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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
1
Premier Miller reads to ambassadors a joint note delivered to the German charge Wilhelm von Mayer. France asserts it consulted with allies and acted with care before occupying Rhine cities. The note lays out adherence to treaty clauses and seeks allied unity.
A disruptive group defies Brotherhood rules in Chicago railyards. Railroads affected include 29 lines with 50 000 workers out of work as engineers and firemen strike action surrounds the dispute.
An unauthorized railroad strike from the Chicago switching district spread to 25 railroads and left more than 50,000 workers idle in Chicago. A new law bans increases without wage board sanction, and brotherhoods seek outside union help to break the strike.
Fitchburg April 7 Judge Nelson P Brown of the Superior Court took under advisement a motion for a new trial for Antonio Teregno who is under sentence to be electrocuted this week for the murder of Raffaele Cammersota at Westfield He would not reveal his decision tonight
Governor Coolidge issued a proclamation designating Saturday, April 24, as Arbor and Bird Day. He urges rural and suburban schools to observe the day with activities and to plant trees shrubs and vines while protecting bird life.
In Worcester area news from April 7 a report claims Mrs Stella Gay aged 47 of Grove street wed Ellis Partridge Jr aged 19 and that they may be honeymooning. Partridge, once a Gay family friend, would become stepfather to Mrs Gay’s three older sons if true.
Ten Republican Senators led by President Edwin T. McKnight blocked Attorney General J Weston Allen from pursuing legislation the state officer says is needed to investigate and prosecute fake stock dealers bilking Massachusetts investors.
A freight truck derailed six cars in Keene New Hampshire after repeatedly bumping ties for a mile. The impact tore off bolts and damaged over 200 ties while nearly 300 feet of track were ripped up. The derailed cars lay about mid height of a heavy freight pulled by two engines.
Governor Coolidge left the State House without acting on the daylight saving bill. Friends expect approval today based on his remark that he will follow the Legislature in this matter. He is weighing agricultural impact and watching New York and nearby states considering daylight saving.
In Salem on April 7, testimony named William Biros as the man who stood within a few feet of Mary B. Lavoie and fired two shots into her body on December 12, 1918. Witnesses Carroll Geary and Ryan described the deadly shooting at Biros trial for first degree murder.
Direct examination reveals Miss Lavoie expected trouble from Biros the night of the crime. Word circulated among several young men and Miss Hermine Lafleur’s friends at the dance about the danger, with the prisoner on the verge of a confrontation.
Mrs. Fanny Franklin, 54, of 3 Stockton ter, Worcester, is in serious condition at St. Vincent Hospital after drinking creolin in a suspected crisis. Police report she was forced from her tenement by a landlady, while a son says she may have mistaken the bottle for cough medicine. Police Surgeon notes facial burns and nearly an ounce ingested.
Washington reports the Senate naval affairs committee will recommend a $39,000,000 increase to the 1921 naval building program over the House total to speed construction. Included in the boost is $300,000 for the Boston navy yard as the House had authorized. The House bill set the project total at $424,500,000.
A Senate committee nearly finished the naval bill and plans a late week report while boosting naval aviation funding by about 10 million. The panel raised 1916 building program appropriations from 48 million to 52 million, kept torpedo boat and armor plate funds, and added new and increased allocations for air craft stations experiments training stations and naval reserves. It also added 200 thousand for Newport torpedo station and 300 thousand for Boston yard, with other increases for Rhode Island and Great Lakes training stations.
Westfield April 7. Charles Wetmore of Shepherd street claims ownership of three white Orpington hens aged four years that have never produced any eggs. He tried various feeds without result and plans to sacrifice the birds for the family dinner.
Today anniversary items include Richard Olney’s death at 81. Notable historical dates: Cuba declares war on Germany in 1917. Tornado toll 82 in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma a year ago. Private Soldiers and Sailors’ Legion opened HQ in Washington seeking $500 and jobs for demobilized men.
Forecast from Washington calls for fair and cool weather in Boston and vicinity through Friday with fresh westerly winds. For northern and southern New England and east New York, cool conditions continue with generally fair skies and low pressure along the northern border. Winds off the Atlantic coast remain fresh to moderate with fair conditions from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
Forecast notes a bright fair day followed by cool night conditions. Yesterday’s average temperature was 38 with readings around 12 to 40/12. Reports from Thompson’s Spa and local stations list 3 pm and 6 pm temperatures, with a 9 pm mask advisory in effect.
Railroads impose a port wide embargo on all freight routed through the port by the three affected companies to prevent terminal and wharf congestion as the longshoremen strike drags on for nearly a month.
Freight traffic halts as Ocean Steamship Company Clyde line and Metropolitan line suspend sailings to New York. Surplus fruit, garden truck, cotton and goods await shipment in the South while New England products stall at Southern ports. Longshoremen press wage demands while steamship firms stand firm on current conditions.
Mrs. Gertrude Peabody widow of Frank Everett Peabody wed William Storer Eaton yesterday in the Old North Church on Salem Street. Ceremony by Bishop Lawrence with Rev. William H. Dewart assisting. Bride given by daughter Amy Peabody, groom attended by the Earl of Camperdon. They plan to live in Lakeville at Mr. Eaton’s estate. both families long tied to the church.
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