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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1916
Page
1
A New Hampshire resident rode a train to Boston North Station and, seeing a police arrest, thought the crowd was attacking the officer. He phoned police, triggering a riot alert based on his erroneous impression.
London dispatch reports Rumanians gaining ground against Austro Germans in Transylvania. In Dobrudja the Danube crossing into Bulgaria heightens interest as fighting persists along the Constanza to Danube railway. Teutonic allies resist while details on invading Bulgarian troops remain unconfirmed.
A Giants figure quits the field in a rage during a game, triggering the era’s biggest baseball scandal. The rebel leader forfeits all ties with the team while New York crowds cheer as a NL pennant is presented to Robinson's men.
The Majestic Theatre was closed after the city board of censors, led by Mayor Curley, viewed the film Is Any Girl Safe? The entire production was deemed objectionable and unfit for public exhibition. The theatre license was suspended unanimously.
Baseball series schedule outlines games from Oct 1 to Oct 18 across Braves Field and Ebbets Field with potential seventh game decided by coin toss. Umpires Dineen Connolly ODay Quigley named. each umpire earns 1000 for the series.
At Hanover street station excitement spreads as word of a riot reaches HQ. Officers race to the North station, a hospital ambulance follows, and Patrolman Glancy holds two men near the police box. One officer notes no fire alarm was pulled.
Boston College will occupy a place on Harvard's 1917 football schedule. The announcement signals BC's rapid rise in collegiate sport and sets up a notable matchup between the two programs this season.
Sofia reports only several battalions of Romanians crossed the river while German monitors destroy pontoon bridges. An unofficial Rome despatch says Field Marshal von Mackensen orders evacuation of Silistria and Turtukai forts in Dobruja to prevent Romanian advance.
The First Battalion of the First Massachusetts Artillery Batteries A B and C will depart for home once drills end. The Rhode Island battery will also be sent home after range firing. Troop M Rhode Island cavalry and Troop A Massachusetts cavalry, plus possibly two more troops, will be sent home at once.
In New England the milk wage dispute continues as contractors and producers claim victory. Representatives display telegrams and messages. contractors say farmers have quit and ship milk while producers argue the opposite remains true.
In Greater Boston a split emerged over paying 50 cents per eight and a half quart can. Dealers claim they will match contractor prices, while some deny fixed offers. Telegrams suggested 50 cents but could not be verified. Waltham and Watertown dealers raised milk prices from 9 to 19 cents and 10 to 11 cents respectively.
Two killed and over thirty injured when two street cars collided on the West Third street bridge in Taft Ohio causing the structure to collapse. Cars plunged 30 feet to B&O tracks near the Cuyahoga River. Also notes Roosevelt and Taft greeting Hughes at Union League Club in New York.
A.M. Arte SUN Biz MOON notes Isa 9s Sets 5.2 Light all vehicles at 5 51 tonight. TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES include Rutherford B. Hayes born 1822, 19th U S President.
Forecast for southern New England calls for partly cloudy Wednesday with likely rain Thursday and increasing northeast winds. Northern New England expected to stay fair Wednesday and become partly cloudy Thursday. Average temperatures yesterday and comparison data follow in the weather table.
A Scranton road south bound car carrying women shoppers ran away on a hill near the bridge, struck a north bound train and caused a wooden bridge to sag and give way. Forty on the runaway car and twenty nine on the other were aboard with several injured and two confirmed dead, Mrs. Clara Dille and Otto Borchert.
In a receiving line, Taft and Roosevelt shook hands with club members and guests. They did not speak further beyond the courteous phrase We shook hands. Roosevelt declined to comment on the meeting.
John J. McGraw, Giants manager, charged his team with throwing the game that cost them the National League pennant at Ebbetts Field. The allegation shocked baseball, marking the first such hint of dishonesty in nearly 40 years, with Art Fletcher and William Perritt supporting the claim.
The game between the Giants and Dodgers degenerated early as a four run lead vanished. Rube Benton started for New York and blamed Fletcher for throwing the game after Brooklyn cut the margin to one. McGraw intervened to separate them. Perritt, relieving Benton, was accused of aiding the Dodgers.
In the American league Philadelphia beat Boston 5 to 3 in game one and 7 to 5 in game two. Washington defeated New York 9 to 11 innings. In the National league Boston won 6 to 3 in game one and 6 to 1 in game two. Brooklyn defeated New York 9 to 6.
Lois B Rantoul failed to register to vote for the fall Boston school committee race. Officials ruled her legal residence was Salem Massachusetts because her husband votes there, despite living in Jamaica Plain. She listed 101 Forest Hills Street Ward 22 as her address and 35 years old.
Mountainview New Hampshire reports the theft of the stomach and visceral parts of Mrs. Frederick tL Small murdered at Mountainview. High Sheriff Arthur Chandler confirms a bag with the parts was taken from North station en route to Boston for medical examination. A $1000 reward was posted for the bag’s return.
Athens reports that two thousand Italian soldiers women and cavalry have occupied Argyro Castro Albania after occupying Santi Quaranta. Greek military authorities were given time to evacuate while Greek civil authorities may remain at their posts.
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