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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1915
Page
8
The Boston area reports Dean Thayer died after a long battle with excruciating bladder disease and related health relapses. Friends say illness and a hot spell worsened his condition, with his death believed a result of a self assumed plunge in the Charles River basin Tuesday night.
Ezra Ripley Thayer born in Milton on February 21 1866 son of Harvard Law School Professor James Bradley Thayer built a renowned career. He edited the Harvard Law Review practiced before the Supreme Court and became dean and law professor at Harvard in 1900 1910. He declined a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appointment in 1918 choosing public service through the law school. He married Ethel Randolph Clark in 1898 and left a scholarly legacy in ethics and medical jurisprudence.
Dean Thayer dies leaving Harvard Law School with an opening for a new leader. Samuel Williston may run the school temporarily while John H. Wigmore is discussed as a potential permanent successor. Francis H. Bohlen is also named as a possible instructor. Westengard returns from leave to take on several courses this fall.
Hot weather yesterday gave Chase and Sanborns employees a half holiday. The factory closed at noon and the workers walked to Nantasket Beach to enjoy cool harbor breezes.
Chelsea keeps its tax rate at 24 dollars per thousand for 1915, a decision by the Board of Assessors that cheers due to many towns in the commonwealth raising rates. The city valuation is listed at 30,074,160 dollars, with expectations for a higher levy not met.
The full bench holds employees may strike to force union recognition when an employer refuses to negotiate with the union representative. This is the state’s first decision directly addressing the right of union members to strike for recognition.
In a ruling by Judge De Courcy, the Superior Court held John Cornellier could not seek equitable relief to remove a blacklist due to his own unlawful strike actions. The decision overruled Worthington against Waring, confirming that equity may grant injunctive relief against unlawful combinations in certain labor disputes. The court found the strike at Witherell and Dobbins shop was not for an unlawful purpose and did not target nonunion workers.
The next Sunday Post features the first photograph from Przemysl’s bombardment. It is described as a remarkable picture of the event.
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