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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
3
Washington reports Speaker Clark quit his gavel to defend the Democratic caucus against Republican charges. He argued the country cares about results on tariff reform and banking legislation, not procedure. Progressive Leader Murdock faulted the caucus for decorum and gag rules and urged open committee doors.
Washington reports the gas and whistling buoy at the river entrance will get a submarine bell. The light will flash white every four seconds thereafter to aid navigation.
A gang of plasterers and decorators at the Church of the Precious Blood Hyde Park paused work when Wagner’s wedding march from the church organ signaled the bride Miss Helen Mac Donald and groom M P Kinsella. After the ceremony the workers cheered and resumed duties an hour later.
A returns error in the eighth Suffolk district Wards 20 and 21 announced Frank Edward Robbins as Progressive nominee yesterday. Correct counts show Walter R. Meins ahead by more than 20 votes, with Meins also winning the Republican senatorial nomination from the same district.
Edward J. Ferris, 60, of 998 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, was held in 300 dollars bond for a hearing yesterday by U S Commissioner Hayes charged with sending a scurrilous postal through the mails The postal is alleged to have been sent to J P O Connell of Dorchester.
The hearing on new petitions by Mrs. Lois Burnett Rantoul, granddaughter of James Russell Lowell, against her husband Edward B. Rantoul, was postponed yesterday by Judge McLaughlin of the East Cambridge Superior Court until this morning.
Three Everett youths sentenced by Judge Bruce in Malden District Court to patrol the ex mayor Nichols estate after stealing grapes. They spent yesterday afternoon under Probation Officer Tyzzer’s supervision, marching on the grounds.
New York report says railroad workers on eastern lines finished their direct case before the federal board under the Newlands act. They argued wage increases are needed to meet living cost rises. Rail-management began presenting their testimony and called a witness before adjournment.
Dr. Frank Warne testified from Interstate Commerce Commission reports that railroads earned large gains over 11 years ending 1911, with passenger revenue at 373 million and freight at 846 million in that year, while 1900 figures were far lower. Elisha Lee opened the roads’ case asserting wages and conditions are fair and that post-1910 raises were justified. E R Hewitt, Bessemer & Lake Erie trainmaster, challenged trainmen claims on overtime and pay.
The famed French aviator Andre Pegoud will not visit America this spring to perform a complete somersault in flight. He postponed his Brockton fair appearance after failing to secure satisfactory aviation agreements with American manufacturers who seek patent protections and liability assurances.
The arbitration hearing between Boston Elevated Company employees and road officials was adjourned from this morning to Monday at 10 39 AM and will resume at Ford Hall.
Leroy R. Tillotson and Harry Whitten, newspaper stereotypers, were killed when their buggy went over a 50 foot cliff beside the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad near Des Moines Iowa. The crash occurred early today and details indicate the vehicle toppled off the roadside embankment.
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