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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
17
President Wilson and his Cabinet reviewed the submarine dispute with Germany and reaffirmed a firm U S stance. They will inform Germany that accumulated wartime evidence proves promises to the United States are not being kept and that the next step will be sent within 48 hours.
Mrs. Minnie Connolly 47 a domestic for Charles Daley of Malden jumped from a Saugus branch train as it left West Everett station believing she had missed her stop. She sustained spinal injuries a sprained back possibly internal injuries and is listed on Malden Hospital dangerous list after an hour and a half of transfers before admission.
Gunmen staged two hold ups last night in Roxbury and Everett. A robber at Morris Hoffman’s shop on Blue Hill avenue threatened the clerk and rifled the cash register. Shortly after three gunmen fired at Louis Klickstein in Everett at Union and Irving streets, wounding him seriously. all robbers escaped and were at large early this morning.
In Everett, three unknown men robbed Louis Klickstein at Union and Irving streets. Klickstein and clerk Harry Slutzker faced gunfire. Klickstein wounded, money taken totaled about $57.31 as the suspects fled toward Chelsea street. His wife Tillie alerted aid.
The British government proclaims an absolute prohibition on exporting all pig iron and nearly all steel. The ban targets steel used by railroads and shipyards such as rails, sleepers, springs, wheels, axles, tubes, girders, ingots, bare angles and rods, and plates over a thickness of one eighth inch. Also banned is exporting soap containing more than 1 percent glycerine.
Miss Anne Page ed of Brookline former Radcliffe Suffrage Association president marries Robert Leopold Wolf of New York former Harvard Equal Suffrage League president in a union rooted in Votes for Women advocacy. Mrs Wolf is daughter of George H Page and Mary Hutcheson Page noted New England suffrage leaders.
Miss Rage, Radcliffe graduate and parade marshal in 1914, and Mr. Wolf of New York and formerly Cleveland, faced City Court of New York scrutiny over a contract marriage. Justice LaFerra approved after parents and rector Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant confirmed no legal objections.
Julian A. Lathrop of New Hope Pennsylvania Harvard sophomore died in France while on ambulance duty under heavy fire. A Worcester Academy graduate and former freshman football player he was listed among Harvard varsity last season. He is survived by roommates Walter H. Wheeler and Arthur Tyson.
President willing to withdraw troops if Mexican leader Carranza pursues Villa in good faith. Washington sees the expedition’s real aim as eliminating Villa and notes this objective has been accomplished. Carranza raises a new demand as a condition.
Mrs Elizabeth Scott Child, wife of author Richard Washburn Child, describes her life story in New York remarks. She speaks openly about suffering renunciation and a new world she has found through her trials.
Once without design experience Mrs Child now sells exclusive designs to top Fifth Avenue firms and begins to rival established professionals in the world of women’s gowns. She once wore ready-made clothes and cared little for color or line.
A heavy snowstorm swept New England, the 26th of the season, with rain and sleet interspersed. The Weather Bureau predicted fair weather and a gale for the immediate future, while Mr. Smith foresees a fair Saturday and Sunday with warmer temperatures and diminishing winds by Sunday.
Clergymen nationwide are urged by the National Special Aid Society to designate Sunday April 16 as a day of special prayer for divine guidance during what is described as a crisis in world history.
Results show American league Chicago 7 Detroit 2 and Cincinnati 4 Chicago 3 in the National league. St Louis 5 Pittsburg 3 reports with other matches affected by rain and cold in Boston Philadelphia New York Brooklyn.
Washington reports say the U S will withdraw troops from Mexico if Carranza can prove the pursuit of Francisco Villa will end successfully The Mexican foreign office insists any U S armed expedition be limited to 1000 cavalry and not advance beyond 40 miles from the border Two troopers and 40 Mexicans were killed at Parral in recent clashes.
Today tides show high waters at 9 02 a m and 9 25 p m with rise noted at 5 04. Anniversaries include Bliss Carman born 1861 and the Titanic sinking after collision in 1912 noted in brief.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather Saturday and Sunday with warmer conditions on Sunday. Expect strong to higher northerly to westerly winds and gale conditions diminishing Sunday. Washington notes add that New England will be fair Saturday and Sunday with increasing warmth.
Yesterday's temperatures reported by Thompson's Spa show daytime highs around 53 and lows near 39 with readings across the 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. span. The average yesterday was 39, while the average a year ago was 46.
A mysterious poisoning at a dinner party in a West Fifty-first Street apartment leaves Mrs. Mabel Hodge of Albany dead and actress Mrs. Margaret Lahah, 27, unconscious at Bellevue Hospital.
Coroner Feinburg and police suspect a strong narcotic poison used in the death of Mrs. Hodge in her apartment. A charge of attempting death by own action was lodged against Mrs. Lahah. Morton A. Loeb and Dorothy Miller were questioned but not charged as authorities pursue the baffling case.
Boston Telephone Operators Union voiced dissatisfaction at a meeting as the company declared that raises are virtually out of the question due to two years of low business. The wage scale committee reported on joint conferences since mid January and the local group scheduled to reconvene with company reps next week.
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