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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1915
Page
1
Frank T. Essig, secretary of the local Y M C A boys department, and Paul Thompson aged 17, were tossed by a storm for 30 hours in a frail motorboat from Ipswich bey to Conomo Point Essex. They reached shore alive and exhausted.
Two Gloucester youths Thompson and Essig sailed from Ipswich to Gloucester in a 15 foot motorboat. Engine trouble left them unable to steer or bail, waves rose, they faced hunger and darkness, and the craft finally washed ashore at Essex after a night at sea. Thompson is son of Gloucester High School teacher Frank C. Thompson.
In New York July 1, friends of Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt whisper of an autumn event at Lenox where she spends the season. Preparations are under way for a possible birth of a posthumous child which could trigger a rearrangement of the estate left by a Lusitania disaster victim.
Julian Glackman eight year old son of Edward Glackman of 19 Douglas avenue was abducted about 8 30 pm while playing outside his home by a unidentified man who drove off through the avenue toward Boston after luring him into a car Police offered no clue after an evening search Mr Glackman a real estate dealer recently obtained a divorce and custody of their child Mrs Glackman runs a millinery store Police later searched Mrs Glackman’s home but found no trace of the boy.
The item notes an express and accommodation service for the Boston and Worcester trolley line serving Worcester and nearby stops. It mentions transportation arrangements and likely schedules or offerings for riders in the area.
Washington officials state the captain lacked right to flee after being ordered to stop. No protest allowed on the matter according to authorities.
State Department officials say the Armenian sank after a long chase by a German submarine. Captain Trickey of the Leyland liner testifies the crew, killed before surrender, faced shells in the engine room and a flooded wireless, with the submarine rescuing and placing survivors before the torpedo strike that sent the ship to the bottom.
Mrs. Maria Mullen a 70 year old widow living alone at 7 Texas street Roxbury was burned to death last evening after 9 o clock when her nightclothes ignited while she tried to extinguish a fire on a bureau. Medical aid arrived but she was dead and body taken to the city morgue.
Mrs Mullen returned to her room before 9 and lit a lamp. She threw a burning match onto bureau linen. flame spread to her clothing and she died. Neighbors doused the blaze with water. Dr. Leary and Medical Examiner Leary attended.
Alphonso Chrastowsky a Polish editor was arrested at his New York home on a warrant sworn out by secret service agents for sending annoying and abusive letters to President Wilson in Washington He was locked up at police headquarters.
The article catalogues historical rainfall data over four decades, noting extreme years and specific dates of heavy precipitation. It lists various occurrences with dates such as June and August events and references rainfall measurements, illustrating a long-term pattern of intense rainfall.
The Boston area and suburbs suffered the hardest rain storm in years with showers continuing today. The system covered all New England and reached the St Lawrence River, yet avoided floods on rails and streets, despite widespread disruption in Greater Boston areas including Cambridge Somerville Chelsea Medford Melrose Everett Revere and Winthrop.
Yesterday morning the storm broke rainfall records as the city logged four and a half inches by the end of the 24 hour period. By 7 pm the Boston Weather Bureau recorded 4.33 inches and 4.20 at 8 o'clock, with Hartford following at 2.12 inches.
Weather summary for Northern and Southern New England. Northern: cloudy Friday and Saturday with probable coastal showers. Southern: cloudy Friday, likely coastal showers, Saturday cloudy.
The Villa governor of Chihuahua state has formally asked Governor Ferguson to extradite General Victoriano Huerta on criminal charges. Secretary Lansing sent the request to the State Department and Solicitor Johnson will consider it. Federal charges for alleged neutrality law violations take precedence. Both Villa and Carranza accuse Huerta in the Madero and Suarez murders.
Mrs. Mabel Hunt Slater demands the Post publish denial of stories about her personal affairs. She calls the reports untrue and questions their source. Governor Walsh has stayed as a guest of the Slater family and is baffled by the rumors.
Officials of the A O H and Clan na Gael and friends learned from New York that the funeral of the famous Irish rebel O Donovan Rossa will be held there on Saturday morning. A Boston delegation will depart today to attend the funeral.
Rumors in German circles claim the White Star liner Adriatic sailing from New York is marked for destruction by German submarines. Reports say the ship carries munitions of war and that submarines will wait off Ireland to attack her, regardless of her course, with figures like Sir Robert Borden aboard.
Annie Hohmann a 16 year old, missing from 47 East Lenox street for three weeks, is returned to relatives by Boston Society workers. Harris Emery 26, arrested for abduction after being brought from New York on a South Station train. Emery, married, had lodged at the Hohmann home. alleged infatuation with the girl.
A Boston case unfolds as a mother plans to join her daughter in New York after she left home for work. Agents for the Boston Society for the Care of Girls aided in Emery's arrest there. He protested innocence and agreed to return to face abduction charges, while inspectors Pelton and Metoughtin arrested him at South Station.
William J. Keefe, 57, of no fixed address, tried to end his life by leaping into the Charles River from the West Boston bridge last night. He was saved by John Mulhern of 74 West Cedar Street and Arthur Saunders of 367 Cambridge Street.
A Maine product named Hay's Five Fruit for cooling drinks and sherbets is advertised as wholesome. Marketed by S&S, S. Pierce Co., and Cobb Bates Yerxa Co. through local ads.
Constance Gardner, a July bride, is featured in society notes with groom G. W. Minot noted in the caption. The brief item celebrates the impending marriage and lists the couple’s simple ceremony plans.
Beverly July 1 Miss Con stance Gardner only daughter of Congressman and Mrs Augustus Peabody Gardner and granddaughter of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is engaged to marry Grafton Wilmot Minot of Boston former attache to the United States embassy at Berlin The wedding will be at Sagamore Farms Hamilton July 24.
The forthcoming marriage will unite two of the region’s historic lineages. Mr Minot’s matriarch is Miss Honora E Temple Winthrop from the Winthrop line while his father descends from Dorchester’s founders who arrived in 1680. Miss Gardner’s mother is Miss Constance Lodge, daughter of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, tying to Pilgrim era roots and Francis I Amory’s kin. The engagement surprised North Shore residents as Mr Minot, Harvard graduate, has been abroad.
Fred L. Wall proprietor offers special rate over the 4th at The 4SRGYLE in Winthrop Highlands Massachusetts. From Saturday dinner July 3 to Tuesday breakfast July 6 the rate applies per person. Good food well cooked. House renovated. Fireworks and band concert in front of the hotel on July 6.
Ambassador Page reports to State Department that the Armenian was said by the British admiralty to be engaged in admiralty business. Secretary Lansing says official information is needed to judge the ship’s destruction and loss of life. Early signals favor the view that the Armenian, refusing to halt, could be sunk under international law.
American League games saw Washington tied 5 with New York and Chicago 5 beating Detroit 3. Cleveland suffered a rainout as St. Louis claimed a 2 to Boston Philadelphia rainout.
Washington reports a United States inquiry into British ships flying the American flag to avoid German submarine attacks. Evidence from Ambassador Gerard and consular sources in Great Britain points to flag misuse by British vessels. Officials are gathering affidavits and considering new representations to Britain.
The Sage of Concord Frank B. Sanborn was reported at his home last night. Chief William Craig said he would be arrested if he refused to appear in court when summoned. The chief did not know when Sanborn might be arrested and noted the court can compel appearance only after locating him in town.
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