22 Jan 1917
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1917
Page
1
About $3000 of the money Harold Jilakely former Medford High football player is alleged to have stolen from H T Dean Company tobacco dealers of Everett has been located in banks.
Police report Blakely charged with stealing between 8000 and 10000 from the Dean Company where A worked. George E. Stevens of Everett, 38 Hancock Street, arrested as accomplice after confessing to the Crvete police and detectives that 10000 was taken from a tobacco firm. Both post bail and face Maiden Court with possible continuance. Blakely divorced six months ago, wife awarded custody of their 5 year old. he did not attend the divorce hearing. He surrendered a car, a 215 dollar diamond ring, and 653 dollars in cash. Detectives seek a woman in Franklin tied to gifts from Blakely and a local associate’s tip led to 1700 more found.
CP WO. Jan. 1 report: Mrs Jamie Ansill, despondent due to poor health, pinned a farewell note to a dresser scarf and leaped from a fourth story window, dying instantly. She left behind two young children. Husbands and neighbors note prior threats and a gloomy, foggy day likely influenced her death.
Harvard Massachusetts report: Dr James F Ferry his daughter Ethel and brother Richard Ferry died when their car collided with a fast Boston and Maine freight locomotive at the Still River crossing. Esther Ferry is fatally injured and George Howard who joined the ride to advise the road died hours later.
Ella Brackett 16 a Pemaquid Beach high school junior is confined to bed with injuries and a nervous breakdown after a late yesterday fray in which Helen McLain 13 daughter of Leonard and Mrs McLain allegedly beat her nearly to death through jealousy.
Miss Brackett, after an alleged assault by Miss McLain over jealousy, jumped from a cliff into icy harbor water. Ernest Wells dived in to pull her to shore as she fought to return to the sea. Brackett sustained multiple bruises but is not considered seriously injured.
The steamer Alaskan, ready for nearly a week with an enormous cargo of war supplies and 170 army remounts for the French government, will likely depart this evening under cover of darkness for St Nazaire, France.
Railroad crossing flagman R. E. Portley was not at his post at the foot of the hill. He had left the crossing and gone inside the railroad station several hundred yards away before the Ferry automobile arrived at the tracks.
Boston's streets, bare for a week, received about two inches of snow early this morning. Forecasters expect ongoing precipitation as a weather system from yesterday continues, with predictions of rain or snow across Greater Boston and waterfront areas.
One hundred Greek royalists clashed with Venizelos supporters at a mass meeting in Tremont Temple yesterday afternoon. The riot ended after a dozen policemen charged the crowds and expelled Constantine's faction into the street.
More than 2000 sympathizers of the provincial government gathered in Saloni ki to cheer Sergeant Clark and his officers after fending off a Royalist bid to disperse the crowd. The temple interior briefly resembled a European war scene in Boston.
Philip Gadesovitz, 90, of 326 Blue Hill Avenue, was stricken with heart failure on the steps of the new station at Egleston Square last night and died 15 minutes after reaching City Hospital. Police initially estimated his age at 70.
Lt Col William Campbell MacDonald was instantly killed and about twenty others injured when a light engine backed into a troop train carrying 500 soldiers as it left Union Station in Toronto.
Jacob Fridman of 218 Quincy Street lost his wallet during a crowd crush at a Faneuil Hall mass meeting. He described a likely thief as a 23 year old dark complexioned man in a brown overcoat and soft hat.
Washington states the United States will press Germany to release all Americans removed from ships during German raider operations in the South Atlantic. Berlin claims armed crews on merchant vessels are prisoners of war, but the U S insists these ships are peaceful passenger and cargo carriers.
A report from Pernambuco states the German commerce raider likely the Vinet has been sunk by the British cruiser Glasgow about 130 miles off Para. The vessel had disrupted Allied shipping in the South Atlantic, especially near the Brazilian coast, over recent weeks.
The article reports the Baseball Revivalist's campaign reaching record totals with 67 000 in attendance on Sunday, 145 828.64 raised for the campaign and 95 000 in expenses. It notes 55 000 free will offerings, 63 484 trail hitters, and 46 838 card signers. First day collection hit 10 000 and milestones include 1440, 2 154, and 5 196 in responses on key dates.
The evangelist Billy Sunday received the largest free will offering in revival history from Boston and surrounding areas. By leaving the city, he carried a check for 50828.64 with further mail and church collections expected to push the total beyond 55000. Tremont Temple gave 1500 that had not yet been listed.
Billy and Ma left Boston South Station at 12 30 this morning aboard the Shore Line Express. They had waved farewell earlier, the pair traveling less than four hours to return home as a cheer filled moment.
The snippet recalls the 1903 signing of the Panama Canal treaty and marks births of Lord Byron in 1788 and Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, in 1561, highlighting notable historical figures and events.
Forecast for Boston and surrounding areas calls for rain or snow on Monday with warmer temperatures. Tuesday brings clearing and colder weather. Strong to high winds shift from southerly to westerly. In Washington the forecast notes heavy snow Monday for northern New England, then clearing and much colder Tuesday. Southern New England sees snow changing to rain Monday then warmer, with Tuesday fair but colder.
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