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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1919
Page
6
The trial of Lincoln McKinley Grant, a 19 year old youth, was continued with evidence completed at 3 35 this afternoon. Court adjourned until Monday morning at 9 30 to allow jurors rest and attorneys to prepare arguments.
Experts from the Commonwealth including Dr Frank H Carlisle medical director at Bridgewater State Hospital pronounce Grant sane and not epileptic. Dr Philip Kilroy a Springfield neurologist terms the prisoner a pathological h as local physicians call him a plain bad boy describing the man in dubious terms.
Dr. John A. Houston testified Grant was sane at the time of the crime, though he warned epilepsy could trigger violent acts. The examiner noted moral defects and limited family history, while Grant’s attorney and Kilroy pressed for epilepsy considerations amid cross examination.
Physician Dr. William M. Scholl promotes scientific foot appliances to brace arches at the ball of the foot. He claims his devices, fitted by trained dealers, prevent progression of fallen arches and relieve pain. Sold in stores with invisibly placed inserts and priced from two to six dollars.
Waterfront calendar provides maritime timing and celestial notes for April 12. It lists the day count since the war began, seasonal markers, daylight progression, tides, and lunar phases with dates for full and new moons. Evening planet positions cite Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn with their visible periods.
Seven arrivals at the Fish Pier yesterday brought in over a quarter of a million pounds of mixed fish. Fares included 15 000 pounds of cask, 2000 pounds of scrod and 4600 pounds of hali but. Vessels from Yarmouth brought 25 000 pounds of live lobsters.
Shipping arrivals include the motor ship Mississippi from London via Yamaqua and Lake Como, the steamers Blackwood and Lake Gaspar, the schooners Fannie Parnell and City of Gloucester, and other listed vessels reaching ports like Philadelphia, Norfolk, New York, and Gloucester.
A Boston man John F. Fitzgerald sent $100 to the fund for Irish freedom yesterday. John Thornton also contributed a smaller amount of $1. The report highlights private donations supporting the Irish freedom effort.
The Massachusetts House unanimously passed a bill to suppress the European corn borer with an emergency clause making it effective immediately. The session also flagged four proposed orders including invites to Taft and Lodge and a bid to study export labeling. A bill to extend the commission to consolidate laws was approved to Oct 15. The Senate is to engross a weighers and measures fee bill.
The Industrial Board of the Department of Commerce awaits President Wilson's word after two meetings with officials over railroad administration refusal to accept new steel prices set by the board. The secretary asks if the board should disband or remain until Wilson's return from Paris. Director-General Hines reportedly cabled support for denying the price increases.
Cambridge officials debate aiding foreign born residents as Radcliffe students volunteer to teach English to mothers. Mrs Whitman urges hiring teachers while Edward Sutcliffe warns of a labor shortage if newcomers return abroad.
A Berlin despatch reports that yesterday officials contemplated proclaiming a Soviet republic in the Ruhr district. The notice cites discussions among authorities about a Soviet state formation in the region.
The article notes anger over the occupation of Essen by government troops. Seventeen Mulheim en Ruhr council members who voted for a Soviet government at the last meeting have been arrested and charged with high treason.
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