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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
3
A mob of about 200 men and boys attacked two cars carrying strike breakers near Keany Square in Chelsea. Police from Hanover Street Station stopped the disturbance. Four men implicated in the small riot were arrested and held for the hearing in Police Court.
Henry Ford has laid aside an unlimited fund to aid crippled children in the United States who require orthopedic or surgical care. Dean S. Marquis, head of the Ford educational department, announced the provision yesterday at the Babson conference in Wellesley.
The speaker explained Ford's funds for crippled relatives and a separate fund run by Marquis for crippled children nationwide. He described Ford’s philanthropy and profit-sharing, noting higher wages boosted output from eight hour days. He stated women may not share in profit sharing unless dependents rely on them.
Cameron Forbes president of the National Hughes Alliance and ex Governor-General of the Philippines predicted a substantial Hughes break in the South at a City Club luncheon. Congressman Richard Austin of Tennessee claimed Hughes would carry Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia with a tariff viewpoint. Massachusetts Hughes Alliance organizers and Progressive era figures attended the gathering.
Stephen Conroy eight years old of 7 Watson Street Cambridge was hit by an automobile on Massachusetts Avenue near Boylston Street subway. He suffered a brain concussion severe scalp wounds and bruises and was taken to City Hospital in critical condition. The car was owned by Alvin Fuller of 1089 Commonwealth Avenue and operated by William Cahill of 36 Osborne Road Brookline.
An advertisement for Guyer Hats at Wolf's store branding as My Clothier at the corner of Hanover and Portland streets. Hats priced at 3 dollars with the surprise inclusion of Legal Stamps in the bargain.
Mayor Curley ordered rejection of all bids for 250000 gallons of refined coal tar and 60 000 gallons of tar patching material after noting nearly identical estimates from American Tar Barrett Manufacturing and Independent Coal Tar firms. He directed readvertisement by the city supply department.
John Gilstrap aged 22 a fireman on board the steamer Nacoochee was charged in East Boston court yesterday with killing Albert Newton 33 of Savannah Georgia He was held without bail for the grand jury for the October term.
N W Dennett chair of the Boston Billy Sunday ushers' committee began organizing 1600 ushers by sending letters to Greater Boston clergymen seeking at least three volunteers per church for the Sunday campaign. About 1500 ushers and 138 doorkeepers will staff tabernacle services, divided into four divisions with lieutenant ushers and assistants in charge.
The Readville race track sale owned by Andrew J. Welch was postponed yesterday for the second time, now slated for October 16 after an original Aug. 3 date.
A lightning triggered an explosion in the fulminate building at the DuPont de Nemours Powder Co. plant in Pompton Lakes New Jersey killing one worker and injuring eight others. Firemen evacuated the injured and the small frame building was badly damaged.
Nathaniel Hobbs longtime Probate Court judge in York county died at his North Berwick home aged 92. Born in town he studied at Harvard Law School and served in the State Senate in 1866. He presided over the Ole Bull will case at Alfred in recent years.
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