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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1909
Page
4
Washington reports the State Department will not guarantee the safety of any American vessels called upon or seized by revolutionary warships blockading Greytown or other points on the Guatemalan coast. The stance follows inquiries from shipping firms.
Assistant Secretary Wilson Senor Calvo and Dr Herrarte met this afternoon over an alleged violation of the Pan American treaty signed two years ago. The dispute centers on General Toledo and Zelaya's forces and Costa Rican territory seizure. U S warships Des Moines and Vicksburg are en route to their posts. Leonard Grace, likely executed with Leroy Cannon, is said to be from Hempstead Texas.
Prominent New England leaders and chamber officials plan a December visit to Chicago to study business methods from December 1 to 3. Governor Draper is expected to join, with transportation committee members and executives from Boston banks, manufacturers, and utilities among the delegates.
Lawrence news reports 100 pounds of buried dynamite at the field for the Pacific mill print works. Patrick Murphy, an expert, is summoned from New York to locate the buried mine left by James Hearney in 1898. Work halted, precautions issued as he proceeds carefully with the dangerous search.
Cambridge School Board members suggested converting the old Holmes school house in Mt. Auburn for tuberculosis use. If approved the district would maintain the building and supply a teacher for merged classes of afflicted children.
O'Meara's long awaited revision of police department rules and regulations appeared at Beacon Hill. The 302 page volume guides patrolmen on duties and prohibitions and goes into effect November 22 with copies issued to every officer.
The article reviews a back-page enactment defining patrolmen behavior with civility and discretion. It traces Boston police origins to 1699, notes uniform changes, equipment like rattles and batons, and highlights Commissioner O'Meara's 1883 updates on authority, promotions, prison conduct, stage censorship, newsroom etiquette, and station communications. The piece emphasizes civility to the public and orderly duty.
Hon. Thomas M. Osborne urged a national movement against protection at a Bellevue Hotel discussion with the Massachusetts Reform Club. Moorfield Storey urged agitation similar to 1884 while Osborne called the tariff an aristocracy of commerce and a fight against the Payne Aldrich act. Charles II Jones spoke on free hides.
Secretary MacVeagh disclosed Collector Loeb’s New York statement detailing the dismissal of Acting Deputy Surveyor James F. Vail, the abolition of his office, 104 men dismissed and 123 reduced since March 4, plus about twenty other changes in the New York customs service.
Secretary MacVeagh announced there would be no further immunity in the New York customs investigation. He said three confessing weighers remain in service while reforms proceed, with ongoing personnel changes planned at the port of New York from March 4, 1909, to November 18, 1909, including numerous reductions and dismissals across various positions.
Verdi's Aida was repeated with the same cast except Radames played by Hansen who was in poor shape and replaced by Seliva who sang the rest. The performance improved over last week with praise for the Nile scene the setting and the cast including Boninsegna Baklanoff Claessen Archambault Mendezes and Freeman.
Deputy collector Vail among 19 officials dismissed in an extensive housecleaning at the New York custom house. William Loeb Jr says the shakeup will continue until the office is thoroughly respectable and hints at more indictments tied to sugar frauds.
A matinee at the Boston Opera House features Nedda in I Pagliacci with Enzo Leliva as Canio and Raymond Boulogne as Tonio. Cavalleria Rusticana earlier cast includes Bon insegna and Leliva with Bettina Freeman and others. Evening debutante Viola Davenport stars in Lakme with Freeman Parnell Lewicka Leveron among cast. Sunday night concert conducted by Wallace Goodrich with Arturo Luzzatti at the piano and soloists Bronskaja Bourrillon Fornari. Rigoletto quartet sung by Bronskaja Roberts D Alesandros Fornari with full orchestra. Advance sale reported large.
The ad claims Foso treats all hair and scalp diseases and restores natural color and gloss. It promises free a $1.00 package, asserts hair regrowth for bald spots, and notes benefits for eyebrows and eyelashes with a healthy scalp and nourished hair.
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