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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
5
Report from Burlington Vermont states William C Stacy, an elderly artist, died from a bullet wound to the head and chest deemed probably self inflicted. Death certificate filed by medical examiner Dr Charles H Ravey cites a bullet wound over the left ear as the cause.
Autopsy based verdict states one shot went wild and struck brain while another hit left lung and a flesh wound on the head. Relatives insist murder, noting a forced entry for silver, a necktie and a Young America revolver unaccounted for. State attorney leads private probe amid public doubt. funeral set for 3 pm tomorrow at North Prospect Street home.
Police Inspector Timothy Donovan ordered prints taken from Boston and Albany employees with access to the paymaster's vault after a South Station robbery. Although robbers used gloves, prints were found, possibly old ones, to compare with those legitimately at the safe.
Local leaders await grand lodge orders on whether to accept Wilsons four cent raise or reject it and trigger a general strike. Affiliated unions held Boston meetings but postponed action as officials prepare for special sessions. Sentiment favored strike start on September 2 if rejected.
Thomas O Edmands 89 of Highham died at home after weeks long illness. He led the Edmands orchestra and band for years and performed at National Lancers events in Boston. He conducted the orchestra at President Grant's White House inauguration in 1873. He leaves two daughters Eva Macomber and Gertrude Edmands. Funeral at Woodlawn Chapel Everett Friday at 2 20 PM.
Toronto crowds and loyalists greeted the Prince of Wales on his last day in the city. A 24 mile city drive and a massive Canadian National Exhibition reception drew hundreds of thousands, forcing last minute changes. Police managed the throngs as the prince's schedule was curtailed and the pyrotechnic display was canceled due to strain.
Pittsburg August 27 Street car service will resume tomorrow morning after a 10 day strike by Pittsburg Railways Company workers. Cars will be operated by strike breakers guarded by deputies under U S Marshal John F Short oversight.
City officials say wholesale food prices will fall soon after a period of sharp increases. Government stores and federal and state actions are aimed at stabilizing costs with wholesale and retail adjustments viewed as imminent.
Fire at a Pantin factory near Paris destroyed 2,200,000 pounds of tobacco. The loss comes as tobacco remains scarce and distribution lines formed for weekly rations outside tobacco stores. Smoke and heat disrupted activity as workers watched the blaze.
Persons who had not been served started a demonstration on the boulevards and smashed the windows of two tobacco depositories in a public disturbance.
Chess lovers in Greater Boston gathered at the Young Men's Christian Union on Boylston street and formed the Boylston Chess Club. Officers elected included Augustus Seaver as president and Frank D. Austin as vice president with an executive committee of Joseph J. Young, Ralph W. Lake, and J. W. Bland.
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