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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1909
Page
3
Mitchell the Tailor reports 30s stock of 1H Lewis to be auctioned. Local buyers may bid on remaining fabrics and garments as part of a liquidation sale conducted by the shop. Auction details and dates not specified in readable text.
The body of Thomas Ots Brown, a former Boston clubman and New England family member, was recovered from the Ohio River about 15 miles below Pittsburg. B F Keen of Pittsburg identified the body. Brown, aged about 56 and a widower, had allegedly leapt from the river after being seen entering the water by local boys near Coraopolis. His brother, a U S Navy paymaster, has been notified.
Enfield July 18 residents fear a proposed Boston Metropolitan Water System reservoir in Enfield would be the world’s largest artificial lake. The plan calls for a 17 mile long by four mile wide body covering 37 square miles at 58 feet depth, raised 144 feet with a 2470 foot dam. The project would flood the Swift River valley and inundate the area.
Four thousand men reportedly secede from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and form the Independent International Brotherhood of Teamsters in New York. They are said to be workers on extended strike in the city over the last six months without International approval.
The Boston Longshoremen Trades Council voted to refer undecided points in the wage and working agreement back to affiliated organizations for a definite vote. Delegates will report each organization’s vote at a special meeting next Sunday night in Roughan Hall Charlestown.
State constabulary arrived from Punxsutawney to guard Standard Steel Car Company property as clashes with protesters left one likely fatally wounded, two seriously hurt, and more than ten injured. Fifteen strike leaders were arrested amid tensions involving Standard Wheel Company workers stepping into the dispute.
A fishing boat from the Helland settlement in Brighton was found empty in Sodus Bay after a rough night. One body was recovered with the anchor and two others remain missing, presumed drowned. The victims were Abraham De Bruyan, John De Bruyan, and Jacobo De Windt.
Portsmouth, July 18. Word arrives that Howe Call, once a prominent New Hampshire lawyer, has been captured in San Francisco. Sheriff Spinney heads there to extradite him for trial on charges of obtaining money on notes using J. Edward Pickering’s name. The alleged total involved is about the missing amount.
The Boston Central Labor Union suspended five unions at its Wells Memorial Hall meeting, including Sheet Metal Workers Union 17, Electrical Workers 103, Wood Wire and Metal Lathers 72, Gasfitters Fixture Fitters and Hangers 175, and Plumbers 12. Delegates tied to the suspensions, including John J. Hynes, could no longer hold positions.
Vice-President Michael A. Murphy presided as acting president after an extended debate. Five unions were suspended from the Building Trades Section for refusing to strike on jobs where a strike had been ordered. President Hynes criticized the action as unconstitutional, while a Harvey Construction Company dispute prompted further appeals. A committee urged limits on city street lamp contracts, and a bereaved family thanked the union for sympathy.
The Hansa line steamer Ho henfels docked at Mystic wharf with a cargo valued at $1,000,000 after a perilous voyage from Calcutta and Colombo. Aboard were 40 giant snakes, mostly boas, and a severe Indian Ocean monsoon caused a dramatic, 40 day crossing marked by a crew member bitten by a snake.
Hafid Kasamali, a Lascar fireman aboard the Hohenfels, was bitten by a large boa constrictor while feeding snakes in a heavy case on deck. He survived the attack after the wound troubled him but he was recovering. The ship endured a severe monsoon in the Indian Ocean with giant waves and foaming decks.
A nameless woman, ill and semi conscious, was found at Professor James Lee Love’s Cambridge home and later taken to Cambridge Hospital. Doctors could not determine the ailment, suspected anesthesia poisoning after recent extractions. At hospital she wrote “Mrs Maud Smith Boston” but gave no further details.
Timothy O Leary a former Cambridge resident and Boston Elevated motorman now watch man at the government ferry landing rescued a boy from drowning yesterday in the river at Portsmouth New Hampshire
A motor cycle explosion and fire at a Berlin cycle race at the old Botanic Gardens killed four people and severely injured more than twenty others. Spectators watched a fatal crash as the benzine blaze spread, with two women dying instantly and many others burned or trampled.
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