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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1915
Page
16
Washington reports the Austro Hungarian ambassador Dr Constantin T Dumba will be formally recalled. Ambassador Penfield conveyed that a leave of absence does not satisfy the US demand for recall and formal note in Vienna.
American officials indicate the United States will comply with Austrian wishes and prepare a note. Safe conduct for Dr. Dumba will be arranged promptly if Vienna agrees to recall. Barclay of the British embassy visited Acting Secretary Polk and assurances were mailed, asserting Dumba can travel without interference.
Dr Constantin T Dumba Austro Hungarian ambassador cancels passage on the Rotterdam due September 29 and books the Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland America Line to sail October 5 from New York.
Nora Torphy, a 10 year old from Malden, was struck by a car driven by John H. Duffill of Melrose on Saturday. She survived severe injuries after skull fracture and a delicate operation by Drs. Holland and McCarthy at Malden Hospital. A piece of her skull the size of a penny was removed to aid recovery.
Portland Maine Sept 27 76 year old watchman William E St John was shot through the heart during a rounds at Edwards Walker Co hardware and sporting goods. Police fire department deputies and citizens formed a wide man hunt for two giant colored suspects with stations cordoned and cars stopped citywide. Discovery came after he failed to ring in his box and the body was found on the third floor landing with a .88 caliber bullet wound and injuries to the arms.
At a mass meeting the union rejected resuming on old wages while arbitration on merits proceeds. The company will reopen all departments for regular shifts tomorrow, and picket lines will be set up without anticipated turbulence.
The New York Central train carrying Lord Reading and three associates from the Anglo-French financial commission left Grand Central for Chicago under heavy protection. Police and railroad detectives scrutinized the train and passengers in a bid to counter threats linked to the proposed half billion dollar loan to Britain and France.
Farmers report that the Half Way House at the tip of Mt Chocorua near Chocorua New Hampshire was swept from its perch by a mountain gale and dashed into a valley 4000 feet below. Owners are the Knowles family and the inn had closed for the season about a month ago.
Groton report on anti-suffrage speakers led by Colonel John P. Irish of California concludes first day of a six week state tour. The open-air campaign features Douglass Underhill Hoyt and Mrs. A J George with rally plans across Massachusetts, including 250 at Groton Town Hall and multiple daylight rallies through towns like Arlington Concord and Lowell.
Wil lam Brown of Haverhill drew a razor in a Cambridge house on Burleigh street yesterday afternoon during a craps game with the host Robert Banks. He slashed Banks throat in a violent assault.
Eastern and western divisions of the Suffrage Victory campaign sweep through towns toward Greater Boston canvassing thousands of voters. Miss Florence H. Luscomb leads a Watertown rally after 164 interviews with voters, urging equal ballots for women and pointing to improved laws and civic needs benefited by woman suffrage.
At Meridian Hall East Boston on Wednesday evening Mme Emilio Ippolito Pesce presents junior pupils in a musicale. Participants include Florence Walsh Dorothy Collins Genevieve Mahoney Mary Haywood Anna Malloy Edna Moran Elizabeth Maher Margaret Sloan Josephine Malloy Virginia Munroe Mary Seala Dominic Cardillo Anthony De Santis Bennie Pulis Carmela Iliv Fina Carmelina Santarpio Francis Gelormini Jennie Gorsano Lena Vitale Rachael Recchia Lewis Harrigan Ida Silvestria. Senior class assistants are Delia Basile Helen Howard Helen Moran Anita Kelley Madeline De Vito Clementina Struzziero.
Jeremiah Gabree a Sutton farmer died when his first automobile ride ended in a complete somersault on Ballard street Quinsigamond. The car was driven by S Frank Stockwell of West Millbury who is dying in Worcester City Hospital from a fractured skull and internal injuries.
A rear tire burst as Stockwell swerved to avoid a heavy motor tractor. The car flipped, Gabree was killed instantly as the windshield nearly severed his head. Stockwell was knocked unconscious and rescued by Leonard A. Ryan, the tractor’s driver. Gabree had never ridden in a car before and reluctantly joined Stockwell on a trip to Worcester.
Lieutenant Werner Horn of the German army appeals a Massachusetts den ial of his habeas corpus writ as he remains jailed in East Cambridge. The case questions extradition from Maine to Massachusetts and limits on invoking the law of nations or his German commission. The appeal to the US Circuit Court of Appeals is expected within months with no trial date set pending the hearing.
Joseph Stedman a 35 year old New Bedford resident was found near the northern depot platform with both legs and several fingers amputated, believed struck by the 10 10 freight train for Boston. He was taken to City Hospital where doctors fear he will die.
In a letter to President Bancroft, Mayor Curley urged a subway station at Arlington and Boylston streets. He argued that payments to property owners for land taken in construction should stop, claiming stations raise property values beyond damages from taking land.
The mayor writes to President Bancroft urging rapid transit expansion in Boston. He notes the city’s credit backing subway construction, cites potential Park Square valuation increases, and argues a station at Arlington and Boylston would boost business, shorten trips, and improve aesthetics while halting damages for entrances.
President Maclaurin addressed the freshman class as Technology began its 69th year in Huntington Hall. Enrollment is expected near 2000. Changes include Pearson becoming head of English and Owen replacing the resigned naval architecture professor Everett. Harry J. Tosdal has been added.
A letter from the Sisters of St. Mary in Masson Quebec endorses Father John's Medicine as a safe, inexpensive health restorer. They report quick benefits for tired teachers and as a remedy for severe colds, noting no alcohol or dangerous drugs and decades of use benefiting children and the elderly.
The Cambridge project across the Charles River shows a finished exterior but the Technology facility remains incomplete. Officials note the structure awaits interior work and final approvals before opening to the public.
Silas H. White of Middlesex Avenue describes suffering from frequent kidney secretions back pain and periods of bed confinement. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with a full recovery and renewed health.
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