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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
2
Fruit growers from all sections of New Hampshire gathered in Durham to celebrate Orchard Day on the eve of the event. Seven of the state's largest Granges sent extensive exhibits for display tomorrow in this first edition of the observance.
After a long acrimonious debate the National Association of Railway Commissioners adopted a report recommending rigid federal and state supervision of the issuance of stocks and bonds by utility and railroad corporations. Commissioner Eshelman of California submitted the report.
A convention endorses limiting stock and bond purposes by law and authorizing commissions to ensure proceeds serve issued purposes. It supports ICC regulation of interstate carriers and urges Congress to empower the ICC. Debates include a removal of unlimited issuance and a plan to form a uniform intrastate rate committee led by state commissioners. D'Arcy Scott and A S Goodhue attend.
Under our present mode of living Nature cannot dispose of all waste. The waste poisons the system via blood flow and causes many ills. Physicians now advise laxatives to prevent waste buildup. J. B. L. Cascade is promoted as Nature's cure for constipation. Riker-Jaynes drug stores in New England host the booklet.
President Wilson ordered a statement from the Internal Revenue Commissioner Osborn assuring that Congress removal of deputy collectors from civil service protection does not bring back the spoils system. He told collectors that the move was for efficiency and does not imply political patronage.
Ex Governor Morgan G Bulkeley of Hartford and Charles S Ensign of Newton file a bill in equity in the Supreme Judicial Court against the New York New Haven Hartford railroad to block a bond issue. The suit mirrors the petition for review of the Massachusetts Public Service Commission decision and seeks to represent stockholders who may join.
Collectors are urged that the aim of the law is efficiency only and that using this class of appointments for personal gain or spoils will be treated as a serious breach of public duty. In future, when vacancies or changes arise, collectors must forward names and qualifications to this office before any appointment, and no appointment in this class shall be made without departmental approval.
The commission authorized 67 552 000 in bonds and 675 520 additional shares. George W. Anderson dissented. James F. Jackson filed a bill for complainants stating the extra shares will not go to all stockholders but only to holders of convertible bonds to be issued.
Washington Oct 29 The Senate committee moved to refine the administration currency bill. It passed over for later action the idea of a central government bank in place of the regional bank plan while evenly divided on the substitution, and concentrated on perfecting the measure.
Amendments today liberalize the fed eral reserve board by expanding its size from seven to nine and removing the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Comptroller of the Currency from service. A pending change would remove the Treasury Secretary and ex-officio members. The panel aims for staggered terms and immediate appointment to organize a central or regional bank system, with debate on how many regional banks to create if the regional plan continues.
Henry W. Munroe of Munroe & Co. was held in contempt by Judge Morton in federal court for failing to obtain checks from Paris partners tied to imports related to Madame Driscoll, now indicted in smuggling disclosures. The court suspended judgment for one month to allow further effort to comply.
The first uncontested divorce libel before the Supreme Court, filed in Dedham, involved Lawrence D. Duncan Jr of Quincy and his wife Georgiana B. Duncan. Judge Pratt dismissed the libel but allowed the bill of exceptions, enabling an immediate Supreme Court appeal. Duncan cites substantial testimony supporting his appeal.
Officials of the Interstate Commerce Commission inspected the wreck site of the Gilt Edge express near Westerly, where about 35 people were injured last Saturday night. Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission also visited. Commissioner McChord said a joint investigation with the Utilities Commission starts Friday morning.
George H A Roche watchman for Hamburg American Line was freed in South Boston District Court on charges he caused the death of fellow watchman John Foughy at Commonwealth pier. A misinterpretation of orders allegedly led to Foughy being thrown into a steamer hold.
Byron Tyler of 610 Wyan dotte street Kansas City Missouri promotes a health guide claiming fourteen years on a raw food diet with no aches pains or colds He asserts the diet banishes constipation obesity rheumatism and colds and is distributing the book free to anyone sending name and address at once advi
Mrs Perlina Liolman of Cambridge and Mrs Annie Fosdin with her 4 year old daughter Mildred of Roxbury narrowly escaped serious injury when Liolman’s horse shied at a car on Massachusetts Avenue near Lansdowne Street. The carriage occupants were thrown into deep mud and evacuated after the horse bolted toward the Harvard Bridge.
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