12 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
1
A ship deck oil fire forced the crew to abandon to shore as workers rushed to the vessel and extinguished the blaze. Halifax sent thanks to Massachusetts for prompt aid that saved lives and property.
Halifax saved from a second disaster when Dartmouth volunteers boarded a burning munitions ship to extinguish flames and deter a second explosion as crew abandoned it. The ship carried oil and smoke drew spectators ashore. No update on dead or wounded was given.
Harriet A Varney confessed in a letter to George H Keyes that she knew of the murder of Mrs Pauline Keyes at 630 am the day after the crime and possibly earlier, a claim contradicted by her statement to District Attorney Katzmann that she learned of it at 2 pm the following day. The confession was presented as the dramatic climax of the state's case at the Dedham Superior Court trial.
President Wilson said he could not decide now whether to address Congress on the railroad situation. He will confer tomorrow with the Railroad War Board, with Daniel O. Willard to meet the heads of the four brotherhoods.
Thirteen soldiers of the 24th United States Infantry were hanged at dawn in Houston for the murder of city residents last August. Forty-one others were sentenced to life terms in the same case, with continued coverage on page 5.
In yesterday’s Massachusetts elections across 16 cities neither wets nor drys gained new territory. License forces held four cities while no-license groups won 12, a shift from last week when liquor interests moved four cities from dry to wet. The major contest centered in Lowell with a strong effort on liquor control.
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