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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
12
In Rome on January 7 Premier Giolitti announced government steps to rebuild Messina and Reggio. A 12 member committee was appointed to draft measures and report by tomorrow.
The 15 minute session closed with Signor Marcora thanking sovereigns and governments for sympathy. He praised sailors from foreign ships and Queen Helena, whose praise drew applause while ministers Orlando and Bertolini reported from the earthquake zone and deputies recalled Arigo Orioles and Ful er.
A detail from the US gunboat Scorpion set up an Anglo American relief station beside the ruined consulate in Messina. Dr George Rhoades of the Scorpion leads medical aid to Italians with relatives in America seeking assistance. A military cordon requires passes for entry.
Judge Frank Severoni of the Italian Relief Committee said last night that about 135 towns promised aid. Towns already contributing include Brookline $1500 YWittleton $50 Westminster $60 Northbridge $150 and Winthrop promising to give as well.
Over the last two days our store has seen large crowds drawn by real price reductions on Morse-Made Overcoats. Prices drop from 45 to 35, 40 to 30, 35 to 30, 30 to 25, 25 to 20, 20 to 15, 18 to 13.50, 15 to 11, and 12 to 8.50. A special lot of 16.50 Service Coats is now 13.50.
Tan and wine colored winter bluchers cut from five dollars to three ninety five. Full double soles, viscolized, leather lined.
Derby ribbed U 3 tenderwear available in sizes 36 to 46 for shirts or drawers now in stock. Also listed are nd 30 to 44.
The Rev W L Sperry of Fall River's First Congregational Church married Miss Muriel Laura Bennett of Dublin Ireland aboard the Cymric from Liverpool. Sperry, a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, had long pursued Miss Bennett before returning to the United States to wed and take up residence in Fall River.
Sufferers remark on awaiting guidance as Judge Leveroni says money will be forwarded only after hearing from Mr Edmund Billings. The note was delivered during a tense session referring to the San Francisco survivors.
Earthquake donations for Sicilian and Calabrian sufferers total 4,786.20 yesterday with state and Red Cross allocations. Major gifts include 1000 from Lowell citizens and 100.82 from Boston Lodge No. 10 Elks, while a letter from Effie J. Wood of Lewiston shows individual empathy.
After the earthquake in Reggio the city recorded the highest orphan percentage. Boys were quickly cared for by relatives while many girls were left behind. The girls are now under the care of ladies' committees arriving from across Italy who will place them in homes.
Reported after actions in Reggio 8000 refugees fled, 1000 bodies recovered from ruins, and remaining wounded evacuated. The scene underscores the toll of the siege on civilians and infrastructure.
A Burdett College program titled Backbone Not Wishbone develops real trade skills in retail and shorthand, emphasizing practical business conduct over theoretical claims. The initiative invites students to build practical competence in clerical and commercial tasks.
Women in the East Side near Kingman and Galen streets fear a Jack the Hugger who has chased and hugged residents over two weeks. Miss Sophie Cool, 17, 28 Galen street, was followed nearly a mile and hugged near her home last Tuesday night. Mrs Gegan, wife of a letter carrier, was pursued and fled to a friend’s house.
After the Common Council adjourned, a call signed by 48 council members urged a Democratic caucus tonight at 8 in the clerk of committees office to elect a Democratic president of the body. Signers include Conway, Kenney, Gordella, Connors, Ryan, O'Bryan, McCullough, Kelly, Brennan, O Donnell, O Hara, Scigliano, Hoey, O’Brien, McCarty, Troy, Cronin, Burroughs, O Neil, Prescott, Donovan, Brogan, Brennan, Green, Murray, Welsh and others.
Professor Hiram Bingham of Yale has departed Santiago Chile en route to southern Peru for a scientific expedition.
Advertorial note extols Salada tea as the most delicious and of uniform quality, highlighting its premier status among teas.
At the Hotel Somerset in Boston a grand society assembly drew 450 invitees from Back Bay and Brookline elites. Guests arrived by carriage and auto, the Louis XIV ballroom glittered with greenery and carnations, dancing ran from 11 PM to 5 AM, culminating in a lavish supper and a procession led by S Hooper Trooper.
A large guest list at Governor Eben Draper and Mrs Draper's home includes ex governor Curtis Guild Jr and many prominent locals such as Joseph Minot Amory Emmons Parker Quiney Nourse Warren Vaughan Lowel Abbott Lincoln Adams and Roosevelt descendants. The assembly also features Elinor Quiney Katherine Roosevelt and Elizabeth Lee among others from Boston society.
Ah Ying a Chinese wife of Silk merchant Yep Sheng faces deportation after arraignment in Boston on unlawful presence charges. She claimed ill treatment and left her husband, while a Boston tailor Ju Pong Fong aids her with legal counsel as authorities pursue removal to China.
Daniel J. Mooney, a famed Boston cab driver who once ferried Lord Denby, Prince Henry of Prussia, and President Roosevelt, died after drinking laudanum at his home on Gainsboro Street. He had been out of work, bought the poison under an alias, and told his wife he was “tired of it all.” He passed away at City Hospital after preparation and care.
Elab orate exercises at Masonic Temple Chelsea featured ex Governor Curtis Guild presenting a large silk American flag to Chelsea Masonic bodies replacing a flag lost in a big fire. Guild spoke on flag history to 30 degree masons. Rev R Perry Bush responded.
Thomas Margetts, 68, the oldest vestryman in Hingham, died at his Hersey street home from paralysis. He served 25 years as a vestryman of St. John the Evangelist Church and reportedly never missed a service.
Goldthwaite a former Boston lawyer and noted West riser joins woman suffrage cause aided by wife Ellen Beach Yaw. He cites taxation without representation and has presented a memorial to Congress via Senator Owen of Oklahoma. He lives in New York at 19 Fast Thirty-fourth Street and is remembered in Boston courts.
Millard F Emerson Methuen Board of Selectmen chair and town chief assessor faces possible criminal charges if he does not raise Edward I Searles personal property valuation from 66500 to 10000000 as urged by the State assessors. The state board may compel him to justify his refusal.
State Tax Commissioner William D T Trefry says the State Board is in the dark on Emerson attitude and expects adjustment without trouble. He cannot specify criminal options without reviewing statutes as to enforce Board recommendations against Methuen Assessor Emerson. District Attorney Peters admits the question is new and would require statute review.
After about ten hours of deliberation, a jury in Bath Maine finds Albert M Bates of Richmond guilty of manslaughter for causing the death by illegal surgery of Winnie Kincaid 21 also of Richmond. Bates faces sentencing and potential new trial action by his lawyers.
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