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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1911
Page
14
The Good Government Association will publish circulars on Boston candidates for the State Legislature, providing records and opinions on their qualifications. The group notes it will avoid state issues, focusing on municipal matters and how candidates stand on honest, efficient city government.
Seven persons killed and 22 injured in a collision between Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 105 and a fast freight at Fort Crook Nebraska ten miles from Omaha. Four serious injuries reported. Accident believed caused by misunderstanding of freight crew orders.
A relief train hurried to the wreck with railway surgeons. The slightly injured were sent on, the more seriously hurt to Fort Crook Army Hospital. Governor Gilchrist of Florida rode the north bound train uninjured. Dead include Frances Lillian Kronka Washington D C F W Petring Nebraska City O W Keeler Atchison Kan Mrs Fred W Rowttmann Nebraska City Wisterian Rowttmann eight year old daughter A W Sprague St Joseph Mo and an unidentified colored woman.
President Taft departed San Francisco for Los Angeles after two days of activity. He toured the 1915 exposition site, visited the Y M C A and First Unitarian Church, inspected infantry and coast artillery at the Presidio, and met Rear Admiral Thomas aboard the cruiser California. He declined further public remarks.
Berlin reports the Emperor at Eberswalde invited Italian ambassador Signor Alberto Pansa to a conference with German leaders to discuss the Turco Italian war. The meeting was planned with Foreign Minister Von Kiderlin Waechter but canceled after the Emperor's message signaling possible German intervention to end the conflict.
Constantinople dispatch reports sharp split in Turkish public opinion on war stance with Union and Progress backing resistance to the last. Subscriptions fund a fleet amid unease over Bulgaria as mobilization actions rise. Ministers confer as Turkish and Bulgarian officials exchange messages.
Italian infantry faced its first combat in 15 years as Turkish forces attacked outposts at Tripoli. Officers halted pursuit fearing a trap while 200 Turkish wounded receive care in Italian hospital tents. The expeditionary force of 15 000 men arrives with aeroplanes vans and a hospital ship under Prince Colonna.
Rev Cortland Myers at Tremont Temple lambasts Boston for blasphemy and revelry. He says the city, called Hub of the Universe, is losing reverence for God and law and warns of divine punishment if sin continues. He cites Sunday theaters, profanity, and moral decline as evidence.
Charles B. Strecker, Democratic candidate for State auditor, spoke to a crowded Knights of Pythias Hall about his campaign. The event, held October 15, drew members of the local Hebrew Political Club to listen to his remarks and platform.
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