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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1910
Page
3
Statements made to the Post yesterday by prominent Boston meat dealers summoned to testify before the federal grand jury investigating the beef trust under Judge K M Landis indicate the Department of Justice aims to indict as private citizens the heads of the great packing companies.
Evidence is being sought to convict the beef barons themselves of conspiracy and other violations of the anti beef laws, which will render them liable to prison sentences, instead of prosecuting the corporations alleged to be in the combine. Boston dealers and a federal grand jury are involved in a countrywide investigation following Judge Landis actions. Everett G Dill, an independent wholesaler, testifies while others remain silent on oath. Abraham Gunsenheiser is to testify in Chicago.
John Doyle aged 16 and Thomas Fitz gerald 14 from Cambridge admit forging a Harvard student’s name on a $30 check and cashing it. They say their wrongdoing stems from familiarity with banking methods learned by cashing the student’s checks and from the Coleman trial’s revelations which led them to believe bank swindling is easy and profitable.
Cambridge police say the two boys may be among the youngest charged with forgery in the city and perhaps the state. They are in parental custody to appear in Cambridge Juvenile Court Saturday. Both confess, their mothers urge leniency, hoping youth saves them from state institutions.
Whitton a 65 year old Avon resident and Mrs. Tucker were struck by a Brockton car as they stepped from a vehicle in Mattapan Square. Whitton died at City Hospital from skull fracture and two spine breaks. Mrs. Tucker survived, center of Somerville Hospital to recover. Whitton was a longtime Avon resident, justice of the peace, bail commissioner, and past commander of C. M. Packard Post No. 193 Grand Army men. The driver, Toothacher, tried to stop but could not avoid striking the two pedestrians. Hundreds witnessed the shocking incident and many women fainted. The crowd lifted the car off the victims. Mrs. Tucker remained in danger then moved to Elm Street home and hospital care.
Louis Victor Seydel a New York broker with offices at 29 Broadway shot and killed Clemente Demarion a saloonkeeper of West Park. He fled the scene and spent hours later seeking officers to surrender to.
Seydel, man living near Slabsides the John Burroughs summer home, shot Demaron during a dispute over unloading a mortar board on Seydel land. After Demaron brandished a stone and stepped on property, Seydel fired then fled to Kingston to surrender to ex-Justice A. P. Clearwater.
The Shi loh bark Kingdom appeared in Portland Bay today after two weeks away from the Massachusetts coast. It remained near the lightship and, as far as can be learned, had no contact with shore.
Washington July 24 migration from central and northwestern regions including western Canada to the southern and southeastern States attracts officials. The Bureau of Immigration expects a special report from Commissioner Clark in Montreal on Canadian immigration and possible American returns, and will not discuss the topic for publication until the report is received.
Industrial experts say the movement to the southeastern States will start next October. A record immigration last year drew settlers from the Central States especially Iowa Kansas and Nebraska. Many moved to southern Georgia Florida and southern Alabama. Canadians bought lands in Alberta at 5 to 8 dollars an acre. Northwestern firms purchase southern Alabama Georgia and northern Florida lands for settlers. Germans Mennonites and Slovaks also seek homes in calmer northern southeast districts. A campaign promoting southern lands and yields spurs the shift.
John Picardi, Hurley's merry go round attendant at Revere Beach, was arrested for fracturing 14 year old Benjamin Bloom's skull after a dispute over a model motor. Witnesses say Bloom threw stones as Picardi ordered him to stop. Bloom was knocked unconscious and taken to Frost Hospital.
A fragment notes a factory superintendent who served as the factory head at the time of his death. The terse line hints at leadership role and workplace context without further details.
Wesley Johnson a 23 year old colored teamster employed by a Hudson farmer was killed in Wayland when his horses were frightened by an approaching automobile. He toppled and was trampled at their heads while resting with the wagon load bound for Boston. He died en route to Waltham Hospital from a fractured skull and internal injuries.
In Wellesley square a bicycle collision with an automobile injured 19 year old William Arvantias, a fruit store employee. The car was driven by W A Parsons of Wellesley Hills.
July 24 in Nahant road collision left Mrs Frank Richards badly bruised after being thrown from a car. She was taken to home at 51 Lakeview avenue. Frank Richards drove one auto with his wife. Frank Williams and his wife occupied the other vehicle. No others were injured.
Walter Driscoll of 3 Hilsworth Street Cambridge was seized with cramps while beyond his depth at Magazine Beach yesterday afternoon and was rescued by Life Guard Beuchler. Several minutes of effort revived him and he returned home later.
Paris July 24 Bat's Delight trained by W K Vanderbilt won the Prix de Norsay at four and a half furlongs on the St. Cloud course. Le Remendade owned by Frank Gould finished second in the Prix des Genets two year olds, also at four and a half furlongs, with Lahi, Vanderbilt's other entry, placing third.
The Sixth Regiment M V M in STATE CAMP FRAMINGHAM is the first militia unit to take the field under the United States Army New Field Service Regulations. Colonel George H. Priest leads the unit as it tests the new system during a two day maneouvre next Wednesday. Commissary Captain Louis K Hunting denies overpricing claims, stating supplies are cheaper than retail. Lieutenant Governor Frothingham, replacing Governor Draper, will inspect the unit. About 5900 spectators saw the dress parade led by Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus H Cook.
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