Lawrence Leaders Win From Fall River 6 to 1
Lawrence defeats Fall River 6 to 1 behind Thackara passed balls and Phoenix three RBI hit with three on base. Wormwood strong after second inning as Lawrence uses timely hits and errors to win.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
14
Lawrence defeats Fall River 6 to 1 behind Thackara passed balls and Phoenix three RBI hit with three on base. Wormwood strong after second inning as Lawrence uses timely hits and errors to win.
Brockton beat New Bedford 4 to 2 as three eighth inning doubles drove in two runs. Barry and Shea starred with strong batting performances while Barry, Ness and others added key hits. Hubbard umpire Rorty observed the 37 minute game.
Lowell defeats Lynn 5 0 as Waller is ejected in the third for disputing the umpire. Ward replaces him allowing three Lowell runs on two wild pitches and an error with De Groff homering in the ninth after a late Lynn effort.
Wireless dispatch from Boston reports the old British convict ship Success over 100 days from Liverpool bound for Boston with crew in dire distress as food supplies run dangerously short.
Agents urge sending a tug with supplies to meet the craft as it nears the outer harbor today. The Finns and Russians on board mutinous over food shortage while superstition about the vessel’s prison past stirs fear. Captain Scott notes crew prayers on deck and in the chapel for safe arrival.
Washington July 17. Representative Kinkead of New Jersey urged abolishing duties on all meats to break up the beef trust and lower living costs by allowing beef from Canada Mexico and Argentina. Representative Slayden of Texas opposed the plan saying it would not affect the beef trust and would ruin the cattle industry. No action was taken.
President Taft sent to the Senate the nominations of Sherman P. Allen of Vermont for assistant secretary of the treasury and Luther Conant Jr. of New York for commissioner of corporations. Conant succeeds Herbert Knox Smith who resigned to join Colonel Roosevelt's new party.
United States Senator John D. Works was asked to resign by Lieutenant-Governor A J Wallace Meyer Lissner and other progressive supporters for criticizing the proposed progressive party. The request was telegraphed to Works in Washington and signed by 40 progressives.
Washington July 17 Senator Works rejected resigning after California Progressives telegram urging action. He said the signers are not members of the Republican party and have no right to demand his resignation. He will write to the telegram signers.
Captain Peter J. Hains who killed William E. Annis years ago near Bayside Yacht Club aboard a gasoline launch, capsized off Island Beach life saving station. He and Amos Gulburg leapt clear as the craft sank and reached shore safely after the launch ran dry and overturned.
Chicago July 17 Discovery that Mrs F A Wilcox tower operator at Western Springs once confined in the Dunning Asylum prompted Coroner Hoffman to summon her for interrogation tomorrow. He will question her at length as the inquiry to fix blame for last Sundays wreck that killed 138. More than 50 railroad workers are summoned. A misidentification of a wreck victim was corrected. the body shipped to Oskaloosa Iowa was actually Mrs F C Potter of Jackson Michigan.
The 17 year old Maria Felicita Garcia rises in London and New York pushing Italian opera in the United States. She marries Malibran, divorces, triumphs across Europe, then marries Charles de Bennot before a fatal fall ends her career at 28. A Brussels statue honors her memory.
Two mackerel vessels and a swordfisherman with 15 groundfish crews at a wharf yesterday as haddock and cod arrivals remained heavy. Swordfish sold for 14 cents a pound, with mackerel schooners Georgia and Shenandoah bringing 1000 mixed and 500 large fish respectively. Maxwell also landed 21 swordfish amid dealer prices lifting haddock to 31.5 cents and cod varieties around 5 to 9.5 cents. Multiple schooners listed heavy cargoes, while the steamers Mandeville and Franconia made port and crews faced a fog-related search for missing mariners.
After weeks of work the temporary bridge at the Chelsea end of the Charlestown bridge is nearly finished and should be ready for service the first of next week. It will carry Bay State railway cars team traffic and foot passengers while a new steel draw bridge is built.
Charles F. Hilles, chairman of the Republican national committee, formally opened the new national headquarters on upper floors of the Times building in New York. He said he was too busy to issue a statement and hinted he might speak in a day or two.
Multiple boat listings describe sail and motor vessels for sale including a 28 ft aux sloop with 8 ft beam and 4% draft, 8-h engine, anchors, tender, and gear. Other ads note a 25 ft speed boat with 15 hp engine, an 18 ft launch with 6 hp engine, a 25 ft motor boat with Buffalo engine, and a 12-ton marine schooner. Locations include Rockport, Marblehead, Boston, Salem, Dorchester, Roxbury.
The sailing almanac notes daylight length 114h53m with rising and setting times and tide heights. Arrived ships include cruiser Chicago from Portland and various steamers from Liverpool and Queenstown, plus vessels from Baltimore, Norfolk, Philadelphia, and New York. tug Patapsco and barges are listed with towings and final destinations in Hampton Roads and New York.
For sale or exchange for poultry Airedale bits in whelp to pedigree dog and pups five and four months old. Grandson Tintern Royalist, good individuals. Sale by Dr L V Curran New Britain Conn. 18 23 Ladies ideal pet collie spayed certified gentle affectionate best blood Mrs Geddes Oxford Mass Old 19 pee.
A Boston Post death notice page lists numerous obituaries and funeral details including Berlyn, Brickley, Carey, Clarke, Cornelissen, Coughlin, Coyne, Crimmins, Curran, Dean, Goodwin, Haberstroh, Hennessy, Isaacs, Landie, Lewis, Lord, McCarthy, Moore, Morrell, O Leary, Rich, Roe, and Toomey. Each item notes residence, age or relation, funeral time and church, and invites relatives or friends to attend. Some notices request papers in copies from Galway New York Scranton and other papers.
Stale bread for hens priced at 1.30 per entity, for bogs 1.00, pastry 90 cents, with notes from Boston by BRIDGES Wakefield. g15-20
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