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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1915
Page
3
Samuel H. Edwards general superintendent and 82 Tidewater Oil guards were arrested in Bayonne New Jersey after guards fired several shots at nearby homes. Sheriff Kinkead led the arrests on charges of inciting to riot.
All were arraigned and Superintendent Edwards released on 500 bail with hearing set for August 1. Guards from several cities jailed on 500 bail each, labor adjuster P Leon Bergoff released on 1000 bail. Guards moved to Hudson county jail in Jersey City. Rioting followed reports of shooting at the Tidewater plant adjoining Standard Oil New Jersey as oil workers strike. Bullets damaged homes and struck a church rectory near the zone.
Edwin R. Stickney, 30, of 11 Mystic avenue, Lynn, fainted while visiting at 9 Eutaw avenue and tumbled from the third story piazza. He was severely injured and taken to Lynn Hospital where his neck was found dislocated and listed on the dangerous list.
President Wilson orders a full investigation into the Eastland steamboat disaster on Chicago's lakefront after hundreds drown. He expresses profound sympathy to Chicago Mayor Thompson and vows to uncover the circumstances of the tragedy.
Acting Secretary Sweet will lead the inquiry into steamboat safety violations amid a push from the President for a swift response to the German note. The President, buoyed by nationwide praise, plans to outline national defense plans soon while weighing a possible advisory role for A Mitchell Palmer. The White House also notes a rest day for Wilson and a family drive with Miss Margaret Wilson.
Prince Alfred zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst, Austro Hungarian embassy attache in Vienna, spending the summer in Lenox, was near death at midnight when his automobile plunged down a 10 foot embankment into a barbed wire fence in Cheshire, 15 miles north of Lenox. He was alone and hurled from the car but escaped injury.
A Sofia dispatch to the Times reports a convention signed in Constantinople on Thursday granting Bulgaria the Turkish portion of the Dedenghatch railway.
In Philadelphia a mob of about 10,000 Italians armed with clubs and flags stormed an Austro German agitators meeting at Eighth and Charaine streets. They beat about 250 attendees before dispersing as 250 uniformed police arrived. The agitators allegedly sought to persuade Italian reservists to avoid returning to Italy and join the war effort.
A mass confrontation erupted in South Philadelphia as a pro war rally met anti Italy sentiment. Bricks bottles and clubs flew as police arrived. Sgt Connelly urged support for Italy saving the crowd. No serious injuries reported though arrests were made amid alleged armed Italian searches.
Charles W. Simmons a 14 year old confessed to breaking into five Davis Square locations in Somerville over five days after escaping from Middlesex Truant School five weeks earlier. He had previously been placed with a farmer near Pittsfield where stolen chickens were sold, and was found at his mother’s West Somerville home.
A Providence citizen’s dog is famed for barking during a cross country telephone link to San Francisco. The incident drew local pride as the bark was heard by a California telephone worker, highlighting the city’s boastful mood.
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