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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
4
State police continued the Chelsea fire inquest at 11 a.m. with Deputy Neal and about 20 western city witnesses. The hearing is expected to run into next week as more witnesses are called, while arrests for lead theft and fraud are pursued and relief efforts expand across Boston and Chelsea.
Chairman McClintock urged owners to lend automobiles to Chelsea relief workers. Cars will enable agents to investigate more cases daily, aiding relief for Chelsea sufferers. Call Fort Hill 1834 to offer vehicles.
Heads of relief committee departments met at Chairman Mc Clintock’s office and agreed to vacate the High School to allow cleaning and setup for incoming high and grammar pupils. Most departments will relocate to erected wooden booths today or tomorrow, leaving only the commissary under Lt Belcher in the High School. Carey Avenue and Advent church relief stations closed permanently with staff moved to other sites. Lincoln Hall station closed though its medical department continues indefinitely. Bedding and clothing cases require careful investigation.
The Most Rev William H O Connell archbishop of Boston sent a $1000 check to the Chelsea relief drive, noting the gift represents funds from poor Catholics in the diocese. The relief total now stands at 28622486 with further donations from Derby Desk Company The Thread Agency Boston Theatre groups and several towns and firms.
The Massachusetts Chelsea relief committee lists relief stations in Boston Chelsea Malden Melrose Wakefield Revere Beachmont Lynn Saugus Cliftondale and Swampscott where burned out residents must apply in their city or town. Automobiles remain scarce as funds shift to needed aid with volunteers supplying transport. central relief bureaus in Chelsea handle insurance claims while more goods arrive from donors.
The Schoolhouse Commission voted to suspend Inspector Otis Davenport while the Finance Commission reviews charges of collusion with a Boston carpenter. A subcommittee will conduct a formal investigation and may summon carpenters and schoolmasters to testify. Some members question the seriousness of the allegations, noting the money involved is small.
Arthur L. Spring of the Boston law department testified before the Ways and Means committee, arguing the parkway bill would saddle Somerville Cambridge and Boston with huge future costs. He warned the metropolitan district’s debt would rise by 1.7 million dollars in ten years, with Boston shouldering a large share and advocates paying only 17 percent.
Crowds watched yesterday afternoon as a pigeon became tangled in an electric wire over North station. A ladder crew promptly freed the bird amid cheers. James Franklin of the station superintendent’s office collected the rescued pigeon and took it home.
Six tornadoes ripped across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama with at least 200 dead and many injured as of nightfall. The storms damaged towns including Lamoure Richland Vidalia Amite La Walls Baxter Miss Bergen Dora Albertville Ala and Shreveport Louisiana. Affected residents included many Black individuals.
Despatches report multiple fatalities across Louisiana communities Richland and Lamoure in Rapides Parish and Amite with dozens injured and extensive property loss. The storm crossed the Mississippi into Mississippi counties Adams Jefferson and Claiborne, destroying plantation cabins and causing many injuries. Dora Alabama also reports numerous injuries and deaths.
Members of the Chelsea Y M H A will meet tomorrow at 2 PM in Eagle Hall to plan continued relief for Chelsea fire victims. The group has already supplied many articles and hopes a large turnout to finalize plans.
Representatives from all New England branch unions of the National Letter Carriers Association met to aid Chelsea carriers who lost everything in a fire. About $3000 has been subscribed at mass meetings, independent of unions. A treasury contribution was challenged as unconstitutional and no action was taken.
Prominent Boston soloists will perform in a benefit event to augment the Chelsea relief fund, with details of venue and program to be announced. Proceeds aim to aid Chelsea relief efforts and support those affected by the disaster.
A simple non opiate remedy for coughs and sore throats. Sold only in boxes.
Authorities guard Chelsea ruins as thieves plunder stores and homes for copper lead and other metals. Yesterday at least ten suspects were arrested and will appear in Police Court this morning, aided by fifty sworn-in special officers.
A Mass for the French-speaking people of Chelsea will be offered at 7 30 and 8 30 Sunday morning in the basement of the Horace Memorial Church at the Webster Street and Spencer Avenue corner.
A benefit show for Chel sea fire sufferers will be staged next Tuesday evening at the Y M C A Hall Cambridge. It will be directed by Mrs Edward F Norton of Cambridge.
Creditors of Bloomberg Bros. Co. Incorporated of Chelsea filed in U S District Court to have the furniture firm adjudicated bankrupt after the April 12 fire. Petitions cite National Carpet Manufacturing Co. of New York totaling $668.61, Manhattan Linoleum Co. of New York $128.17, and Frank R. Coulby & Co. of New York $142.35. A general assignment for creditors’ benefit was made April 1 to Frederick W. Allen, John F. Beck and Coleman Devin.
In Florence on April 24 the foundation stone of the Church of St James an American Episcopal Church was laid by Lloyd C Griscom the American ambassador to Italy. J Pierpont Morgan and several other prominent Americans attended the ceremony.
Inspector Hooley pursues a railroad worker once living in Cambridge as the latest lead in Annie Mullins death. The man vanished after the alleged night of the crime near Boston and was last found in a town near Boston. A fellow citizen informed police after speaking with Hooley, detailing the suspect’s past, presence in Cambridge March 27, and current whereabouts.
Georgetown report notes Frank E. Bateman found a carrier pigeon on his farm April 24 that was fully tagged with a silver band on the left leg marked P. O. G. S3.
Washington April 24. The War Department announced the resignation of Second Lieutenant H. Fairfax Ayres of the Seventh Cavalry effective May 14. Ayres, son of Lt Col Charles G. Ayres, was a West Point cadet last spring during the Easter overcoat incident. His father, later retired, criticized army methods amid a broader dispute over Mrs Ayres being barred from West Point.
The British Naval and Military Veterans Association observed its eleventh anniversary at Odd Fellows Hall on Tremont Street. About 500 veterans, many now U S citizens, attended in varied uniforms from Scotch kilts to full dress scarlet.
Malden April 24. Max Leverson of Roxbury was driving on Fairmont street when his carriage collided with an electric car. He was thrown from the carriage and severely cut about the head and hands. The carriage was demolished and the horse killed in the crash.
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