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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1922
Page
2
Ulster reports say on May 23 more than 300 prisoners were taken by special constables across counties. The detainees largely included officers and men of the Irish Republican Army along with Sinn Fein members and other associated groups.
Fragmentary text shows tensions as groups resist constituted authorities. No further readable details available to specify persons, places, or dates.
The Northern government moved swiftly after the assassination of W J Twardell, a Northern Parliament member, while narrowing arrests as Republican leaders fled Belfast. A Catholic protection committee telegram to Winston Churchill cites Catholic killings from May 12 to May 2, with five women and two children dead, forty-five wounded, and mass evictions as Catholics face peril. Belfast also saw tomb explosions and arson incidents, including a theatre bombing with no casualties.
Miss Beatrice Christman, a senior at Wellesley College, drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing in Lake Waban. Authorities investigated the incident and extended condolences to her family.
Miss Annis Hall and Miss Gertrude Miller, both seniors at Wellesley College, assisted by college friends, recovered their drowning companion Miss Christman from the lake and, with college physicians and police ambulance, tried to resuscitate her for two hours. The Christman family of Joplin Missouri is prominent in business and social life.
The Guatemalan minister and Senor Dr Enrique Olaya Herrera of Colombia submitted their credentials to President Harding at the White House today in a formal diplomatic ceremony.
Yesterday many applicants filed nomination papers for September primaries. Professor Dallas Love Sharp of Boston University entered the race as a Democratic candidate for United States state office, signaling a crowded field and anticipated campaign activity.
A group of university students visited Secretary of State Cook to obtain papers for a state senator. They also stated that English chair Professor Sharp is a Woodrow Wilson Democrat and has supported ratification of the Versailles treaty. They claim Sharp has urged running against Senator Lodge on a League of Nations issue.
The Canadian Club of Boston voted unanimously to take permanent quarters at the Hotel Bellevue. The group will function as a club rather than a society and adopted a new set of by laws after a buffet luncheon and smoker.
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