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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1916
Page
3
The Italian bark Garibaldi carrying Baltic coal from Baltimore to Leghorn was sunk by a submarine 100 miles southeast of Palma de Mallorca on September 24. No Americans were aboard, reports the American consul at Barcelona to the State Department.
Frederick W. Mansfield, gubernatorial nominee, expressed thanks to voters and newspapers after midnight. He refused to comment further until results were fully in. General Cole telephoned Mansfield ten minutes after midnight to offer congratulations.
Mansfield thanks supporters and press, pledges to work with rivals for a united Democratic front. He hails the primary results as pleasing and urges Democrats to look to the upcoming November contest and accept voters’ judgment.
Allan L. Benson the Socialist candidate for President spoke in Manchester saying Democrats and Republicans secretly enacted a bill to allow the President to draft any able bodied American. He charged Wilson signed the Adamson eight hour bill as a campaign move and urged a six hour workday saying the country can be served with less work. He linked Hughes to Rockefellers and Wilson to Morgans.
The town of Lexington will post against out-of-town hunters this fall and employ wardens with authority to arrest trespassers. The Lexington Game Protective Association forms with J Willard Hayden Jr a Park Commission member and prominent citizen as president. Park Commission members serve and Dr Henry C Valentine is treasurer.
Angelina Merino a two year old of Oak street North Lexington was struck by a Boston and Maine locomotive near Valley road. Fireman and engineer on the locomotive acted quickly to pull the child to safety and away from danger.
A baby playing between tracks near a sharp curve was struck by a locomotive after the fireman warned the engineer. The infant was thrown into a ditch but survived with cuts and bleeding. The train continued for about 30 feet before stopping. recovery was expected as of yesterday.
An unidentified American trooper, badly mutilated, was found near El Valle after an engagement between Carranza soldiers and U S troopers. He likely belonged to the Fifth United States Cavalry who were at the El Valle saloon brawl last Friday night and reported missing when eight troopers moved to the field base.
The case of Herman Hormel and James Donovan of Boston against J. H. Brennan and others leading the Suffolk county redistricting commission was argued before the full Supreme Court bench. Plaintiffs seek nullification on grounds of unconstitutionality. Attorneys Nathan Mathews and Arthur D. Hill represented the plaintiffs, Walter A. Buie the commission. Recess followed the arguments. Billy Sunday biography featured in Sunday Post installments.
Washington dispatch reports hair importers fear kerosene odor will cling to transformed wigs and false bangs from China. Public Health Service requires future shipments dipped in kerosene. Chicago firm protests arguing domestic processing already germ-proofs hair while American demand rises.
Radcliffe College reports 562 total registrations this year with a large freshman class around 110 to 115. Precautions against infantile paralysis mirrored Harvard, but no enrollment was halted.
Ty Cobb makes his screen debut with Sunbeam Moving Picture Corp in St Louis for a baseball drama. Grantland Rice writes with L Case Russell on the project as Elsie McCloud co stars opposite Cobb. George Ridgwell, Sunbeam director general, arrives to shoot in the Detroit St Louis series.
Forty men, many said to be Industrial Workers of the World, were locked in refrigerator cars by 150 armed citizens in North Yakima. Rail officials refused to transport the detainees, who were freed and marched back into town amid armed sides. Ten alleged leaders had earlier been arrested.
Beautiful silk crepe de chine waists offered at $1.98 by Wolf's You should see the waists at My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets Boston and Legal stamps with every purchase highlight the bargain appeal.
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