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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
2
The speaker argues the president wields power but has taken no action or protest for Black citizens. They urge him to investigate and to push enacted remedial legislation addressing civil rights.
The body of Alice Bradshaw, a crippled child believed killed July 5 for being a bother, was found at night by E. A. Gray along the edge of a Lyndon swamp near her father's house. The corpse appeared uncovered and easily visible after gray cut tall grass.
Miss Hicks and Mrs Kenniston admitted killing Alice Bradshaw the child of John Bradshaw and were detained in the county jail. The body was found at dusk after a long search with passes through swamps and fields. Officials planned to present the case to the September grand jury and consider Windsor prison transfer for mental observation.
Former Governor David I. Walsh and Judge Thomas P. Riley of Malden will headline a noon rally on the Common for the Knights of Columbus. Opera star Giovanni Zerga will sing in English with pianist James Ecker. other acts include the Joseph Morris Singers Cobb and Clifford and Joseph Brogan. Donations to the 3 million dollar fund may be sent to Daniel J. Gallagher in Boston to fund reading and recreation rooms at cantonments for U S troops.
Former President William H. Taft at a Clay Center hotel was described as somewhat improved after a day labeled unfavorable. Attending physician Dr. B F Morgan says Taft has refused nourishment since Tuesday and needs rest, with Mrs Taft in Canada and no calls from friends or relatives. Morgan cancelled speaking engagements through next Monday due to case uncertainty.
James J. Culhane Jr and Thomas P. Culhane of Cambridge Mass submit exemptions from military service. They cite opposition to war and constitutional objections to conscription, alleging political and press influence. Judge Charles Almy doubts board eligibility for such objections. Both brothers are connected to local business and university circles.
Walter J. Wagner, 24, a drug clerk drafted for the National Army, is in critical condition after self administered poison. He passed army exams the day before. He recently married a widow with three children. exemption denied by the board and his employer. Wagner served five years in the navy with an honorable discharge.
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