31 Mar 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1911
Page
1
The George Washington of North German Lloyd sailed from New York March 30 with the largest passenger load to Europe this early in the season. A rush of Americans bound for King George's coronation crowded cabins as steerage passengers jammed the ship, delaying departure by one hour.
A historical report notes the George Washington class vessel with 440 on board in its first cabin and 290 additional passengers. Details continue on page 4 fourth column.
Dr Vazques Gomez heads a revolutionary agency saying peace negotiations will not begin for several days. He notes tentative proposals from a New York conference likely reached Francisco I Madero and must be communicated to the Mexican government, delaying any decision by at least ten days.
Salvatore Buciseri of South Boston fell thirty feet when a staging collapsed during work on George Ray’s new house in Arlington. He struck an upright stake that pierced his body and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where his prognosis is uncertain.
William Kelly of 8 Acorn Street Cambridge donated his blood to his father John Kelly after finding him unconscious from poisoning. The transfusion at Cambridge Relief Hospital was the first of its kind there and succeeded beyond hopes.
A report notes that the son's sacrifice deeply affects the father’s fate with the story continuing on page 4 in the second column.
Reported figures show varied numbers for temperatures and averages. The text lists multiple digits and codes without clear context or dates.
Mrs Ellen H Richards longtime MIT professor of sanitary chemistry died at 9 25 p m in her Jamaica Plain home 32 Eliot Street She had just celebrated her 68th birthday and remained active despite failing health The death comes unexpectedly after a period of illness and reflects her long career in public health and science at MIT
Horrified witnesses say they were unable to stop a shooting as chaos erupted at the scene. Police reported no immediate arrests and investigations continue.
Passengers on a New York Central train witnessed a murder suicide in Park Avenue as a well dressed man drew a revolver from his pocket and shot a blonde woman before turning the weapon on himself. The emergency brakes halted the train near the scene. The identities of those involved were not released.
Ellen H Richards a renowned author and lecturer from Dunstable born 1842, married to Boston professor Robert Richards. As Technology’s long time professor and former president of the American Home Economic Association she promoted euthenics, public health government support, ventilation and tenement housing reforms, and efforts to reduce infant mortality.
Forecast for Boston and New England calls for unsettled conditions with snow flurries in the north and brisk high west winds, diminishing by Friday. The column also lists notable anniversaries including the 1770 Boston Port Bill, births of John La Farge 1835 and William Waldorf Astor 1848, and events such as the 1862 capture of Union City, Kentucky.
Governor Frederick W. Plaisted summoned Democratic leaders to a conference and coerced the Legislature into reversing its earlier vote. The Senate and House had rejected the federal income tax, preferring a State tax, but the afternoon session ratified the federal amendment and postponed the State tax measure.
Governor Plaisted challenged Democratic leaders over the state tax bill during noon recess. The Senate ratified the federal income tax amendment 16 to 9, with Rep Pattengall steering the House to concur. A direct primaries bill passed, fate unclear for July 1 or September election. Legislature may adjourn tonight or tomorrow. employers liability act amendment referred to next Legislature.
An engineer witnessed a couple as a man opened fire on a woman, then killed himself beside her. The woman, about 28, was hospitalized with poor prospects of recovery. Jacob Shontz, identified via a Carpenter Union card, died beside her after the shooting.
After an all night quarrel travelling salesman Jack Neuman shot his wife Lena at 216 East Thirty first street then wounded himself. Both are in Belle Vue Hospital in critical condition with multiple bullets in the chest and temple.
Mrs Roy E Pierce is summoned to appear in a New York Supreme Court action seeking to annul her marriage to Roy E Pierce II son of Henry Clay Pierce the oil magnate. He has never met his bride since confessing the marriage to his father and remains a patient in Dr Carlos F MacDonalds sanitarium.
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