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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1910
Page
9
Solicitor-General Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, longtime friend of President Taft, died at the Hotel Touraine yesterday. Sudden death caused by a cardiac thrombosis followed a month long illness due to bronchitis.
The Thomas G. Plant Company and Thomas G. Plant scored an early win in the litigation with United Shoe Machinery Company. Judge Rugg of the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the defendants pleas raise the issue that existing leases are void for Sherman act restraints. United Shoe must file further pleadings or set the case for argument by Sept. 13.
Russell Locke, 19, of Lexington Massachusetts, drowned at Squam Lake near Holderness while canoeing alone in Mount Livermore Cove. The Halcyon steamer searched for his body but it remained unrecovered. He was part of Camp Lexington guests returning home tomorrow. son of Mr and Mrs Frank Locke of Winthrop Road Lexington.
Lloyd Bowers died of a heart clot after breakfast while with his family. He had resigned as railroad counsel to become solicitor general and was considered a potential chief justice candidate alongside Governor Hughes. President Taft lauded his ability, character, and promise to appoint him to the Supreme Court.
Torpedo boat flotilla crews contest the revenue cutter Gresham for harbor rowing honors near Boston Light. Savin Hill Yacht Club raises funds to present a solid silver cup as trophy for a two mile Savin Hill to Gresham course.
The horse charged through the orchestra and into the seats causing panic and screams. Riders and actors struggled to control the animal as brass instruments were dented and patrons rushed to the lobby, then the performance resumed.
S. S. Conrad of Conrad & Co. arrives in New York aboard the President Lincoln from Europe and resumes Boston business with his daughter Miss Dorothy Conrad. He notes the courteous treatment by customs officials on landfall as a pleasing finale to the journey.
Utica New York September 9 Senator Elihu Root chief counsel in the Newfoundland fisheries arbitration reports the Hague tribunal award is more favorable to the United States than earlier summaries. The decision allows Newfoundland to restrict American fishing but requires laws to be reasonable and fair between local and American fishermen and to be judged by an impartial authority if challenged.
The tribunal lays out provisions to publish all laws affecting American fishermen for two months before operation. If any law is objected to by the United States it will be reviewed by a mixed commission before taking effect. The decision aims to shield American fishermen from unrestrained control by Newfoundland legislators.
W C C Mair alias Billy Mansfield confessed to San Diego police that he stole jewels trusted to him by a Los Angeles woman after they became engaged. He claims his wife aided the theft and his desertion, says he was chief electrician aboard the battleship Alabama and came to the coast in 1908.
Captain Marty Welch on the Lucania returns from a Western Bank trip with 155000 pounds of fresh cod 8000 pounds of haddock and 75000 pounds of salted cod. The haul tops recent marks with stock valued at about 5000 dollars and crew shares of 125 each.
Advertisement urges spraying clothing and rooms during contagious outbreaks and suggests Dr Hubbard's Vegetable Germicide Soap as a remedy. It notes that ordinary soaps may injure skin and claims all druggists carry their products.
Shipping notices list arrivals of steamers Prince Arthur, Mc Dorman, Transpor tation, Harvard, City of Bangor, Colby, Ransom B. Fuller, City of Bangor, and others from Halifax to New York with tugs and barges. high tides and sunrise sunset times noted.
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