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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
16
H Iwata, reputed Fresno county’s wealthiest Japanese, was arrested by immigration Inspector RBrazio on grounds of illegal stay. He owns property housing 40 Japanese women recently arrested, a business block, a modern theatre, and serves as a director in a Japanese land company.
Mrs. McCarthy, sister of Kerrigan, confessed to shooting Miss Kerrigan in her father's Pleasant Street home after a dispute. She allegedly dragged the body to the cellar and buried it under dirt and tubs while the 72 year old father remained unaware.
Grace Elizabeth Schofield a 10 year old Cambridge girl was struck by an automobile at the corner of Tremont and Cambridge streets and died ten minutes after being taken to the Relief Hospital. The driver John MacDonald a Newton carpenter and builder is charged with manslaughter and held on $1000 bail. He resides at 28 Ash street Auburndale.
The Schofield girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Schofield of Hampshire Street in Cambridge, ran across Cambridge Street with friends when an automobile struck her. She suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and died ten minutes after arrival at Relief Hospital. Medical Examiner Swan investigated. The mother was not informed until after the father's return from Boston.
Republicans oppose bids by congressional figures and party insiders as Gardner gains support. Billings declines to run for second on the Democratic ticket while Foss and Gardner court voters in ongoing campaigns.
Democratic leaders press Mr. Long to run with Walsh and draft support from figures like Billings and Mayor Fitzgerald. The piece outlines a tangle of Boston political figures, including Gardner, Foss, Benton, and Barry, as factions maneuver toward the Massachusetts Republican and Democratic nominations.
Curtis Guild fronts for Gardner, arguing his bid reveals the party's shift toward a newer school. He praises Gardner for opposing Cannonism and defends leadership that favors fair play, liberty, and equal opportunity while steering clear of corporation influence and demagoguery.
Ten minutes after a call from his sweetheart, 24 year old Harry M. Pas of 460 Main Street Medford consumed illuminating gas in his attic bed chamber, dying by his own action after she declined marriage.
A Medford youth, Pascall, was found dead in his room after his mother smelled gas and alerted Dr. Nutter. Medical Examiner Durell ruled it a self-inflicted death amid marital strife and a rejected engagement. He had worked at his father’s meat market on Salem Street and left two children from a prior marriage.
Nearly 2000 Fall River families lose milk today after Dr. Thomas E. Maloney of the Board of Health serves notice revoking the Peckham Dairy Company license to sell and distribute milk. This marks the start of a health board crackdown on noncompliant milk dealers. Maizie the Motor Maid appears in another thriller. full page color feature teased for Sunday.
Fire Commissioner Cole urged removing all iron bars and screens from first and second floor factory windows. He spoke to a special legislative committee probing conditions for women and child workers.
The commissioner recommends horizontal fire escapes circling the building over vertical ones to prevent panics and allow all floor occupants to reach safety. He notes bars and screens block exits and hinder both occupants and firemen during a fire emergency.
Annie Kearns aged 11 leaped from a two story window at 649 Beach street Revere to escape Policeman Webb of City Square Charlestown. She sustained a fractured skull and both arms and is confined at Relief Hospital. The youth, listed at 370 Main street Charlestown, faces a stubborn child charge.
A labor strike in Pittsburg halted work on three major business buildings valued at 67 million dollars. By evening, unionized workers secured a promise that master builders would lock out all union men and suspend operations at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Congressman Murray urged Assistant Secretary of Commerce Sweet to appoint Philip F. Shaw of Charlestown as supervising inspector of steam vessels in the New England district after John D. Sloane’s resignation. Shaw, chief engineer of the municipal steamer Monitor, tops the civil service list for similar posts and has 32 years of relevant experience. Sloane accused a political deal, while Congressmen Curley and Murray denied any such arrangement and noted Sloane left the Commerce Department for Marblehead saying he acted honorably.
Nineteen non union men arrived at Hyde Park to replace striking workers at Sturtevant Blower Works, but pickets stopped many from working. The National Metal Trades Association plans to recruit strikebreakers for Foss plants. Recruits came from Providence.
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