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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
4
Labor leaders in the Pittsburg district prepare to file legal attacks over free speech and assembly rights. Court papers are ready and injunctions against Pittsburg and Allegheny county officials are expected to restrain interference with local union meetings and labor mass gatherings. Applications may be pursued in county and federal courts.
More than 100 Boston University Law School students attended a smoker yesterday afternoon as they move to organize a Republican Club. Frank B. Hall chaired the event and Captain Daniel A. McKay spoke, with B. Larr Newton presiding as organizer. Officers to be elected later.
Lincoln New Hampshire October 16 Louis Russell 18 is arrested in Beeble River charged with the murder of William OBrien whose body was found a week earlier on an abandoned railroad bed Frank Morin 18 is held as an accessory The State relies on a witness who saw Russell flee the scene shortly after the shots were heard and soon after the body was found
Jewish communities worldwide mark Simhat Torah with feasts and services as the annual Torah reading cycle closes and Genesis reading begins immediately after Deuteronomy. Dancing is allowed in synagogues and some families burn booths from Succoth as part of observances.
The National Association of Railway Utilities Commissioners urges the return of railroads to private ownership no later than December 31, 1919. It says the transition should be smooth and recommends continuing current interstate and intrastate rates set by the director general until July 1, 1921.
Four Newfoundland survivors report the British schooner Onato was crushed by shifting cargo, killing captain James Brussia and first mate Ernst Brussia while adrift hundreds of miles from shore. The Onato was picked up by the American steamer Zirkel off the Newfoundland coast.
Coningsby Dawson British author and war veteran spoke at Symphony Hall on Remaking the World saying postwar prejudice between capital and labor drifts back but not among khaki wearers. He praised veterans for loyalty and noted no trouble with returned soldiers in Great Britain.
Survivors Nicholl Molton Ash and Frizzard dispute Zirkel captain Sul llivan accounts of a mutiny during a gale. Zirkel crew of six battled to save the schooner Onato from Oporto to Newfoundland. two officers reportedly crushed as cargo shifted. Onato, 105 tons, carried salt. four men confined at Gloucester Immigration Station and to be turned over to the British consul.
Shaver O Brien of South Boston handed a knockout to Johnny Segar of the YD club in a seven round bout at Camp Devens. The card featured a draw between Fat Brown and Joe Gibbs, a decision for Willie Corbett over Mike Malia, and a six round draw for Young Jasper and Flash Rogers. Referee was Mike Conroy.
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