Boy Freed After 25 Minute Pin Under Electric Car
Four year old Joseph Hendry of 79 Albion street was pinned beneath an electric car at Tremont and Compton streets for 25 minutes as a crowd hindered rescue efforts. He suffered a broken arm and scalp wound and was taken to City Hospital after being freed by police and railway workers.
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James F. Murray
Boston Protective Department
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William Hendry
Three More Deaths of Tonsillitis Reported in Canton
Canton reports 16 deaths from tonsillitis since the epidemic began last week and 400 cases. Victims today include James J. Smith 68 a former senior vice commander of the local Grand Army post, Arthur Lefever 55 and Mrs. Mary Sweeney 68. Bodies buried by health board order with no public services.
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Canton
James J. Smith
Grand Army of the Republic
Arthur Lefever
Mary Sweeney
Board of Health
Veterans urged cemetery procession halted by health board
The Grand Army post asked the Board of Health to let them ride in electric cars to St. Marys cemetery to pray at Somrade Smiths burial, but permission was refused as epidemic measures stay strict. Veterans bowed heads as the hearse passed Memorial Hall in silence, with no church services today. The Health Board also ordered library and public schools closed next week.
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Board of Health
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Somrade Smith
Memorial Hall
Canton Health Board Officials Criticize State Board
Abner Morse of the Canton Board of Health charges the State Board of Health laid down on the job for 10 days amid a scarlet fever and tonsillitis epidemic in Canton. He spoke in a statement issued tonight reflecting the town’s health crisis.
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Canton
Abner Morse
Canton Board of Health
State Board of Health
Revere Tax Collector Claims Beating After Book Falsification Claim
Arthur C. Pendergast testified two hours after alleging falsified town books he was assaulted and beaten by Assessors Samuel A. Segee and Samuel F. Bates. He said he had just told the district attorney’s office about discrepancies in the 1911 and 1912 records after taking office as town collector.
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Revere
Arthur C. Pendergast
Samuel A. Segee
Samuel FE. Bates
Pendergast
Minot D. Fenno
District Attorney's Office
Revere Assessors
Trailing Vanderbilt Cup Winner In Car Crash Near Cohasset
Mrs Beulah R Smith of Lexington is dead and Paul R Moulton of Brookline is dying after a Cohasset road crash while they rode with Francis Holmes. The trio’s auto skidded on a sharp turn, struck a board walk, and overturned. Holmes suffered a fractured skull and is in uncertain condition. Moulton has a skull fracture and is near death at Des Brisay Hospital.
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Cohasset
Beulah R. Smith
Lexington
Paul B. Moulton
Brookline
Francis Holmes
Winthrop Road
Paul R. Moulton
Westbourne Terrace
Cohasset Road
Moulton
Boston
Johnson to Reply to President Today
Governor Johnson received a letter from Secretary of State Bryan and said he would prepare a reply as soon as possible. He refused to comment further and noted he would telegraph his reply tomorrow morning at the earliest.
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Sacramento
Cal
Johnson
Bryan
Federal effort to delay California alien land act protest
Secretary Bryan acting for President Wilson telegraphed Governor Johnson that the Japanese ambassador protested the California Assembly bill. The envoy urged postponement by withholding signature, signaling diplomatic pressure to slow the land ownership measure.
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Washington
California
Bryan
Wilson
Johnson
California Assembly
President's telegram urges delay on land bill amid Japan protest
Secretary Bryan's telegram from the White House reports the President's request to defer action on the land bill until Japan is informed and can respond. Baron Chinda has protested the measure, and the President urges postponement to allow diplomatic effort and avoid discord with Oriental nations.
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Bryan
White House
Baron Chinda
Policeman Shoots Fatality in Bronx Park Fight
In Bronx Park Botanical Gardens a confrontation with a deranged foreigner led to Policeman Frank Anderson fatally shooting the assailant after the man dodged thrown stones and a long knife. The attacker had threatened women and children visiting the gardens.
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New York
Botanical Gardens
Bronx Park
Frank Anderson
Unruly man is shot by policeman after knife threat in gardens
A 35 year old man, wild eyed and hatless, frightened children in the Gardens by strange acts. He threatened them with a knife, then hurled a stone at Policeman Anderson, who fired once, killing him. The body had no identifying marks.
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Anderson
Wagner Centenary Marked by Boston German Americans
The 100th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth was observed by hundreds of German Americans at the Ficelia Musical and Educational Society clubhouse in West Roxbury with song and story yesterday afternoon and evening.
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Richard Wagner
Boston
Ficelia Musical and Educational Societies
West Roxbury
Local dispute over town collector position described
The narrator recalls facing tight opposition from the assessors' office and a threat of expense from Samuel A. Segee when seeking the town collector role. A woman then arrives with a bill, marking the first notable break in the conflict.
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Samuel A. Segee
Noted poet Alfred Noyes to speak in Boston tonight
Alfred Noyes the celebrated English poet now in Boston will give a peace reading at Arlington Street Church and follow with a short address on International Peace. He will read many of his own poems. The lecture is under the Massachusetts Peace Society and admission is free.
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Alfred Noyes
Boston
Arlington Street
Noyes
Massachusetts Peace Society
Mull Dublin MP John Dillon targets suffragists amid stone attack
Dublin May 11 John Dillon member of Parliament for East Mayo told suffragists he would oppose them, then early Sunday his residence near the Mansion House was pelted with stones. Three women were arrested for breaking fan lights at United Irish League premises.
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Dublin
John Dillon
East Mayo
Mansion House
Dillon
United Irish League
Unclear MLB Box Scores From Boston Detroit Game
Detroit and Boston staged a ten inning thriller with Boston winning 5 to 4. Other results include Chicago defeating Philadelphia and St. Louis topping Washington while Cleveland beat the New York club.
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Detroit
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
New York
Auto racer involved in Cohasset road race crash
Police say the accident stemmed from a road race. Moulton, a known auto racer who once won the Vanderbilt Cup, was speeding in a second car whose driver is unknown. J. Smith and Mrs. Moulton trailed in the fated vehicle after a tire puncture slowed their car.
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Moulton
Cohasset
Rockingham
J. Tt. Smith
Astronomical and civic notes from an 1860s day in Boston
Six days old. Venus rises at 4:14 a.m. Mars 2:36 a.m. Jupiter 7:02 p.m. Saturn sets tonight. Light auto lamps at 7:25 p.m. Today honors Indian Chief Tammany and Henry Cabot Lodge born 1850. Drafts for Civil War began in Boston in 1865. One year ago the sanity test of Clarence V. Richeson was conducted in Charles Street jail.
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Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Tammany
Henry Cabot Lodge
Boston
Clarence V. ‘T. Richeson
Charles Street
Forecast for New England Turns Warmer Early Week
Weather note from Washington May 11 says New England will have fair skies with warmer conditions on Monday and Tuesday. Winds shift from moderate northwest to variable as temperatures rise across the region.
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New England
Fate of Titanic Narrowly Escaped by Chiltern Range
The British freighter Chiltern Range, en route from Hull to Montreal, struck an iceberg east of the Newfoundland Banks. Her bow plates were dented but she slid off the ice and avoided a sharp contact, narrowly escaping disaster, according to Captain Rea. She arrived at Montreal today.
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Montreal
Newfoundland
Itull
Rea
Echoes from Icebergs As Steamer Survives Collision
The berg lay at latitude 46.29 north and longitude 44.40 west in the ocean liner lane. After a collision the steamer found itself among unseen icebergs whose presence was signaled by resounding echoes after each whistle blast. Captain Rea recalled a miraculous escape, noting slow progress in heavy fog and a glancing blow that dented a few plates yet avoided a dire collision.
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Rea
Mount Vesuvius Crater Collapses Amid Loud Eruption
Mount Vesuvius near Naples reached a climax as part of the crater fell in with a deep roar. A funnel 250 feet deep formed while dense sulfurous smoke rose. Tourists, including several Americans, climbed the volcano amid the activity.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
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