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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1907
Page
7
A Boston led debate on corporal punishment for schoolchildren draws rapid commentary from prominent educators and citizens. Sources quote supporters and critics including Mrs. John F. Fitzgerald, Rev. W A Knight, Dr. Laura Hughes, Dr P S Henson, Father John F Cummins, and others on whether discipline should rely on the rod or reason.
A narrator recounts a vanished romance and a surgeon named Gilbert haunted by a past tied to a white rose and a dying girl. Through memory and a later revelation he learns that Helen Lane, his sister, had died carrying a red rose for love and a white one for no.
Judge Joseph D Fallon of South Boston District Court debunked rumors that the heirs of Boston Archbishop Williams were missing. He stated the heirs, descendants of Michael Keyes, received the $2000 life insurance from the late Archbishop and are now in possession of the legacy. Fallon had located the Keyes children and witnessed the will with Archbishop O Connell as executor.
George Otis Draper, Hopedale manufacturer, announced two high powered foreign made cars are being overhauled at his shops and he will enter both for Florida races next month driving his own cars.
A Boston Post report details persistent delays on the Boston and Albany line yesterday with through trains late from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The worst holdover reached 52 minutes on the 5:30 p.m. arrival amid rain and crowded South Station crowds. Railroad officials offered limited information as railroad commissioners prepare to meet.
A reader asks if sending a photograph to a newer acquaintance while still involved with a Vermont girl is fair. Miss Champagne advises honesty and transparency to avoid misunderstandings, urging clear communication and consent from both women.
The Forty Hours Adoration begins at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with a solemn high mass at 10 30 in the morning. Rev Joseph H Rockwell S J will preach the evening sermon during vespers. The devotion dates to the 16th century and honors Christ’s time in the tomb.
Organized Labor plans to challenge Lieutenant-Governor Eben S. Draper at the Massachusetts AFL convention in Milford beginning October 14. The State branch executive board handed a five member committee all data and evidence alleging Draper opposes organized labor. Last year’s convention in Lawrence condemned Draper and a statewide campaign sought his defeat.
At Castle Square Hall Bay State Division 139 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers held a special meeting without lodging any action on a petition circulated among road workers asking management to allow seven days of work per week. The engineers noted many already work seven days and viewed the petition as road protection against potential legal action.
Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso, recovering from recent nasal surgery, has reduced his daily cigarette consumption by half. The lighter routine follows the operation and limits on royal smoking.
The umpire in the wage dispute between Boilermakers Lodge 9 of Boston and employers will hear Edward Robinson and John J Minton today. After a May strike for 15 percent, a 7 1 2 percent offer was rejected, a 10 percent counter failed, and 700 boilermakers walked out on May 1. The decision will be final and observed by both sides. Bookbinders plan a nationwide eight hour day strike starting tomorrow, with many Boston Cambridge and Norwood shops prepared to sign the agreement. About half of Boston Bookbinders Union 16’s 700 members are already on eight hours.
In Decatur Alabama on September 29 Evangelist Robert Jones told the audience he had done his duty and urged those who continued on their road to the devil to go. A few members stepped forward for prayer as he spoke.
Longshoremen consider port rule and wage changes on two lines. District Council of Ladies Garment Workers formed with local unions represented. A Yiddish weekly paper for members approved by Ladies Tailors and Dressmakers Union 26. Electrical workers meet. wage scale for Boston Electrical Workers Union 103 enforced. Massachusetts unions plan special meeting at Wells Memorial to prepare for A F L convention in Milford. Cambridge Central Labor Union meets Thursday. Lumber Team Drivers Union 112 schedules a special meeting at Weils Memorial. Brookline Expressmen report 14 to 17 hour days and seek 11 to 12 hour workday through proposed wage scale and agreement.
The wage scale and working agreement committee of Boston Electrical Workers Union 163 will confer this afternoon with employer representatives over demands for a wage increase and Saturday half holiday. Frank P. McNulty of the Electrical Workers International Brotherhood arrives and will address Local 103 tonight. The current agreement expires today. Journeymen seek 50 cents an hour and helpers 31 1/4 cents, for a 44 hour week of 22 dollars for journeymen and 13.75 for helpers, up from 21.60 and 12. The proposed increases are 40 cents for journeymen and 1.75 for helpers.
Daniel J. Tobin of Cambridge, international president elect of the Teamsters, received a flattering send off at South Station as he journeyed to Indianapolis to assume office. Cornelius P. Shea, retiring president, also left for Indianapolis to attend the final meeting of the old board and turn over the office.
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