteen trustees present. Tenry Lefavour PhD DLlD president of Simmons College was made a permanent trustee, creating a vacancy among alumni trustees. Attending were Garfield Stetson Delano Dunbar Warren Lefavour Perry Holt Williams Grosvenor Griffin Ramsey and others.
The so called Seaman's bill to end involuntary servitude and improve merchant vessel conditions won renewed backing from the Senate committee on commerce. It will be sent to the full Senate for passage. The article notes Taft had refused to sign the measure in March. A lighthearted note mentions Hank the Hermit and his animals in a comic section teaser.
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