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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1911
Page
3
The cruiser pressed through floating ice for hours to free imprisoned schooners near Woods Island. Vessels suffered no serious damage and no injuries were reported. The chase extended toward Middle Arm as the ship continued rescues, with word on the second effort not yet received.
Boston girl Miss Juliette Day first performed as a child dancer at Mechanics’ Building festivals. She joined the Ben Greet Shakespeare troupe touring the U.S. and Europe. Now 19, she celebrates her birthday amid greetings from friends after returning to the city. She trained at a local dramatic school on Beacon Hill.
The School Voters' League announces its organization at Perkins Hall with nearly 400 women present to assist in electing Mrs. Susan W. FitzGerald to the school board. Plans include door to door outreach, window cards, and precinct speaking tours each night until election day.
Four year old Margaret Sylvester of East Cambridge was playing near burning rubbish when her dress caught fire. A passerby from John Given & Son smothered the flames with his coat and bare hands, saving her from worse injuries. She was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital with severe burns and is listed on the danger list.
Wen Tsung Yao, minister of communications for the republican provisional government in Shanghai, declares that foreign intervention would worsen China’s plight and threaten foreign interests. He demands a republic and says Yuan Shi Kai could become president if he accepts promptly. consuls plan to urge a settlement at the peace conference.
Police investigated after a gardener uncovered twenty three sticks of high power dynamite buried in shrubbery at the Los Angeles home of Arthur Letts a prominent department store owner. No detonator or fuse was found and there was no sign of an imminent attack.
Federal grand jury witness John R. Harrington remains at large after deputy marshals failed to locate him at connections with the McNamara defense. Harrington, cited for contempt before a county grand jury, was en route to Chicago with labor leader Patrick Cooney when federal authorities intercepted word of his flight. Meanwhile Bert H. Franklin’s bribery hearing advances with a continuance set for December 27 after prosecutors complete their case against the juror Robert Bain for cash and promised further payments.
Federal grand jury hears witnesses from Muncie Indiana about a house rented in 1909 by Ortla McManigal where nitro glycerine was stored in boxes and sawdust. Children skated on floors stained with nitro glycerine as investigators trace evidence to confirm confessions linking John J. and James B. McNamara and their helpers.
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