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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
11
Essad Pasha former Albanian minister of war arrived in Naples en route to Rome after expulsion from Durazzo. He claims Austria seeks his death or capture and blames organized disorders in Albania. He says Albanians oppose foreign officers commanding their military police.
Lionel de Jersey Harvard, the first student of his name at Harvard, won one of the first prizes in the Boylston competition last evening in Sanders Theatre, Cambridge. Thomas Bookout of Roxbury, N Y, also first division. they will split the $60 first prize. Three tied for second: Edward W. Giblin, Norman C. Loud, and Barney Worrenoff. Each second prize winner received $20.
On May 21 President Wilson met with Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver and a delegation of women and children from Colorado strike districts. Lindsey urged presidential support for reforms affecting labor and schooling.
Judge Lindsey told President Wilson that Colorado faces a civil war requiring firm federal action. He urged closing mines in strike districts and arbitration, aiming to restore republican government, and planned to seek Rockefeller mediation in New York. The White House noted no immediate troop withdrawal.
Michael Quinlan a former marines sergeant from the Spanish-American War and William Osborne a former Spanish War veteran will instruct the Boston branch of the Irish Volunteers. The group with 65 members meets Friday night May 29 at Hibernian Hall Roxbury for the assembly.
Jean Miller of Philadelphia is selected as the class bride of Wellesley College. She plans to marry Edwin Schloss of Philadelphia on June 11, a week before commencement, then return to Wellesley to graduate with her class.
Miss Miller’s closest rival Helen Nixon of Boston is to marry Curtis Morrison Hill of Braintree in June. Other engagements include Beatrice Henley to Edward Curtis Matthews Jr of Portsmouth, Saba Thomas to Paul Foster of Boston, Helen Hayward to Donald Keith of Brockton, Miriam Shoe to Abbott Usher of Grafton, Lucile Woodling to Lambert Davis of Tacoma, Bernice Reed to Walter Armon of Minneapolis, Harriet Blake to George Akerson of Minneapolis, Evelyn Asher to Reuben Bowden of Jacksonville, and Marion Warner to John Snyder Carlisle of Brooklyn.
The First Congregational Church of Revere hires Rev N C Maynard of Newton to fill summer pulpit duties while a permanent pastor is chosen in fall. Crane Theological School alumni hold their Tufts reunion with Walter Rauschenbusch speaking on social problems and ministry. Memorial services planned at St Mark's Brookline and Epworth League officers named at Hyde Park First Methodist. Belmont pastor Rev George Hale Reed resigns to lead Rogers Memorial in Fairhaven. Mt Auburn holds memorials led by Rev Frank Lincoln Masseck and Rev L McCollester. Winthrop rector Rev Charles W Henry to preach farewell at Andover’s Christ Church on May 41.
A record field at Woodland for the spring meeting qualifier produced a tie for Woodland gold between R. W. Brown and J. H. Sullivan Jr both carding 89. The course played tough with high scores. 16 players qualified for the Woodland cup and several withdrawals left 91 as a last tie for the final spot. Two more finishes of 16 qualified the handicap and player 100.
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals distributed 5000 lapel buttons to Greater Boston union teamsters. The Be Kind to Animals campaign aims to educate and promote animal welfare with National Horse Day on June 2.
In Fall River on May 1 82 moulders at the Mechanics Foundry and Machine Company walked out after failing to reach an agreement on working conditions. They accept the $3 daily wage for a nine hour day but protest intolerable conditions.
General Jacob Coxey led an unemployed band of nine to the Capitol steps, where he delivered a long speech on industrial conditions to a curious crowd. Seven more unemployed from Baltimore joined the group under J Hadzow at the Capitol.
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