12 Apr 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1921
Page
1
Max Molin proprietor of a bakeshop at 67512 Harrison avenue chased an armed robber after he rifled the cash register of 59 dollars. Molin ducked four bullets and, with help from bystanders, overpowered the thief, recovered the money, and held him for police.
The man tells a reporter he has no knowledge of the officer killing and denies any woman being in the car with him. He describes being assaulted and walking home in a daze and says he does not know Alice Dennet.
Police say they know the woman and will arrest soon as state police and Wakefield officers pursue the sole eye witness to Patrolman James Arthur Preston’s murder. A raised bronze button found in Loud’s abandoned sedan remains the key clue. Loud relatives deny owning such a button and investigators seek the garment seller or wearer’s name. The Post invites any information to aid the case.
Clarence W. Loud, charged with first degree murder in the Wakefield Patrolman James Arthur Preston case, pleads not guilty in court and is held without bail for an April 21 hearing. A door handle found in Loud’s sedan is noted as a key factor in the investigation.
President Harding prepares to outline U S plans in a special session message to Congress. He is expected to urge peace by resolution and call for tax revision and relief for farmers. The address is to be delivered in person at 1 p m tomorrow.
The chief executive spent the day on preparation, abandoning plans to dispatch a brief, quickly prepared document to the public printer by early afternoon as attention remained absorbed by other tasks.
Captain Ringer and Harry Fritch of the American schooner Esperanto narrowly escaped drowning after their dory capsized in a heavy squall on the Mersey River near Liverpool New York. They clung to the wreck while engineers Michael Collins and George Liskar from a government tug rescued them in a boat. Both men were nearly overcome by cold during the rescue.
After a late night automobile chase through Dorchester streets, shots were fired as Patrolman Boyden pursued a vehicle. Vincent Courtney, 19, of 617 East Fifth street South Boston, was arrested on a charge of attempting to break and enter the store of William Davey at 8 Stoughton Street. No one was injured.
Molin and his wife Minnie ate supper when a robber struck the cash drawer and took 59 dollars. Molin chased the man through Harrison and Mystic streets, fired at by the thief, then tackled him on James Street, forcing the revolver from the suspect. The crowd helped subdue the man, later identified as Joseph Thompson, 40, of Dover Street. Police believe he came from Canada and recovered the money.
Washington April 1 United News reports President Harding aims to lower prices paid by consumers as a key to lifting the economy. He has studied causes and remedies, seeking department outlines and discussing findings in cabinet meetings and with his official family to address wage readjustments and a stagnating business climate.
An off duty Boston police officer in East Boston reported a self defence shooting after a knife attack. Five shots were fired during the confrontation. The incident prompted police to investigate the events and the officer’s safety status.
Santo Chiaramanti, 52, of 152 Saratoga Street, East Boston, was shot and killed late last night by traffic officer Harold B. Titus of the East Boston police during a bitter confrontation.
In Rutland Vermont on April 11 jurors in the Peter Longe murder trial for Owen Hayes’s death on October 1 failed to reach a verdict by midnight after more than 14 hours of deliberation. Sheriffs Belden and Leach reported sessions would resume at 9 am tomorrow for a final effort to determine guilt or innocence.
Washington April 11 France and Great Britain are understood to have replied to Hughes notes on the Japanese mandate over Yap. The British reply is reported preliminary. State Department officials say replies were received but would not specify their nature.
Secretary Weeks, nearing his 62nd year, says mental vitality experts note improvement after age 60. He reports his 61st birthday left him feeling great and his golf game better than at 60, though he concedes not as good as the President.
Experienced retail furniture salesmen with credit selling experience only considered. Salary and commission. Locations will be held in strict confidence. Apply by letter only to Box M 121 Boston Post.
Congressman James A. Gallivan of Boston files the first bill of the Sixty-seventh Congress. The soldiers bonus measure is the same one that passed the House last June.
Representative Gallivan presses for an early Ways and Means hearing on a bill mirroring an American Legion measure to honor service men. He also introduces $6.5 million for a Boston federal site and $600 thousand for post office expansion. A joint resolution blocks English oil exploration in America until equal opportunities are granted. Lord Mayor O Callaghan meets Gallivan in Congress.
The mine owners and striking miners have filed their contentions with Prime Minister Lloyd George who will review them and meet each side separately. A conference at the Board of Trade included government officials and may lead to a joint session if talks progress.
A three and a half year old boy, Nathaniel Egges, suffered a fractured skull when a rear piazza railing collapsed at 48 Holburn Street Roxbury. He was taken to City Hospital by Roxbury Crossing police after neighbors alerted them. his mother Cecilia Egges was away at the time.
Daniel D. Courtney of Worcester Massachusetts known on stage as Eddie Courtney died in Saranac Lake New York today. He was a vaudeville performer aged unknown.
The joint conference board of eastern Massachusetts Railway unions received a draft city trustees backed agreement. It proposes restoring wages to pre May 1 1920 levels, 56 cent hourly pay for one man cars, a nine hour day, four cent extra for instructor ratings, no union membership discrimination, and no dismissal for union complaints. Six hour wage guarantees for extras, abolition of Saturday half holiday, free transportation, and group life insurance up to 2000 dollars after ten years. The pact would run one year from May 2 1921.
Plans were perfected today by high dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus to greet Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia on his arrival Wednesday aboard the steamship Olympic at Quarantine. The welcoming party will include Archbishop Hayes and Mayor Hylan.
A feud between two groups of Boston bankers may surface during the legislative investigation of 1918 and 1919 street railway measures. The first public hearing is scheduled at the State House on Thursday.
The special committee appointed to make the inquiry spent yesterday examining the case evidence with George S. Taft, who will prosecute the investigation. Although no definite announcements were made, the committee and Mr. Taft expect to open the real inquiry.
The note lists Chelsea fire in 1908, the Wayfarer torpedoed but not sunk in 1915, U S troops clash with Mexicans in 1916 with 2 Americans and 40 Mexicans killed, and a 1915-1916 reference to a NY to DC passenger service suspension a year ago due to a railroad strike.
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions in Boston and vicinity on Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate to fresh winds shifting to south and southwest. In New England expect fair and warmer weather Tuesday and Wednesday, with possible showers Wednesday in the upper lake region and temperatures rising east of the Mississippi. North of Sandy Hook winds diminish then vary, while Sandy Hook to Hatteras sees moderate west and northwest winds and fair weather Tuesday.
Forecast indicates sunny to partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures today. Tonight should stay warmer than last night with milder coolness.
Yesterday’s temperature data lists readings from multiple stations with time stamps and values. Averages show an 80 degree mean for yesterday and 21 to 24 degrees for the same day last year.
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