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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1916

Page

7

President Wilson champions humanity as sole reason for U S force

In addressing the Daughters of the American Revolution, President Wilson says the United States may use force only to serve humanity. He recalls republican ideals, tradition, and the Society of the Cincinnati while urging unselfish national spirit and devotion to human rights.

United States Washington Daughters of the American Revolution Wilson America Republic William Cumming Story Society of the Cincinnati

Masters and Craftsmen accused of supplying strikebreakers

Boston business agents of the Allied Building Trades Council charged that the General Society of Masters and Craftsmen exists solely to furnish strikebreakers. They cited ads in Sunday papers and alleged jobs where workers quit by union order. John T. Walsh named local strikebreaker placements and alleged out of state employment during labor troubles.

General Society of Masters and Craftsmen Allied Building Trades Council Hanover St Greater Boston Masters and Craftsmen Council John T. Walsh Bricklayers’ Union 3

Hit By Stranger Fractures Skull In West End

Charles Block aged 2 years of 48 Green Street West End suffered a fractured skull after being struck by a young man in front of 12 Green Street and knocked against a wagon hub. He is on the Haymarket Relief Hospital dangerous list. police seek an 18 year old approx 5 ft 5 in slim male with smooth face.

Charles Block Green Street West End Haymarket

Year Set For Theft Of Razor Blades Case

Frank Lang and Charles E. Sorenson were sentenced to one year each for stealing safety razor blades from Cunard Steamship Company. Sorenson pleaded guilty to taking and Lang to receiving. The blades were intended for Allied soldiers.

Frank Lang Charles E. Sorenson Deer Island Cunard Steamship Company Sorenson Lang

Tufts Beats Georgetown 12-2 On Hilltop

Tufts College baseball defeated Georgetown University 12 to 2 on the Hilltop as Tufts hitters produced timely runs and Murray pitched inconsistently, marking Georgetown’s first loss of the season.

Washington Tufts Murray Georgetown University

Visitors overpower Hilltop. Tufts best college lineup at Georgetown

Tufts pitcher O Meara allows five hits and one walk, fending off Georgetown while Volk drives in multiple runs including a first inning homer. Murray struggles with command as Georgetown tallies in the fifth, but Tufts seizes control early with a 5 0 start and finishes with solid defense and timely hitting on the Hilltop diamond.

Murray Stafford Volk Georgetown Gilroy Anderson Sullivan O'Meara Tufts Hager Joyce Ferre Niko Eiaie Els Georgetown U Leland Westcott Carroll Gogarty Balk Colliflower

Stetson Forfeits To Braintree 9 0 In Contested Game

Stetson High forfeits to Braintree High 9 0 after captain Cumberland refused to continue in rain at Frenches Common South Braintree. Randolph and Braintree argued over calling the game. after 10 minutes, umpire Delory awarded the win to Braintree in a misty drizzle.

Braintree High Frenches Common South Braintree Cunningham Stetson High Delory Braintree Randolph Boys Randolph Hennesy

Arrest of Harold B. Curtis with Church Silver

Harold B. Curtis, 35, of Pembroke Street South End, was arrested last evening by Inspectors Conway and Hart on larceny charges. He was found walking with a black bag containing a ciborium and two candlesticks valued at 185 dollars, alleged to belong to an Episcopal service. Curtis claimed the items were his, saying his father, a minister in England, gave them to him.

Harold B. Curtis Pembroke Street South End Conway and Hart England

Changes in Methodist pastorates in New England

Bishop John W. Hamilton announced over 100 appointments for the coming year, marking the largest pastorate shakeup in the New England Conference. Four district superintendents were reappointed as churches received new pastors.

Worcester New England John W. Hamilton

Ministers approve peace stance amid conference transfers

The conference lists many pastors and church locations from Boston to Weston and Cambridge with transfers in and out. A peace resolution denounces aggressive war prep while supporting defensive forces and backing the American Peace Society and the League for Correspondence.

J. Gamble Maine Arthur Wright H. B. Williams New Hampshire American Peace Society The League For

Conference Endorses Peace Education and Free Speech

A resolution backs a systematic educational campaign by schools and churches to train youths away from war toward arbitration in international disputes. It also regrets that leaders of the Haverhill mob that disrupted the Thomas E. Leyden meeting have not been brought to justice.

Haverhill Thomas E. Leyden

Massachusetts legislature blamed for log rolling by special tax panel

Walter H. Creamer, 1916 appointee, told the Charitable Irish Society at the Boston City Club that lawmakers barter on local matters, clogging state business. He urged a constitutional convention to limit powers to statewide issues, while President Wells defended Senate actions on a constitutional amendment.

Walter HH. Creamer Special Commission On Taxation Walsh Irish Society Boston City Club Massachusetts Henry G. Wells Senate Special Commission Creamer Pennsylvania Maine

Problems for after the war in German democracy

Dr Moritz Julius Bonn of Munich told 400 members of the Bostoner Deutsche Gessellschaft that postwar German reform must settle fair popular representation while protecting permanent minorities. He said success would solve a major problem that has baffled progressive statesmen.

Moritz Julius Bonn University of Munich High School of Commerce of Munich

Sorrowful Suicide Reported in Lexington Woman Dies by Self Harm

Emily J. Blodgett aged 61 of 80 Hancock Street Lexington died from self inflicted throat wounds early yesterday. Grief over her brother Charles S. Blodgett a former Boston business man buried a week earlier is believed to have caused the tragedy. Neighbors found the body yesterday afternoon after becoming worried when she did not respond.

Emily J. Blodgett Hancock Street Lexington Charles S. Blodgett Boston

Woman Found Dead. Miss Blodgett Identified

The article states Miss Blodgett was dead for some time and could not sleep before retirement. She was born in Lexington in 1854, with the body presenting signs suggesting a long-deceased state.

Miss Blodgett Lexington

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