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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1910
Page
4
Mayor Fitzgerald vetoed a school committee order appropriating 529,657 from this year’s tax levy for land and buildings for schools. If the order stood it would raise the tax rate about 40 cents per 1000.
James A. Jerry Watson of Ward 18 announced his entry as an independent candidate for Congress in the 11th district. He says he will be on the ballot on election day and does not expect support from political bosses.
Factional strife marked the continental congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Amendments to discipline officers members and state auxiliaries were debated with a parliamentary entanglement, and a proposal to grant congress power to discipline was overwhelmingly defeated.
Civil service commissioners grant civil service rating to Superintendent Joseph O'Brien after friction between Mayor Fitzgerald and bath trustees. The mayor sought removal while trustees claim the vote strengthens their position and keeps O'Brien in place.
Rotterdam April 21 The Holland American freighter Sommelsdyk formerly the Rotterdam was destroyed by fire today while cargo ready for Boston. Built at Newcastle in 1907 the 6216 ton steamer measured 410 feet in length and was destroyed before sailing.
In London the House of Commons faced uproar during a motion by T P O Connor to cut Sir Robert Anderson’s pension by 4500. Critics including Balfour Asquith and Churchill clashed with Nationalists over remarks on Pigott letters and Phoenix Park murders, ending with closure and a 164 to 9 rejection.
In a recent autobiography Sir Robert Anderson claims authorship of the Parnellism and Crime series that ran in The Times in 1887 and led to the Pigott forgery. The Irish members of the House seek a government inquiry to strip him of pension for breach of official confidence as former head of Scotland Yard’s investigation department.
Edward F. Dougher a 27 year Journal composing room employee died at his Roxbury home 7 Sherman street He came to Boston in 188 and worked at the Post before joining the Journal in 1883 He served twenty years as a proofreader He leaves a widow two daughters and two sons.
Theodore Roosevelt, former U S president, arrived in Paris to an unprecedented reception with dignitaries, ambassadors, and crowds. He attended a sold out Comedie Francaise ovation and planned meetings with Loubet, Bourgeois, Renault, and others, plus a Sorbonne lecture and arts reception.
After luncheon at the American embassy, Colonel Roosevelt invited President Fallieres and Foreign Minister to continue talks. The meeting focused on bilateral relations and ongoing cooperation between the United States and France.
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