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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1912
Page
13
Wellesley students discuss adding baseball to the college curriculum prompted by interest after the recent world series. The note appears in the last issue of the Wellesley College News.
A group of young women attended a ball game and faced crowds and ticket touts. They struggled with terms like bunts sacrifices and balks and left puzzled but curious, buying extras to learn which side won.
Austin Gray and Robert Eldredson, both 10 years old, were arrested by Patrolman Frank Sullivan after midnight on Dudley street for breaking and entering Fuller's Market at Dudley and Dearborn. Police say 30 false keys and coins were found on them. they will appear in Juvenile Court today.
A joint conference committee of freight handlers unions for the N Y N H & H and B and M railroads met to press the proposed new wage scale. The group urged management to proceed without further delay and to address engineers' pay, while a separate committee was named to press concerns with Boston and Maine officials. Thirty candidates were initiated by the local at a single session.
Boston street election at 724 Washington Street anticipates over 4000 ballots as Carmen's Union elects permanent officers in its first regular vote.
Boston Typographical Union 13 debated establishing a union restaurant in Newspaper Row financed by the union. A committee will report next meeting. The plan aims to aid union members and nearby workers. Members favored inviting representatives to School of Social Science lectures. The union will substantially aid the Quincy Street Free Home for Consumptives. Five new members were admitted and 13 applications received.
International President William F. Dempsey announces credentials from 20 unions for a November 7 conference at the United States Hotel to form an Atlantic Coast District Council. The group will push the AFL to address a foreign crew cargo handling view and seek changes to laws protecting longshoremen from alien labor.
The primary narrowed the presidential race to Matthew J. Higgins of Division 1 and Thomas J. Shine of Division 6. Interest centers on the office outcome as campaigning proves lively. Other officers include secretary-treasurer with William J. Cullinan of Division 1 opposing Charles N. Rogs of Division 3, recording secretary Owen P. Moore and Daniel F. Mulcahey of Division 6, and warden candidates M. H. Flynn of Division 9 and Dougall McInnis of the Central Power House. Cullinan and Moore led in primary votes and expect victory. Yesterday Warden W. F. Fahey arranged 36 extra voting booths in the hall.
Boston Bartenders Union voted to extend benefit work by appointing a committee to arrange permanent free beds for members at city hospitals. The union also planned burial lots for members who die without families.
Labor notes report the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Machinists stating that the eight hour day with no wage reduction will take effect at Fore River yards Monday. Longshoremen’s Trade Council held a session but chose not to release information publicly. Various unions in New England planned meetings, district councils, and conferences with leaders named including A H Hart and Michael Disken, while others criticized officials’ actions during strikes.
Andrew F Lauzon found a body in the pond on the Ames estate near North Easton after dragging the water overnight. The victim, a young woman, floated face down with a chin bruise, suggesting a blow. Dr McGraw ordered removal to Taunton. Mary Ames protested draining as private property.
Daniel O Connell Associates Union 799 and three Atlantic coast unions held a convention in Boston on November 7 electing delegates. Provident Union named William F. Dempsey as president and Edward Casey O Connell as official, East Boston union chose Adam McBain and Thomas Zellen. The assemblies admitted longshoremen who stayed with Noddle Island East Boston after 500 members left to form a separate East Boston AFL union.
Boston Newsboys' Protective Union held its semi annual election of officers at 30 Hanover Street. The unopposed general officers include President Benjamin H. Robinsh and first vice president Louis Lippman. second vice president Michael Davis. recording secretary Jacob Applebaum. financial secretary Harry Weinberg. treasurer Thomas J. Mulkern. sergeant at arms Max Levine who beat Benjamin Brooker.
At a Mishkan Tefelia Synagogue gathering in Roxbury under the Jewish Children's Aid Society, General Charles W. Bartlett predicted a large Foss reelection margin and praised the governor's administration. He also spoke on Wilson's presidential prospects while other speakers included Courtenay Crocker, Sylvester McBride, and Mrs. Anna Tillinghast.
Closing services for the Maverick Church in East Botson were held last night before a large audience. Principal address delivered by Professor Walter Rauschenbush, with remarks from Dr. D. W. Waldron and Dr. F. B. Emerich.
Harvard plans three large freshman dormitories on Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge. Ground will be broken early next spring as frost leaves the ground, marking a decisive change for the Gold Coast area.
A Newtown ferry crew rescued Neil Neilson, 82, from a capsized rowboat off Bird Island flats as the Newtown docked at Hast Boston. He was pulled from the water after the ferry captain stopped the boat abruptly. Neilson, employed on a dredger, was only ducked and then taken to the dredger.
Democratic national committee plans 350 speakers in New York this week for the presidential campaign. The schedule spans Progressives Wednesday, Democrats Thursday, and Republicans Friday with coverage across city and state before the election.
The Harvard freshman dormitory plan may reshape the Gold Coast, with Westmerly Court Randolph Rusell and Claverly Halls to be affected. Room prices range from 250 to 800 dollars a year, averaging about 500, with some suites at 1000 to 1200.
The Rev. Emery A. Hallinger of St. Mark's Passaic New Jersey united seven couples between 10 AM and 6:30 PM. The pairs hailed from Clifton Garfield Wallington Passaic and Bedford Ohio. His yearly tally reached 156 marriages, surpassing the prior record of 63 set by St. Nicholas priests.
Crown Prince Alexis shows signs of recovery, with doctors reporting a good day and an improving general condition. Temperature noted at 100 and pulse at 120 marking the day’s positive progress in St. Petersburg.
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