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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1916
Page
14
A 16 year old, John J Bowman of 24 Templeton Street Dorchester, was struck by a .32 calibre pistol fire from the rear vestibule of an articulated car speeding along Dorchester Avenue. A crowd of boys fled from the corner after the shot last night.
Conductor Howard J. Moses and passengers were alarmed by a shot aboard a train at Field's Corner. James Murphy, 14, was arrested on the scene and charged with shooting after allegedly using a smoking revolver. He confessed to the act as police recovered cartridges, while a leg wound to another boy was treated by Dr. Charles H. Miller and deemed not serious.
John Grant Lyman, sought in New York for alleged mail fraud netting over $300,000, remains jailed in Tampa as federal authorities await Washington guidance. He insists on serving a California 15 month sentence rather than returning to New York to face similar charges.
Dr C J White warned at Harvard Medical School that women who handle animal skins risk occupational diseases including anthrax with no antidote. He cited freight handlers wool sorters farmers and butchers as groups exposed to the danger during skin handling activities.
A long catalog lists 120 occupations and the skin diseases they risk. It notes Glanders from animals and foot and mouth disease spreading to pet owners, with workers from musicians to bakers facing various eczema, cancer, or dermatitis risks due to materials, infections, and crowded work environments.
Leon Chicoine aged 45 formerly of Malden shot himself at 446 Preble street South Portland this morning. He used an old 32 calibre revolver with a faulty hammer and the shot entered his right temple. Despondency over financial troubles is believed to have caused the act.
After an all day search to recover the bodies of Peter Bent and John Fisher killed when the Mary C. Santos exploded in Provincetown harbor, divers failed to find any trace. Joseph Lewis is missing and believed to have gone down with the other two. Diver John Robinson explored the wreck and ocean bottom without success as police and the Watchman pursued the scene. The wrecking Highter Reliance began raising the sunken schooner.
Samuel Strauss of New York argued against organizing Jews in America now warning that such efforts would be misunderstood. He urged Jewish loyalty to the United States and dismissed hyphenated and departmental Americanism as past notions while calling for service over rights.
Y M H A day observed yesterday at Temple Israel Commonwealth avenue. The temple was packed with members from New England including many women from the Young Women's Hebrew Associations. Rabbi Harry Levi delivered a sermon on The Hope of Israel.
Daniel Cullinane of Concord was killed in a rear end collision near Westminster when freight 203 struck freight 205 from behind as both trains moved west near the station. Brakeman Guy Fisher escaped after warning Cullinane. the caboose was splintered and Cullinane died in the wreck.
Laura E. Foley, 14, from Roxbury, wandered Boston streets for three days sleeping on benches and eating little before approaching Officer Kelley at Washington and Northampton. She said she left home due to cruel father, wore a stolen sealskin cloak, and slept in Blackstone Park. She was sent home.
Professor Bruno Roselli of New York told Ford Hall last night that the servant problem in America is likely to be solved soon after the war by immigration of Italian women whose men have been killed or whose factories have been closed. These women, he says, are excellent cooks and housekeepers. He notes that after the war Italian immigration will include more women, while Italian men may seek agriculture jobs in the U S. Italy is an agricultural country and in New England alone 700 abandoned farms have been reclaimed by Italians recently.
The Italians of Revere held a morning mass meeting at the Elmwood Club rooms on Revere street and organized the Revere Italians Farm Improvement Association. John Cristoforo presided. Speakers included Councilmen Joseph Nutile and Emmanuele Valencia Senator John Beck Americo A. Brogi James Prisco Pausata and Joseph Rossetti.
The British steamer Cayo Domingo loading at Mystic docks Charlestown will depart this week with 43 000 reels of barbed wire for France. It carries the largest consignment of American war wire yet sent to the front.
Mark Catton of Chicago earns high run and top placement as billiards action runs through February 27. Local fans hail his precision and smooth break during the rapid tournament pace.
Harvard poet C Huntington Jacobs, known for Gott mit Uns, presents The Chant of Love in Harvard Illustrated Magazine, a poem lampooning Germany and the Kaiser by mirroring Lissauer’s Hymn of Hate. The piece retains Jacobs’s biting irony and anti German sentiment, with a translation note and apologies for the translator.
A wartime poem by C. Huntington Jacobs cites Turkish and Belgian scenes to condemn "Kultur" and German aggression. It portrays bloodshed, loyalty, and a singular national love, urging unity and a vow of ruthless action against foes.
Chicago billiards player Catton reportedly set a world mark by running 2634 in straight rail on a five by ten table across three nights, surpassing Harvey McKenna’s 2572 set in Boston in 1887.
Arlie Macks of Wisconsin broke the Western Conference shotput record with 48 feet 7 inches as the Badgers defeated Illinois 44 to 42 in a dual indoor meet at Urbana. Wisconsin won the relay to clinch the victory.
Lexington reports 1209 male voters the largest in town history, with 21 added at the last registration session before town election. Four women were added to the female list as six contests for office loom, per Board of Registrars.
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