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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
2
Delegates clash over a suffrage plank as Senator Walsh urges support citing President Wilson’s endorsement. Ferguson and other leaders push states’ rights while the South largely opposes federal action on suffrage amid a tense roll call and gallery protests.
Jeremiah Donovan of 14 Ambrose Street Roxbury was struck by an outbound Dorchester car while crossing tracks at Hampden Street and Norfolk Avenue. He was taken to City Hospital with multiple injuries and placed on the dangerous list.
Blythe dissects a national convention resolutions committee as it drafts a platform. Sub committees clash with full committee over language and policy items from cloture to suffrage and foreign relations, culminating in a vigorous yet guarded Democratic platform.
In a formal letter Gow resigns from the Boston Licensing Board effective upon his successor's qualification. He cites personal business burdens and a duty to public service, praising Woods' independence and noting a change in policy. Governor McCall accepts the resignation and Gow vows further comment after successor is named.
Eighty members and friends of the Association of Railroad and Steamboat Agents of Boston left South Station for an annual trip to Montreal Alexandria Bay and Thousand Islands. President and Mrs George B Masters led the group aboard Pullmans to Clayton N Y for a boat to Alexandria Bay with a Saturday stop for Thousand Islands tours. The itinerary includes Sunday travel to Montreal and return to Boston arriving Tuesday morning.
Brown Wales Company chief William Quincy Wales states that George O Wales was not a member of Brown Wales or involved in the suit against his estate. The letter offers correction to the June 14 Post headline Date Postponed a Week.
Ernest W. Tuttle, drawing instructor at Everett High School, has resigned to assume a similar position at the Hackensack Orange High School in New Jersey.
Miss Marie Elizabeth Blood wed Charles P. Fiske at the Wellesley estate Birchwold in a ceremony led by Rev. Lewis W. Hicks. Attendants wore gowns styled a century old, with Miss Marianna Blood and Miss Gwendolen Smith as bridesmaids and Miss Helen Fiske and Miss Cornelia Anderson as flower girls. Best man was George Fiske.
The Irish freedom plank clashes at a convention as James restores order and refers the Lomasney resolution to the resolutions committee. Lomasney seeks unanimous consent to talk and move adoption, faces opposition from anti suffragists, and is ultimately blocked by the chair. He decries the procedural turn while praising Senator Stone and Chairman James for courtesy.
Peter Georgiannis of Dorchester died at Quincy City Hospital from injuries after being thrown from his wagon when struck by a street car. He suffered a skull fracture as his horse bolted and the animal was later captured after a half mile flight.
Francis A. Campbell, clerk of the Superior Civil Court in Suffolk County, says the Finance Commission’s report on his conduct is politically motivated. He notes he filed nomination papers three days earlier after months of delay, likening the commission to a nest of vipers in his office.
A lengthy statement from the clerk of the Superior Civil Court defends his stance against a Finance Commission push to divert interest on money paid into courts to the city. He argues the move is unconstitutional, questions the commission's timing, and says the law aims to misdirect funds. The article also notes Roosevelt's health updates and ongoing political maneuvering surrounding Hughes.
Of the 1100 steerage passengers brought into Boston on the White Star liner Canopic, 261 are detained by immigration authorities. Many detained have had hearings and will be released to relatives. others were refused entrance and will be deported. Some will be held for investigations by immigration inspectors.
New York June 16 Colonel Roosevelt is suffering from an attack of pleurisy after consultation by three doctors at the Hotel Langdon where he has stayed since a sudden illness Wednesday. The doctors deem the attack not serious and Roosevelt confirms it to reporters in the hotel lobby.
Report from Athens says Bulgarian troops are pulling back from Saloniki to the Roumanian frontier. The move reduces forces near Saloniki as tensions in the region rise.
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