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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
3
Secretary Patrick J. Anglin failed to hand the Progressive voters list to Chairman Hale by 6 p m yesterday as required. Hale threatened legal action but extended the deadline again after a Republican promised the list would be provided by noon today.
The $173 187 paying contract awarded to the Timilty-linked firm prompts a fresh protest from Quinlan & Robertson of Montreal alleging competitive irregularities. The dispute centers on the selection process and the competing bid from Quinlan & Robertson.
The Post Office Department announced a new ruling allowing import of precious stones by mail from foreign countries. The Treasury Department agreed to the move and regulations cover entry of stones whether cut or uncut.
Former Attorney General Herbert Parker argued the five officers of the Aroostook Potato Shippers Association are defending under immunities granted by the Sherman act. The group faces trial in federal court on anti trust charges as evidence was discussed yesterday.
Carl C. King of Caribou, president and one of five defendants, testified the Aroostook association reorganized in 1914 to work with the federal government and improve railroad conditions. It placed agents in Boston and New York, hired Edward H. Doyle and H. W. Sylvester, and assessed 25 to 60 cents per car to fund its work. The group’s main committees are transportation and listing, which handles complaints.
Patrick J. McGrath of Brockton, discharged on a wife assault charge, must return to serve an unexpired term at Atlanta Federal Prison. He had nine months left for counterfeiting when paroled, but now faces three years. Had he remained free a few weeks, he would have finished a scraping machine for shoe manufacture and earned $15,000 after patent approval.
Adjutant-General Pearson told the War Department the border militia mobilization cost a total of $255,270. Massachusetts covered $160,911, the United States government paid $79,628, with $14,734 unsettled for horse purchase and hire.
John J. Conway, 51, of 117 Winthrop Street Roxbury, sustained cuts to face and nose when he was thrown from a car on River Street Hyde Park. He was a passenger in James Curry of Chestnut Street Brookline s vehicle when it collided with a car driven by Dr Charles A Cullen of 1720 River Street.
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