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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1914
Page
16
Washington Oct. 5 The administration anti trust program cleared the Senate with the conference report on the Clayton bill approved 35 to 4. The chamber rejected Senator Reed of Missouri’s motion to recommit the measure to conference.
The conference report on the Sherman anti trust bill moves to the House after bitter debate. Three Democrats voted against the report while six Democrats supported the Reed motion to recommit. Republican Senator Root opposed the motion, and Progressive Peindexter voted against both Reed actions. The bill bans price discrimination, restricts interlocking directorates, and prohibits holding companies that restrain competition, while affirming labor as not a commodity and exempting labor and farm unions. It also revises contempt and injunction provisions in labor disputes as long sought by organized labor.
William A. Carey advertises Hart Schaffner and Marx and Kirschbaum clothes with prices from 15 to 40 dollars. He highlights six month guarantees, Society Cloths, Fashion Clothes, and Balmacaans as well as overcoats and Scotch Balmacaans at commonly 15 20 and 25 dollars. Washington and Boylston Street location.
The Boston School Board approved letting German sailors aboard the steamships Cleveland and Amerika of the Hamburg American line, held at Commonwealth Pier in South Boston, attend evening continuation schools to learn English. Most crews have been discharged and are working citywide. remaining crew are not city residents, needing special permission to enroll. The board also discussed introducing Spanish in elementary schools, noting popular Spanish in high schools and consulting merchants about commercial Spanish training. Several junior enrollments and staff appointments were made, including janitor tasters and promotions, with class size set at 44 pupils and 62 new assistants for the year.
The St. Alphonsus Association of Roxbury held its opening last evening with about 450 members present. Incidents from the European war zone were described by the Honorable Michael J. Dwyer. Committee members were John P. Hinkley Michael F. O'Hara Joseph Watson and John Murray.
The funeral of Gardiner Martin Lane, late Boston banker and philanthropist, was held yesterday at noon in Emmanuel Church. Attendees included prominent figures from business, finance, education, and society, with many associates from Lee Higginson & Co and Harvard classmates from the class of 81.
Attendees included banking leaders and Harvard figures as the funeral for Mr Lane proceeded with multiple clergymen assisting. The service featured readings by Rev Evarts and Rev Worcester, with organist Farnam and hymns Abide With Me and The Strife Is Oer, followed by cremation at Mt. Auburn cemetery Cambridge.
Quincy Mayor John I Miller remains critically ill at his home after a month of confinement. Daily bulletins from City Hall have ceased as his condition worsened, causing concern among friends and city officials.
Boston's first public open air market was authorized with a 500 appropriation. Mayor Curley urged the market at Castle street and Shawmut avenue, stating it would be experimental and lease land free for two years. Farmers may sell directly to consumers first come, first served.
Registration shows enrollment up 40 to 50 percent as Boston University College of Business Administration expands. The news reporting class led by Harry B. Center of the Boston Post continues with leading editors addressing students and real assignments. Spanish course adds Francisco Zuazaga and heavy demand signals interest in American trade prospects driving higher business education. John F. Miller oversees business administration with Charles P. Huse and George W. MacDow as new instructors alongside Zuazaga.
Supplication for early peace rose from over 100000 Jews in Boston and surrounding areas during the Succoth harvest festival observances. The Feast of Tabernacles was celebrated with solemn services in synagogues and temples, the most important day of an eight day festival.
C Robinson international secretary for employed boys will open the employed boys section and speak in the Boys Hall at Boston Y M C A tomorrow night. Ten fellowship clubs have formed among the boys to meet weekly and discuss Robinsons new course Christian Teachings and Social and Economic Questions.
To the Editor of the Post. Ohio suffrage supporters recount a successful initiative petition for amending the constitution to grant voting rights to women. They gathered 131000 signatures from all 88 counties, spending 812 dollars, with volunteers carrying the effort.
An official message from Constantinople transmitted via Amsterdam to Central News reports 2600 people estimated dead from the Konia province earthquake in Asia Minor. The casualty figure reflects the scale of the disaster as of October 6.
Captain Agnes M. Reardon heads a cleanup squad of 80 freshmen from the girls department as they sweep and scrub the grounds, cutting janitor expenses this term. The determined corps vows to banish dirt across the campus.
Yesterday a corps of cleaning students organized a campus-wide sweep at Boston University. Some twenty students, led by Captain Agnes M Reardon, purged dormitories and classrooms of dust and grime using brooms, scrubbing brushes, and dust cloths. The effort aims to instill a new era of spotless facilities across the university.
Richmond G Wells of Scituate was fined 50 and jailed two months in the house of correction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence after a Co hasset collision. Two companions, Martin Curran and Harry Driscoll, were each fined 15 for drunkenness. Thomas Murphy, the other occupant, suffered a suspected skull fracture and did not appear in court.
Washington October 5 Rep Levy of New York notified Secretary Bryan that he would consider a 500000 offer for Monticello the Jefferson home by the government He says he has abhorred making it a mere museum and wishes it kept as the Virginia home of the Presidents for their occasional occupancy and preservation of the tradition
The Westerdyke arrived from Rotterdam bringing German toys to Boston children anxious over wartime shortages. Captain Jonge said the North Sea crossing was hazardous with German mines and a fierce storm, forcing the ship to pass Falmouth without landing its Dutch pilot.
Deusopo Cagalla fired six shots into the air from a revolver amid a Chestnut Hill crowd at the Boston Elevated terminal. Police arrested him on charges of carrying a revolver discharging a weapon and drunkenness.
Four people were injured in a collision between a motorcycle and an automobile on Quincy avenue East Braintree at about 6 last evening. Dr Myron Davis of Malden drove the car while Charles Hunt of Weymouth rode the cycle with Frank Sherrick on a tandem seat. Hunt suffered a compound fracture of the left leg a fractured nose and facial injuries. Sherrick sustained a brain concussion and serious injuries to the body. Both were taken to Quincy Hospital. Mrs Davis received a deep cut above the eye and Dr Davis sprained ankle.
Harvard students from Democrats Republicans Progressives Socialists and Prohibitionists formed a pan partisan club in the Harvard Union. The group aims to host free discussions on current events with speakers from various affiliations and will invite national figures. Professor Albert Bushnell Hart a Progressive, among the first speakers, addressed about 200 attendees.
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