06 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
1
The report portrays the senator as mentally alert and physically fit. The president discusses all angles of the situation and will advise the committee later, framing the political fallout for opponents.
Arguments in the trial of Charles Rollins, charged with the murder of Edward F. Foley, manager of an Atlantic & Pacific store, on February 17, 1917, will begin when court opens this morning. Prosecutor Gallagher and defense attorney Major Thomas L. Walsh are expected to finish by early afternoon.
Late yesterday the report involving Theresa Arnold continued on Page 4 First Column, with readers awaiting details and subsequent coverage.
Fire and panic erupt as sewer gas explodes in the White Light district during theater openings. Manholes blow off lids and blue flames shoot above streets while police clear crowds and restore order.
Hundreds flee into streets after a blast sends shockwaves through Broadway at Twenty seventh street. A wide sidewalk crack, damaged war camp building, blown hats exhibit, and ripped cornice accompany continued explosions for about an hour injuring several.
Boston will see lightless nights and heatless days as train service is cut and working hours shortened amid a coal shortage. Governor Coolidge invoked the 1917 defence act and named James J. Storrow state fuel administrator as wartime rules resume statewide.
A wireless message from the steamer Mississippi reports the French steamer Colmar in a sinking condition off the Nova Scotia coast between Canso and Sable Island. The Mississippi says 15 crew members have been rescued while 12 remain adrift in an open boat.
William O. Jenkins American consular agent in Puebla Mexico was released Thursday night after detention. The report from Washington notes his release ends a diplomatic incident involving the consulate in Mexico.
Frank P. Walsh, head of the American commission on Irish independence, sent cablegrams to Viscount French and Ian MacPherson to sue him for libel if they doubt charges of brutality in British Ireland. Walsh vows to appear in Dublin New York or London courts. The actions respond to Ulster leader William Coots denying Sinn Fein brutality claims stemming from the Walsh Dunne report to Wilson and Congress.
After visiting the White House Senator Fall praised President Wilson as mentally capable of handling any question and said Wilson is in better physical condition than expected following his collapse.
In Washington on December 5, Republican Senators probing President Wilson’s health amid Mexican policy failed to gain a negative judgment. Senator Fall, a sharp critic, ended by stating the President was mentally capable of handling duties.
Today marks notable anniversaries including actor Edward A W Sothern born 1859. The U S destroyer Jacob Jones sunk in 1917 north sea combat, a major wartime loss. German forces under Mackensen captured Bucharest in 1916. A Halifax harbor explosion involving a munition ship occurred in 1917. A year ago a major snowstorm struck. French and American forces took Aix la Chapelle from Belgians.
A generally fair Saturday followed by unsettled Sunday with occasional light rain or snow. Warmer temperatures, moderate variable winds. Forecasters note a disturbance moving east from the St Lawrence Valley with its center over the south Rocky Mountain region. Winds off the Atlantic coast remain moderate and variable.
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