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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1920
Page
1
Massachusetts Legislature enacts daylight saving measure with emergency preamble to take effect this year. House approves 172 to 29. Senate votes 38 to 1 with Griswold lone opposition, awaiting final action this afternoon.
Herbert M Turnbull aged nine of 199 Erie Street Cambridge is on the danger list at Charlesgate Hospital after being thrown from a car that crashed into a post on Harvard bridge late last night. James Newhall age 34 of 23 Abbott Street Lawrence, the alleged driver, is jailed on drunkenness charges at Central Square. The car, speeding over the bridge, swerved into a post. Turnbull was ejected while Newhall suffered only facial cuts.
Washington April 5 Congress was asked to appropriate 420,727,341 dollars to wind up the railroad administration. Walker D. Hines, railroad administrator, cited a loss from federal control at 900,478,756 dollars and noted government credits of 966,803,266 dollars advanced for operating expenses and betterments, which will be repaid.
Bandits described as stylishly dressed young men in army overcoats robbed the River Bank Court offices in Cambridge just before 3 am. They bound and gagged a bellboy and knocked clerk Charles Halfacre unconscious with a pistol butt, escaping with more than 100 dollars from the cash drawer after being alerted by a guest who entered as they rifled the till. They fled through a rear window. police found no trace of the attackers.
Governor Coolidge declined an 11th hour appeal to stay the execution of Antonio Teregno for the Raf faele Cammerota murder. The decision followed a conference with Assistant Attorney General Jay R. Benton, Silvio Martinelli counsel for Teregno, and two jurors, J. Francis Tucker and Peter William White of Springfield, who spoke with the governor at his office.
Four day Lynn coal team strike ends with a flat $5 weekly increase. The workers will submit a petition for a $7 raise to a local arbitration committee, and they return to work this morning.
William Piper, an Atlantic widower, filed a civil action in Municipal Court to recover $100 from Mrs. Emma Orchard of 56 Parkton Street Jamaica Plain. He alleges she accepted the money with a promise to marry him and has not kept it. The declaration was entered in Municipal Civil Court yesterday.
Lightning hit the Winter Hill Universalist Church in Somerville during a small storm. The roof lost about fifty shingles, prompting a call to fire and police as neighbors reacted to the loud thunderclap.
The Boston College Johns Hopkins ball game scheduled for today was canceled due to wet weather. Boston College will face the Baltimore International Club tomorrow and Holy Cross will play Johns Hopkins.
Mayence reports French detachments have begun occupation of Frankfort with more to follow as a coercive step to enforce Versailles terms. Paris says the action, in response to German Ruhr operations, aims to pressure Berlin to withdraw from the forbidden zone. Dr Goeppert urged Premier Millerand to avoid triggering further guarantees.
Mazie A Waldren of Ayer sought divorce from Sergeant Angus G Waldren stationed at a Long Island fort. Judge Sanderson dismissed the petition, finding no valid marriage. Beaulieu of Central Falls had earlier annulled her marriage to Waldren, who was also accused of infidelity as a co respondent.
Mrs. Irene Waldren of 1712 Marshall Street Somerville attempted death by her own action late last night by taking five bichloride of mercury tablets. She was taken to Somerville Hospital and is on the danger list.
Federal government acts to end picketing of the British embassy renewed by women supporting Irish Republic movement. United States District Attorney Laskey said all further offences would be treated as felonies. Washington April 5.
A rear wall collapse of a 10-foot retaining structure at 202 to 210 Washington Street Dorchester caused partial demolition of the brick stores. No injuries reported though debris shattered plate glass and scattered onto the sidewalk after the wall tumbled following 8 PM.
Yale defeats William and Mary College 3 to 1 in Norfolk with strong pitching and timely hitting. Yale improves in an April 5 game against the William and Mary nine.
Today marks key dates: United States enters World War I as President Wilson signs the declaration in 1917. Commodore Robert E Peary is noted for reaching the North Pole in 1900. A tornado devastated Omaha a year ago, and Ensign C E Finch survived a sea wreck thanks to a carrier pigeon message.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for a fair and colder Tuesday with increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures by Wednesday. Winds shift to the west as a disturbance near Cape Cod tracks east, bringing gales, rain, and snow in broader Atlantic and Great Lakes regions before calmer, colder conditions return in New England.
A cool day and night raise expectations of frost tonight as temperatures dip and farmers brace for first frost of the season.
Yesterday’s average temperature recorded at Thompson's Spa shows a high variability with a reported 49 degrees as the daily average. Local notes indicate a 46 degree low and a 24 hour span, reflecting cooler morning conditions.
Early returns from Michigan's presidential primary show United States Senator Hiram Johnson leading Major-General Leonard Wood as 446 of 2421 precincts report. Johnson holds 33 670 votes to Wood 18 688 with Detroit area Wayne County giving Johnson a sizable edge while rural districts favor Wood.
In Illinois the race for third place shows Governor Lowden leading Herbert Hoover with 10 012 to 9 771 as both vie for a narrow margin. Democratic results hint at a tight contest among candidates.
Provincetown April 5 The State Department of Public Works plans to rebuild the main road from Orleans to Provincetown this summer. The 18 foot wide highway will run along the Cape forearm with wide easy curves and sand and all type of road. Start date not yet learned.
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