24 Jul 1913
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1913
Page
1
Boston financier Charles Sumner Hamlin was selected as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary McAdoo has recommended the assignment to President Wilson, who is expected to nominate Hamlin to the Senate within days.
Mayor Fitzgerald received a Board of Street Commissioners report detailing everyday peril at the city port. Rotten piers and unsafe floats and runways used by thousands daily were cited alongside poor conditions at three municipal bathhouses after Chief Engineer Frank Whitney’s investigation.
King Charles of Roumania directs government to propose to Serbia and Greece an immediate cessation of hostilities pending armistice signing. Roumania agrees not to disrupt rail or telegraph links with northern Bulgaria. Bulgarian delegates to start for Bucharest. peace talks to begin next week amid renewed Serbian attacks near Kustendil. The Russian Emperor sends sympathy to Bulgaria and notes required sacrifices.
A water tank holding 1000 gallons on a three story tenement roof burst after base erosion by fire. Water knocked Captain Titus of the fire department from the roof and carried him into a cottage kitchen 20 feet behind the block.
A fire at 2:30 p.m. due to a windmill feeding a heated roof burned the Old Park Hotel block, housing six tenants and three stores. Captain Titus and 15 firefighters battled from the roof until a water tank burst, leaving the block gutted and damage estimated at $10,000. Captain Titus survived with bruises and helped colleagues resume work.
Pittsburg National League club announced that pitcher L. W. Delhi was purchased from Great Falls Montana, Union Association, after stints with Los Angeles Coast League and the Chicago Americans.
The article notes Mr. Hamlin, a prominent Massachusetts Democrat, is expected to take a high tariff office by Aug 1, replacing James F. Curtis in Boston. It details his extensive tariff and customs expertise, previous refusals, and broad support from Secretary McAdoo and Massachusetts Democrats. He has been mentioned for Boston port collector and diplomatic posts.
In Plymouth Harbor Warren McKenna and Charles Sargeant Jr. clung to an overturned dory for three hours after companion Frank Murray drowned when a squall capsized the boat. Murray's body not recovered. McKenna delirious. Sargeant exhausted. Howard Rushton aided the survivors and transported them to Kingston.
President Wilson says no faction in the Mexican revolution shall obtain arms or ammunition from the United States and that neutrality must be observed strictly. He announced this after meetings with Senator Bacon and Representative Flood, leaders of the foreign relations committees.
The Huerta administration faces possible loss of arms access as Congress weighs repealing the 1912 arms export ban. Critics say Huerta is not a legitimate successor to Madero, while constitutionalists press for a neutral policy and continued sale of war materials to legally constituted governments.
An old advertisement promotes Morsford's Acid Phosphate as a cure for summer fatigue and contains a claim of cooling properties. The short blurb implies health benefits and seasonal use.
A six member New Haven directors committee has chosen a candidate to succeed President Charles S. Mellen. The identity remains secret until Friday’s executive committee meeting. Indications point to Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific, supported by J P Morgan and Theodore N Vail, and he is in town.
President Elliott told the Post he has not decided whether to accept the New Haven presidency, saying no formal offer has been made. He arrived from Minneapolis to the Belmont, where he chatted with friends and noted he has not been asked to accept.
Several hundred Revere residents were forced from the Town Hall by police last night as they sought to address charges Chairman White planned to level against the chief of police. The confrontation followed raids by the Selectmen chairman against liquor resorts and subsided only after protesters were cleared from corridors.
Selectmen voted against Chairman White to end in an executive session provoking citizen protests in the town chamber. Police intervened as residents were swept into the corridor while attempting to hold an indignan meeting away from the room.
The Holland America freight steamer Sloterdyk limped into port with a gash from rail to waterline after a fog collision four miles off Nantucket on Tuesday night. Onlookers say no wooden schooner could survive such a blow, fearing she sank with all hands.
A schooner rammed a freighter, severing an iron side and leaving a mass of wreckage on deck. The incident has drawn mystery over the aggressor’s identity as investigators pursue clues. Continued on Page S-Second Col.
The text records celestial events for the day with Venus rising at 1 19 a m Mars rising at midnight Saturn rising 1 08 a m and Suptter sets 2 58 a with a note to light auto lamps before 7 4. The day is 10700 pa 205th of year and 34th day of summer with 82 minutes decrease in day length and 14h45m daylight.
Utah city Salt Lake City founded by Mormons in 1847. Captain Webb last swam Niagara Falls in 1903. Pringley tariff act passed in 1897. Remains of John Paul Jones placed in a vault at Annapolis in 1905. Miners drowned in a flood at Uniontown a year ago today.
Washington reports New England will see showers Thursday followed by fair weather Friday. Temperatures remain steady with moderate southwest to west winds across the region.
Fragmentary notice lists times and figures for yesterday's temperature readings at Thompson's Spa with scattered digits and illegible notes. No clear locations or dates are readable. Further context is unavailable in the legible text.
Boston defeated Cincinnati 4 to 1 and New York beat Pittsburg 2 to 0. Brooklyn crushed St Louis 7 to 2 while Chicago routed Philadelphia 13 to nothing. American results not fully listed.
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