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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1909
Page
10
Longshoremen's Trade Council voted to defer action on the 1909 wage scale and working agreement. Delegates will await local assemblies' review of proposals from stevedores and agents before reassembling to decide next steps. An amicable agreement is anticipated.
Labor headquarters warns that impostors are soliciting for the Frank K. Foster fund. The only valid fund now is the Massachusetts State AFL Foster fund, directed by D. D. Driscoll, treasurer, Boston. Public should send contributions directly to the listed box and report any beggars to police.
Albany April 4 The New York Lake Champlain tercentenary committee applied to the federal government for permission to raise the hull of the Royal Savage flagship of General Benedict Arnold. The vessel has rested on the lake bottom near the October 11 1776 site where Arnold abandoned her after battle with a much larger British fleet.
Rabbi Browne of New York, the lone living pallbearer at President Grant's funeral, conducts a revival service at Synagogue Mishkan Tefila in Roxbury this week. He preached on The Talmud and the Gospels, Their Ethics and Literary Beauties, and will speak on Passover in English Tuesday forenoon.
Boston seeks bids for multiple municipal loans totaling 2 983 000 with 3 percent interest. Loans include tunnel and subway, highways making, northern avenue sleepers, rapid transit Cambridge connection, school tanks and buildings, drainage and sewer works. Bids due April 8 1909 at noon.
Swift and Co schedules meetings for Superior and Pittsburg. Dividends payable include United Shoe Machinery common at 2 percent plus 2 percent extra, and other listed issues with book closings and ex dividends noted for several stocks including Am Locomotive preferred and Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania.
The market shifts from a week of dead lock to a six session rise driven by broad buying in railway, equipment, metal and industrial shares. Optimism grows as railway earnings improve, foreign issues ease, and Bank of England cuts discount rate, though some question rapid advance. Proponents cite improving business outlook and investor confidence, while warn against over-optimism and uneven fundamental support.
Spokane April 4 Mrs R H Tucker expert aerogramist and telegrapher claims to be the first woman wireless operator in the world stationed on the steamship Indianapolis plying the Sound She says women avoid the service due to fear of instruments and notes the change of the distress signal from Q D to S O S adopted by the Berlin treaty and now official worldwide.
The coming Boston Athletic Association Marathon on Patriots Day draws focus to James O Mara a Cambridge born Irish runner representing Ireland. His Brockton Marathon win and prior 25 mile time mark make him a strong contender alongside veteran finishers in a field known for surprise outcomes.
The article lists multiple Boston area schools starting rowing workouts with Stone School preparing an eight and a four, led by Coach Lindsay. captains Crombie Nichols Stratton Keays and others push to assemble fast crews, with Roxbury Latin Brookline Cambridge Latin Noble & Greenough Rindge and Dorchester among early participants.
Central Labor Union delegates Dennis D. Driscoll and Fred J. Knee land report to Mayor Hibbard after visiting his office. A 10 year Edison Lighting contract proposal is to be opposed in a forthcoming resolution. Nominations for officers include John J. Hynes and John T. Cashman among others. Representative Fay criticizes legislator salaries as too low to deter affluent interests.
The column prints reader queries on amusements and gossip, asks about Lotta Crabtree’s marriage and brother, explains Panama Canal lock versus sea level, lists presidential line of succession, notes Florence Maybrick’s 1889 conviction, and answers questions on theatre, land grants, and historical coin value with concise, period tone.
The Hon. John F. Fitzgerald in Hibernian Hall East Boston urged a bright future for the area. He said business interests now realize East Boston's potential as a commercial and industrial center and called for railroad and terminal development. He warned against demagogues and stressed capital, labor, and immigration as keys to growth. He predicted East Boston could rival Belgium in activity within five years.
Mischa Ehman served as soloist in the third Pension Fund concert of the season at Symphony Hall. The program featured Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini overture, Saint Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and Liszt Rhapsody No. 2. Ehman’s performance drew praise, with multiple recalls and notes he could have extended the program. The orchestra offered vigorous performances of pieces that have endeared Fiedler to audiences, delivering lively playing throughout.
Stamford Connecticut April 4 Thomas A Brennan a reform council member was arrested charged with stealing milk. He and four others allegedly took bottles from in front of a local store and he is out on bail awaiting a hearing tomorrow morning.
Arthur N. Luther a lodger at 28 Montgomery street South End was found dead at 1 A M with gas burners on. Landlady Mrs Nellie Forbes carried him to City Hospital where he died en route. A note to Rev Joseph died the son Warren RI asks burial in the family lot with his father and siblings.
A fire in South Fort Worth yesterday caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette set fire to property valued at $2,000,000. It killed J. K. Newton, a bank employee, seriously injured six others, left 300 families homeless, and left hundreds of workers temporarily idle in nearby plants and businesses.
President Taft backs Speaker Cannon and administration aims to push the Payne tariff bill through the House amid Republican dissension over rates on coal iron ore and hides. Wisconsin Republicans oppose limits on debate while women across the Midwest press Congress over higher costs for stockings gloves and woolens.
New Readville owners plan extensive work to restore the famed mile- in-two-minute track. The Bay State Automobile Association could not rent it before June 17 as owners delay to finish improvements, including a new grandstand and moving the clubhouse from its burned site.
The Somerville Red Sox seek three or four good boys aged 11 to 14 to complete their roster. Applications should be sent to Horace Hillis at 69 Columbus Avenue, Somerville.
Former Red Sox interest in pitcher Bushelman is revealed as Bill Armour sold him for 300 dollars after the team offered 5000 dollars but he refused to accept under Armour’s 7009 dollar minimum.
Washington April 4. The rhetoric targets Congress as the tariff fight shifts to consumers, criticizing measures that hit women shoppers in stockings and gloves while funding battleships and post offices. The piece quotes detractors likening policy to General Sherman’s wartime justice and highlights societal disruption from new revenue plans.
Washington April 4 The House awaits a rules committee order setting the time for the final vote on the Payne tariff bill and formatting amendment discussion This action would end the two week general debate and finalize passage procedures for the measure.
Joseph Callahan of Jamaica Plain, son of Mr and Mrs David Callahan of 2 Wise Street, died suddenly Saturday at Carney Hospital at age 20. A Roxbury High graduate and active in Church of the Blessed Sacrament societies, he was preparing to enter the novitiate for priesthood when he was stricken.
Ban Johnson will visit the Gridiron Club in Waddatesee on April 17. The event will feature entertainment for the prominent guest and is described as a hippodromic affair with a large amount of signaling and pageantry.
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