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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
8
Johnny Drummy of Hartford claimed a crushed left hand kept him from work and displayed a long bandage while begging on Aldersey street Somerville. Police found the hand unharmed after removing the bandage.
Harvard faculty granted a two week Christmas break prompting undergraduates to petition for moving Easter recess to the first week of April. They argue other colleges recess earlier and wish to align with a common Easter schedule for home travel.
Sarkis Ishaa a Syrian immigrant in Ellis Island custody turned violently insane in the detention pen. He attacked guard Vincent E. Stowe mortally wounding him with a knife and attacked two elderly companions biting ears and cheeks before aiming at watchman J. E. Lapointe. He was subdued after nearly severing the watchman’s thumb.
Dana C. Tuttle an 18 year old Franklin Motor Car Company employee is in serious condition at City Hospital after being stabbed in the left lung with a rat tail file. Police seek Clover Roche janitor to explain incident. Roche allegedly threw wood, Tuttle grabbed his arm and fell. Tuttle lives with parents at 818 Columbus Avenue.
Bangor Maine December 4 an inquiry into the Grindstone shooting that killed Louis Noiskey of Trenton New Jersey continued. William F Tracy of Stacyville who fired the fatal shot was questioned and advised the sheriff and county attorney that he fired the shot. No custody or decision was reached as the investigation remains open for further information.
A mass meeting of nearly all Kansas City women, led by the Housewives League, announced a city wide boycott of eggs. They aim to stop home consumption until the retail price falls from 40 cents.
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, militant suffragette leader, was arrested on the steamship Majestic on arrival from New York. She was transferred to a police chartered tug and taken to Davenport dockyard in Plymouth with no disturbance reported.
Ex Governor Curtis Guild urged a national child labor law before about 100 Twentieth Century Club members. He urged enforcement by national officers in every state and said current laws are inadequate, even suggesting constitutional amendments if necessary.
The speaker argues for extending schooling to immigrant children and limiting 14 to 15 year olds in mills. He blames padrones for forged birth certificates and child labor, urges eight hour laws, and calls for Americanizing immigrant children to reduce illiteracy while balancing factory interests.
An axle on a Melrose bound auto truck broke on the outbound L line near Bow Street causing a one hour delay for more than 100 homeward bound cars. Pratt's Melrose and Boston Express owned the truck loaded with goods and attempts with horses couldn't move it. A second blockage occurred the previous night when a car slipped off the track at the terminal.
The Sisters of St. Joseph bazaar for the Mount St. Joseph Academy in Cambridge Street Brighton runs Dec 6 to 13 from 10 am to 9 pm. St. Joseph's Guild bazaar in Somerville continues to Saturday. Roxbury St Patrick's debate on Sulzer impeachment Sunday. Knights of St. John the Baptist meet Thursday in Dorchester. Today is first Friday. masses in archdiocese with benediction tonight. Monday Holy Day masses mark Immaculate Conception and conclude the Constantine Jubilee per the Pope.
In Plum Coulee Manitoba a bandit who shot and killed Bank of Montreal manager H. M. Arnold yesterday and took several thousand dollars was believed hiding near Morris. Witness William Dick said the bandit forced him to drive, leaped from the car and vanished into the woods after firing at the chauffeur.
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