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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1910
Page
16
A list of political and financial figures including Capt. Oberlin M. Carter and former San Francisco Mayor Eugene A. Schmitz, charged for defrauding the government and sentenced to five years after alderman disclosures. Other names include senators, lawyers, bankers, and embezzlers with various crimes noted.
Charles W. Morse, once a leading ice magnate and steamship consolidator, is now prisoner No. 2814 at a federal institution near Atlanta after being driven from the city’s terminal. He vows his fight is only beginning as he begins a 15 year sentence, accompanied by his close associate W. P. Reid of Boston.
Morse was brought into Warden Moyer's private office and said he felt physically fit after his journey. He handed the clerk 218 in cash along with private papers and a small item.
Morse enters a Class 1 jail term after vaccination and a head shave, assigned to a regular cell and possible work in the tailor shop or construction gang. His first day includes meals in his cell, Bertillon and photo records, and limited visiting rights as he adapts to prison life. The warden notes his large business connections may affect visitation, and Morse vows the struggle has only begun.
The schooner Abel Buckley of New Bedford foundered between New York and Norfolk during a hurricane. Five crewmen were rescued as the ship sank and brought aboard the British steamship Broogley. They were taken to Bermuda yesterday.
Robert Sears, a fisherman from Boston aboard the schooner Washakie, was rescued off Rockland Maine after drifting in an open dory since last Saturday. He endured extreme cold and blood loss while surviving on rations until pickup by the gasoline launch Edmund FP Black.
Mayor Hibbard began his campaign by addressing two meetings in whispering tones that were audible only to attentive listeners. He met rival Fitzgerald at the Charlestown Improvement Association gathering at Charlestown High School and they exchanged a handshake without exchanging blows or sharp remarks after Mrs. Julia Duff spoke for the School Board.
At Blake Hall Dorchester Councilman Kinney assails Storrow Park Square deal while Mayor Hibbard defends record and vows to serve four more years. Kinney links Good Government Association and Minot to fraud, cites Park Square overcharge and alleges voting influence.
The Guild of the Infant Savoir staged a large vaudeville and cafe chantant at Copley Hall last evening featuring amateur entertainers from Boston. A long list of Misses performed in song and dance, with John A. O Shea directing the chorus and Miss Isabel Florence handling costumes. The hall displayed lavish decoration and lighted tables for refreshments as Mrs. M. M. Cunniff presided.
Mayor George A. Hibbard and aides listened as Congressman John A. Kelcher criticized ex Mayor John F. Fitzgerald for pushing sectarian issues in the campaign. Kelcher alleged Fitzgerald used religious rhetoric to attack James J. Storrow, defending Storrow’s alleged lack of prejudice and recalling Fitzgerald’s earlier school board support.
Charlies Austin aged 45 a Hoston and Maine brakeman was struck by a freight train in the Prison Point yard early evening. He was admitted to Measwachudella General Hospital in critical condition.
President Taft after talks with presidents of six major railroads will urge Congress to limit holdings in other lines. If a company owns 50 percent or more it may acquire the remainder, but a majority-less firm cannot. Restrictions on stock issues and watered capital also proposed.
Railroad representatives object to a five member Interstate Commerce Court with appeals to the Supreme Court, arguing it would become a second commission and preferring direct appeals from the Interstate Commerce Commission to federal courts. The amendments aim to limit stock holding that violates anti trust laws while maintaining a court recommendation in the message.
James Connors aged 53 a lamplighter died at Cambridge Relief Hospital from injuries after being struck by a shifting engine late Tuesday. He lived at 92 Maywood Street Roxbury.
Deep discount sale lists travelling bags suit cases and trunks with wide price cuts. Items include ladies bags leather cases umbrellas and auto trunks with many lines offered below former costs and at clearance levels for 1910 models.
Selection of ladies pocket books offered at prices from 50c to 4.40 and 8.75. Gents card cases bill rolls and related items reduced regardless of cost. Toiletry cases and cigar cases slashed from prior top values reflecting bold markdowns.
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