28 Sep 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1911
Page
1
New York September 27. One of the most excited sessions in Wall Street in recent years had the stock exchange. The market was in a state of complete confusion the entire day with price ranges in some cases exceeding six points.
The day featured a wild market with bears covering contracts at losses and later gaining control as prices melted. United States Steel denied plans for dissolution, easing fears but leaving government action unclear. Heavy selling and a volatile close marked the session.
Governor Foss congratulates Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham on his nomination, while Frothingham retorts that his nomination is disastrous for Foss. The two men exchange grins and agree they must settle the matter in a contest.
Governor Foss met with Democratic leaders across the state to map the campaign against Lieutenant-Governor Frothingham. Foss plans a rapid start, touring towns and cities to talk with voters as last year.
A light mantle of snow fell at Bryant's Pond and vicinity last night marking the first appearance of snow in Maine this season and the only instance reported.
The entry records time notations 3 10 A M 3 27 P M and moon phase on Day 1, 55 minutes long on the 271st day with day’s decrease 8h 22m and sixth day of autumn. It marks auto lamps at 6 03 and lists Yorktown siege 1781 Springfield Republican 1824 Frances Willard born 1839.
Forecast shows fair and cooler conditions for Boston and surrounding area on Thursday and Friday with moderate northerly winds. New England overall remains fair with cooler nights and moderate north winds on Friday.
Fragmented OCR notes show table style weather data with temperatures and times. Entries mention average yesterday and a comparison to one year ago, but most text is garbled and unreadable.
Summary of yesterday’s scores shows American League results with Cleveland beating Chicago 7 to 0 and Philadelphia 4 over Detroit 7. National League notes include Cincinnati 8 over Boston and a rain delay in New York at Brooklyn. Yale beats Wesleyan 21 to 0 and Dartmouth defeats Norwich 18 to 3. Army-Navy game set for November 24.
The first Italian squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Aubrey with four dreadnoughts three cruisers and torpedo boats anchors off Tripoli. The second squadron rests in Taranto awaiting orders to convoy transports. No Italian landings have occurred yet.
Greek fishermen report three Italian cruisers near Tripoli amid a tense scene. The Ottoman steamship Derna, tailed by an Italian cruiser for four hours, arrived from Constantinople with arms and provisions. Arabs had requested aid at a Sept 19 mosque meeting, pledging to defend the country at all costs, and the cargo was said to be distributed to coastal towns.
The Ottoman government reports calm in the city and outlying districts under acting governor-general Bessim Bey. Panic grips European and Jewish residents as 307 depart yesterday on the Rhone to Tunisia and 150 on earlier steamers to Malta. Over 200 Italians slept aboard the Hercules after it was detained by the Italian consulate-general with orders to stay ready at full steam.
Vienna dispatch cites Turkish official source stating the Porte will concede no political privileges to Italy in Tripoli and will regard an Italian landing as a casus belli, signaling a warlike threshold.
Paris reports 11 drowned and 10 injured when an auto-bus with 25 passengers toppled into the Seine at 4 30 p m near the Archeveche bridge while traveling from Jardin des Plantes toward the opera. The crash occurred just behind Notre Dame Cathedral.
A driver swerved to avoid an oncoming omnibus, plunging both into the river and tearing a railing. Ten bodies recovered, ten injured carried to a hotel, with priest Richard credited for saving six. Rescue crews from Paris police and firemen worked with divers and a search for the driver continues.
Mrs. Lacey and her son John were found in a Brookfield lake with wrists lashed and ropes attached. Authorities say they died by jumping, suggesting a coordinated double suicide. Investigations continue into motive and circumstances surrounding the death duo.
A runaway horse broke into the Longwood tennis grounds harted by the gallery crowd. Miss Eleonora Sears leaped across intervening courts and tried to seize the reins rescuing spectators while Miss Edith E Rothc played on the clay court nearby. The horse ran into a corner entangling in a net until help arrived.
A horse was seen outside the fence surrounding the tennis courts, hitched to a tree near a nursery. The note continues on page 2 column six for further details.
Walter Lispenard Suydam was granted an absolute divorce in Brooklyn Supreme Court after a five minute trial. Mrs. Suydam offered no defense and had no counsel. Suydam testified only to his marriage to the defendant.
The schooner Oliver Mitchell was struck by the steamer Millinocket east of Plum Island near New London. The crew were rescued by the Millinocket, and the Oliver Mitchell was abandoned in a sinking condition.
John G Lacey, steward of the Fay Club in Fitchburg, and his son had been held on a serious charge brought by a boy. On Friday they were to face trial, but this afternoon both they and Mrs. Mary Lacey of 98 Pearl Street Fitchburg died by drowning in Lake Lashaway after the events.
A handbag with a letter reading we will be drowned prompted boys and men to wade out into 10 feet of water where Lacey and his mother were found dead. Medical examiner G W Norwood of Spencer ruled the deaths as self inflicted. Bodies removed to Spencer undertaking rooms.
Canton Ohio September 27 Eugene B Ely attempted a landing after circling the aviation field when his aircraft lost control and crashed striking Aviator Atwood's machine. Both men were dumped to the ground but not badly injured. Ely's plane suffered damage to one wing.
In windy conditions aviators kept flights near ground level with no sensational stunts. Ely in a three foot circle over the field misjudged a gust, lost plane control, and collided with Atwood as he took off. Ely suffered a blackened eye but was not seriously hurt while both aircraft crashed.
Chicago Sept 27 Managers of transcontinental railroads announced a general increase in all eastern to Pacific coast freight rates effective Nov 1 The change excludes commodity rates first class rates rise from New York to Pacific coast to 8 70 from Pittsburg 3 60 and Cincinnati 3 50 while class shipments remain about five percent of traffic.
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