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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1913
Page
7
In Dundee Scotland on October 8 First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Spencer Churchill told constituents that the government would press the Home Rule bill as planned. He said nothing would deter the measure or the duty to uphold the law against disorders by any fomenters.
Churchill warned a general election could come before Irish Parliament legislation and that opponents could repeal any bill after power transfer. He also addressed Northeast Ulster, saying its claim deserves full consideration by any government reliant on the present Commons.
Boston prominent citizens plan to press the Mayor and City Council to purchase a corner plot between Hemingway Street and the Fenway. They argue the site would improve light and air for the Forsyth Dental Hospital under construction near the Art Museum, ensuring a pleasant setting for a children’s hospital offering largely free care.
Margaret Dickey Griffin of Malden was elected president of the junior class at Wellesley College yesterday, marking a notable example of a local student achieving campus leadership.
Miss Griffin of Malden won the junior class presidency at Wellesley College after four ballots and a deadlock. She led throughout and was greeted by friends with a dorm serenade. Other officers elected include Marguerite Ryder vice president Harriet Holt recording secretary Ruth Capen corresponding secretary Elizabeth Metcalf treasurer and advisory and executive committee members Dorothy Quirsham Merian Wilkes and Marion D Lock.
A public mass meeting to protest racial discrimination and fight for equal recognition will be held tonight at the First African Methodist Church on Charles Street in West End. The event is organized by the Cosmopolitan Equal Rights Association of Greater Boston.
Joseph H. Symonds of 37 Main Street Malden filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S District Court yesterday listing liabilities of 61535 and assets of 4698 amid ongoing insolvency proceedings.
Jonathan C Small, mechanic for the McMillan Crocker Land party aboard the Diana, writes from the Eric at Etah Greenland to a Provincetown sister. He reports robust health and spirits on August 1, indicating the crew’s condition amid polar expedition.
Coral Harbor expedition members describe leaving Boston, reaching Labrador, and then 77 degrees latitude Greenland coast. They mention 30 Eskimos, 10 dogs, harvesting a 700 pound bear, two walrus, filming the chase, and preparing winter houses near Utah 26 miles from their destination.
Miss Margaret M. Merchant of West Newton married Walter Garfield Ross of Toronto Ontario at the bride’s parents home 39 Sewall street West Newton with Rev. Julian C. Jaynes officiating.
The Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, rector of Trinity Church Boston, was elected president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, defeating the Rev. Dr. W. T. Manning of Trinity Church New York by 250 to 242 in New York on October 8.
Twenty votes more than needed were cast for Joseph Packard but invalidated for lack of formal nomination. The Mann Manning contest split high and low church factions, with Mann hailed by the low church side as a victory and Manning pushing for unanimity after his defeat. The House of Bishops elected Dr. Henry Anstice secretary and elected officers, while a memorial by Bishop Harding proposed a constitutional amendment on representation. The sessions resume tomorrow with further amendments on the agenda.
Miss Muriel Nathalie Willard youngest daughter of Mrs Frances J Willard of this town married John Seymour Nicholl Technology 07 of Rochester New York and late of Yokohama Japan. The ceremony was conducted at noon by Rev T Roseberry Good of Yokohama.
Harvard University petitions the Cambridge Board of Aldermen to authorize construction of a tunnel from the Charles River near the city to the college yard. The tunnel would distribute heat supplied by the Boston Elevated Railway from its Cambridge powerhouse, driven by President A. Lawrence Lowell’s push.
Harvard University moves to adopt a new plan aimed at reducing a smoke nuisance that risks becoming harmful to residents and campus facilities. Details of the plan outline and enforcement remain under discussion as officials assess health impacts and compliance requirements.
Harvard contemplates a central heating plant in the college yard to save costs and avoid smoky exhaust near Widener Library and Harvard Square merchants. An alternative tunnel heat-pipe scheme, to be owned by Harvard, faces Cambridge opposition ahead of a likely spirited meeting.
Miss Lillian M. Coulter aged 15 required Probate Court and parental consent to marry Himer W. Locke of Deering New Hampshire yesterday afternoon. Coulter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Coulter of 215 West Selden Street Mattapan, met Locke a year ago at a social function. he is a bookkeeper for a Boston firm.
A heavy hail storm followed by a cloudburst and high wind struck western St. Louis today, flooding streets, shattering windows, and uprooting trees and signboards.
Harry K. Thaw, suspecting a man at a Concord hotel of posing as his friend and feeding William Travers Jerome information on his lawyers, had Detective Sergeant John T. O'Dowd lock the man up after a conference with Thaw and his lawyers.
Reports say Thaw believes a trusted friend among his Concord circle may be spying. He has warned his lawyers and staff to be cautious in talking to the prisoner. Detective O'Dowd mentions the suspect is known in Manchester and Boston and resides in Boston.
Malden's manufacturing boom continues as United Novelty and Plating Company plans a new plant in East Medford. The restructured Board of Trade drew the company, creating space for a 50 worker facility to be ready by November 1.
Liverpool October 8 a religious mania drove William McDonald a church worker to fire a leaden revolver killing three fellow church workers and then shoot himself.
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