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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1915
Page
4
President Wilson spoke to about 15 000 in Philadelphia praising humanity over division and urging unity. Met with strong applause and a large patriotic display before his departure for Washington amid heavy security by 750 officers and a personal bodyguard.
President Wilson urges new citizens to embrace the United States and its ideals. He praises the nation’s ongoing rebirth through immigration, stressing loyalty and civic duty as essential to the country’s strength and future.
A speaker urges immigrants and Americans to embrace a universal ideal of liberty and justice. He warns against dividing people by nationality, calls for unity and humanity, and emphasizes that true patriotism requires becoming thorough Americans while preserving personal origins.
A speaker urges renewed national renewal through work and inclusivity. He argues America must be an example of peace and healing, welcomes new citizens, and emphasizes shared burden and hope. He recounts visiting Washington and meeting new citizens to feel the nation’s living ideals.
Biagio Falzone, condemned for the 1914 Wakefield murder of Maurice A. Albertson, was electrocuted just after midnight. Clergy, medical staff, lawmen, and witnesses attended, with Falzone signing a last statement forgiving his enemies and asking forgiveness.
In Syracuse New York on May 10 four of five motions to strike Agnew testimony were denied in Theodore Roosevelt libel case against William Barnes. The court kept Agnew remarks on the Allds election and allowed Agnew Hart race track bill testimony to stand to illustrate Barnes' party influence.
A large delegation of labor union leaders urged Governor Walsh to veto the bill ratifying acts by old Port Directors and authorizing the completion of a South Boston drydock. They argued the state could save about 180000 by readvertising the contract. Speakers included Arthur Huddell Martin T Joyce Ignatious McNulty and Dennis Mahoney from the Boston Central Labor Union Massachusetts AFL Building Trades Council Allied Trades Council and Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers. The conference was private and action is due today.
Key diplomats acknowledge United States must press Germany for action while Wilson weighs options. British and French envoys express horror at the disaster. Dutch envoy van Rappard notes Holland’s losses and urges caution in policy, as debates over severing relations and notes exchange continue.
Patient Mrs H K Bailey of Keyser West Virginia recounts rapid recovery after November 1908 illness deemed hopeless. The testimonial praises Eckmans Alterative for bronchial and lung ailments and upbuilding effects, urging readers to request the booklet of recoveries from Riker Drug Stores and Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
Philadelphia May 10 The 40th anniversary meeting of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America will be held at Franklin Field May 28 and 29. The executive committee ordered a new silver trophy cup costing nearly $1000, about two and a half feet tall, similar in design to the Cornell cup won last year.
Professor Norman E. Richardson of Boston University denounced im morality in city public schools due to overwork and lack of recreation. He urged standardization of inter school activities and recreation through a new committee. Margaret Slattery stressed integrated grading and the need for organized Sunday schools.
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