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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1910
Page
8
A referendum on direct nominations will appear in 12 representative districts and three senatorial districts in the fall election. The last hour to file petitions for the referendum was 5 o clock yesterday at the secretary of state’s office.
The bill, promoted by Speaker Joseph Walker and Representative Thomas Riley, would allow 10 percent petitioning for a referendum on direct nominations in certain districts. Key races include Essex and Middlesex senatorial districts, with Arthur Nason and Russell Woods leading campaigns. In the 11th congressional district, ex Senator Daniel Lane withdraws, leaving W Dudley Cotton and Stephen O'Meara to contend, with Lane backing O Meea. South Boston hosts vigorous Democratic Senate campaigning as James Powers plans a rally. Patrick O Connor and William O'Brien tour the area with frequent speeches.
Political notes report that former representative Joseph Murley of East Boston will appear on the ballot for the Democratic nomination in the ninth district unless proof arises of election law violation from his postwithdrawal name substitution. Chairman Maynard says the committee will forward Murley’s name to the election board. Election commissioners indicate they will permit the name on the ballot absent any protest.
Congressman O Connell spoke at the Columbia Road Municipal Building urging industrial development of marshes around Squantum and the Neponset River. He noted vast land for aviation tied to a new piano factory and vacant sites near Dorchester and Roxbury offering opportunities for hundreds of factories and jobs.
Peter C. Jones a retired Boston banker now in Honolulu raced via air and rail to Boston for the centennial meeting of the American Board of Missions and the triennial gathering of the National Congregational Society He aims to reach Boston at 11 50 tomorrow morning after a 10 day 1 hour 50 minute journey from Hawaii surpassing the previous 11 day record He lost two hours in San Francisco but made close connections in Chicago and the hub city en route.
Samuel Bowles Jr son of the Springfield Republican editor announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the second district to oppose incumbent Congressman Frederick H. Gillett. Bowles is 25 and works on an evening newspaper.
Mayor Fitzgerald leaves Boston for Lewiston to campaign for Daniel J. McGillicuddy in Maine’s first district and for Mayor Plaisted of Augusta opposing Governor Fernald.
Kumar Krishna Varma of Bombay author of Hindu Psychic Phenomena will discuss Occultism in India at Vernon Hall Tremont Street Monday evening September 12. He has studied occult life in the orient and will speak with authority.
In New York on September 9 two high profile theatrical weddings were announced. Billie Burke will wed Captain Fran Carey and Pauline Chase will marry Nicolas Jervis Wood, a London clubman. Ceremonies expected in early January with elaborate arrangements.
In Municipal Court Judge Burke rejects claims of white slavery in the raid at 26 Hancock Street. Defendants Addie Canales and Antonio Cataldo face statutory offences with Cataldo jailed eight months and bonded for appeal. Canales given probation eligibility after a suspended sentence.
The cholera outbreak claims thousands with 9899 new cases and 4405 deaths in the Aug 28 to Sept 3 period. The season totals reach 170,363 cases and 77,466 deaths as 60 new cases and 12 deaths are reported in St. Petersburg with 590 patients hospitalized.
After two months of alterations Samuels haberdashers at 1 Summer Street corner Kingston today opens a fine clothes shop. Each garment hangs individually from leading New York and Rochester makers bearing the Samuels mark with 16 years of trust. Prices range from 15 to 35 dollars and fall derbies from a top Connecticut maker are offered with a Samuels guarantee. Souvenirs are given to each opening-day purchaser.
Mrs. Jennie Gilfount, wife of David Gilfount of South Boston, was struck on the head by boards from a collapsed five story structure built by local youths. She was placed on the dangerous list at City Hospital as police investigate whether the boards were pushed. a nearby two year old was unharmed.
In Revere town hall last night supporters urged the Railway Commission grant of a certificate of exigency for the Boston & Eastern Railway to erect a Beverly to Boston air line. Resolutions by William H. Collcord were adopted unanimously and will be sent to the Governor. No action on the telephone rates due to railway debate.
Walt Mason vents at a prison window about oppression and the town boss who dismissed him from a city job. He rails at class injustice, defends the poor, and ends with a call to arms and a warning that people can always buy a gun.
A potential lockout grips the entire cotton trade from October 1 as Fern mill owners and Oldham workers fail to agree. The Masters' Federation urged arbitration by next Monday, while the Oldham union rejected arbitration, risking a wider strike across cotton mills.
Congressional candidate Thomas Giblin urged Mayor Fitzgerald to stay at City Hall and focus on citizens’ interests. He accused the mayor of acting like a circus manager and of trying to defeat Vahey using the same tactics seen in the ninth district race.
Father Lemont Martougesian the Armenian priest charged with extortion in New York was released yesterday. Supporters called their protest the Strike Against God as hundreds of Armenian mothers refused to baptize their newborns until he could officiate.
Miran Sevasly, a Boston lawyer and Armenian patriot, reveals that Father Martougesian’s arrest and release arose from clashes with wealthy Armenian merchants and a police crusade against the Hunchakists. Sevasly argues the group is a patriot organization aiding Armenia, not a criminal sect, and notes renewed plans to baptize infants who were denied sacraments.
In Bounding Meadow a farm family discovers an egg bearing a fiery message from God prompting a village revival. Horace Scott’s son Robert finds the marked egg and the town floods the Methodist Church with impassioned sermons and night-long prayers as denominations unite to heed the ominous warning.
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