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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1909
Page
3
Haverhill April 13 Jessie N Anderson 19 confessing to eight burglaries and robberies. He had been viewed by friends as orderly and churchgoing but admitted guilt in court under cross examination.
Police tie a young violinist named Anderson to multiple small thefts in the city. He says he acted alone and his crimes include a music store burglary, a department store clothes pilfering, and three New York Candy Company thefts netting small sums. A canoe theft, traced to Anderson, revealed his concealed activities.
Judge TD Roger Wentworth ruled that Bartlett and Sullivan cannot view the medical examiner’s report on file in the Somerville Police Court unless the Supreme Court issues a writ of mandamus. The decision hinges on access to the file and potential appeals.
At Tremont Hall Roxbury representatives of Roxbury courts and the Knights of St. Rose met to finalize plans for a memorial mass for deceased members. The service at Mission Church Roxbury will be next Monday at 10 o'clock with Rev Mather Kennel delivering the sermon.
The body of 10 year old Isaac Kersner was found in the Charles River near the Cambridge side about 2 o clock yesterday afternoon. He had been missing from his home at 7 Auburn street West End since March 13.
President Samuel Gompers outlined a Europe study trip to inspect industrial and social conditions of workers, sailing from New York on the Baltic June 28. He will visit England Germany France Sweden and Italy. The AFL council financed trip expenses and set actions on central labor bodies and per capitas taxes.
Washington April 13 The Russian government told the Post Office Department that the ban on bound books sent by mail into Russia has been withdrawn They may be admitted upon Russian customs charges and under conditions applicable to prints in international mails.
Business leaders from New England state boards of trade and chambers of commerce joined in Boston to oppose abolition of differential rail rates. Ex Governor Batchelder led resolutions urging support for the New England Board of Transportation and maintaining the 10 cent all rail differential, with actions to lobby New York lines and court cases on through rates.
Mount Pleasant Club of Roxbury presents a two night vaudeville program at Dudley Street Opera House with George P. Daly as producer and several committees handling talent, programs, and tickets for the event.
A health ad touts Pape's Diapepsia as a quick fix for indigestion and stomach fermentation. It claims a single triangule digest all meals, turning food into nourishment within minutes and relieving gas, nausea, heartburn, and related symptoms.
A special committee of the Boston Longshoremen's Trade Council will confer with committees from transatlantic steamship agents and stevedores to simplify a proposed longshoremen working agreement. The panel will report back to the council for subsequent discussion by affiliated assemblies.
President Taft Vice President Sherman and Cardinal Gibbons will attend the Lake Champlain discovery tercentenary in early July. The Catholic Summer School of America on the lake will play a prominent role in the celebration.
At a Lynn school committee meeting, salaries for teachers from first through ninth grades were raised from 650 to 700 dollars per year, effective January 1, 1910. About 100 teachers will benefit.
New York April 13. At the annual dinner of the National Democratic club the denunciation of free protection tariffs marked the event. Governors Harmon and Marshall and Senator Chamberlain attended with many Democratic leaders. A Jefferson portrait and flags framed the guest table with notable figures such as Parker, Murphy, Croker, and Supreme Court Justices Fitzgerald and Herrick present.
Fire Commissioner Parker assigned Morris L. Galvin to Chemical 1 and Martin F. Conley to Engine 34 as lieutenants. Both will start duties at 11 this morning. Martin A. Kenealy was made drill master and transferred to headquarters.
Robert Winsor of Kidder, Peabody & Co. was chosen chairman with Judge Michael H. Sullivan as secretary at the Boston transportation committee meeting held at 20 Beacon Street. Eleven members attended as two subcommittees were formed to study docks and Charles River bridge issues.
State police censor Chief Jophanus Whitney issued new orders to Revere Beach Sunday entertainment, tightening restrictions on tobacco, barkers, abbreviated stage costumes, sensational moving pictures, firearm discharges, lung testers, and minors in nickel in slot parlors. The rules aim to make observance of the law more strict.
Chief Whitney orders that shows align with the day’s character banning sensational thrillers and certain stage wear while prohibiting firearms and ring pulls. Minors need written parental consent, and no entrance announcements or attention-grabbing music allowed. Proprieties may advertise in papers, with program content vetted before shows.
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