17 Nov 1913
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1913
Page
1
Parke H Davis, former Princeton football star, writes a critical sum up of Yale and Harvard elevens. Davis represents Princeton on the current football rules committee and is recognized as a leading authority. His analysis comes just days before the Harvard Yale clash.
Parke H. Davis analyzes the upcoming Yale at Harvard clash noting both teams have faced Princeton recently in extended games. He argues Yale’s latent potential and tradition keep them competitive, predicting a strong Blue showing in Cambridge despite Harvard’s edge.
London reports Baron Headley has embraced Islam after two decades of private belief. He cites Christian intolerance as a key reason, praising Mohammedanism for its consistent devotion, lack of dogma, and sincerity, while maintaining that Christ remains an inspired teacher in his view.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst says Christobel is not married and not on a Paris honeymoon. She blames anti suffragists for the false reports, rejecting questions as fabrications. London papers and Frank Harris’s Modern Society had claimed the marriage.
The article describes Christabel Pankhurst in exile directing the suffrage campaign from abroad. It notes criticism of Katharine H. and portrays Christabel as the Sun Yat Sen of England, editing The Suffragette while unable to return until victory and equal rights for women are won.
Forty workers were left jobless after a Williamsburg mill owned by Gilbert M Bradford burned in Northampton. The fire caused about 20000 in damage with only 3000 coverage, and the plant produced box shocks.
Lawrence Mills may be tied up as 300 firemen voted to strike tomorrow morning if their demand for an eight hour day is not granted before the big plants start. The city has about 50 cotton and woolen mills employing roughly 55,000 workers.
John J. Cunningham presided as fireside union meetings discussed mill demands for reducing the 12 hour workday by four hours without pay cut. Mill officials had not provided definite answers. gas, paper, and city firms had already granted the concession months earlier. The engineers’ union pledged support and noted state law limits unlicensed firemen to one-week operation. The chamber of commerce offered to help mediate to avoid another strike like 1912.
The regime announces the dictator will play out the game to the end and never quit while removing the final original cabinet members. Authorities move to consolidate power amid the upheaval and calls for reform grow across the nation.
Francis Bowes Sayre, the assistant district attorney and fiancé of Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, announces resignation to wed on November 25. He says his work in the abandonment bureau has shifted his views on marriage and the legal system, though he offers no authority on the topic.
London reports government plans to offer a suspensive clause for Ulster in the home rule bill and to seek extra tax funds to compensate Irish Nationalists for Ulster’s temporary wealth loss. Bonar Law and Unionists may consider the proposal but Redmond's followers oppose.
In Mexico City, provisional President Huerta vows he will not resign and will press on. He sacks Manuel Garza Aldape the minister of interior, seen as Huerta cabinet head, after Garza urged U.S. talks on Huerta's retirement. The cabinet has been purged and tensions rise as the political stalemate continues.
The entry notes the 56th day of autumn and counts days until Christmas. It lists astronomical references with rising and setting times for Venus and Mare, Jupiter, and Saturn, plus lamp lighting tonight. It then lists TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES including actor William Warren born 184. It mentions Sir Walter Raleigh and a 1604 treason event, plus a battle between Turks and Bulgarians near Taebatalja fortifications.
Forecast indicates rain or snow Monday with clearing Tuesday as warmer conditions develop. Moderate variable winds. Northern New England remains unsettled Monday with possible snow or rain and brisk north winds, then generally fair Tuesday.
Average temperatures listed with scattered figures across day parts. Readings include 35 to 46 degrees in the afternoon and evening, with a 38 degree afternoon value and a 33 degree evening value.
Harry D. Dean, clothes aflame, crawled from a Bridge Street bungalow blaze and leaped into the Charles River. He was pulled from the water by three motorists and taken to City Hospital, where he is not expected to survive. A woman, claiming to be his housekeeper, was arrested for drunkenness as police probe the strange incident between Dedham and Jamaica Plain. The fire destroyed the bungalow with no warning.
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