15 Nov 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1911
Page
1
Clarence V. T. Richeson faces a January 15 murder trial with lawyers filing for a venue change due to public sentiment in Suffolk County. They fear an impartial jury cannot be drawn despite a large field of potential jurors.
District Attorney Pelletier vows to oppose a change of venue in a high profile Suffolk murder case. He argues enough unprejudiced men remain to fairly try the matter despite publicity. Richeson diamonds to Cambridge church resignation remains pending until Nov 24 meeting. church clerk Cummings notes second resignation letter but says action waits.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for an unsettled Wednesday with occasional rain or snow and warmer temperatures. Thursday should be generally fair with falling temperatures and southwest to west winds. In New England, snow on Wednesday, fair Thursday, colder with brisk south winds shifting to west Wednesday night.
Miss Florence Crawford an art model formerly with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School dies at Cambridge Hospital after a collision between a touring car and a produce wagon on Belmont street. Miss Grace McDonald is dying. Albert A. Ashley and Harry Asher of Greene Film Exchange are not expected to live. Young Locke survived with bruises.
A rear collision near Erickson street Belmon t Bel mont street Cambridge line fatally injures Albert W. Locke driver of a produce wagon and severely wounds several occupants in a touring car. Miss Crawford and Mr Ashley are critically injured with collapse and skull fracture while Miss McDonald and Thomas Butler escape with minor injuries and flee toward Boston.
President Richard C. Maclaurin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology warned last night that the college could relocate to Springfield if the Cambridge opposition continues. He told a joint Cambridge City Council and Board of Aldermen meeting that the institution would not come to Cambridge unless welcomed and noted land and funds were offered in Springfield to entice a move.
President Maclaurin urged closing Amherst Street from Ames Street to Massachusetts Avenue after a two hour discussion on the proposal. The move aims to accommodate the institution if it is located there, with science department considerations noted.
College football chatter notes Fisher rejoining the Harvard backcourt at guard as Yale and Dartmouth squads face scrutiny. American League fielding averages are listed while whispers of roster changes and club movements swirl amid season disarray.
The 500000 alienation suit brought by Frederick L. Small against Arthur H. Soden was settled out of court for about 15000. Judge Harris recommended payment to Small while sides refused to discuss or confirm figures. Small, once from West Somerville, married Laura Patterson in 1899 and had an attachment placed on Soden's estate in December 1908.
Father Thomas J. Gasson told school principals that the Commonwealth’s salaries for teachers are disgracefully low. He urged pensions of at least half salary and better working conditions so educators can live comfortably and avoid poverty in old age. Gasson and G. H. Martin called for fair class sizes and daily appreciation for teachers.
General Bell commands 6000 American troops in Manila awaiting State Department orders for duty in China. The transport Sherman and warships are held ready, with Liscum and Warren available for quick troop moves between Manila and Shanghai or Tien Tsin. A large Pacific merchant liner could be chartered to embark about 5000 troops within 24 hours.
A new primary law is being drafted by Republicans and Democrats led by David I. Walsh of Fitchburg and Mayor Fitzgerald. Boston Board of Elections Chairman John M. Minton has consulted with Walsh and the measure is already in shape.
The article describes a proposed system where voters receive a single ballot listing all candidates and may vote for one nominee per office for each party. It notes voters choosing one candidate per office while permitting cross party support and mentions committees resisting enrolment checks due to reluctance to mark voter designations.
Cable advices reported by the Chinese Free Press indicate revolutionary forces began an assault on Nanking early today after days of waiting for arms and ammunition.
Miss Harriet Dow testified at the Bertram G. Spencer murder trial describing a masked intruder who robbed Mrs. Sarah J. Dow's house and killed Miss Martha B. Blackstone, a school teacher, while wounding Harriet and her daughter Harriet. Spencer wept and proclaimed his innocence during the testimony.
The report details a home invasion where Miss Blackstone was killed as she screamed and tried to flee while a burglar pointed a revolver at her mother. Miss Harriet B. Dow was wounded after throwing a chair in a failed escape attempt. The Dows, once in Springfield, now live in Roxbury Boston. Police recovered a blue-barrelled revolver, leather holster, and a black silk mask, all tied to the crime. The witnesses could not identify the killer. District Attorney Callahan led the prosecution as the trial proceeded amid tense scenes.
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