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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1915
Page
3
New Orleans reports Burwood near the Mississippi as the site of the highest sustained wind velocity since the Weather Bureau. On Sept 29 a five minute gust reached 122 miles an hour, with a hurricane lasting 16 hours above 70 mph and over 80 mph for 12 hours.
Miss Helen Todd of California speaks at Talbot Hall urging support for women’s suffrage. She cites President Wilson and cabinet support, criticizes Colonel Irish for slander, and notes California's rapid passage of child labor and age of consent reforms after enfranchisement.
Megr. Thomas F. Kennedy rector of the American College at Rome was seriously ill at Castle Gandolfo during his summer vacation but tonight officials said he is out of danger.
William H. Mogan of East Boston charged that Socialists back woman suffrage at an open air Brockton rally arguing a suffrage vote equals a vote for Socialism. He cited frequent Socialist hecklers and urged voters to withhold support as anti-suffrage campaigns tour 10 towns including Sharon Stoughton and Wareham with Cape coverage planned Provincetown meeting to follow.
Antis suffer another setback as a Brockton Fair audience hears Miss Marjorie Dorman of New York and Colonel John P. Irish of California denounce woman suffrage. Irish cites a California legislator’s letter forecasting suffrage’s retirement while praising the silence of nonvoting women.
Police identify the St James Hotel victim as Joanna Donovan of Lynn though her sister in law disputes the identification. Probation Officers from the Boston Municipal Court supported the positive ID. The victim, 24 or 25, lived at 18 Gray Street South End. a cab driver linked to a possible marriage was questioned.
Engineers Local 16 plans to appeal to the State Board of Labor and Industries against a public service corporation for forcing workers to 12 hours daily, seven days a week. The joint executive boards reviewed the issue, and Perry reported that workers total 84 hours weekly, prompting unanimous action to seek state enforcement.
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