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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1911

Page

2

Att'y General Accused of Fraud Delay Report Favored

Washington July 14 The House judiciary committee backs a resolution by Delegate Wickersham of Alaska calling on the Attorney General to produce all documents affidavits and testimony related to an affidavit by H J Douglas former auditor of the Alaska Syndicate sworn in 1908 alleging perjury and government fraud involving about 50000.

Washington Wickersham Alaska Wickersham Dreely Ska Syndicate House Committee On Judiciary House H. J. Douglas Alaska Syndicate Jarvis Harvey H. S. Morrisey Judiciary Committee Douglas Northwestern Commercial Company Lesnor Coal Company

Wickersham alleges Alaska Syndicate crime link

Delegate Wickersham produced affidavits and letters alleging the Alaska Syndicate including J Pierpont Morgan and the Guggenheims defrauded the government in coal contracts for Alaska posts. He cited payments to witnesses, a $1133.40 expense, and claimed the case involved J H Bullock, D H Jarvis, and English financiers Graves and Close Brothers.政府行动与证据指向长期合谋与贪污。

Webb North Carolina Territorial Alaska Clayton J. Pierpont Morgan Guggenheim Brothers Kuhn, Loeb & Co Jacob H. Schiff Graves Norris Nebraska Simon Guggenheim Graham Illinois Close Brothers

Delivery wagon driver fined for obstructing streetcar tracks

Joseph Grossman of 83 Fayston Street was tried in Roxbury District Court for obstructing Boston Elevated Railway Company tracks with his wagon. He drove in front of a street car, ignored crew requests to move, and was found guilty with a fine imposed.

Joseph Grossman Fayston, Street Roxbury District Court Boston Elevated Railway Company

Rain Ends Severe Forest Fires in Northern New England

Rain and easing winds brought relief from damaging forest fires across northern New England. The South Waterboro area in Maine faced near total destruction on Wednesday and remained smouldering as rain fell, prompting cheers and prayers for continued rainfall to extinguish the blazes and revive damaged garden plots.

New England South Waterboro

Fire news notes from New Hampshire and Waterboro incidents

Wind dies down aids fire containment at Moosehead Lake area and Gorham Concord and Mount Moriah fires subside. Waterboro sawmill blaze destroys lumber and damages nearby woodland, with several houses briefly endangered. Waterboro selectmen order portable sawmills closed until dry spell ends to prevent further fires.

Moosehead Lake MiRine Forgiays Ampshire Gorham Concord Mount Moriah Thi Waterboro William A. Roberts & Son Waterboro Selectman

Rain Stops Flames In Michigan Forest Fires

Reports from northern Michigan say there is no longer serious danger as heavy rains pour over East Tawas Au Sable and Alpena calming the forest fires that have devastated timberlands, villages, and farms. Winds abate and threatened settlements gain safety for homeless families.

Detroit Mich Michigan East Tawas Au Sable Alpena

Porcupine fire toll near 100 as relief expands

Toronto dispatch reports no new deaths beyond about 100 from the Porcupine fires. Relief teams broadened area surveys. 52 bodies identified so far. Refugees recount devastation in Whitney and Tisdale townships as fires abate. Carloads of relief goods and shelter materials arrive, mine rebuilding begins.

Toronto Ont Porcupine District Frank Cochrane Relief Committee Whitney Tisdale Porcupine Cochrane

Italian Woman’s Death Sentence Commuted to Life

Ottawa reports the cabinet commuted Angelino W Neapolitano’s death sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of her husband at Sault Ste. Marie. She testified her husband threatened her with an immoral life for his gain, saying she killed him to protect her name and her four children. She was to be hanged August 9, about 12 days before expected to become a mother for the fifth time.

Ottawa Ont Angelino W Neapolitano Sault Ste. Marie Neapolitano

Governor Foss weighs Civil Service picks and tax reform

Governor Foss said he will consider John R. Murphy and Thomas F. Boyle for the Civil Service Commission and may reappoint Chairman Charles Warren if no better candidate appears. He criticized overreliance on exam percentages, stressed choosing the best qualified person, and noted opposition from party figures while signaling plans to push taxation and labor measures but possibly delay formal messages. The governor asserted personal judgment over city politics and pledged support to the people of Massachusetts.

Commonwealth Charles Warren Civil Service Commission John R. Murphy Thomas F. Boyle O’meara Murphy Civil Service Board Warren Foss Martin Lomasney Joseph P. Lomasney Fitzgerald Europe Boston Frank Richardson Essex Democratic State Committee Richardson Asa R. Minard Republican Progressive League Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Commission

Massachusetts Lawmakers Grill Prison Board Message

Ways and Means members debate the Governors prison board message with Norman White and others questioning statements on prison contract labor and the sale of prison made goods. Mills and Byers deny misstatements while Pettigrove cites relevant laws. White brands the Governor's claim as nearly a fib.

House Committee On Ways and Means Norman H. White Brookline White Newton Fay Medford Bean Cambridge Board of Prison Commissioners Penal Institutions of Commonwealth Frederick H. Mills Prison Industries New York State Joseph P. Byers State Charities Association of New Jersey Norman White Pettigrove Mills Massachusetts

Legislature Presses Governor as Session Set

Beacon Hill fights end with a session planned next week defying Governor Foss on pay raises and pensions. Senate passes two bills vetoed by the governor while House advances July pay boost amid party clash and a reform push for direct senator elections. Governor Foss backs forest taxation relief and a strict income tax bill faces mixed reception as unfinished measures linger.

Beacon Hill Foss Senate Fas Police Pearson Brookline Bristow Congress United States Brown Hunt Hoar Treadway Malley Ways and Means Committee General Court Boston Lomasney

Collins to Ask Council for Fifty More Firemen

Acting Mayor Collins seeks approval to transfer funds for hiring 50 additional firemen citing Dorchester fire undersupply. Officials doubt legality. Corporation Counsel calls move incredible while Fire Commissioner Daly urges urgent staffing. City auditor may block the plan if legal authority is disputed.

Collins Council Finance Commission Reform Fitzgerald Babson Daly Boston Fire Department Dorchester City Hall Mitchell

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