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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
2
Malden physicians defeated Malden clergymen 20 to 5 at Malden High School Park yesterday afternoon in a swelling display of batting and pitching. The clergy team featured former college stars, while the doctors fielded several players who nearly joined the majors before practicing medicine.
The benefit baseball game for Malden Hospital raised over 400. Clergymen faced physicians in a lively match with Rev Connelley and Dr McBain delivering standout performances. Bailey, O Connell, and Mayor Farrell drew notices as the game wore on and fatigue set in with several errors.
John Newman an 11 year old Medford resident is dying at Cotter Hospital Somerville from a wound in the right temple after a peg game incident. Arthur Thompson of Medford lost his umbrella handle and punctured the boy's skull. Newman was rushed to Dr Richardson then to hospital where surgery was performed.
Council members extend delay until next Wednesday and grant Mascioli reprieve as four councillors vote to seek the electric chair for Mrs. Cusumano despite defense protests that her conviction rests on perjured evidence.
Four vote for, seven against a commutation of Enrico Mascioli and Laura Cusumano, with Governor Foss blocked from voting by law. Councillor McGregor absent a plan to break the deadlock, leaving the case to reopen next week with new testimony anticipated.
Plymouth May 29 Sheriff Porter says he awaits Governor Foss action on Mrs. Cusumano case. He will hold her in Plymouth until directions from the State House and will not move her before June 7. The stay by the council delays removal, and she remains in good spirits.
In Philadelphia on May 29 a Baltimore and Ohio freight locomotive was struck by lightning. The engine left the tracks and overturned in the southern city section, killing conductor Daniel Edwards. Engineer Thomas McCullem suffered likely fatal burns and three crew members were seriously injured. Twenty one freight cars were damaged, buckled, and several smashed.
Andrew Vincent, a laborer on the John Parkinson estate, unearthed nearly $12,000 in jewels from three Monu ment Neck summer cottages by striking a tin lard pail with his shovel while digging for a new boathouse foundation.
George P Gardner of 186 Beacon Street Boston James Jackson of 0 Beacon Street Boston and Frank F Field Brockton shoe maker owned caved-in cove loot unearthed by laborer Vincent while digging under a boathouse. The find includes pearls gold necklaces lockets a gold watch rusted works and only eight dollars.
Mayor Fitzgerald said he will not approve the Prince School enlargement contract until a public hearing is provided for opponents. A petition against adding two stories to the Back Bay building was delivered at noon, contending the extra height will block light and air to nearby properties.
Chester S. Jordan, condemned for murder, was visited by his sister Mrs. Frederic C. Kendall at the East Cambridge jail. Kendall refused to discuss the visit. Officials expect District Attorney Higgins to move for a day to rescind the stay of sentence within days.
Police and detectives patrolled major hotels including the Gotham Breslin and Rector as dining rooms closed amid strikes. At the Breslin 175 patrons sought meals offsite before strike breakers arrived. Knickerbocker stayed closed until 150 strikers were hired. Belmont and Churchhill saw smaller impacts. Hotel Association voted a 20 percent wage increase and other improvements independent of unions.
A free from opiates remedy targets rheumatism sciatica and neuritis with a $1 Nurito box sold by Riker Jaynes Drug Stores. The ad claims quick relief without dangerous additives and offers a money back guarantee if pain persists.
Frank Fay denounces mass firings of street railway workers tied to a new union as a targeted weeding out by the Boston Elevated under Bancroft. Discharged workers include long-serving staff wrongly labeled as union members. Fay calls for arbitration and better pay amid harsh schedules and low wages.
The Boston division of the International Railway Mens Association plans its first demand to reinstate loyal men who fronted in wartime service. The statement targets improving working conditions for workers of the Boston Elevated Railway, described as one of the world’s richest corporations.
The local organization plans to have 90 percent of the motormen and conductors join the group to speak for workers. Secretary Culli nan is authorized to present their case. They demand reinstatement of three discharged men and emphasize this as top priority for justice for all employees and service members. The discharged veteran had twenty years with the company.
Sir Lewis William Molesworth former high sheriff in 1898 died today. His wife was Jane Graham Frost daughter of Brigadier General Daniel Marsh Frost U S A whom he married at St Louis in 1875.
Miss Bean, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bean, was killed when a car driven by Mr. Ramsdell skidded on a steep Smith Point road turn near George N. Black’s cottage. Miss Emerson and Ramsdell were injured. Bean’s death was ruled accidental by Medical Examiner Stickney. The incident shocked Melrose and Malden families.
Antonio Fossa 45 of 5 Piotti Place Dorchester was driving his wagon along Dorchester Avenue near First Street South Boston when a Boston Elevated car struck the wagon knocking him from his seat. His skull was fractured and he lies at Carney Hospital in a dangerous condition.
Alumni and students from Boston University Law School nationwide arrive for the annual Law School Association banquet at the Exchange Club. Afternoon class day exercises are in Ford Hall followed by an evening gathering of the 1912 degree men with older graduates at the Exchange Club.
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