21 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1916
Page
1
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the Marlow Inn and seven other buildings in Marlow New Hampshire. A barking dog awakened proprietor Starry Lewis and 10 occupants who escaped in night clothing.
A major fire wiped out five east of the inn dwellings including one owned by Burton Powell, with insurance lapsed on that house. Other losses affected Mary Wheeler, L. D. Tinner, Charles Britton, Mrs. Jennie Crosby, and the Granite State Evaporator Company plant owned by Perley B. Fox, plus a Ladies' Aid Society building. Total loss estimated 20 000 to 30 000 dollars. Firefighters from Newport Alstead Gilsum Washington and Keene aided local volunteers. Live stock in barns saved. some furniture spared. Local owners do not expect to rebuild.
James Seligman oldest New York Stock Exchange member dies at 92 in Long Branch New Jersey. Immigrant from Germany at 15 he joined the exchange in 1869 and retired from active banking about 12 years ago. Survived by three sons and three daughters includes daughter Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim.
A posse of deputy sheriffs and citizens combs the woods near the Rhode Island line seeking Clarence Simmonds colored who is wanted for the murder of Mitchell Gravelin at his mill. Simmonds is said to be armed with a shotgun and revolver and has ammunition. The killing followed a quarrel at Simmonds home.
Randolph August 20. Chief Madigan of the Randolph police with Chief Crook of Holbrook raided the Cochato and the Cannon Ball inns early this morning as part of a liquor expurgation campaign. About 15 gallons of liquor were seized from each establishment.
Springfield Aug 20 Rose Flynn 20 of Ellsworth street Worcester was killed and three others were injured when a five passenger car carrying a party toward Worcester struck a telephone pole four miles east of Springfield at 10 30 tonight.
Eugene Billodeau of 170 Brookline Street Boston, employed by Willard Welch Realty of Worcester, drove the car. He escaped with minor injuries after a headlight glare. Springfield police detain him for possible man slaughter charges. Grace Gleason of Worcester and Daniel H McLaughlin of Charlestown also injured. car owned by Willard Welch Realty wrecked.
Cohasset authorities bar converting autos into bathhouses at Sandy Beach after a resident complaint. About 160 private bath houses line the beach owned by Charles W. Gammon and the Thomas Richardson estate. Bathers must dress in approved facilities, not in automobiles or backyards. police halted the makeshift dressing rooms with a weekend check that saw over 100 cars parked along the shore.
Cardinal O Connell of Boston addressed 25 000 at Madison Square Garden, outlining grave dangers facing the nation. He criticized those who foster anarchy religion and infidelity and argued Catholics uphold law and order as the bulwark of government against corrupting forces.
About 800 delegates and visitors from Boston attended the first annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies and seven other national Catholic groups. Cardinal O Connell spoke on Catholic loyalty to the nation and condemned anti Catholic influence while non Catholics observed the mass meeting at Madison Square Garden amid tumultuous applause.
John Farley, who drove Abraham Lincoln to the train the night he left Springfield for Washington to become president, died in Springfield at age 79. Born in Meath Ireland in 1837, he moved to the city in 1859 and soon became Lincoln's coachman, often recalling incidents from Lincoln’s life.
One hundred dollars was subscribed for the Beth Israel Hospital at the midsummer convention of the Junior Auxiliary of the Beth Israel Hospital Association held in Brunswick Hall Roxbury yesterday.
Boston edged Cincinnati 4 to 3 while Brooklyn defeated Chicago 1 to 0 and St Louis shut out New York 5 to 0 in yesterday's National League games.
General Sir Beauchamp Du goes to Mesopotamia commission duties and will leave as commander in chief in India. He will be succeeded by Lieutenant General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro.
President Wilson holds a week of talks with railroad officials and union leaders as a nationwide strike threat looms. Expect decisive developments within days as parties eye a resolution of the dispute.
The President released a telegram asserting arbitration remains central as a commission studies the eight hour basic day and other issues. Road officials continue talks after tentative rejection of Wilson's proposal while labor leaders wait for a clear employer decision.
New York Aug 2 efforts to settle differences between the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees and New York Railways Company aim to avert another strike on street cars subways and elevated lines. Mayor Mitchel and Oscar Straus of the Public Service Commission will lead talks seeking reinstatement for employees discharged after a prior settlement who were accused of disorderly conduct.
Fire on the top floor of the Langmore Hotel at 36 Ward Street Brockton injures none but forces five guests to flee their rooms. The blaze of unknown origin threatened the famous hostelry known as Cupid's Bower amid a string of romances.
A fire that started in a first floor bathroom rapidly spread through a wooden hotel. Smoke and flames blocked exits as guests Miss Bertha Johnson, Miss Emma Williams, Chester Bickford, Michael Kenney and Edwin Churchill were rescued by ladders. Manager Mrs Willard Moore suffered a heart-related shock and was sheltered at friends' home. Estimated damage $2000.
An explosion at a Drummondsville munitions plant in Montreal area killed eight people and injured more than twenty. Cause of the disaster is not yet known.
Henry L. Sullivan of Lowell defeats Charlie Toth of Boston in a Provincetown to Nantasket swim. Toth was attacked by a shark seven miles off Brant Rock wireless station. Sullivan stayed in water 20 hours 28 minutes setting breaststroke and endurance records.
After 14 hours and 2 minutes in the water, attendants on a pilot boat spotted a shark circling Toth. A rapid warning allowed rescuers to pull him into a rowboat before any injury occurred, though the craft nearly capsized in the scramble.
About fifty members of a colored society within St. Paul’s Cathedral in Tremont Street were locked inside a room by sexton George Allen after a meeting. Deliberate action and soft spoken words led to their confinement for nearly an hour until Allen released them at 10:10 p.m. A crowd gathered outside as a patrolman notified Lagrange Street station.
Autopsy on Lena Hirsch 43 found after she fell or leaped from the Cambria apartment block at Walnut and Atherton streets in Holyoke. Her stomach was sent to Boston for analysis.
Authorities investigate a death deemed a possible suicide by a Holyoke woman who leaped from a bedroom window during the night. Husband Alex Hirsch, daughter married to Max Levi of New York, and son Abraham are questioned. Autopsy ordered. body sent to Foster's. Mrs Hirsch had been ill and nervous. The family had moved from Springfield and New York eighteen months ago.
Advertisement for Hosford’s Acid Phosphate claiming to tone and strengthen nerve cells with a delicious and refreshing taste.
Two British light cruisers were sunk by German submarines in the North Sea, with one U boat destroyed and a second rammed and believed sunk. The crews were saved except 39 men, in a dramatic sea action described as one of the war's most picturesque engagements.
British light cruisers Worthington and Falmouth, leading scouts, encountered submarine attacks after German high sea fleet emerged with Zeppelins in the North Sea. Admiralty reports indicate German fleet avoided engagement and returned to base after observing strong British forces nearby.
World War I era brief notes mark a German advance reaching Ostend on the Channel during 1914 and recall Italy’s declaration of war against Turkey a year earlier, highlighting the war’s expanding fronts and shifting alliances.
Fair in Boston and vicinity with warm temperatures through Monday and probably Tuesday. Winds from the east to northeast remain moderate as the forecast calls for continued warmth across New England and eastern New York.
Yesterday’s readings show temperatures from early morning to night at Thompson's Spa with a high near 65 and a low around 64. An average of 72 is listed for yesterday, with a note of the previous year’s average.
Efforts by Mayor Curley to organize a conference aimed at settling grievances at Edison Electric Illuminating Company’s South Boston power house were unsuccessful. Firemen's Union Local No. 3 reported that Superintendent Atkins was out of town for several days.
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