30 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1911
Page
1
Peter Anderson plunged into the river from the bridge after a trolley struck two men. The ice broke beneath him and he disappeared beneath the water, drowned as bystanders watched.
Great crowds fill Symphony Hall for the first Catholic Congress of the Boston archdiocese with overflow in Horticultural Hall. Archbishop O Connell receives an apostolic blessing from Pope Pius X amid warm ovations and a pledge of moral and civic work.
A Springfield Illinois pamphlet compares 273 leading papers’ advertising rates per inch per thousand circulation. The Boston Post sits near the bottom, with only three papers posting lower rates, while many rivals in cities like New York Chicago Philadelphia and Pittsburgh show higher per inch rates based on the listed figures.
A man who said he was W. B. Forster of New York appeared at Grace Hospital in Massachusetts claiming to be sent by the late Mary Baker G Edty to spread Christian Science. Police took him to be held for observation after finding $108 in cash and checks totaling $617.47.
Henry D. Rossetti of Bowdoin Street was caught after a lengthy pursuit by Patrolman McLaughlin from the Hanover Street station. He was seen robbing a man and fired upon without effect before being cornered on Brattle Street.
During services at St Pauls Episcopal Church Brookline the Rev Dr Kellner announced that the Rev Carroll Perry of Jamaica Plain has accepted the call to serve the church.
Miss Mary Desha, 65, one of the three founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died suddenly of apoplexy while walking near her Washington home.
Archbishops led a papal blessing as 1800 delegates from Essex Middlesex Plymouth Norfolk and Suffolk counties attended the Catholic Federation gathering in Boston. The event marked the federation's first archdiocesan assembly and drew thousands more to Symphony Hall, with Hall capacity insufficient for all who wished to join.
President Taft faces Republican lawmakers split over his proposed program for reducing living costs via commercial reciprocity with Canada. High protectionists warn the plan could disrupt the party if pressed, signaling a party crisis at the White House.
President Taft stands firm on the proposed agreement, meeting all objections with resolve. He maintains the measures he recommends are right and will use every power to push legislation into operation, regardless of standpatters or insurgents.
A .22 caliber bullet fired from an ambuscade on Massachusetts Avenue pierced a window of an Arlington outbound trolley near Central Square Cambridge at 7 pm. Passengers including Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Luke escaped injury as the bullet lodged in the frame. police investigated and linked the shot to a separate incident near Prospect Street.
Dr. and Mrs. Karl Aursliff of Wollaston were held at the Quincy police station for examination on mental health concerns. Mrs. Aursliff, 36, noted for religious preoccupation, and Dr. Aursliff, 33, a Johns Hopkins graduate from Brooklyn, briefly vanished before authorities located him in a demented condition at the parochial residence.
A young woman police suspect may be the missing Arnold girl of New York was found unconscious in the doorway at 164 Huntington Avenue. She matches the description, was admitted to City Hospital on the danger list, and appeared drugged. A letter to F M Becker at 82 Franklin Street, a matching directory entry, a large diamond ring, and $95 were found on her.
Eighteen men including the Stephen G Hart crew were saved after a life savers surf boat capsized in a squall off Cuttyhunk Island. Captain Sam Jackson and Frank Veeder, Cuttyhunk natives, braved the seas to rescue all aboard.
Captain M. W. Wells of Boston and Captain Weeks led life savers with two Cornell brothers from Cuttyhunk to a surfboat from the wrecked barkentine. A series of squalls forced their boat to shore as the big motorboat was blown away. The surfboat, overloaded, struggled with heavy seas and began to fill, forcing the crew to throw Hart's men overboard. The gale raged on with no safe resolution yet.
Peter Hansen and John Anderson were rescued from a derelict mudscow off Brewster Island after a second search by life savers. The Hull life saving station crew found the scow at midnight, searched it, and initially failed to locate the men before a later rescue at dawn.
Rain or snow in the north with clearing in the south. Much colder Monday night with fair Tuesday. West and northwest winds shift along the Atlantic coast to high gusts. Steamers to Europe depart Monday face west northwest gales, then fair weather toward the Grand Banks.
Searchers failed to locate two mud scows drifting off Lovell's Island during a heavy gale. The two crews, found unconscious from exposure in the scow wells, had been towed by the John D. Astell before the hawsers parted and the tows drifted free in worsening conditions. The Governor Dingley radioed Boston as the tug sheltered in the gale. Hansen and Anderson shouted to steer clear of the drifting scows.
A dog linked a missing farmer, John Carter, to the body found in a field near Pine Ridge after a multi county search. Authorities believe foul play is possible as investigators interview local residents and retrace the farmer’s final movements.
Peter Anderson was killed and William Lally injured when an electric car from the railway trestle toppled into the ice covered stream near Water and Salem streets in Wakefield. Anderson drowned after being hurled headlong into the ice. Lally was found unconscious with bruises and possible internal injuries.
Patrick Burns and John Murphy were with Sally Lally and James Anderson on a Wakefield to Montrose railcar when a dog on the tracks caused the motorman James Carrigan to brake. Anderson, 43, died on the ice beneath the trestle. Sally Lally, 33, survived and was hospitalized. Burns and Murphy were injured. Both men worked at the Wakefield rattan factory as upholsterers.
Fall River Massachusetts January 29 Governor Foss faces another choice for Judge Bond’s successor as John W. Cummings cannot leave his law practice. He leads the southeastern Massachusetts bar and would forgo high court pay and prestige to stay in active work.
A fragment notes Cornell losing the lead in the Intercollegiate hockey race and Harvard slated to face Yale in a key late season match at Armory A. A. on February 7. Harvard players begin practice today as Greater Boston schools hockey title to be decided at the Arena.
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