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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1915
Page
14
Chairman Matthew Hale of the Progressive State committee urged party members to back Governor candidate Nelson B. Clark in the state election. Hale, who recently recovered his health, said he cannot actively participate due to prior illness and reduced income from four years of political work.
Matthew Hale, recovered from illness, declares he resigns active politics to resume law practice. He praises the Progressive party and its candidate Mr. Clark, pledging support in the 1916 fight, criticizing the old parties and the Republican machine. He credits Theodore Roosevelt’s stance and urges readers to stand by Progressive principles.
Governor Foss sent letters to his Republican rivals McCall and Lieutenant Governor Cushing inviting them to join a rally at Faneuil Hall. He claimed Cushing could not secure the platform due to opposition from Senators Lodge and Weeks and others. Foss boasted about his ability to draw crowds and defend free speech at the venue.
John Quinn Jr. toured Wards 9 20 and 24 last night as he seeks renomination on the Democratic ticket for Suffolk County sheriff. Enthusiastic audiences greeted him at the Franklin Schoolhouse on Washington Street and at open air gatherings.
In campaigns at Fields Corner and Uphams Corner, Sheriff Quinn urged re-election to finish work begun in his first term. He highlighted improvements in jail conditions including better food farmed in the jail yard, access to medical care and a dentist, and electric lighting for cells. He framed prisoners as no different from citizens.
ex-Governor Foss, Prohibition candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, said if the United States went to war the government would enforce national prohibition as a precaution. He argued armies cannot fight on rum and saloon crowds will back him, while Edward P. Barry barely spoke before the whistle blew, stressing Wilson and the American flag as paramount issues.
Senator James F Powers the Democratic sheriff candidate vows to clean out every Republican office holder in Suffolk County jail if elected. He emphasizes he seeks the Democratic nomination only and owes nothing to the GOP. Campaign teams fan out across Boston with 50 rallies in 26 wards and top backers attend.
The Guild Memorial Fund treasurer Allan Forbes reports total subscriptions of 15372 dollars. Previous acknowledgments total 15074.09 dollars with numerous individuals and groups contributing varied amounts from 2 to 50 dollars.
Andrew Omsby of Malden was sentenced to five to seven years in state prison by Judge Raymond in East Cambridge Superior Criminal Court after a jury found him guilty of breaking and entering. He has spent most of his life in jails and institutions across the country.
Cook county Illinois commissioners visiting Boston hospitals say Massachusetts leads in building ideas. Chairman Henry A. Zender notes many valuable features likely to influence Chicago planned structures. The delegation staying at the Lenox includes Owen O Malley Bartley Bueg Durley D Pierson Daniel Ryan and Marie Hall the Cook county official architect.
France will distribute a teacher manual with guidance for teaching history and a letter from Paul Deschanel condemning forgetfulness. He urges teachers to remind pupils of 1870 71 atrocities and to ensure the 1914 15 lessons are not forgotten, emphasizing national memory.
Concord High School completes final practice under Coach Warren B. Goddard for the opening game versus Waltham High at 3 oclock tomorrow in Concord. Captain William Mulcahy to start at quarterback with veterans Williams Wood J Giles leading the line.
Members of the Laymen's Retreat Guild from the Boston archdiocese plan a 3 PM reception at Blessed Gabriel Monastery Brighton for Cardinal O’Connell. Edward A Grueber will give the welcome, with Father Alexis also speaking and a cardinal address as the main feature. A large Connecticut delegation and outlying clergy attend. special elevated cars run from 1 30 to 3 and after services.
Harry Dewey aged 33 of Prospect street Wakefield died at Relief Hospital from a 15 foot fall at work the previous Wednesday night at 677 Atlantic avenue. He suffered a skull fracture in the accident.
About 250 girls employed by the United States Cartridge Company told foremen they needed money and were willing to continue at work despite striker rebukes. The plant will stay closed but the girls will be kept on the payroll and receive weekly wages during the strike.
Paul Butler directs cash payments for workers as the plant shuts down amid ongoing strike picket pressure. The female workers, deemed scabs by some, persist at work though facing taunts. Captain Thomas Doe, the plant manager, is in New York negotiating with financial backers and may return with a compromise offer.
James Cormier of 118 Welton Street, Waltham sails for France to join the reservists bearing a rare ancient Indian war club. The weapon, over 150 years old, was handed down by Mackinaw Indians in Canada and once belonged to his grandfather.
Miss Theodora Keith the 16 year old bugler for Weymouth Reynolds Post 58 sounded Taps at the G A R banquet in Ford Hall. About 80 members and guests attended a business meeting banquet and entertainment with officers elected for the year. General Nathaniel Wales was named President and officers including George H Nason Henry A Monk Rufus H Hurlbert and Waldo Turner were elected.
The patrol torpedo boat destroyer Smith on neutrality duty fired on the steamship Carolyn after she failed to respond to code signals. The Carolyn, bound for Norfolk with cotton, was chased 15 miles offshore and brought back to port before being released after authorities confirmed she was not bound for a foreign port.
Arthur Kelley aged 34 lodging with his brother Patrick Kelley on Richmond Street Weymouth drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming in the Fore River near the Old Colony Gas Company plant. His body was recovered by grappling irons under direction of George Whitmarsh former Braintree fire chief. Medical Examiner J C Frazier ruled accidental death.
London announce that women in munitions will be paid the same piece rates as men and day rates later equal pay for equal work. The letter from David Lloyd George, read at the National Conference of Trades Unions, marks a victory for militant suffragists who campaigned for equal pay in munitions.
Vienna wires claim an Austrian submarine under Lieutenant von Trapp torpedoed and sank a British transport in the Southern Adriatic a few days ago. The report ties to prior claims of British transports sunk, and notes von Trapp also sank the French cruiser Leon Gambetta in the Dardanelles in April with 552 lives lost.
London officials announce the execution of an unnamed spy today after a trial. The report notes the act occurred in the capital and provides no further identifying details.
President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard will lead pall bearers at the funeral of Professor Ezra Ripley Thayer dean of the Harvard Law School who died in the Charles River. Services begin at 2 45 PM at St John the Evangelist in Hingham where he had a summer home. The South Station train at 1 50 will carry many friends.
With President Lowell as pallbearers and a long list of eminent mourners, the funeral will be led by the Rev George Francis Weld and held before an interment at Hingham Cemetery. Harvard students and faculty planned large attendance to honor Dean Thayer.
A Petrograd dispatch says Vilna's fate hangs in the balance as cannonading continues day and night. Bombing planes frequently visit. three have been shot down. Government offices evacuated, factories moved, thousands of workers have left, sugar runs out, prices double, and newspapers suspend publication.
Dr Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, will deliver an address in Players Hall West Newton this evening at 6 o'clock. This will be her last talk near Boston until late October.
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a body builder and strength giver for weight loss and fatigue. It claims safety for children as it contains no alcohol and is suited for colds throat and lung troubles with fifty years of use.
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