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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
5
Fog delayed the standardization tests of the torpedo boat destroyer Davis in Rockland Maine. The ship completed two four hour runs at 12 and 16 knots with fuel consumption within specifications, as reported by the builders.
Former Representative Michael F. McGrath charged that the Democratic city committee and Richard Lynch the superintendent of public buildings are trying to deprive candidates of ward room use before the primaries. Lynch denied any unfairness in room allotments after McGrath sought two ward rooms for district use.
Inspectors from Charles B. Woolley sealer of weights and measures pursue short weight coal dealers. In East Boston a driver was charged with 3950 pounds short in five deliveries totaling 17 tons and will be arraigned today. Woolley urges buyers to demand a weight slip sworn by a weigher and to contact City Hall if in doubt.
Funeral services for Mrs Evelina Cutter Stone were held yesterday at her home in Somerville. She died last Thursday in her 1st year. The Rev Chester A Drummond officiated with Rev William H Pierson assisting. Burial followed in Mt Auburn cemetery family lot.
The second Red Cross car carrying supplies for Massachusetts National Guard soldiers on the border will depart next week. Since the first shipment two months ago, items from residents have piled up at the Boston branch headquarters on Newbury Street. The new consignment will mainly include games magazines toilet articles and playing cards.
Springfield dispatch reports Frederick W. Mansfield addressing a large Democratic rally. He denounced bossed nominations and boasted of drafting labor laws as A F of L attorney, highlighting eight hour laws and safety measures while arguing the Commonwealth rests on wage earners.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands joined naval maneuvers aboard a submarine in Amsterdam via London. The vessel dived twice while the queen was a passenger, according to the Nieuws van den Pag.
Tonight at the Pops and operatic event features a varied programme from Meyerbeer to Bizet with selections from Carmen Mignon and Le Nozze. The page notes dances and waltzes along with the Star Spangled Banner and other orchestral pieces.
The article recounts Harold Lockwood and the narrator filming at Santa Monica beach for Tess of the Storm Country and Hearts Adrift. They describe perilous rock hopping, near drownings, a rope rescue, and Lockwood’s insistence on saving the narrator amid breaking waves.
The item lists actors and roles from several silent films including J M Blanche Sweet as Vera Maroff in The Black List Ella Golden as the dancer in The Love Liar and Francis X Bushman connected to Metro Producing Company Letters addressable via Vera Maroff in New York Mary Fuller is noted with Universal Company Others include Madeline Travers Edwin August Blanche Ring Forest Stanley and Marguerite Courtot with Famous Players Mary Pickford talks planned five days a week in Daily Post and Sundays in Sunday Post
The Boston and Maine directors issued a statement defending their receivership decision. Stockholders meet on Sept 19 to discuss the matter. They state permanent relief via friendly reorganization seemed impossible and note the road could not meet August 431 notes without a lasting solution.
Mayor Curley criticized city departments overseeing unpaid boards and urged replacing the Board of Overseers with a salaried official. He lamented lacking statutory power to remove the board but promised a council order to substitute the Board of Infirmary Trustees or consolidate it with the health department or another city branch.
Hiram C Snow of Fast Weymouth who served with Massachusetts and New York regiments in the Civil war died yesterday at his home on South Main Street. He was 84 years old. Mr Snow is survived by no near relatives.
In Stoughton a local gold rush brought fevered affair as residents hoarded wealth and counted fortunes. The bubble burst soon after leaving iron pyrites and mica, returning the town to normal. Officials engaged briefly before calm returned.
The American Surety Company sues Thomas W. Lawson in Suffolk Superior Court for 3381.70 plus interest. It claims Lawson agreed to indemnify the company if it became surety on a bond for L M Wool Cleaning Co. to guarantee rent under Meehan’s lease.
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