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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
18
Frank J. Tracey sought by Boston police for the murder of Samuel Cohen at 116 West Springfield Street has been located in Fort Madison Iowa serving a ten year sentence under the alias George Salvage.
Tracey, jailed in Iowa for breaking and entering and sentenced to 10 years, faces extradition to Boston to stand trial for murder. Inspector Lynch pursued Tracey across the West for five weeks, with officials seeking his return. The Cohen murder case in Boston involved luring the victim to a basement, beating him, robbing him, and burying him in ashes.
President Wells of the Senate predicts a May 26 prorogation as both chambers move swiftly on committee reports and no delay is foreseen from late consideration of key bills. The outlook attributes timely progress to prompt action and bipartisan efficiency.
Boston Mayor Curley will not travel to New Orleans to return the flag seized from City Hall by General Butler in 1863. The old Confederate banner will remain in Boston City Hall for now, despite claims of a ceremonial pilgrimage.
The Boston mayor touring the South with Mrs Curley and aides discussed returning an old Confederate flag to New Orleans. A long distance call to discuss the plan was followed by orders to forget the flag until the mayor returns, delaying the stunt indefinitely. Connie Rear don confirms the mixed signals and postponement.
Reports from Rome dated February 21 state Austrian aircraft raided the Brescia province toward Milan, killing four civilians and wounding five. Dezenzano, Salo, and Trezzo sull Adda were among the locations hit with two deaths at Trezzo sull Adda and casualties elsewhere. Only minor property damage reported.
After complaints of children gambling, Somerville police raided several stores and confiscated slot machines. Children had been using nickels to play, winning small amounts and fueling a gambling trend. Machines were removed from 245 Pearl Street, 65 Williams Street, 273A Highlands Avenue, and 33 Summer Street.
The House backs a preparedness bill aiming to raise the regular army and national guard to a combined 575 000 in peace, with reserves doubling in war. First-year cost around 174 million, plus appropriations for military schools and nitrogen fixation programs. Senate presents its own 160 000 to 200 000 plan.
A fire on the top floor of a five story building at 29 Troy Street shortly after 8:30 last night caused about 2000 dollars in damage. Two alarms were sounded and the Troy Cereal Company plant suffered most of the damage. The cause is unknown and a passing citizen discovered the blaze.
Indiana missionary Thomas Jackson of Indianapolis sailed aboard the Cretic last night and will be the sole American aboard the big liner as it enters the war zone.
The White Star liner Cretic with 300 aboard departed Boston for Naples without armed protection. It plans to gun for defense at Gibraltar. Thomas Jackson of Indianapolis is the only American citizen on board to travel beyond the Azores, staying aboard through February 29 when a Kaiser decree to sink armed British merchantmen takes effect. This port’s first Mediterranean voyage in years carried no first class passengers. 19 in the saloon list boarded in New York, mostly bound for the Azores, with 17 second class and 100 steerage, mostly Italian or Portuguese, disembarking at the Azores.
7 year old Cambridge girl known as "Runaway Alice" was found asleep in a Tremont Street store doorway near School by Patrolman Sullivan. She had been brought to City Hall avenue station six times in three weeks and later reunited with her parents at 12 Gray Street. She joked about becoming police judge, and Lieutenant Mosher briefly allowed her to preside before her parents retrieved her.
Congressman Edward Keating of Colorado will be guest of the city at the Evacuation Day celebration in South Boston on March 16 and 17. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Keating. His acceptance letter arrived to Mayor Curley’s assistant last evening.
President Powell of Fore River Shipbuilding reports Argentina has finally accepted the super-dreadnoughts Rivadav ia and Moreno built for the Argentine Republic. They were first accepted a year ago with a proviso of a full year of service before final transfer.
Wells knocks out Dick Smith in the third round to win the heavyweight championship of England in London. The Feb 21 bout ends a tense title fight with Wells asserting dominance in the late rounds.
Simmons College freshmen grab all tickets for the annual man dance on Friday night sparking fury among seniors juniors and sophomores who threaten revolt unless the faculty steps in.
Dean Sarah L. Arnold refused to hold the dance in a hotel ballroom and rejected a separate upper-class dance. The man dance follows the Glee Club concert with space for 150 couples on a first come, first served basis. Freshmen reportedly beat seniors to tickets, leaving none for upper-class girls.
Patrick Dailey of Malden was released after being held pending investigation into the death of Minnie Reardon of Cook Place Malden. Medical Examiner McCaffrey ruled heart trouble as the cause. Reardon, mother of nine, was found dead at the Adams Club where Dailey had escorted her after she fell ill.
Balloting begins today for mechanics affiliated with the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad system federation. Ballots were mailed to all federation organizations yesterday across cities served by the line. Officials expect about ten days to count results and a conference with railroad officials may follow, which they say has been refused so far.
February cold snaps Boston as exclusive women’s groups defend Miss Proctor amid twin slander suits tied to suffrage era tensions. Craig, Hartford, and Mrs Hartford evade comments while Craig, son in law of Thomas A Dalby, is noted as a travelling salesman.
Unofficial readings show 10 to 15 below zero across Boston and metropolitan areas with a city mean of eight degrees. Trains and trolleys run late, harbor frozen, ships delayed, and crews exposed to dangerous temperatures as New England endures the coldest spell since late 1914.
A fire started on the roof near a chimney and rapidly consumed the wooden hotel structure. About 150 guests, relocated to safety, joined employees as part of the fire brigade.
A vast blaze destroys a three story New Hampshire hotel perched 2000 feet up in the White Mountains. The inferno eats through the third floor to the ground, taking the attached dance hall. Guests from Boston and Massachusetts endure freezing cold as volunteers fight the flames and farmhouses offer shelter. The owner is C. W. Gray, with the hotel valued at 100000 dollars and declared a total loss.
A long roster of residents and families from Boston Newton Centre Cambridge Wellesley Hills Somerville Malden Brookline Attleboro Waltham Westchester Stratham Worcester Auburndale Salem Haverhill is presented. Names include Mr and Mrs H F Bryant Miss E D Delano Curtis Plummer Richard Johnson Theodore Badger Martha C Harvey and many others.
Yesterday the anti slander case for $50,000 was framed as a suffrage feud culmination. Miss Proctor of 40 Garfield Street Watertown, a Wheaton Seminary graduate and descendant of Isaac Stearns, is identified as part of the involved lineage. The deeper story reportedly reaches beyond the feud.
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