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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1910
Page
5
Democratic leaders plan to decide the State convention time and venue on Tuesday August 23. A meeting of the Democratic State committee will be called. Hamlin is likely to preside again at this year’s convention. The party expects no trouble over selecting its ticket head despite rumors of a Vahey Foss clash.
Hamilton won a United States Circuit Court order to show cause why Glenn H. Curtiss should not be enjoined from interfering with his ability to make contracts for aviation exhibits. Hamilton says the split with Curtiss led to Curtiss pressuring contractors and retracting negotiations, including a Harvard Aeronautical Society exhibition offering him 10,000 dollars. The injunction hearing is set for August 24.
A mob of over a hundred men shot to death Jim Toller, a black man, at 1 a.m. after he entered the bedroom of two daughters of a Montgomery county planter. He was captured, confessed, and hanged from a tree.
The British steamer African Monarch, en route from Philadelphia to New York, ran aground on Brigantine Shoals north of Atlantic City but floated at high tide and was undamaged.
Tobias A. Burke a renowned newspaper man who worked in Portland Boston and Worcester died suddenly here of heart trouble. He had long been associated with newspapers in multiple cities and his passing saddened the journalism community.
Max Pierretz once on trial in the Superior Criminal Court faced a charge of holding a young German girl posing as his wife in white slavery. The jury has returned a sealed verdict this morning.
The Gas and Electric Light Commission seeks a "State Smoke Inspector" to investigate chimneys and smokestacks for excessive emissions and pursue abatement in court under a new smoke nuisance law. The role pays about 2500 dollars yearly and a Sept. 2 civil service exam will assess training, writing, arithmetic, fuels knowledge, and eyesight.
The Lena White crew recovered the body of William Hanley of Brookline, 34, after he fell from the Portland steamer July 30. Two brothers identified him from a photograph found in his pocket. Hanley was en route to Portland when the accident occurred near the site where his body was recovered ten miles off Baker's Island.
Red Tag sale at Wolfs Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets promises savings with every tag and the warranty Your money back if you want it. Buyers also receive Legal Stamps with purchases, increasing value and reliability of the deal.
George Hudson of Bemis celebrates 40 years selling the Boston Post. He began Aug 13 1860 with $4.80, distributing two copies then. He moved from Needham Heights to Bridge Street Bemis, built a woolen business, and kept his Post charge as rivals challenged him. His sons helped, one becoming a physician in Roslindale.
Newton, Aug 12. John S Crayton 50 foreman for a government gypsy moth program was arrested for beating his wife. Mrs Crayton about 40 and two children aged 10 and 8 occupy a room at the West Newton police station with injuries including cuts, bruises and internal damage. Crayton admits the assault claiming a loss of temper during a quarrel.
Louise Jones, 17, found guilty of larceny of jewels valued at 8777 dollars and given an indefinite term in the women’s prison at Sherborn. Police urged her to reveal where the jewels and the man Mullin were, but she refused to provide information.
George F. Baldwin, Brookline selectman, was arrested for speeding on Charles River Road. The incident occurred in Watertown and was processed by the Metropolitan police. Baldwin received a $10 fine yesterday at Waltham.
Twenty four children at the Bloomingdale street day nursery in Chelsea waited as 12 year old Mabel McLellan confessed to matron Mrs. N S Griffin that she and a companion set fires to end the stay in the nursery. They left with the matron and 9 year old Alice Taylor to appear before Judge Stearns in Chelsea Court.
Two young girls Mabel McLellan and Alice Taylor admitted setting a mattress on fire at the nursery after objecting to confinement. The blaze alarmed residents, triggered a late night escape in nightgowns, and led to a court arraignment with Judge Stearns admonishing the girls.
Police seek a young Italian man nicknamed Norman who signed as Louis Morelli after taking 110 dollars from 11 Italian laborers, a real estate dealer J S Camrell and stenographer Miss Elizabeth Harper. He promised uniforms for Hyde Park estate work at 2.50 a day, left with the money and did not return.
The Planet Mars brings 200 elephants from India to Boston but customs inspectors refuse landing until duties are paid. Owners refuse to pay, threatening a return to India. Crew protected elephants with bedding during the voyage, prompting hardship concerns.
A crew in Calcutta bought 200 elephants sized from an inch to a foot for speculative profit. They swathed them for monsoon travel to Boston but customs charged high duties on value rather than cost, risking their shore leave. many elephants may remain aboard the Planet Mars.
Moise Desilets returned to his brother Louis in Haverhill after 28 years in the West. The brothers recognized each other at Bellevue avenue and shared memories. They later traveled to Nashua to visit sister Mrs. Delina Bourguoin, whom Moise had not seen in five years, for a joyful family reunion.
George H. Williams aged 29 was found dead in the bathroom of his home at 298 Vine Street East Cambridge by his mother Mrs Mary Williams early yesterday morning. Death was attributed to heart disease.
Patrolman William Trainor and a Boston officer carried Mrs. Benjamin Sweet from 1091 Boylston Street as a basement fire filled the building with smoke. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze causing about 100 dollars in damage. Mrs. Sweet, crippled, was saved by the officers and her husband struggled to help.
Mayor William F. Brooks announced yesterday after a hearing that Fireman Timothy Murphy was found guilty of intoxication and recommended discharge from the fire department.
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