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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
5
A heated South End meeting turns chaotic when Dr. Galvin attacks reform figures and Labor supporters clash with advocates. Martha Moore Avery confronts the crowd, while Mrs. Post and others defend the Lodging House Commission as leaders urge a formal briefing to Mayor Hibbard in Provincetown.
Matthew Cummings won 275 to 183 over Dolan at the Indianapolis session to lead the AOH. Delegates defeated a substitute Irish relief resolution amid tensions with United Irish League sympathizers. Officers elected include Regan and McGinnis, with Carroll defeated for national secretary.
A lodger from the West End and Back Bay argues the proposed commission on lodging houses should consist of lodgers and not outsiders. He notes the small profit and asks why reception room issues should concern residents outside the house.
The organization states it will not endorse any external political movement while affirming members may support causes they believe advance Irish nationality. It warns outsiders not to dictate the order's policies or interfere with its affairs praising its long service and loyalty to Ireland.
Patrolman Joseph A. Delaney declares the slain man found at Forest Hills Cemetery is one of the bandits he pursued on New Keyes street and who fired at him in the parkway. He says the dead man matches the one responsible for Wednesday night wounds and deaths.
Prominent lawyers and businessmen in the city denounce President Roosevelt for commenting on the Court of Appeals reversal in the Standard Oil rebate case. The former decision fined Standard Oil nearly 30 million dollars. Representative Frank Clark notes the criticism goes beyond past Democratic critique of courts and defends three-branch governance.
The article quotes Josiah Quincy General Charles W Bartlett Major Henry L Higginson and Henry M Whitney opposing presidential criticism of judicial decisions. They argue executive intervention is improper and that court matters should be left to the judiciary.
Attorney General Bonaparte at Lenox Mass leads government efforts to seek certiorari from the Supreme Court to reverse the Elkins law ruling against Standard Oil. Washington DOJ officials push the suit while awaiting the October term.
Champion swimmer Miss Annette Kellermann, at Wonderland, will swim from Nahant to Crescent Beach toward Shirley avenue in Crescent Beach likely covering five miles in open bay. She plans to dive from Bass Point Nahant pier around 1 30 p m as part of today’s display drawing sporting interest.
Eddie Carter defeated Harry Ferns in a six round windup at Brown's boxing show Rockaway Beach New York. Carter dominated from the start and scored knockdowns in the second and fourth rounds. Prelims saw Kid Stein edge Kid Black in six rounds and Babe Cullen draw with Emergency Kelly of Boston.
Report from San Francisco dated July 24 states Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson remains in serious condition at her Gilroy home after an automobile accident in Mexico and illness since returning to California.
The German motor car in the New York to Paris race departed Berlin for Paris at a quarter before 5 this afternoon. The crew received a reception and luncheon at the Automobile Club during their brief stopover.
Frank Wilhelm a 23 year old of 91 Preble street South Boston loudly claimed to be Boston's police chief. He was arrested by Patrolman Patrick Magner and George Gould of Station 6 for attempting to ring in an alarm from Box 126 at Broadway and E streets. He resisted officers and ordered the wagon to back to the sidewalk before being locked up at Station 6.
Philadelphia July 24. After choking Joseph A Vaughn a bank runner and robbing him of 1900 dollars on a Chestnut street trolley car this afternoon an unknown man dashed through the car thrusting aside passengers and escaped into the street.
Syracuse July 24 The five runabouts tied for first entered the city and checked in for the day without altering the trophy standings. They will depart tomorrow morning for Buffalo to resume the course toward a perfect score and a single winner.
After 32 years of autocratic rule, the sultan grants a constitution and orders a chamber of deputies. The measure restores the 1876 constitution issued after Abdul Aziz's death and Murad V's deposition, marking a return to constitutional government in Turkey.
Observers note a surprise shift as the Young Turks seize momentum from the Sultan. Reports indicate mutinies in Macedonia and 9% of Turkish officers siding with reformers toward a constitutional government modeled on western lines. The 1876 constitution outlined imperial sovereignty, liberty, creed freedom, a two chamber legislature, and elections by ballot every four years.
Willis J. Skinner alias William L. Scott of Boston, a Planchette swindler linked to the Fairfield Floral Company, fled after jumping a $25,000 bail. Police say he was arrested in the United States, then operated under various names in England Germany Russia and France before forfeiture of bail was declared.
Teheran July 24 heavy cannon fire is reported at Tabriz with about 200 casualties. Residents appeal to the Shah through European legations. Disorders also reported at Ispahan and other places.
In New York on July 24 Fra Jay Gould appeared as a witness in the conspiracy to manufacture evidence case. He was subpoenaed by the prosecutors for the three prisoners Mrs Ben Teal Mr Fleming and Detective Mou for nearly four hours as counsel for the defendants listened to testimony. Gould wore a half amused half suppressed smile while affidavits were read and he acknowledged signing a document at the defendants' request.
The hearing revealed a confession from Miss Julia Fleming and a push to fabri cate evidence against Mr. Gould. Miss MacCauslan testified that Mrs. Teal offered $600 and a country trip for signing an affidavit, then cried False when asked about the affidavit’s truth. Mrs. Teal, a leading figure in the case, was supported out of the courtroom as the day ended.
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