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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1912
Page
1
In Chicago on November six, fifteen people will undergo skin graft surgery for Mrs. Sigurd Benson at Reeseb hospital. Each donor will give three square inches of cuticle to aid the burned patient’s recovery.
Eugene Maurer of Fond du Lac offered his leg to the hospital to aid Mrs Benson after a gasoline blast left her continually in a tepid bath for six months. Doctors recalling Billy Rugh’s death declined the gift while many others volunteered skin grafts with fifteen men tested and ready to report at the hospital next afternoon.
The Canadian Northern royal mail steamer Royal George with 910 passengers aboard ran aground on rocks in the St. Lawrence River during a fog tonight and is reported to be in a serious condition.
The Royal George ran aground about one mile east of Point St. Laurent on the Island of Orleans ten miles below Quebec. The wrecking steamer Lord Strathcona and two tugs were sent to aid. The vessel struck on rocks along the north side of the South channel while going at full speed from Avonmouth England to Montreal. Access to the grounded ship is difficult and updates are slow to arrive.
The Russian cruiser Saratoff departed Odessa for Constantinople today carrying enough provisions to feed 2500 people for one month.
Mrs Maria Morello 21 of 67 Webster Avenue Chelsea saved her 2 year old son Pedro from a Boston bound surface car on Broadway Chelsea by throwing herself between the child and the vehicle. She suffered a broken left arm and was taken to Frost Hospital. the child was uninjured.
A blaze at the Driscoll home in Chrome New Jersey killed three children at the scene and a fourth succumbed to injuries later. Their mother Mrs James Driscoll is in critical condition.
Late returns from cities and 219 towns show Frank J. Donahue winning the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State by 12 577 votes. Other statewide races besides Governor and Lieutenant Governor do not indicate Democratic victories.
Auditor John E. White leads James F. Carens by 548 votes while State treasurer race shows Joseph L. St. Coeur ahead of Elmer A. Stevens by 2577 votes. Attorney general George W. Anderson leads rival James M. Swift by 2323 votes. rate includes 937 of 1102 precincts with strong Democratic areas and Progressive candidate Houstis Newton behind Swift. Prohibition and Socialist totals also listed for President and Governor races.
IS HELPLESS IN TUNNEL ELLENSBURG WASH NOV 6 Fifteen men are helpless in the Northern Pacific tunnel through the crest of the Cascade range after being overcome by gas from a passing train. Relief trains with mine rescue apparatus and physicians have been sent from Cle Elum and Auburn.
London reports Bulgarians drive the defeated Turkish army with rapid pursuit along the coast toward the Tchatalia lines. Constantinople curbs hope as Servian forces seize Kruševo near Monastir and Greek ships take Tenedos while Turkish threats to abandon Constantinople rise amid advancing columns.
The Bulgarian government seeks peace if Adrianople and other western positions are surrendered and Asia reinforcements halted. The Porte resists direct peace talks until the Tehatalja battle, while Albania remains a flashpoint. Serbia and Austria clash over Albania as Serbia demands an Adriatic port.
Massachusetts voters may choose a new United States Senator if Democratic leaders join Progressive calls for a direct senatorial primary. Mayor Fitzgerald leads the effort with support from Governor Foss and other Democrats as they weigh a special session or a primary funded by the three party groups.
In a statement the Mayor urges a three party backed senatorial primary to let voters decide by popular vote. He calls on Governor Foss, Charles Sumner Bird, and Joseph Walker to coordinate, delay Senate election until after a statewide vote, and have the three parties fund a presidential primary to settle the matter.
New York dispatch notes ongoing uncertainty in close states over the national vote and party composition. Early totals place Republicans at 117 House seats with 283 Democrats 12 Progressives 23 districts unreported, 435 total. Final results from Idaho Utah Vermont fixed GOP votes while Iowa Kansas Minnesota South Dakota and Wyoming hinted at shifts.
Latest tallies place Wilson at 403 electoral votes with Roosevelt 116 and Taft 12. Woman suffrage passed in Kansas Arizona Michigan with Oregon likely, while Wisconsin defeated equal suffrage. Popular vote estimates vary, with no precise counts available yet and changes expected as states finalize results.
Elders' Sanitarium in St Joseph Missouri publishes a booklet detailing the deadly tobacco habit and a method to quit in three to five days. Free copies are being distributed. readers may send name and address to receive the book at once.
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