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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1907
Page
12
In a crowded Superior Criminal Court session in Pemberton Square Mrs. William H. Carey of Roxbury reported a pocketbook theft while spectators listened to a trial. Police, including Inspector Patterson, questioned two youths seated nearby but found no recovery.
Boston Music Commission Secretary William A Leahy defends concert programs saying they aim for broad public taste while noting the 10 member orchestra cannot match a full symphony. He cites strong audiences and favorable reception of Valkyrie and asserts critics overlook quality of performers. A rival critic questions orchestra size and calls for a larger city ensemble.
Boston women discuss Mrs Roosevelt leaving the table at two dinners one diplomacy corps event with mixed opinions. Miss Snow praises the custom while a society figure calls it bad form and others offer cautious support.
The executive board and legislative committee of the State branch A F of L convene at Wells Memorial to review matters from the October State convention and draft bills for the Legislature this year including an anti discrimination bill and a workers compensation act. Jeremiah I Driscoll and Lawrence J Cannon are elected by Boston Bricklayers Union 3 delegates to the Bricklayers and Masons International Union 41st annual convention in Detroit opening Jan 13. President Dennis J Sullivan Second International VP George T Thornton and State President John T Walsh will attend the convention through local office.
P J Hollis Jr Harvard graduate and shoe firm son marries Ellen ODonnell a Wellesley graduate and Southbridge attorney's daughter The marriage causes no family estrangement and is welcomed by relatives and society The bride pursued settlement work and began as a housemaid at the Hollis mansion
Philadelphia December 2 The Superior Court refused the petition of F Augustus Hartje of Pittsburg for a re argument on his suit for a divorce from his wife Mary Scott Hartje The decision ends the bid for another round in the case filed earlier this year in common pleas court through to the higher court level
A steam er believed to be the Restigouche of the Quebec Transportation Company struck off Cranberry Head during a southeasterly gale at 1 am while attempting to reach a harbor. Two tugs rushed to aid, and officials fear the vessel will be a total loss. The 600 ton coastal steamer carried a few passengers and crew aboard under Captain Sears.
Fire threatens 20 gallon gasoline tank aboard the United States cruiser Des Moines at the navy yard. Sailors attack flames with hoses and buckets, extinguishing the blaze in minutes before Boston fire units arrive. Two workers jump to the dock, no injuries among crew.
The balloon over Antrim coast has been identified as the French government airship La Patrie by Lloyds signal station staff at Torrhead. No one was aboard when it broke away. The craft drifted northward under a six mile per hour southerly wind.
Police in Lynn arrested Demetriou Kovantses, 33, of New York, accused of leading a Black Hand gang that has extorted money from Greek merchants under threat of death after a restaurant tussle.
Police followed tips from Peter Valos of 703 Sixth Avenue New York after a struggle yielded a man claiming the name George Hines. A still hunt traced two others to Boston with Hines as inspectors Wolf Rooney and McCauley pursued the case.
Fire discovered shortly before ten this morning in the hold of the British steam ship Montana which arrived yesterday from London and berthed at the Delaware river wharf. The blaze was confined to the vessel which was badly damaged and appears to have started at sea. When the forward hatch was opened today to unload cargo flames were found.
A new tar extraction method in North Carolina yields a cleaner product with greater medicinal value. The tar is used in Lung Kuro and touted as superior for curing coughs colds and lung troubles based on experimental results.
Lieutenant Samuel Price and Fogarty were assigned to determine if Walter F. Baker's death at the Hurd home in Bogota New Jersey resulted from poison after a consultation. Assistant District Attorney Kresel L A Campbell and Frank Nay attended. The case is now in police hands.
The will, in Baker's handwriting and dated February 7, 1907, bequeaths $5000 to Edward F. Baker and $10,000 to Helen Pray Hurd of Bogota New Jersey with conditions. The remainder is divided into three parts for nephews Harvard University and Natalie Heard, infant daughter of Frank H Heard of Bogota New Jersey. Natalie Bray Young and Mary Maud Munn witness the will, which is expected to be contested. George R. Blum named special administrator.
Lewis Nicol a machinist of 76 Shattuck Avenue Springfield Massachusetts credits Father John’s Medicine with curing a severe cold two years ago and says he recovered again after using it recently noting it is the best remedy.
New York December 2 The second trial of Harry K Thaw for the killing of Stanford White was postponed to January 6 The court ordered a special panel of 200 salesmen summoned to select the jury.
A runaway Russian destroyer with a mutinous crew is said to be on a piratical cruise in the Sea of Japan. A German steamer reported at Nagasaki that the destroyer intercepted a coal shipment, boarded the German vessel, and escaped after departing Vladivostok.
Chairman Ferriss of the Populist national committee issued a call for a Populist national convention to be held in St. Louis on April 2, 1908.
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