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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
2
John J. Chase was re elected president of Boston Typographical Union No 13, defeating former president David X Coughlin 721 to 466. Chase carried every newspaper chapel and won a majority in book and job offices, marking one of the union’s largest vote totals.
Thomas P. Curtin held the current secretary post against Joseph J. Dallas with a likely easy win in a 1365 member union. Frank M. Flanagan was the only unopposed candidate for treasurer. many other offices and delegates drew multiple candidates. Ballot counting continued overnight with final tabulation due near noon. Voters showed strong interest in delegates to the international convention in Minneapolis and in re electing President James M. Lynch and Secretary Treasurer John W. Hays.
The Lexington Chapter of the D A R holds its annual meeting today at the home of Miss Amy E. Taylor on Brad d road in Lexington.
The Boston Camera Club shows a diverse gallery at 60 Bromfield Street highlighting high standards in landscapes portraits marines and genre. First prizes went to F A Sanderson for The Old Mill Gordon R Fiske for Portrait of Mrs K Ernest H Washburn for Off Nahant and Edward C Boyd for Pictures in the Flames.
In New York on May 18 twelve jurors heard state agent George A Miller describe a bargain for white slaves in stark terms. The trial, the first under Rockefeller grand jury indictments probing trafficking in women, begins with Belle Moore listed as defendant alongside Aleck Anderson and Harry Levenson, the latter cooperating with authorities.
The witness detailed how the girls were shown to him and his associate Frankie Fuller a Radcliffe graduate who aided in building the case. He said he paid 120 dollars for each, with Amy Jackson present to help make the testimony credible. Alice Milton and Belle Wood were in court during the proceedings. Adjournment was not taken until tonight.
Fifteen year old Lotta Davis lies semi conscious at City Hospital from chloral poisoning after an incident in Public Garden. A married man was arrested and held at Station 16 pending the girl's recovery to explain how chloral was ingested. He claimed he bought whiskey and the girl drank two swallows. doctors say no alcohol signs. police seized the whiskey for analysis.
William Wallace, 40, a street foreman, is believed dying at his home after a melee in the old Town Hall room in Waverley square. Two axe blows and a blunt strike with a baseball bat left him with a fractured skull. John McCloskey Joseph Chandler and Frank McNeal were arrested.
Salem reports the death of Isaac Chauncey Wyman a reputedly wealthy magnate who died at his Lafayette street home. He reportedly was worth about 80 million dollars largely in real estate with holdings in every state and extensive Marblehead property. He never married and leaves a single living relative Mrs Susan Dickerson.
In Dorchester District Court yesterday Lewis Franzosa of 11 Centre Street was found guilty of assault and battery on Conductor Walsh of the Boston Elevated. The incident occurred May 11 on Adams Street Dorchester. He was fined five dollars.
A series of fragmentary entries list boxes and locations with times and vague outcomes. Entries include boxes at 104 West Spring Hela Street for Ida Feeney, Kendall Street with unknown occupant, a false alarm at 482, and Longwood Avenue Roxbury with a reported loss, plus a 0:30 pm Chester Avenue note.
In a triple collision off Lloyds Cove early today the government steamer Zaidee sank in North Sydney harbor. The Invermore struck Beluga on the port bow tearing bow plates while 10 feet of stem were torn away. Beluga, headed for Port au Basque, sought to beach and crushed Zaidee against the wharf.
Alfred De Oro regains the world three-cushion billiards title by defeating Thomas A. Hueston 50 to 38 in the final block, securing a 150 to 114 total score in New York. The victory earns De Oro the Jordan Lambert trophy as world champion.
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