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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1916
Page
17
In Athens on September 22 via London, reports say Greek Macedonia again experiences disorder as a revolutionary movement continues.
Walter Hines Page the American ambassador to Great Britain arrived in Long Branch and was delayed two hours at South Amboy due to a freight train wreck that required transfers for Page and other passengers on the way to confer with President Wilson on British interference with American trade and mails.
Cardinal O Connell has arranged the opening of a Clergy House for diocesan priests and the establishment of a camp for boys. Ground was broken for a rest building for the Sisters of St Joseph. The Clergy House, begun from a Duxbury estate purchased years ago, is nearly ready. The Lake Winnepesaukee site near Centre Harbor New Hampshire offers camping and woodland life for boys with supervisors.
Due to a late arrival the Ambassador Page and President met briefly tonight but plan to continue discussions tomorrow morning. They aim to press British government to halt interference with American trade and mail rights and to urge faster replies to protests. Page to stay overnight.
Louis E. Brennan 41, formerly Louis Kelso, of Worcester Massachusetts and leading man for Alice Nielsen Henrietta Crosman and others, leaped in front of a subway express train in New York. He paced nervously on the station platform before the jump. Brennan left a wife and son in Chicago and a sister Pauline in Worcester. His brother Stanley Brennan runs a Worcester branch of M. Steinert Company. No reason for the act is known. He had retired from the stage recently and was studying business efficiency methods.
The Middlesex South Fair drew crowds as C W Barron's Oaks Farm Cohasset dominated. Don Iago won the grand championship of bulls, plus numerous first and second prizes in herd, aged bulls, bull calf, cows, heifers, and junior and female championships. Hero's Josephine at Pine Crest Farm earned best bred and owned female, while Grassland Farm Cup honored the best advanced registered cow.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrew J. Peters has returned to Washington after a brief vacation with his family at North Haven Maine. Mrs. Peters formerly Miss Martha Phillips has gone to Wenham where her mother Mrs John C Phillips and her brothers Dr John C and William Phillips enjoy festive gatherings overlooking Wenham Lake.
In Haverhill on Sept 22 Willie Nikola, 25, a Tremont Street shoe factory employee, suffered four hours of an unexplained active condition. He raced automobiles and horses through streets, then wandered to Lincoln Avenue and playstead before police and city physicians intervened. By 2 PM he regained control and returned home in normal condition.
Ten more assistant naval constructors reported at the Charlestown navy yard yesterday, bringing total to 25 since a week ago Thursday. They are to take a special course of naval architecture at Technology.
A letter from President Wilson declaring militarism abominable was released by The Student Pacifists in New York. They plan an anti militarist protest on Sept 30 against new state laws mandating military training in public schools. Wilson said there is need for adequate defence and no more. He stated the spirit of militarism is abominable and that actions have not been in that spirit.
Matches in the hands of boys are believed to have caused a fire in the elevated stable and emergency station of the Boston Elevated road at 487 Dorchester avenue South Boston yesterday afternoon. Four horses were saved and several wagons and other apparatus were removed.
Advertisement notes Guyer Hats at Wolf's My Clothier corner Han over and Portland streets. Hats priced at three dollars with legal stamps included in the bargain.
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