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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1910
Page
3
Five members of the congressional committee investigating the Ballinger Pinchot controversy adopt a resolution condemning Richard A. Ballinger's conduct as interior secretary and declaring he should no longer be retained in office.
The article reports on a committee dispute after five of the members backed Representative E. H. Madison’s substitute resolution, while three others contested the quorum and warned that no business could be transacted without one. Roosevelt’s visit to Milwaukee is also described with stops at a boys school and the Deutscher Club.
Former President Roosevelt clashed with Milwaukee Mayor Emil Seidel a German during a visit that day. He then roamed the city freely, visited trade schools, attended two luncheons and a dinner, rode to Whitefish Bay, and addressed two large crowds before departing for Freeport and Chicago.
The Post offers a five dollar gold piece to the auto driver seen in a photo who calls at the City Editor’s office to prove the auto’s identity. Yesterday, Martin Warner of 39 Lynde Street was identified as the driver of a Patterson car No 23797. Walter Whalin of 678 Dudley Street Roxbury was identified as a team pictured in the Sunday Post.
A brisk blaze at 39 Billerica Street last night sent residents into smoke filled halls and onto roofs. Two men jumped from a second floor window and were not hurt. others including Felix Gerasim and his wife escaped with their child via the roof as Captain Shallow and Ladder 1 coordinated rescues. Damage is pegged at about 400 dollars.
F H Niles former Blue Island Car and Equipment Company president testified he padded car repair bills by adding 35 to 45 dollars per car during the Illinois Central related hearings. The testimony implicates former Illinois Central officials Frank B Harriman Charles L Ewing and John M Taylor in a car repair scandal case in Chicago.
In the Fourth District Court Judge Washburn discharged Dr Manuel vy Sylvia of New Bedford who had been arrested at a Middleboro teacher's home on a statutory charge The prominent doctor valued at over 100000 dollars and once acting Mayor of New Bedford was released after the morning hearing
Cardinal Vannutelli, senior papal envoy to Pius X, fainted during a grand reception by the Canadian government in his honor at the Windsor Hotel. Four thousand guests watched as Sir Charles Murphy announced the incident. Later the legate recovered briefly but was advised by Dr. Guerin to leave the room and go to the episcopal palace.
Cardinal Vannutelli, frail but determined, attended a mass for Catholic prisoners at the Montreal jail and later visited the women’s prison. He had intended to attend a Notre Dame service, but collapsed earlier, drawing about 15,000 inside and 500 outside who learned he would not be present. The pope’s legate thanked the Holy Father, noted the prisoners’ response, and received a luncheon with Quebec’s premier Sir Lomer Gouin at the Windsor.
Democrat James H. Vahey issued a statement opposing the plan to elect unpledged delegates to the State convention. He argued the policy betrays direct nomination and could let a few individuals trade away voters’ wishes, urging supporters to elect delegates in sympathy with his candidacy.
A Reese Blades, 45, of 112 Upland Road, Quincy, died at City Hospital after a fall from the cellar stairs while walking in his sleep last Monday. He suffered a fractured skull from the two story drop. He died this afternoon.
A tobacco warehouse in Suffield Connecticut was struck by lightning during a storm last night. About 4550 cases of tobacco burned, with an estimated total loss of roughly $60,000.
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