17 Apr 1909
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1909
Page
1
April 16 report from Mersina chronicles a mass casualty event at Adana in Asiatic Turkey. Soldiers join looting as civil unrest spreads. Christians suffer in the burned town while Muslims wreck the city. Foreign consuls request warships. One telegram notes 60 Armenians killed.
Two American missionaries are said to be among the dead but names are not given and the report is unconfirmed. The British consul Major Wylie is reported injured. Ambassador Leishman has sent Vice-Consul Debbas to Adana as tension rises after a large anti-Armenian outbreak and a monster meeting in Pistowatz.
Athens April 1. Disorders have begun at Tarsus the town between Adana and Mersina known as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul. At noon today many houses were burned and the number of victims was unknown according to dispatches.
Dr Robert T Lamb superintendent of Matteawan Hospital for the Criminal Insane, a Thaw trial witness, narrowly escaped death today when John Tohlman a languages professor who was jailed for killing a man in a saloon brawl attacked him at the institution in Matteawan New York.
Tohlman, once declared mentally sound and kept as a trusty, struck Dr. Lamb with a three foot steel shovel, then wounded himself with a sharpened hook. The doctor was knocked unconscious. the assailant slashed his own neck and chest, was found unconscious, and is believed near death. Dr. Lamb lay in the machinists' room for hours.
Harvard baseball captain Edward P. Currier faced arraignment in district court on loitering in Harvard Square. Judge Almy warned of guilt. Currier sought an appeal not available without sentence. Court continued the case to April 28 with $100 sureties. Sergeant Kenny said Currier lingered 12 minutes on the sidewalk last Monday waiting for a car.
Democratic Senators held a second conference in Washington on April 16 and agreed that Republicans should take full charge of the tariff bill. While no formal conclusion was reached, a general consensus emerged to allow GOP leadership to proceed, with Republicans assuming responsibility for the measure.
Today’s race starts at Cottage Farm bridge at 3 30 p m and finishes at Union boat house foot of Chestnut street, covering one and seven eighths miles. Record for course is 13 3c. Harvard crew averages 176 pounds to Columbia 176. Harvard favorite 5 to 9. Referee J H Ingeram Annapolis. Spectators along Boston bank of Charles and Harvard bridge.
The Harvard and Columbia eight-oared varsity crews prepare for a 1 seven-eighths mile straightaway race on the Charles this afternoon. Both crews look fit and evenly matched after recent practice sessions at Weld Boathouse and University Boat Club. Coaches Wray and Rice have developed strong crews as the season advances.
Weather forecast notes fair conditions in Boston on Saturday with increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Showers expected at night or Sunday, slight cooling in western areas, light to moderate southerly winds turning variable. Steamship routes to European ports expect light to moderate southerly winds and fair weather toward the Grand Banks.
Boston and Worcester trolley air line operates Saturday and Sunday with Chestnut Hill connections. Cars depart Park Square every 15 minutes and extra cars run to connect with the subway at Chestnut Hill. Low fares advertised.
Wheat prices fluctuated while James A. Patten’s corner showed no collapse. In New York City’s East Side, 355 bakeries cut white bread loaves from a pound to 13 or 14 ounces. The raise was kept secret to calm feared foreign unrest and prevent a repeat of meat price riots two years earlier.
News of bakers nationwide planning action unsettles local bakers in Boston who report steady loaf sizes but rising flour costs. Chicago futures slump, Patten challenges Agriculture Secretary Wilson over government wheat reserve data while threats widen fear. New York East Side bakes centers buzz as Master Bakers meet in secret amid possible loaf size cuts and police protection.
Governor Draper and staff attended the dedication of the new Chelsea Armory built to replace the fire-destroyed one. Adjutant General Brigham presented the keys to Captain Renfrew as 50 couples danced after a grand march led by Renfrew and Mrs. Walter Pratt. The armory features a 130 by 85 foot drill shed and a balcony for 300 spectators.
President Taft met for two hours with the executive council of the American Federation of Labor in Washington. Samuel Gompers led the delegation, presenting vital labor issues while Taft listened closely and joined discussions to clarify details on the subjects raised.
President Taft met with Samuel Gompers and other AFL leaders to discuss anti injunctive action and labor law extensions. Gompers stressed regulation of convict labor and warned unions could face federal dissolution under certain Sherman act rulings. He urged continued support for the AFL defense fund to avoid assessments on members.
The Boston Theatre property transferred to promoter B F Keith for more than 1 million dollars. The deal records were filed at the Suffolk registry of deeds just before day’s end, dissolving the proprietors of the Boston Theatre corporation. Keith has controlled the concern since 1901 and the leases expire this year.
June Vassar whose stage name is June Vassar testified in East Cambridge seeking a divorce from Allan W. Hale. He claimed wealth on a honeymoon ended their marriage and denied cruelty while noting interference by her father W. M. Gould of Everett. Judge Fox urged reconciliation but kept the case open.
Walter Mills of Manchester England once dubbed the Apple King of New England was found guilty by a U S district court jury of using the mails to defraud. He was charged with buying apples from farmers at above market price and failing to remit payment after sales to Maine and New Hampshire farmers.
Harvard and Columbia eight oared crews race on the Charles with Harvard a 5 to 0 favorite. Boston Nationals beat Philadelphia 2 to 0. Red Sox lose to Washington 3 to 2. Jack Johnson posts $5000 to meet Kaufmann or Langford. Marathon entries increase as runners train on course. Foster of Harvard runs 100 yards in 10 seconds at spring meet.
New York April 16. On the 16th anniversary of his elopement with his wife Minnie Leonard Cabanne Brandenburg, writer Broughton Brandenburg, now a fugitive over a forged Cleveland letter, is linked to the kidnapping of his 7 year old stepson William Shepard Cabanne from in front of the grandmother's home in St Louis.
In a tangled Cordova era tale, a boy living with Brandenburg and his mother in New York drew no suspicion of nonpaternity. As Brandenburg fled amid a Cleveland letter dispute, the boy was taken to St. Louis by the father, a traveling man known as Shep Cabanne. Brandenburg owed back alimony, vanished, and his wife settled in a West Ninth Street boarding house, later said to be with her sister in St. Louis. The boy’s disappearance centers on a Cabanne residence, with a stranger sending the child toward Union Station for a Louisville and Nashville train. The Brandenbur gs and Cabannes are long established in St. Louis society, with ties to Ky born families and bohemian literary circles.
The St. John schooner Annie F. Larder reached port after a five day passage from Oporto Portugal. Fresh water ran dry during the voyage and the crew drank wine instead, though some would have faced life on rough seas longer if needed.
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