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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
4
Six Massachusetts attorneys named by Robert T Brady as potential counsel for the special legislative committee to probe street railway bill actions in 1918 and 1919. James A Stiles of Gardner, former Worcester county district attorney, heads the list. Hearing to be public but list will not be public.
The committee held two long sessions yesterday reviewing proposals on employing counsel and adjourned without a decision. They plan to reconvene at 10 this morning to name a candidate not previously linked with the car routes of local street railways. Possible names include Thomas Proctor, James T. McConnell, Ernest H. Vaughn, and former Attorney-General James M. Swift.
Mrs Mollie Covington Hanna was divorced from Daniel R Hanna in Berkshire County Superior Court on grounds of gross and confirmed intoxication. Judge Fosdick found no cruel or abusive treatment based on the evidence. Hanna, proprietor of the Cleveland Leader and News, is listed as very wealthy.
Not one spectator was in the courthouse when the Hanna case was called. Mrs. Hanna, her sister Mrs. Effie Lewis Hamilton of Covington New Jersey, and the Hanna villa cook Miss Henrietta Neilson in Stockbridge were the only witnesses. There was no contest.
President Harding agreed to visit Plymouth on August 1 for the Pilgrim tercentenary events and will travel aboard the Mayflower with a naval escort. Senator Lodge and Secretary Weeks are named guests aboard the yacht along with local committee representatives who delivered the invitation at the White House.
Washington reports say President Harding has not endorsed rapid peace moves with Germany. He reportedly has not committed to a definite plan to restore peace and is leaning toward viewing the Versailles covenant as impractical for forming an Association of Nations.
Nine bishops and heads of major British churches urge peace in Ireland in a letter to the prime minister and Irish secretary. They endorse the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lords protest against reprisals and warn the current policy invites misunderstanding and criticism. The signatories include leaders from Scottish United Free Church Congregational Baptist and Methodist unions, along with the Society of Friends.
Frank McCone, 42, of 678 Parker Street Roxbury, was badly injured yesterday afternoon when he fell from a scaffold at the rear of 33 Calumet Street to the ground, a distance of 25 feet.
Rutland Vermont April 5 Sixteen year old Madeline Longe will testify in Superior Court tomorrow branding her father a murderer. Barred from the courtroom today by motion of her father's counsel the child waited on courthouse steps to tell her story the scene described by local reporters.
London April 5 Viscount Astor III resigns as parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Health amid reports of lung trouble while he has been in Egypt. The official announcement notes his resignation.
Commander Ketcham, addressing the legislature, denounces the Villard Commission report on Ireland as a pro German attempt to stir up trouble for the Allies. He warned that the document serves to undermine unity and aid enemy aims during the ongoing crisis.
Correspondence labeled as from cousins reaches the White House with mail mounting from every state in the union. The letters indicate broad national support and a push for attention to unspecified causes or issues. No named individuals besides states are provided.
Chicago reports confiscated letters from the Harding household reveal public glee for Pearl Harding nicknamed the White House baby. Everett Harding faces jail for related political financial schemes, with a forged Warren G Harding signature found on a telegram to Pearl.
In Springfield on April 5 a blue eyed baby was brought to Police Court to determine paternity. Thomas Grover is accused by a girl of fathering the child, while he claims George E. Webb, a soldier, is the father. Judge Heddy reserved ruling after arguments on whether the infant resembled Webb or any other person.
Mrs. R. L. Cheesman of Union Street West Springfield reported to police that a large rooster owned by Mrs. L. Kresser of Park Avenue attacked and chased her for 100 yards. The bird had also been chasing Park Street School children. An officer ordered the owner to contain the rooster under threat of decapitation.
Ferdinand Couto two years old of 88 Oak Street Taunton choked to death while eating a banana. A large piece lodged in the throat and a physician arrived too late to help.
Forty members of the legislature sign a protest to Speaker B. Loring Young over remarks by National Commander William A. Ketcham of the Grand Army of the Republic. They deem his comments on Oswald G. Villard and the Committee of One Hundred as uncalled for and unpatriotic during his House address.
The item lists 1917 events including U S war with Germany vote, Wilson signing the declaration, and German vessels seized. It also notes past French gains near Verdun in 1915 and anniversaries such as French troops occupying Frankfort a year before, plus Irish protest arrests at the British Embassy in Washington.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair weather and warmer conditions Wednesday and Thursday. Moderate to fresh southeast to south winds. The East Coast region from New York to New England remains fair with little temperature change.
The forecast calls for a bright and fair day with cooler morning temperatures and a noticeable warming trend through the afternoon and tonight. Clear skies persist as the day turns warmer.
Yesterday's temperatures are listed with readings around the mid to high forties and fifties. The data shows a low near 39 and a high around 51 with scattered values in the 40s and 50s.
A semblance of martial law prevailed in Boston as mounted and foot policemen patrolled Franklin Congress State and Cornhill to prevent a recurrence of the rioting that marked the building trades strike Monday night.
Police escorted workmen to their homes across the city as crowds were kept moving to prevent unrest. Two disorder incidents occurred one in East Boston where a striker was subdued after attempting to shoot an officer, and bricks were hurled at workers on the John Hancock Insurance building on Berkeley and Stuart streets. Three city construction sites remained under tight police surveillance, including the Federal Reserve Bank project on Oliver Street with mounted officers and a large patrol contingent under Sergeant Flynn.
The New Hampshire House accepted the Senate amendment requiring chiropractors to have a high school level education and graduate from a three year chiropractic program. The bill now goes to the Governor for final action.
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