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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1914
Page
9
Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell cuts short a three month Ireland trip to deliver John E Redmond message to Irishmen in America urging them to bury differences and unite for a rising volunteer movement reviving nationalism and patriotism in Ireland.
Mr O Sullivan arrived in Boston aboard the Caronia from Ireland to study the home rule drift. He calls the volunteer movement splendid and widespread with many capable former army officers drilling in every province. He says it is not Fenian and aims to uphold Dublin Parliament and secure real home rule as Lords debate an amended bill and Ulster exclusion.
The House of Lords opened three day committee stage of the Irish home rule bill with Unionist wins on Ulster exclusion. Amendments set Ulster under a Secretary of State and reject a 52 member Ulster council. Telegraph claims the government will accept the Lords changes as Redmondites face a likely Commons defeat.
Salem residents flee as a lamp overturned in a rebuilt home sparked a small fire on River Street. Firemen brought the flames under control after about 15 minutes while Governor Walsh’s new rehabilitation commission met in City Hall.
Mexico City dispatch says the Gubernacion department released a report claiming General Villa was assassinated at Torreon by a woman. The statement dates from July 8 and follows prior rumors about his fate.
President Wilson urged Paul Warburg to reconsider his demand to withdraw from the Federal Reserve Board nomination. With no reply received, a definite turn in the matter was expected ahead of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee meeting tomorrow.
Mr. Wilson defended Warburg and Thomas D. Jones of Chicago against attacks linking them to big business. The move aimed to reassure Senators and urge Warburg to stay in the race while Senator Hitchock backed the committee’s handling of two nominees for the reserve board. A report of a White House invitation before decision was denied.
Eugene J. Fabean becomes chairman and Daniel A. Donahue secretary pro tem of the Rebuilding Commission invited by Governor Walsh. Mayor John F. Hurley offers office space as HQ while 200 city workers clear debris and plan rapid rebuilding with militia costs totaling 26000 and 100 special policemen to be deployed after funding.
George Ellis aged 22 of 296 Tremont Street lies unconscious at Haymarket Square Relief Station after being dragged 60 feet by an electric car as he alighted in front of 3 Hanover Street last night.
United States Commission of Industrial Relations concludes a three day secret probe at City Hall alleging wholesale Chinese smuggling into Boston and other Atlantic seaports. Officials accused of inactivity and possible links to a syndicate, with 20 percent of Chinese in the country cited as smuggled.
Professor Henry W. Holmes delivered the first of four lectures for youths at the Old South Meeting House yesterday afternoon. The talk featured sterootican maps and views of early Boston to illustrate the period.
The safety committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce reports an 80 percent drop in fatal street accidents and a 30 percent decrease in all street accidents during the campaign’s first week.
Police department figures for July first week 1913 report 68 street accidents with nine fatalities and 44 minor injuries. A later week saw 43 accidents with two fatalities. Hospital data from Boston City and Massachusetts General note declines, while the Elevated Railway reports half as many accidents as a year ago. A single fatality occurred when a man fell from a moving car.
John T. Mack editor and principal owner of the Sandusky Register dies in Sandusky Ohio after a months long illness. He chaired the Ohio Associated Dailies for 25 years guiding a group of Ohio newspaper publishers.
Wilkesbarre reports that a conference of Catholics from the United States and Canada, led by Rev. John J. Curran, is set for Aug. 4 at Niagara Falls to organize a national movement of Catholic men and women to support laws eradicating liquor traffic. The Niagara Falls session will form a permanent organization and be open to any interested person.
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