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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1910
Page
5
Governor Draper inspected the First Corps Cadets during Governor's Day at Camp Edmunds in Hingham. A large crowd watched as the State flag rose beside the Stars and Stripes. He toured the company streets and then dined with Lt. Col. Franklin L. Joy and officers in the mess room.
Cadets and families gather for dress parade after a day of drills led by Lieutenant George C. Marshall. An amusing incident involved Dartmouth All-America end Dutch Schildmiller guarding posts and delaying a large line before taps, nearly causing a minor uproar before orders restored order.
President Taft praised the Treasury for a June 30 1910 report showing ordinary receipts exceeding ordinary disbursements by 9 402 432 06 dollars. Secretary MacVeagh sent the favorable letter noting the strong federal finances.
Beverly July 15 President Taft moves to start postal savings banks with 10 to 20 experimental banks to be in operation in various sections of the country by October next.
The Massachusetts state flag was raised atop the Charles River dam marking a transfer of ownership to the Metropolitan Park Commission. The flag will fly from sunrise to sunset over canal traffic, near the commission office on Cambridge Street, as mandated over state property.
A lone craft appeared without Old Glory as the Charles River Basin dam moved from the commissioners to the Metropolitan Park Commission at midnight on June 30. The river patrol now extends by the Park Commission to Stony Brook, marking a shift in jurisdiction and oversight.
The Treasury Department will keep the revenue cutter Winnisimmet on duty in Boston to aid customs and immigration officials. The ship, after overhaul, will be recommissioned next Monday, reversing a debate over cost savings of about $2000 yearly and the impact on liner arrival delays for inward-bound transatlantic passengers.
H K McHarg of Stamford Conn who recently sold his Texas Central holdings notified the road’s current management that he will grant a year’s salary to all employees who have served twenty years with the railroad.
Captain Samuel D. Lyon was acquitted at Fort Myer for irregularities related to the Brownsville affair. Major General Walter Howe, reviewing the case, disapproved the finding, stating Lyon knew the ammunition situation and failed to fully disclose it.
Fires in the Lolo Bitter Creek and Missoula forests have grown beyond control since last night. The quartz conflagration now threatens vast property including holdings of the Black Foot Lumber Company as crews push extreme efforts to recruit firefighters and battle the blaze.
A fight for the Democratic nomination in the seventh congressional district looms with three contenders already named and chatter of more filing. Mayor James A. Rich of Lynn is urged to run, joined by Thomas M. Boynton ex mayor of Fivett and Harry J. Skeffington of Revere, known for the Douglas campaign flying wedge. The seat is currently held by Congressman Roberts.
Superintendent of Public Buildings Fish Finance Commissioner Curtis John J Kiley the Mayor s real estate expert and Architect Harrison H Atwood toured East Boston yesterday to scout locations for a proposed new courthouse and police station Several sites were viewed but no decision made The Congregational Church in Central Square was among the places examined.
At Wolf's Clothier on Hanover and Portland streets a rush formed as a fresh batch of men's shirts priced 69 cents to 1.50 drew buyers. Customers crowded the counter, eager for first choice after hearing of the sale.
Beverly July 15 President Taft was asked to serve as honorary president of a national committee planning the 100th anniversary of peace among English speaking peoples in 1914. A committee visited his cottage in the late afternoon to extend the invitation.
The article reports that a proposed world wide Niagara memorial celebration seeks the U S President's honorary presidency or support, with Vice President Sherman named as honorary vice president. It notes Taft's 1913 term end and a yearlong delay before the event, plus a committee from Columbia, New York, Kingston and Boston proposing Canada and Great Britain join.
William R. Sebarton seeks a warrant against J Frank Chase for forgery and uttering in the white slave case involving Max Peretz. A decoy check for 500 dollars drawn on Shawmut National Bank and made out to Miss Julia Adams was used by the Watch and Ward Society to trap participants. Chase claims the check was a decoy and id has a memorandum of the name used.
A fungus disease infects brown tail moth colonies to wipe out the pest. Dr A T Speare at Harvard directs spread of infected moths to dying off colonies with prize bags to transport the caterpillars to healthy areas. A Harvard assistant devotes time to preparing the infected specimens for release.
Amelia Yandoli, 12, helped dampen a kitchen blaze in the Vandali suite as frightened residents fled 36 Prince Street. Her quick actions and fire alarms allowed the flames to be nearly out by the time firefighters arrived, with only minor damage remaining. Louis Crow and Larry Pelosi assisted the girl as others escaped to the street.
St Louis July 15 Anthony Matre national secretary of the American Federation of Catholic Societies received a letter from Arthur Bigge secretary to King George acknowledging the 3,000,000 Catholics letter urging the king to influence changing the royal accession oath. The societies say the oath in its present form is an insult.
J Armstrong Drexel son of Anthony Drexel of Philadelphia and London and the French aviator Leon Morane completed an over sea speed flight from the Aerodrome across the Solent toward the Isle of Wight around the Needles lighthouse and back a 21 mile course Morane finished in 25 minutes while Drexel completed it in 34 minutes.
An odd accident in New York today killed Miss Lena Phillips, a young woman decapitated when a sheet of window glass, unfastened while being washed, fell five stories from a building and struck her neck on the street. She collapsed without a sound.
Bretten Woods N H July 15 T M Sherman of Utica N Y son of Vice President Sherman won the annual tournament of the American Golf Association of Advertising Interests today, defeating L A Hamilton at Englewood 7 up 6 to play. The event drew over 100 players from across the country and was narrowed to Hamilton and Sherman for the final.
The British tramp steamers Kaerina and Regulus collided 25 miles off Nantucket in thick fog. Regulus disappeared after the impact while Kaerina limped into port with a large hull breach. Regulus carried iron ore. Kaerina is chartered to Norton & Son of New York.
Superintendent Pettigrew told Mayor Fitzgerald that autos cause about 35 thousand dollars in annual damage to Boston parkways. He cited a precise maintenance cost of 34,673.77 dollars per year due to grinding and twisting wheels, as the basis for seeking Highway Commission approval to close parkways to autos.
John T. Connor donated a pony and cart to the Junior table at a garden party for Boston College. The prize went to Miss Ada Majroney of 112 Ocean Street Dorchester, presented yesterday afternoon in Dorchester.
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