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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1914
Page
2
John R. Murphy, chairman of the Boston Finance Commission, stated yesterday his support for the existing nine member City Council rather than the district representation proposed in the Lomasney bill.
Mr Murphy backed the present city charter before a special recess committee. The Finance Commission chair, aligned with Mr Lomasney, endorsed the charter. Murphy argued Boston should end Legislative leading strings and adopt advisory initiative and referendum while retaining the current system. The public vote on the charter comes at the state election.
President Wilson nominated Harvey A. Baker of Providence Rhode Island to be United States attorney for the district of Rhode Island.
Edward Keegan superintendent of the Keegan mills in Webster marries Mary Dorothy Shields a Thompson Connecticut teacher. The couple wed this morning at Hurricane Island Maine in the Church of Our Lady. The bride is a Brown University graduate.
The Boston Elevated will introduce a new local Charlestown service from Bunker Hill street to City square via Main street with transfers to subways at City square. Service runs 5 30 a m to 11 00 p m about every 10 minutes. Sullivan square line partial discontinuation shifts to South Boston to North Station subway. Eastbound Summer street cars rerouted tonight to tomorrow morning due to subway work.
In Greenwich Connecticut Joseph Pastor aged 30 was shot and killed in front of his Quaker Ridge home this afternoon. Police seek Constantine Valencine as Pastor's slayer after a long standing dog dispute. Valencine reportedly pulled a 82 calibre revolver fired through Pastor's heart and fled into a car.
Mary Noone 20 of Roxbury owed life to her friend Mary Nee who found her unconscious from gas in the Roxbury home. Nee opened windows and dragged Noone to safety before officers and medics from Station 10 sent Noone to City Hospital. a leaky gas fixture caused the incident.
The Rev. J Cromwell Hughes returns from a two month trip in Europe and will lead morning and evening services at Immanuel Baptist Church Fields Corner. Dudley Street Baptist Church Bible School opens Sept 18 with adult youth and children classes. The Rev J C Hall to leave Second Congregational Medfield Oct 1 for health reasons and to recuperate in Southern California.
A preliminary meeting at the Exchange Club in Boston, chaired by G. Herbert Windeler, organized Britons and Colonial supporters to coordinate relief. A larger gathering of British societies is set for City Club on Tuesday September 22 at 8 p m, with 72 Kilby Street listed for more information.
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