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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1913
Page
6
The first public opinion bill test in Massachusetts faces defeat as voters resist submitting policy questions to ballots. Passed last year after years of contention, the act allowed 1200 voters in a senate district or 200 in a representative district to place a question on the ballot, including potential tests of direct primary and woman suffrage.
Nomination papers for the vacancy of Dukes County Treasurer Jonathan H Bourne must be filed by Sept 23 for possible ballot inclusion in the primaries, with independent nominations due by Oct 4 otherwise. The county includes Oak Bluffs Edgartown Tisbury West Tisbury Chilmark Gay Head and Gosnold.
Brussels, Belgium September 5 A Friedrich a German aviator with Dr H Elias of Berlin landed this afternoon after a flight from Berlin covering about 400 miles He then started for Paris Friedrich is the first German flyer to reach Belgium en route from Berlin to Paris
The White Star liner Cretic sails today for Naples and the Mediterranean with Edwin Mulready of Massachusetts deputy probation commissioner sailing as the U S representative to the 14th international congress on alcoholism in Milan Italy from September 22 to 28.
Frank A. Vanderlip president of the National City Bank of New York told electrical industry representatives at Association Island that investing two billion dollars over five years could profitably develop the U S electrical sector. He cited eight million weekly for five years totaling two billion. The remarks were made at Sacketts Harbor New York.
Margaret Steadman and her sister Eheanor, ages 11 and 9, of 371 Austin street West Newton, have created a grasshopper coach and four with thread harnesses to compete in the Panama-Pacific beauty contest. Their menagerie has included a chameleon and a large turtle that vanishes via an underground passage.
The Paine Furniture Company on Arlington street and St. James avenue nears completion with a seventh story under construction. The exterior reveals a prominent warehouse design in the new shopping district, featuring limestone at the base and light brick and terra cotta above. White brick graces the rear facade as a notable feature.
Londonderry New Hampshire September 5 Mr and Mrs Samuel P Robie of this town celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary at their farm He is known as the village blacksmith and has served the town in the State Legislature He is an elder in the Presbyterian church.
Bridgewater Sept 5 The search for three insane convicts who escaped from the State farm Thursday continued with a 20 man posse sweeping the Bridgewater woods and checking residents along main roads. No clue found on direction or whereabouts of Edward F Russell Dean Dempsey and James O Dolan who remain at large.
Hartford Sept 5 The condition of George M Cohan and his party after an auto accident on the Berlin turnpike yesterday is favorable in every respect at Hartford Hospital nine o clock tonight None are in serious condition and Mr Cohan expects to leave the hospital shortly
Comptroller Rodenberger announces five volumes of essential city records have vanished from his office amid a grand jury inquiry into alleged graft. A subpoena was issued to produce specific books before the grand jury next Monday.
Judge Latimer of the Juvenile Court of Washington DC will visit Boston in the next few days to study how courts handle child delinquency. He left Washington yesterday, traveling to major cities to learn how the system assists distressed children left adrift by unfortunate circumstances.
The Rev. Thomas I. Gasson, president of Boston College, will visit the Catholic Church on the sand hills at Scituate Sunday morning to celebrate the 9 o'clock mass and preach to the congregation in what will be the year’s last gathering in the little chapel connected with the Cohasset parish.
Despatches from Nanking report northern forces sacked the city for three days. Soldiers looted shops and seized valuables at the American consulate until Mrs. Alvin W. Gilbert, acting as vice-consul’s wife, spoke to the troops and deterred them. The soldiers withdrew, leaving the consulate unharmed.
Looters tried to force the gates of two missions, firing on the American Presbyterian and American Protestant Episcopal establishments as foreign residents watched. The fall of Nanking to northern forces ends the rebellion with provinces reported quiet. Parliament considers proposals for a president before a constitution, and the Gazette reports a cabinet resignation with a new ministry to seek approval next week.
Representatives of the Association of Traveling Salesmen met with Speaker Clark and Secretary Daniels to press a plan allowing voters to cast ballots while away from home. The talks touched on a constitutional amendment and linked the idea to military franchise for army and navy personnel.
Edward R. Du Parey of London offered Chicago a blunt verdict noting excessive noise poor streets smoke and dirt outdated paving and rude manners He praised only Michigan boulevard and commented that the women are a sight in Chicago Sept 5报道
The seventh annual Peirce Family Association reunion takes place today at the Peirce farm on Heights near Charles A. Peirce’s home at 11 Appleton Street Arlington Heights. About 200 relatives and guests from Arlington Heights Lexington Somerville Cambridge Brookline Woburn Winchester Everett and Pennsylvania expected.
Miss Lillian Hapenny, a Somerville housekeeper, was bound gagged and tortured by a female burglar at 36 Joy Street. The assailant demanded a watch, rifled the home for valuables, bound and silenced her with plaster and cloth, then fled as two daughters discovered her and called help. she was hospitalized with nervous shock.
In Jackson Michigan this afternoon a racing incident killed Harry Endicott of Anderson Indiana and 10 year old spectator Mary Sarata. Endicott was a brother of famous auto racer Farmer Bill Endicott. Three others were injured when Endicott’s car crashed through a fence after a front tire blew.
Endicott loses control during a practice run for an exhibition race against Benedict in Sarata. Benedict, injured but alive, remains weak and in hospital. The Hall girl Frances, 13, is killed instantly. Miss Walters and Benedict suffer nonfatal injuries. An inquest is planned for Tuesday.
Chicago news notes Edward A. Drummond probate of his will leaves Bowdoin College Brunswick Maine 80 000 from a 500 000 estate. He was a wholesale dry goods merchant and also makes numerous smaller bequests to charities and individuals in Massachusetts and Maine.
Reports from Sept 5 state Count Gombei Yamamoto traveled to Tokyo to inform the Emperor about the shooting of Japanese subjects during clashes between Chinese government troops and southern rebels in Nanking. He will advise on Japan's future actions in the affair.
In Calumet on September 5, Attorney Clarence Darrow of Chicago met with A. F. Rees chief counsel of Calumet and Hecla Mining Company to discuss the miners federation arbitration plan recently submitted to Governor Ferris.
Searchlights illuminated Boston harbor between Allerton Beacon and the Narrows Light as naval guns fired from Fort Andrews. Twenty shots were fired with Major Callam in charge. Colonel White and Colonel Jordan oversaw the exercise. Towboat Association aided by keeping ships away during firing. a watch was kept for stray craft as the sea glowed with daylight-like illumination.
Baron de Marpurgo of Rome praising American men after a West tour notes that he finds American men superior to men of other nations and downplays expectations about American women while staying at the Vanderbilt Hotel.
An old advertisement proclaims Adamson's Balsam as the never failing cure for colds, sold by druggists everywhere. It markets a universal remedy with assertive claims and broad availability in general stores.
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