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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
9
Report notes suspicious fire patterns with closets as ignition points and critiques insurance practices. Chelsea residents discuss stricter building laws and a centralized black book for brokers to curb overinsurance. Inquests resume as police plan swoop on suspected profiteers exploiting relief cards and staged relocations.
Chelsea police plan to arrest 20 to 30 people for allegedly obtaining clothing bedding and other supplies from relief stations in Chelsea under false pretences. A raid at 18 Bunker Hill Street in Charlestown recovered mattresses blankets pillows and other items. An Armenian resident and another man are noted for taking mattresses and pawning goods, with authorities watching for more suspects.
Under the Chelsea Commission plan the Commonwealth would loan credit to Chelsea to rebuild public works. The five member commission will replace the mayor and board of aldermen, appoint the license and school committees, and operate under a Galveston act framework approved at a Chelsea citizens’ meeting.
The document lists numerous donors and amounts toward the Chelsea relief fund, totaling 277 796 7 dollars to date. Named contributors include Joseph Walker Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co. Prentiss Gemmings Desmond Fitzgerald George B. Hama Dr. and Mrs. Walter Channing and others, with many gifts around 100.00 and several larger sums.
Searchers uncovered more remains in the former 98 Fourth Street house ruins, bringing the total body count to seventeen.
A man who gave the name Albert Burelerro and listed 220 Hanover Street Boston as his residence was arrested last night on charges of stealing copper from the ruins.
Abraham Edward Pinanski of Roxbury a Harvard senior and English High School alumnus wins the William H Baldwin prize from the National Municipal League Philadelphia for a 30000 word monograph on The Street Railway System of Metropolitan Boston He prepared it with 20 interviews and extensive research and faces Massachusetts bar preparation.
Minister Wu Ting Fang spoke to a large audience about China's merchant class progress and reforms requiring vast funding. He urged fair USChina trade, strong friendship, and continued cooperation, noting rising living costs and modernization in China.
Massachusetts relief committee issues guidance for burned out residents in Chelsea and surrounding towns. Directs applicants to register at their home station and lists specific relief sites in Boston Chelsea Malden Revere Everett Cambridge and Lynn. Calls for clothing bedding and hospital supplies and seeks car owners to donate transportation for Chelsea victims.
In Brockton on April 238 a $1000 contribution from ex Governor William L. Douglas was followed by progress totaling nearly $3000 in relief funds held by City Treasurer E Francis Pope for Chelsea fire sufferers.
Athletic Association of Houghton & Dut ton Company held a concert and ball at Copley Hall to raise funds for the 1908 season. About 500 store employees attended the grand march led by President and Mrs. E. P. Davis. Treas. Alexander Mc Gregor praised past fortunes and forecast a strong year as decorations and electrical effects shaped a moonlit, picturesque scene. The baseball team will receive strong backing. officers and committees are listed with E. P. Davis as ball director.
The Chinese diplomat visited statehouse city hall and Harvard while commenting on a Tremont street Merry Widow hat. He praised Boston women’s charm but found the hat’s brim striking and potentially impractical in a gust of wind, joking about an impromptu balloon ascent.
Mayor Hibbard’s veto of the annual budget was sustained by the Common Council 40 to 20, reducing the budget to 18 094 356. The council also passed ordinances on the supply department, sealers of weights and measures, and corporate inspectors. Welch led a unanimous protest against transferring liquor license revenues to the State, warning Boston could lose 1 200 000 annually.
Representatives of an 80 000 strong industrial army praised the arbitration system linking employers and employees at the American Newspaper Publishers Association gathering in New York. Witnesses included James F. Lynch, president of the International Typographical Union James F Freel, president of the International Stereotypers Union, and Matthew Beechy, president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union.
Six Japanese armored battleships arrive at Amoy triggering excitement across Fukien Kwantung and Pekin while boundary dispute negotiations resume. Corean residents at Chientao submit a massive joint petition seeking Chinese protection.
Mrs Alice A Ford aged 48 years 3 months 17 days died yesterday at 10 Cottage Park Dorchester. Native of Halifax Nova Scotia she leaves husband John F Ford foreman of the Daily Advertiser composing room and three daughters and a son.
A blaze in Kensington on April 23 consumed two houses and a large barn on George Gove’s farm. Loss estimated around 10000 dollars.
Ray Duggan fourteen months old, son of a Brookline police officer, fell from a second story window at 120 Boylston Street. The child was found moaning by a sister, rushed inside, and treated by Drs Shanahan and Denney for a skull fracture before being moved to Children’s Hospital where he rested with a faint chance of recovery.
Springfield April 23. The Illinois Democracy adopted the unit rule and instructed delegates to Denver to vote for William J. Bryan and to use all honorable means to secure his nomination.
The executive committee of the National Association of Retail Druggists voted to restrict pharmacists from selling liquors and narcotics, agreeing these substances should be used only as ingredients.
Readers with stomach trouble learn that one 22 grain Triangular Diapepsin tablet digests a heavy meal in minutes. The 50 cent case promises rapid relief from heartburn belching nausea and foul breath and claims to cure digestive misery for a family with consistent use.
Police find a dead boy after a gunshot with no witnesses. Medical Examiner Gunning calls it suicide. Family and neighbors doubt the verdict, citing rumors and questioning whether the weapon matches the claim. Edward Moriarty’s uncle demands a formal examination.
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