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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1916
Page
22
Clashes between striking shoe makers at A. G Walton & Co. and strike-breakers led to four arrests by Chelsea police as the factory closed. Several onlookers were injured by stones and bricks. Ralph E. Warren was saved from serious harm when police arrived in a touring car at Poplar and Fifth streets.
Chicago reports that alleged blackmail suspects will be tried in New York as authorities pursue all angles of the case. A Chicago man, a wealthy manufacturer, is linked to the scheme involving a young woman who extracted funds under threat of exposing his wife.
Federal officials said unusual care was taken to protect Frank Crocker known as the Boston punk and Boston count, the chief squealer who supplied details of the Regina Klipper kidnapping. They warned Crocker faced assassination for treachery. An attempted killing in a Boston hotel was reported. Erbstein said he would question Attorney Fleming about ties to Helen Evers on bond.
J S Howe of Boston posted the high score in target practice for the 10th training regiment at Plattsburg New York with 224 of 250. After the session 27 men qualified as expert riflemen 135 as sharpshooters and 316 as marksmen. Other top scorers included Charles W Isbell of New York 212 M W Andrews of Hartford 223 and M LeRoy Demarest of Tenafly 219.
A 20 foot petition presented to Mayor Curley by Charlestown residents requests that all district fire apparatus be motorized. The petition tops a long list of signatures led by Dr. Francis P. Silva president of the Charlestown Improvement Association.
Five daughters of prominent American families, guided by Florence Fleming Noyes, walked from South Woodstock Connecticut to Sharon Massachusetts nearly 100 miles in bare feet and light summer dresses. They endured night and day travel facing rough terrain and found blisters with shoes. They lodged in hotels and even briefly at a Rhode Island brewery before finishing at Halleyone Inn Woonsocket Rhode Island.
The Sunday Post presents a major feature on Billy Sunday through Paul Waitt's full biography, highlighting Sundays career, influence, and lasting impact in American religious life.
Theoretical clash reported with 200 Second Regiment soldiers dead and wounded along the foothills. Ambulances from national guard and regular army move wounded to a field station under darkness near Columbus New Mexico.
In a dark mountain exercise 200 citizen soldiers are scattered with injuries tagged for first aid. Hospital corpsmen search, bandage, and move wounded to a temporary field hospital while a theoretical 3000 Mexican force looms atop the ridges. Private Leander Lamagdelaine faces a general court martial for alleged prisoner escapes.
Captain Walter Weeden of Massachusetts was found not guilty on wilful neglect but guilty on carelessness. He certifies transfer of property to the U S government and plans to depart tomorrow. A survey board led by Major Alfred Beckman will condemn old gear as the regiment moves to new clothing and equipment. Boxing bouts are set for Saturday evening outside Colonel Hayes' tent.
John Wadsworth Holmes, prominent Troy resident and cousin of the late Oliver Wendell Holmes, died today at age 89. He was the last representative of his family. Mrs. Holmes was born in South Lee Massachusetts.
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