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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1914
Page
2
A Boston woman was saved after a frantic battle with her rescuer during a boating accident on Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield. The party of four capsized in gusting wind. three others were rescued by canoeists clinging to the overturned craft.
Gus Everberg, a Woburn yachtsman, rescued a Boston woman who was swept 75 feet from a capsized sailboat on a lake. The group included Carl Johnson and the Misses Lillian and Rose Leach of Wakefield. The woman's name was kept secret to honor her mother’s instruction.
On a lake a man swam to withdraw a frantic woman who gripped his leg and shoulder in a drowning bid. Canoes rushed to the scene as Chester Dolan and P. E. Loughlin of Wakefield reached the pair, aiding the Boston and Leach girls clinging to a capsized cat boat mast.
James E. Sullivan of Ward 9, famed as the youngest Union enlistment in 1861 at about 11 or 12, died at 687 Tremont Street. He served with the Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment, fought at Manassas, and was wounded. Funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral with G A R Post 26 pallbearers, interment Mt Hope Cemetery.
The body of an unidentified man about 38 was found barefoot in South Bay near Curtis Wharf by engineer Frank Hutton. It is believed to be a suicide. Medical Examiner Timothy W. Leary will perform an autopsy. A broken knife and two collar buttons were in a pocket and a plain gold ring was on his left ring finger.
Harvard faces a tough Yale challenge as Yale field units look stronger while Harvard hopes for recovery from injuries. Bingham and Barron shine in sprints. Yale leads in field events. Freshman and varsity crews row this week before the Cornell May 26 race. Harvard baseball includes Fordham Tuesday and Penn Saturday in Philadelphia.
More than 200 entries have been received for the open handicap track meet for club and college runners at Princeton on May 16. The entry list closes tomorrow and includes participants from Boston A A, New York A C, Irish American A C, Bronx C hurchouse, Melrose A C, Meadowbrook A C, and unattached runners.
Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, in Washington, condemned the Senate bill seeking to repeal toll exemptions for American coastwise shipping. He argued the exemption does not violate the Hay Pauncefote treaty, countering Sir Edward Grey’s protest and President Wilson’s conclusion that it does.
Congregational churches across New England observe a week of prayer for the unemployed and the poor. Each church is asked to include the unfortunates in public prayers.
Boston opens its first Truly Warner Hat Store at 827 Washington Street opposite Old South Church. The Hatter to Mr Goodresser brings styles popular in New York and major cities, with the season’s distinctive straw hats debuting in Boston this week.
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