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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1916
Page
2
El Paso Texas Sept 22 Majorities of the Bay State citizen soldiers here expect orders to return home or move into Mexico. Many infantrymen sought the long awaited directive last night or today, and signs of disappointment were evident as no message arrived.
Massachusetts men in camp endure rations, drills, and uncertain futures as infantry tests wrap next Monday and many hope for home entrainment. Winds of Mexico action stir talk of Juarez and border service, while some officers claim troops prefer home leaves.
The legal dispute over the Boston and Maine railroad receivership moved to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in New Hampshire as counsel for the Minority Stockholders Protective Association sought to overturn the Federal District Court order appointing a temporary receiver.
Architect Joe Spiece, builder of Billy Sunday's tabernacle, surveyed the Huntington avenue ball park site and said the mammoth building is growing "like a mushroom" as it rises to become the largest structure yet for the evangelist.
The Boston tabernacle for Billy Sunday grows into a vast interior of 305 by 215 feet with a forest of steel pillars. Contracts loom toward 31 000 dollars, total costs may exceed 40 000 dollars, far higher than Philadelphia or Baltimore builds. Eightteen thousand capacity planned with rostrum near old Huntington Avenue plate. Sunday's advance man James Walker to speak at Dudley Street Baptist Roxbury 10:30 am 7:30 pm and First M E Boston noon.
General Charles H. Cole, Democratic candidate for governor, campaigned at nearly a dozen Boston rallies, arguing Democratic victory will bring legislation for social welfare and the working man. He cited pay raises, the 25-year pension plan, fire prevention laws, and better conditions for Boston firemen, including uniform dress rules and leave benefits.
A police sergeant and a patrolman were struck, along with many spectators and strike breakers, as stones and missiles flew during a violent disturbance in Chelsea tied to the Walton Shoe Company strike. Seven people were arrested in the early evening as the most serious disturbance yet seen in Chelsea.
A crowd of about 1500 Men and boys besieged strikebreakers outside a Boston factory as vans ferried workers to transit. Police led by Sergeant Harrington blocked rioters, with several arrests for loitering and assault. Victims included officers struck by missiles while strikebreakers escaped toward cars and trains.
Frederick W. Mansfield Democratic candidate for governor invites opponent General Charles H. Cole to attend a noon rally in Faneuil Hall. Mansfield campaigns with multiple rallies across Boston area while labor unions endorse his bid.
The opening of the Technology museum on the Cambridge Esplanade housed two returning students and eased a housing crunch for hundreds of incoming Tech men. Dormitory preparations failed, leaving 200 men unable to find rooms on arrival at the new Tech buildings in Cambridge.
Austin B. Cobb, 36, an employee fixing a broken shaft on a paroid unit ladder, was electrocuted when he touched a charged pipe and fell to the floor at Bird & Sons in Walpole. The incident occurred today as he worked at the plant.
Three deaths and twenty cases of infantile paralysis were reported in the state yesterday. The Boston health authorities announced eight new cases, including one death, with four cases found in two Dorchester families on Cedar Street. Aged victims include a 3 year old boy and a 2 year old girl at 52 Cedar Street and two boys, 18 months and 3 years, at 25 Cedar Street.
Archdiocese overseer Rev Augustine F Hickey says all diocese parochial schools start October 2 in line with Boston school committee action. Boston College opens Monday September 25 at University Heights Newton. Boston College High School in South End delays to October 2 and Notre Dame Sisters Academy Roxbury also postpones to October 2.
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