05 May 1913
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
1
Dr Patrick J Timmins of South Boston, a leading Irish figure in Boston, died at Carney Hospital shortly after 8 PM last night. He practiced medicine for over 30 years and was well known in the community.
A contributing cause to Dr. Timmins death is the loss of his closest friend Rt. Rev. Mgr. Denis O Callaghan P R of St. Augustine's Church South Boston. The two men were inseparable for years and both devoted to Ireland's cause, living to witness at least the dawn of freedom for Ireland.
In Matteawan State Hospital Harry K. Thaw signed a statement denying paternity of “Russellhaw,” the two and a half year old child who traveled to Europe with his mother Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. He said he and Nesbit have been separated for over five years and that any claim of a child is ridiculous.
Washington May 4. A new princess joined the Greek royal household as Queen Sophie gave birth to a daughter. The Greek legation transmitted the announcement by cablegram today.
Manager Jake Stahl of the Red Sox was moved to Corey Hill Hospital Brookline for surgery on a left foot problem that has kept him from games since the season began. Other dispatches note Emperor William receiving news of Scutari evacuees and Servians vacating Albania as Ottoman forces take Durazzo.
An X ray yesterday showed a bony growth in Stahl s foot causing intense pain when he walks The problem began during training season and he stopped playing due to increasing pain He will undergo surgery today and stay in hospital about two weeks
Strenuous efforts at Cettinje aim to persuade Montenegro to evacuate Scutari unconditionally before the London ambassadorial meeting. The triple entente pressures Vienna to defer Austria’s coercion, while Southern Albania reports rampant anarchy as Essad Pasha and Dijavid Pasha bands loot and kill.
In a Lynn fire at 27 Jackson Street last night John Smith mistook a bundle of rags for fire and threw a grenade. Moments later the blast revealed the body of Miss Maria A. Boynton, who had perished in the flames.
Miss Boynton 67 lived with sister Elizabeth Boynton who was away when the blaze started. A neighbor, Smith of 33 Jackson Street, entered the second story room through smoke, used a grenade to intervene, and found the burned body. A physician declared Miss Boynton dead, with the lighted lamp blamed for igniting her clothing and smoke rendering her unconscious.
Ever ett Mullen aged 18 Joseph Patten 18 and Walter McNeil 19 were saved from drowning in the Charles River near Long Bridge by Mr and Mrs Marvie Kraft of 627 Columbus Avenue Boston who pulled them into their motor boat after finding them clinging to a piling shortly before 6 pm
Two young canoeists were saved from drowning by Metropolitan Park Police Patrolman William Elliott after their canoe overturned in the Cuts at Auburndale. They were brought to the station in a patrol boat, dried out, and later returned home. The timely motor boat rescue by Mr and Mrs Kraft followed their fall into the river, aiding all four boys to reach shore safely.
American League games featured Detroit beating Chicago 2 to 1 and St Louis edging Cleveland 4 to 3. National League action saw St Louis win 10 to 8 over Chicago in 13 innings and Pittsburgh defeat Cincinnati 1 to 0. Details appear on pages 10 and 11.
A speech by J. J. Ettor denounces capitalist religion, accusing the codfish aristocracy of worshiping money. The event, cited with Haywood on reducing work hours, drew ten thousand people in Boston, with continued coverage on Page 2 Third Col.
Tokio reports contracts placed for three new dreadnoughts to be sister ships of the Fuso, each with a displacement of 30,000 tons.
Nearly $2000 in cash was stolen from the Colpitts Tour and Ticket Agency at 333 Washington Street. Burglars broke into a burglar proof safe with a pickaxe. Clarence C. Colpitts and his brother Stewart A. Colpitts discovered the break at about 11:30 yesterday forenoon.
Almanac style notes list astronomical events with sunrise and planet rising times. It also marks anniversaries including Napoleon’s 1821 death and Civil War dates, plus a presidential memory from a year ago linked to Roosevelt and Taft memorials.
Forecast indicates fair weather in northern New England on Monday with warmer coastal conditions. Tuesday brings increasing cloudiness, moderate southeasterly winds. Southern New England also fair and warmer Monday with Tuesday cloudiness and moderate southeast winds.
Reported by Thompson's Spa shows scattered numbers and codes including temperatures. The entry references average temperatures yesterday and one year ago with a cloudy Monday noted.
Wild scenes marked a May 4 demonstration in Trafalgar Square under the Free Speech defence committee. Police clashed with protesters while James Kier Hardie, Labour MP and meeting chairman, intervened to prevent a serious conflict after hours of sporadic fist fights.
By the time the marching Socialist labor and other organizations arrived with bands playing the Marseillaise about 20 000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square and as many in surrounding streets. Permission for a meeting was granted last minute with the proviso that suffragettes could not speak. The Woman's Social and Political Union supporters joined dockers, banners and flags displayed, before a Socialist speaker began addressing the crowd on the Whitehall side of the column.
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