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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
12
Keir Hardie concluded his remarks at Ford Hall last night and relaxed with a briar pipe. He is described as a man who champions individuality and supports socialism to give all men an equal opportunity for self assertion.
A discussion features practical Socialists and religious figures arguing for immediate socialist reforms and public ownership of land and industry. John Golden and Lincoln Steffens push unions into politics while business leaders urge careful study of trades unions and cooperation between labor and capital.
Double stamps will be given with every purchase mornings until 12 o'clock noon at Wolf's Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets. Single stamps thereafter.
Boston accepts the Burnham Memorial building from Lamont G. Burnham via a $150,900 bequest to the Boston City Hospital. Mayor Hibard accepted the gift as the board of trustees and reception group, led by A. Shuman, toured the new ward and X ray department, praising the hospital’s modern facilities and medical staff.
A reorganization of the Boston High School Cadet Brigade will take effect around February 1. The brigade has 2700 members, led by Dr. Thomas F. Harrington. Changes remove swords subscriptions and gift exchanges and introduce a captain as the highest rank with later field officers chosen by drill.
Mrs J M Hobbs of 5 Hamlet street Dorchester received a miniature horseshoe from Martinsburg Penns blacksmith Charles Gorsuch. The micro shoe weighs only grains and shows fine grooves and eight nail-holes. Notables including Sir George Truscott President Jose Miguel Gomez of Cuba and governors are said to own such specimens.
The 45th annual meeting of the Home for Destitute Catholic Children on Harrison Avenue reports 222 children at year start 1908. During the year 1600 were received via courts or destitute parents while 803 were placed in Catholic homes without charge and 784 returned home. 229 children remain supported by charity. Officers elected include honorary president Most Rev William H OConnell president John P Manning vice president Bernard McNellis treasurer John A Bruen and secretary William Porter.
Ali O. Mahmed a 19 year old Turk was fined 25 dollars in Malden District Court by Judge Bruce for attempting to kiss 17 year old Marion O Denny of Everett. In default of the fine he was sentenced to two months in jail. Police call him a tramp. He came from Worcester seeking work and spoke little English.
CATANIA Jan 14 Lieutenant-Commander Reginald R Belknap U S naval attache to Berlin and Rome and Boston painter John Eliott husband of Maude Howe Elliott were visiting hospitals when a car loaded with oranges collided with their vehicle. Broken glass slightly cut Mr Elliott s face.
Stephen B. Howe, 33, heir to a wealthy Lynn family, stood arraigned in Cambridge District Court for intoxication. He said his uncontrollable liquor habit cost him 80000 over two years, leaving him penniless, and pleaded for clemency from Judge Almy as a pitiful, dissipated figure.
Howe, born in Lynn to a respected family, gained a reputation for reckless behavior tied to liquor and a passion for fast horses, cars, and yachts. He attempted suicide at Long Wharf early this year but was saved by a police officer. Married at 20 to Mabel Littlefield, they had a son Mannard, now nine. A divorce followed about three years ago, his second marriage short lived and she died two years ago. A third woman, Ora Vinerd, claimed to be his wife, alleging marriage in Providence as they lived at 94 Willow street Belvidere. After Christmas Howe and his second wife separated. he drank heavily and she moved out and kept her whereabouts secret.
Fresno dispatch reports Visalia inundation after levee failure. By 2:30 PM water flooded the northwest, with early morning Porterville also submerged. A woman and child are feared drowned as floodwaters spread through the town.
George W Wor ley and James L Smith, both named as prominent Waynesburg figures, were arrested by U S secret service on charges of attempting to tamper with a jury in the Rinehart case. They were held for a hearing before U S Commissioner Lindsey tomorrow morning after being taken to the police station.
Labor Notes reports on the seventh annual ball of the Boston Newsboys Protective Union 9077 A. F. of L. at Copley Hall Jan 26 with Hyman Cohen as chair and Benjamin Robinsh as secretary. The Carpenters Grand Council meets at 30 Hanover St. New delegates and trade matters are discussed meanwhile unions from Upholsterers 58 to Carworkers 184 and Elevator Constructors No 4 outline activities and upcoming balls. Secretary Henry Abrahams will speak at Somerville and Malden socialist clubs on labor decisions, and various unions report gains, assessments, and arrangements for forthcoming events at Paine Memorial Hall and 50 Hanover St.
Daniel J. Tobin of Cambridge Massachusetts international president of the Teamsters Union is recovering at home after a Sunday night assault at Union No. 708 on Eighteenth Street in New York. A partisan member struck him with a heavy object as he left the hall injuring his nose ribs and breaking his spectacles. Friends intervened and Tobin was taken to a hospital for treatment before returning home.
Mrs. Frank J. Hill of 25 Edward street Medford lost her left eye after being struck by a taxicab while waiting for a car at the Brookline transfer station in Cambridgeport. The driver was Thomas H. Burnett of 4 Pearl street Brookline.
Mrs Sophronia A Harrington of 89 Beacon street offers 50000 to fund a general public hospital to be owned and operated in trust for the town. The bill and petition were presented to the State Legislature and the matter goes to the committee on mercantile affairs.
McCabe wins the council presidency on the eighth ballot with 86 votes, aided by Ward 21 Ballantyne's switch and John J. Donovan's final vote. Republican bloc backed him as he sought fair treatment for all members. McCabe, a printer by trade, previously served starting 1906 and was endorsed by the Good Government Association.
Senator Tillman proposes Attorney General Bonapart e and Postmaster General Meyer for membership in his Ananias Club after accusing them of false statements about his Oregon timber lands deal. He defended his land purchase actions before the Senate and warned of threats against him.
Senator Tillman denounces President Roosevelt and Cabinet officers, claiming his mail is delayed and room broken into while alleging a conspiracy to ruin him. He cites a stalled congressional order for a suit against the Southern Oregon Company and questions Attorney General Bonaparte's responses. He vows to test his word against Bonaparte in court.
Councilman Stephen A. Welch, nominated for president of the Common Council, says his defeat reflected the Hibbard Donovan administration's treatment of South Boston nominees. He cites Alderman Ellery H. Clark and Ward 9 leaders who previously blocked Democratic nominees, noting Donovan aligned with Mayor Hibbard to defeat another South Boston candidate.
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