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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1916
Page
6
London reports the Daily Mail argues for conscription in Ireland to boost army manpower and suggests raising the age limit from 41 to 45 and drafting 1 250 000 exempted skilled workers. The Times notes allies must mobilize every able bodied man and warns Germany could beat them in manpower.
Villa forces escaped government cavalry after attacking Chihuahua City and took refuge in the Sierra de la Silla and the Irenga de los Ladorne mountains south of Santa Fe Sabel Chihuahua. General Ramos says ranchmen report Jose Inez Salazar joined the retreat and Villa plans to turn command over to Salazar temporarily due to illness.
Ernest Herbert McKinley of West Somerville died in New Haven hospital from lockjaw caused by blood poisoning contracted in his left hand while working at Winchester Arms Company. He was 24, educated in Somerville, survived by his widowed mother, three sisters and four brothers. funeral at West Somerville Universalist Church with interment at Woodlawn cemetery.
P Harry Jennings of the Boston Central Labor Union released a statement asserting that Representative F E Dowling Ward 2 was paired against the 48 hour bill for women and would have voted yes if present. The union cites Dowling’s April journal entry explaining his position. The message urges organized labor to consider the documented facts.
Emily Weston, 23, of Ottawa Ontario, was arrested after she allegedly forged and uttered the name of Dr. Arthur H. Crosby of 260 Clarendon Street to a Temple Place Old Colony Trust cashier. The check amount was $100.
Miss Lillian J. Conway of Charlestown testified in Central Court that her husband Alexander Silva was not to blame for misstating her age on the marriage license. The 17 year old bride’s self admission cleared Silva as the court discharged him after a continuance. The couple left together with evident affection and relief.
A Marston Restaurant Company truck driven by James McPhee of 36 W Newton St skidded on Newbury Street near Brookline Ave late yesterday afternoon. It crashed through a wooden fence and plunged ten feet to a ditch beside the Boston and Albany tracks. McPhee escaped with a wrenched knee.
Larry Stack, aboard the steamer King Philip, holds the ship's season record by catching 650 fish, all above five pounds. He has earned $374 in daily prizes for greatest catches, including a $40 award yesterday for a 10-pounder after a 10-minute fight.
Peter Sadony first bassoon of the Boston Symphony Orchestra died in Soobey Hospital after an appendectomy. Born 1867 in Wiesbaden Germany, he studied under Frenderberg Kogel and Liebeskind and played in Regensberg Berlin Riga and under Gustav Mahler in Hamburg. He led as first bassoon in the Guerzenich Orchestra Cologne, joined the Boston Symphony in 1895, and also served as first bassoon of the Longy Club. He is survived by a wife and a son. Funeral arrangements will be made today.
Mrs Flora Barry oldest Boston opera singer celebrated her 80th birthday with a private concert at 124 Chandler Street for about 100 guests. She sang an Elijah aria in a contralto, performed with former pupils, and was joined by relatives and classmates.
Thieves broke into Max Bushman’s junk shop at 63 Hampden Street Roxbury and robbed the safe of $50 in cash and jewelry. They apparently fled after triggering the break in leaving $250 in cash untouched in a pigeon hole.
An advertisement extols Parisian Sage as a cure for itch dirt and dandruff claiming microbes threaten hair vitality. It warns against baldness if untreated and guarantees removal of dandruff and itching with a money back offer at 50 cents a bottle through local druggists.
Franklin Park Zoo staff add a double fence around ostrich pens after visitors repeatedly reach in to pluck feathers. Curator Anthony McNealy said the extra barrier was needed to stop the recurring thefts of tail and neck plumage from the birds.
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