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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1913
Page
3
President Wilson travels from his summer home in Cornish New Hampshire toward Washington after a ten day break. He intends to reach the capital by tomorrow morning.
President Wilson wraps a vacation day with a quiet church visit in Cornish and a train ride through New England. He plans tomorrow’s conference with rail executives, trainmen, and conductors over a threatened Eastern lines strike while staying informed via daily telegrams from Secretary Tumulty.
London reports convey a tense Balkan situation with Greece and Servia resisting armistice talks. Turkish forces march from Tchatalia and Bulair to recapture Adrianople and Thrace, while Roumania expands gains and Greek retaliation over Bulgarian massacres echoes in official dispatches from Athens and Saloniki.
Reports from St. Petersburg note powers told the Sublime Porte they will bar military operations beyond the Haos-Midia line set by the London conference. No new fighting is seen and Sofia rumors fade. Bulgaria accuses Greece of circulating false atrocity tales to justify future borders and seeks international inquiry. A blame game continues among Bulgaria Serbia and Greece.
Martin M. Mulhall the lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers will appear before the Senate lobby investigating committee tomorrow. He had dodged subpoenas from the House since Saturday and is set to continue disclosures of alleged deal making with men of affairs in and out of Congress.
Senate Overman committee presses Mulhall and a decade of correspondence with the National Association of Manufacturers, labor leaders, and lawmakers. House investigators seek Mulhall’s location and potential witnesses while planning broadened inquiries into his associates.
Mrs. Mary Crawford, 50, was arrested and held without bail on murder charges for poisoning her husband Joshua B. Crawford, an Atlanta capitalist, four years after his death. A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday as coroner officials investigate the $250,000 estate dispute involving Charles Z. Crawford.
Sergeant Gail lac of the Chelsea police and State Officer Thompson begin a probe into the blaze that destroyed the Fred Theise Company storehouse on Au burn street in Chelsea.
Most families return after smoke and danger from a fire that damaged 11 and 138 Auburn Street and a three story house at Arlington and Second. Mrs Catherine Boyle and her son James were treated for smoke but are recovering. Chief Hudson and Engine 5 are praised for quick work and a new motor engine delivered 1200 gallons per minute, preventing a wider blaze.
Swampscott on July 13 reports Brick Sturtevant and another jail breaker tailed the Porter farm at East Swampscott. Sturtevant, Massachusetts' first 25 year habitual criminal, had threatened to slip from prison and harm Joe Porter.
Brick Sturtevant, once the first Massachusetts man jailed two years for horse stealing, escaped Ipswich county jail with Peter McDonald. The Swampscott chief vowed a strong response, citing Sturtevant’s prior threats against Joseph Porter of East Swampscott and continued crime history. Police across Lynn, Salem and nearby cities coordinated the response.
Guards at Ipswich jail pursue Sturtevant and McDonald after their breakout from the Swampscott police ward. The escape occurred as officers attempted to guard roadways and corner the pair. The men vanished into the woods as alarms rang.
Edward Duffy fell from an outward bound Ashmont and Milton car last Thursday in front of 3% Northampton Street South End. He died yesterday at City Hospital after the accident that hurled him onto the pavement. He lived at 1147 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester.
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