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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1915
Page
1
White and Colored groups protest the showing of The Birth of a Nation at Faneuil Hall calling for the film to be stopped. Delegations march and await a hearing with the governor today to demand action.
White and colored attendees packed Faneuil Hall and overflowed into the street for a large meeting denouncing The Birth of a Nation now showing at Tremont Theatre. Speakers, led by prominent Boston figures, praised Governor Walsh and criticized Mayor Curley for not halting similar performances previously.
The Times urges Rev. William A Sunday to conduct a prohibition and revival campaign in England. Business leaders endorse the appeal and call for national support for prohibition to shorten the war and save lives and money by redirecting alcohol consumption to war material production. Liberal financial backing is promised.
Staff Correspondent reports Paterson, New Jersey, marked a unique religious day with the entire city attending services. Catholics held regular masses and special missions, while Jewish residents joined in, reflecting a citywide spiritual observance.
Armed burglars drilled the safe in the office of George B. Hugo & Co at 149 Shawmut Avenue yesterday around 10 am. They fled when a lodger in the building interrupted them, seeing revolvers. Others nearby raised the alarm as the incident shocked the South End. Also noted are three favorites in today’s annual Boa. A race from Ashland to Boston.
In Syracuse on April 18 the libel suit William Barnes filed against Theodore Roosevelt for 50 000 damages is set to begin in the Supreme Court. Both men travel toward Syracuse on the same train as Roosevelt arrives from New York and Barnes from Albany.
Edouard Fabre of Montreal 38 Walter Bell of Montreal 44 Arthur Jamieson of Hamilton 73 Clifton Horne of Dorchester 55 Arthur V. Roth of Roxbury 57 A. F. Merchant of Everett 41 George McInerney of Philadelphia 50 John Weiss of Germantown 65 Nick Gianakopulos of New York Charles DeSteffano of New York Alex Larson of Yonkers 58 Charles Pores of New York 20.
Across the street residents watched as a group of three entered the church cellar during a second attempted robbery. John Crowley the janitor was bound to a cellar post and gagged with bunkerchiefs. The incident unfolded without alarm as the men fled.
The case centers on a special panel of talesmen with party affiliations noted for a venue moved from Albany to Onondaga county. Testimony may revisit political episodes of the past decade as Colonel Roosevelt criticized Barnes and Murphy as ruling an “invisible government” cited in Hinman’s gubernatorial nomination campaign.
Tremont Chandler and Berkeley Streets European plan hotel operated by Boston Hotel Co with 50 single suites 1.50 daily 100 double suites 2.00 daily 850 double alcove suites 2.50 to 3.00 daily plus free baggage transfer and long distance telephone service. Club breakfasts priced 25 to 45 cents.
Seventy runners gather on a roadway west of Ashland for the start at noon as a starter’s revolver signals the blast and the 19th annual B A A Marathon begins. The race is billed as the year’s greatest distance run with the winner to be hailed as champion after months of buildup.
Submarine from Britain runs ashore in the Dardanelles with crew captured, while a massive $50,000 fire in Everett square Whittier Building injures many firemen. Chelsea and Malden aid called as Mme. Wallace, a chiropodist, is rescued in a dazed condition. The blaze, the largest scare in years, echoes a fire four years prior on the same block.
A long awaited Petrograd statement details the Russian advance through the Carpathian passes into the foothills on the Hungarian side. The London despatch notes Allied efforts in the Dardanelles with the loss of British submarine E 15 near Kepher Point and a Turkish recovery of crew members.
A large fire yesterday endangered the Evans block near the First Baptist Church, Nellie Snowman and Laura Huntley houses, and the Cy Oakes residence. Everett department plus external aid confined the flames to the Whittier building.
Eva Rennie aged 16 was accidentally shot in the head by her friend Blanche Mason in Portland Maine. The 92 caliber bullet entered above the eye and was removed near the brain. Mason grabbed the rifle from a boy and fired for fun saying she did not know it was loaded.
Sports brief lists results including Pittsburg over Chicago 10 innings 2 1 0 2 6 run totals, Covref 8 Chicago 7, ecoland 66 over St Louis 1, Federal Baltimore 12 Newark 5, St Louis 3 Chicago 1.
The unusual operation to sever the bodies of the Siamese twins at the Children's Hospital is scheduled to take place late this week or early next. It is no longer a question of whether success will follow the surgeon's knife, for the lives of the babies can be saved in no other way. Margaret, the larger of the three year-old twins, weighs five pounds more than her sister and grows so much faster that she is sapping the strength of her mate.
Dr. Percy Brown of 15 Newbury Street studied Saturday’s X-ray photos of Siamese twin babies to determine if their lower intestines are shared or separate. Bismuth given before imaging helped trace the outlines of both infants’ intestines and assess whether each has independent digestive systems or a common two baby tract.
The fragment lists moon phases and celestial events with dates including moon rise and set times. It references April 22 as a guard’s eve, April 29 full moon, and other lunar phases through May and July, plus positions of planets Venus and Jupiter.
A fragment mentions Patriots' Day in Massachusetts and historical battles near Concord 1776. It recalls first blood of the Civil War in Baltimore and an earthquake in San Francisco, plus Primrose Day in England.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Monday and Tuesday fair conditions with moderate northwest winds. The New England forecast mirrors quiet weather for Monday and Tuesday with similar winds.
Readable line shows average yesterday 55 with a range 18 to 24 in temperatures. Mentions De Weis De Moses Wess and other names with scattered figures. data appears partial and garbled but indicates overall average and daily readings.
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