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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
7
In a public session fully 100 prominent Boston professionals and business leaders attended a City Council hearing urging a ban on wooden buildings amid concerns over safety and fire risk.
An advertisement touts ERADICO as a guaranteed liquid hair remover that dissolves hair without burning. It promises roots are destroyed, contrasts powders and pastes, and cites Boston retailers P ilgrim Mfg. Co. New York as maker.
In the old Aldermanic chamber at City Hall yesterday afternoon, advocates urged the City Council to amend city ordinances to prohibit future construction of wooden buildings anywhere in Boston.
Fire officials and residents debated extending fire limits citywide as concerns spread over three deckers. Fire Commissioner Daly urged immediate reform while opponents warned of slowed construction and cost, with Dorchester and neighboring areas singled out as ripe for disaster. Clarence H Blackhall led supporters of the proposed ordinance.
Acting American consul Alvin W. Gilbert in Nanking telegraphed for a gunboat as the city’s fall nears. Reports say Kai-Fung, capital of Ho Nan province, has also fallen to revolutionists.
Despatches report revolutionists outside Kiu-Kiang demanding surrender while foreign residents plan potential exodus from Hankow. Chinese and Japanese tensions rise as rebels gain numbers and foreign warships anchor in the river amid rumors of leadership shifts and negotiations.
Neighbors heard angry voices at night as Mr. Parkes confronted his wife over the presence of a farmhand named Johnson. The nephew from Detroit suspects the axe murderer fled by canoe toward the river, leaving the weapon undiscovered as police search the area.
Thomas Gateley of West Roxbury died yesterday at his home 89 Paine Street Hindale at age 76. He served as foreman of Mt Hope Cemetery for 40 years. Survived by his widow and son John Gate of the auditor's office at City Hall.
The Cambridge Masonic Temple in North Cambridge will be dedicated this evening under Grand Master Dara J. Flanders and seven Cambridge lodge officers. A 6:30 PM banquet precedes 8:00 PM dedicatory ceremonies using full Masonic ritual open to order members only. The temple opened for public inspection yesterday. Grand Master Dana J. Malone visited Putnam Lodge for the first time in 30 years.
Dr Herbert Norris of Philadelphia, a retired physician traveling abroad, revealed just before sailing that he has never seen a regular baseball game and did not know Philadelphia was in the world series. He will winter in Italy and cruise next spring from Nova Scotia aboard his schooner.
Peter J. Kelly of the Somerville fire department faced a hearing at City Hall on charges of disrespect by Chief Rich. Mayor Burns will move for Kelly's dismissal at the Board of Aldermen meeting and Kelly remains suspended until the case is resolved.
A private car carrying Prince Troubetskoy was shot by a student who fired several times with a revolver. The prince died a few hours later. The text notes a woman named Marie Gald appears as a relative of the prince.
The Rev. William Harman Van Allen of the Church of the Advent returns from a three month European voyage aboard the Cmyric and Franconia, praising English church zeal and criticizing clerical politics while noting Protestant decline in Holland and strong Roman fervor in Bavaria and Tyrol. He argues disestablishment in Wales would not improve church endowments and expresses hope for American churches.
Two local fishermen died at sea as the T wharf fleet returned from the fishing grounds. George Laddy of the Pontiac collapsed while hauling trawls in heavy seas last Sunday. Frank Whittle of the Ellen C. Burke disappeared last Thursday amid a heavy easterly wind and is presumed drowned. Laddy lived with his wife on Power’s court North End and had long served with Captain Enos Nickerson on the Pontiac. Whittle, a young Nova Scotia man, had several trips with Captain O'Brien of the Ellen C. Burke.
Governor Foss will begin his campaign with rallies in Warren, Palmer, Monson, and Ludlow. He reversed an earlier two week plan after discussions with the State ticket as Republicans worry over progress. Democratic lieutenant governor candidate David I. Walsh will join the effort.
Tomorrow ten rallies start at Colrain with meetings in Conway Ashfield Deerfield Whaley Hadley and in the evening Greenfield Shelburne Falls Turner's Falls and Miller's Falls. A major rally Friday will be in Northampton with the governor following Frothingham’s western route. A Tremont Temple ratification meeting Saturday night will be led by Sherman L Whipple with speakers Vahey Hamlin Mayor Fitzgerald and George Fred Williams anticipated.
A man dressed as a market dealer tried to sell 50 Democratic votes to Frothingham at the Republican State committee headquarters. Secretary Groves pretended interest, then rejected the approach, noting the man belongs in the other camp. He warned the visitor that legitimate effort is worth far more and that his type is not welcome.
The Frothingham managers work to keep Senator Lodge from campaigning. He may not speak, is kept in the rear, and publicity duties go to ex Senator Parsons. Lodge has been absent from headquarters, fueling belief he has lost grip on the organization.
An advertisement argues ordinary dishwashing misses hidden germs and touts Gold Dust as a sanitary washing powder that removes dirt and grease and digs deep after germ life, sterilizing pots pans pails and kettles for thorough cleanliness.
The second production of The Playboy of the Western World by the Irish players opened at Plymouth Theatre without loud criticism after prior disapproval. Notable Bostonians praised the acting and play, including Judge William Sullivan and John Quinn. William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory praised the troupe, with Yeats planning to Dublin to oversee an Irish Theatre dramatic school.
At a meeting of the Central Council of Irish County Associations in Paine Memorial Hall all 32 counties were represented. They unanimously condemned J. M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World as false witness and a foul libel on Irish character and demanded its withdrawal from Plymouth Theatre.
The Irish actors toured Boston yesterday afternoon under Fred E. Wright and the Plymouth Theatre management. The bill Selected comprised The Shadow of the Glen The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet and The Rising of the Moon with leading company members. Applause and laughter showed the audience enjoyed the performance.
A health ad argues gray hair signals weakness, but dyes fake youth. It promotes a Koskott Laboratory method to restore natural color slowly, with guaranteed long-lasting results and a free illustrated book offered by mail from New York.
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