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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1910
Page
4
In a heavy downpour at Yale on Washing ton's Birthday, freshmen and sophomores contested the annual fence rush after chapel. Captain Edward H. Coy led the senior Y men who started and halted the event and later judged the winner. The freshmen won by decision amid the largest crowd in years and several bloody noses and torn clothing among spectators.
The Massachusetts department Spanish War Veterans closed its tenth annual convention with officer elections led by Department Commander Henry J. McCammom and senior vice commander Albert L. Potter. Others elected included Stop ford as junior vice commander Edward T. McNeil as inspector Fred H. Spanengeldt as surgeon Pettti as judge advocate Dussault as chaplain and Clows as marshal. A proposal to move the annual encampment to April 19 was adopted.
James H. Vahey announced to the Post his third bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. He said he would enter the race this year and stay in the fight unless another Democrat more available enters the contest.
Mr Vahey warns of a Democratic effort to derail his candidacy while noting a movement to draft Charles S Hamlin for governor. He argues for strong nominees, opposes rule or ruin tactics, and links high tariffs to moral decline, urging a return to sane commercial life.
The Leyland Line steamship Philadel phian discharged cargo at No 4 pier East Boston after being pulled from a precarious resting place in Boston harbor near Castle Island. Chief Engineer Connell said the ship suffered little or no damage noting no bent plates or scratches found so far.
In St Paul Minnesota two men entered a cafe where theatre parties were seated shortly after 1 am. They fired several shots to intimidate patrons and forced the cashier to surrender the cash drawer contents totaling 300 dollars. The pair escaped during the ensuing panic.
Tickets on sale Feb 28 to April 14. Personally conducted Pullman tourist cars every Monday Wednesday and Friday on fast trains. All comforts included. Nominal cost. Send for illustrated folders. H H Boynton N E P A Grand Trunk Railway 256 Washington Street Boston.
The 23rd banquet and ladies night of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange will be at the Somerset Hotel tonight. Guests include Governor Eben Draper, President Allen T. Treadway, the Massachusetts Senate, Speaker Joseph Walker, the Massachusetts House, and Rev Cortland Myers. A reception committee of ex presidents and exchange officials will assist. Special souvenirs for ladies, dancing to the Boston ladies orchestra after dinner in the Somerset ballroom.
Officials opened an inquest into the stabbing death of Mrs. Harriet French in Belfast last night. Coroner Charles R. Coombs and County Attorney Hodgdon G. Buzzell preside as Ira Grady and Sydney Bennett remain in custody. A white jackknife taken from Grady's clothing is linked to the wound and witnesses are to be examined at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs. French, divorced from her first husband, had married Elbridge Thomas three years ago and was commonly known as Mrs. French.
Tax Commissioner William D. T. Trefry advances a bill to tax dodgers more aggressively. He seeks to estimate the $400,000,000 in hidden personal property to determine each town or city's share of the state tax and recover hundreds of thousands Boston now loses.
New York news: Ida Hausner sues Harry Walker for annulment claiming she was under age at marriage on Jan 11. Walker, 25, denies, saying she is over 18 and parents consented. he rescued her from a track incident in August and later married after introductions by her family.
The Pope appointed Rev. J. W. Hendrick of Ovid New York brother of the late Bishop T A Hendrick bishop of Cebu a domestic prelate with the title of monsignor The brief notes his church work especially in the Philippines.
Mrs Lucy McCook a widow from Pittsburg reveals three of her children eloped. Her son Sheldon 20 married Ima Ayers 17 in Wheeling last Saturday. The bride is rich in her own right. Earlier daughter Bessie eloped with Reed Knox son of Secretary of State Knox. Mrs McCook jokes about her remaining son Hansen 18 pursuing girls and urges him to elope too.
Washington Feb 22 The House naval committee voted tentative approval of Secretary Meyer's plan to reorganize with power to enact for one year. It also voted to consider and complete statutory plans of naval administration next fall.
Advertises Hyomei as quick relief for catarrh, coughs, sore throat, and colds. Claims to kill germs and heal inflamed membranes with a two minute use. Outfits cost $1 including inhaler and bottle. extra inhalant 50 cents. mail orders via Booth's Hyomei Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Chatham February 22 daylight showed the Handkerchief Shoals reef where the schooner S. G. Haskell had been stranded since January 24. The vessel was floated by high water yesterday and towed away by the tug Tasco. Its destination is unknown but likely New London, Connecticut. Bound from Brunswick Georgia for Portland Maine with lumber the Haskell stranded in a heavy gale January 24. She had been stripped of rigging and much cargo in the weeks prior. The schooner crossed the shoal before being freed.
Washington Feb 22. Improvement in the condition of Senator Benjamin R Tillman of South Carolina continued today with his family believing he is gradually recovering. His mind is alert and he can talk to some extent.
Arthur Walter formerly chief proprietor of the London Times and more recently chairman of the board of directors of the company that purchased the paper died at his Bear Wood home in Wokingham after a days long illness with influenza.
New York Feb 22 Engineer John Cody halted a 10 car passenger train on the New York New Haven Hartford line after a coupling parted west of Mt Vernon. The electrified engines surged ahead 100 feet before he gradually slowed the engines and used the brakes to stop the last car touching the engines with a slight impact.
Barre Vermont February 22 The shriek of whistles signals end of a two month granite workers strike as North field Cutters Union agrees to the five year contract slightly more favorable than the prior bill, uniting the district workers under a settlement that ends the dispute.
Bryan meets President Montt in Santiago on February 22, plans departure for Concepcion the next day. A reception was held in his honor at the American legation in Chile.
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