11 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
1
A fierce blizzard slows rescue crews as streets remain dark. Authorities report 280 confirmed dead with 900 identified and about 1,920 people still unaccounted for. Local crews battle conditions to reach victims.
Halifax reports tonight list 1280 known dead and 1920 unaccounted for with 900 identified and 6000 wounded while 25,000 are homeless after a third crushing blizzard hits the city following a munitions steamer disaster. The storm worsens the relief effort as workers press to aid the afflicted.
Report notes Jerusalem, capital of ancient Israel, is surrounded by British French and Italian forces. Turks surrender without bombardment. sacred relics remain unharmed as the city comes under Moslem control after 1200 years of Christian crusades.
David F. O Connell, Varney's senior counsel, said after a long conference that Miss Varney may not take the witness stand. He had previously stated she would testify in her own defense.
General Allenby arrives in Jerusalem today with French Italian and Jewish envoys as British forces capture the Holy City. Britain is expected to designate Jerusalem as the future capital of a Jewish nation, in a historic moment cited as a turning point after centuries of conflict over the city.
Secretary Daniels still believed more crew could be saved from the torpedoed destroyer Jacob Jones. No new reports reached the Navy Department, but he thought life rafts with possible survivors might be found by ships in the search zone.
A. C. Ratshesky, governor McCall’s representative, sacks relief committee heads in Halifax and installs his pick. He oversees $2,000,000 in supplies and orders commandeering all available automobiles and teams for the surrounding region.
Halifax struggles to advance against the previous Thursday’s calamity as a blinding snow storm lasts for hours and impedes relief work, delaying recovery efforts and aid distribution.
Harriet A. Varney faced murder charges in Norfolk County Superior Court Dedham pleading her innocence in the fatal shooting of Mrs. Pauline Keyes. The State demands a life for a life while Varney proclaimed her lack of involvement with the gun that discharged two fatal bullets.
Sir MacKenzie Bowell former Canadian prime minister from 1894 to 1896 died in Belleville Ontario after a week's illness at age 94.
Unconfirmed reports say Japanese troops control large Vladivostok stocks destined for the Russian government. Officials doubt the Bolsheviks’ grasp and note the vast inventories that could take months to move by railroad. American railroad men had previously been sent to route the aid. The concern remains to keep supplies from hostile hands.
Lewis Clark, formerly a Lynn shoe maker, was found dead yesterday afternoon in a locked locker room at the Volunteer Yacht Club. Authorities believe gas from two stoves suffocated him quickly. He was a widower residing at 16 Massachusetts Avenue, Lynn.
General Pershing announced the death of Sergeant First Class Frank J. O Leary of the medical department in France. He died November 24 from brain trauma believed to be from natural causes. his mother, Mrs. Mary A. O Leary of Roxbury Massachusetts, is listed as next of kin.
President Wilson plans special legislation to unify the nation’s railroads during the war. He discussed the move with Senator Newlands, head of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, and may request it in a post holiday address.
Yesterday's temperature data from Thompson's Spa shows an average of 19.2 degrees. Comparisons indicate yesterday's reading was lower than the average from the previous year, which stood at 36.13 degrees.
News of an explosion on board the submarine A 2 reports the death of Joseph Schaeffer chief electrician. He died from injuries at age 23 after enlisting in 1912, reenlisting in 1916, with sister Mrs. Clara Amen in Hastings Nebraska.
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Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair, continued cold conditions with moderate to fresh northwest to west winds. In northern New England, likely snow Tuesday with a Wednesday that remains fair and cold. Southern New England and eastern New York expect fair weather and continued cold on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Police report a brutal Newburyport home crime with the body of Mrs. Annie Spewok found at the cellar stairs and two children wounded in an upstairs room. A trunk showed $1700 missing and investigators suspect a robbery gone violent. Witnesses Wladyslaw and Frances Bill provide key testimony.
Police detain Mike Spewok and seven others after a stabbing at a Polish lodging house. Amelia Bill, six, uncovered the crime but delayed telling her father John Bill who found Mrs. Spewok murdered in the cellar. No charges yet against Spewok.
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