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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1913
Page
2
Troops in Kiev are being drafted in large numbers as a precaution amid the Mendel Beiliss ritual murder trial. During today's session M. Shmakoff, an anti Semite representative, appealed to anti Jewish prejudice and alleged Jewish money funded the case.
The text notes Beiliss gaining control of newspapers to push a favored line and cites Dr. Sikorski who in court last week claimed ritual murder is a 20th century reality rather than a myth, asserting fearless truth amid danger.
The Chicago Grand Opera Company opened Baltimore's season with Rigoletto. Italian baritone Titta Ruffo sang the title role in his first appearance here and was warmly received. Conductor Cleofonte Campanini led the orchestra. Labrador’s area noted at 200000 square miles with a population around 4000.
Frank J. Johnson a Providence optician admits to his first wife he forgot their marriage and says he didn’t know he fathered three children until confronted. The first wife and family doctor suspect a mental ailment causing wandering and amnesia. The second wife disputes any prior marriage.
Johnson, alias Frank J. Jackson, is jailed awaiting proof that his episodic hallucinations stem from a mental ailment or face bigamy charges. His first wife recalls a prior disappearance, and police traced him through a photo in an optical journal.
Revere selectman Bruno Hartnung received a surprise birthday gathering at his home with 100 friends presenting jewelled gold cuff links. The event celebrated his 48th birthday and honored his constituents.
Rhode Island awarded scholarships totaling 2425 to 3% students at Brown University. Recipients plan to pursue teaching careers. The action was announced in Providence on November 7.
The last illustrated talk by Hugh O'Donnell on Ireland drew a large audience at Tremont Temple last evening. He detailed Ireland's history and landscapes with engaging imagery and pictures, promising a repeat performance this afternoon.
A Bay State suffrage event in Boston faced an S P C A probe into alleged animal sales amid claims of a planted complaint by anti suffragists. suffragists labeled it a put up job while antis denied involvement. Despite the dispute, sales proceeded and the two day festival closed with a grand ball and thousands in proceeds for the suffrage cause.
A peculiar development emerged as it became known yesterday that all those in charge of the animal sale are prominent members of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In the early morning hours they swooped down upon the scene.
At a Kensington building gathering yesterday afternoon anti-suffragists praised Representatives and Senators who lost Tuesday. Mrs. George W. Pfeiffer said those men of liberal education would not pledge to suffragism and noted Greenwood and Underhill as working for the people in the legislature.
Mrs H E George urged members to visit merchants showing Mrs Pankhurst announcements and demand removal from windows. She argued merchants fail to grasp what Mrs Pankhurst represents and criticized tolerating such displays.
Dwight L. Elmendorf opened his annual lecture series in Symphony Hall with a focus on Ceylon. He toured Colombo and Kandy showing local customs and ancient ruins, plumbago factories, and fishing fleets, with tropical scenery and photographs enhancing the narrative. The talk will be repeated this afternoon.
George Korkas, a Greek waiter with Boston hotel work, reported to police that two men used the handkerchief confidence game to steal $325 he drew from Wildey Savings Bank. They lured him toward Mexico with promises of money, but he found the bundle contained waste paper at Station 4.
Miss Margaret Preston, 32, drowned today in Happy Hollow Pond in Valley Falls. The body was recovered in about three feet of water and authorities believe she became ill and fell in.
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