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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
25
New York market day ends in widespread decline with leaders dropping five to four points. Liberty Bonds tumble to near seven percent yields while banks reportedly trim speculative loans. Notable losses include General Motors and Baldwin Locomotive as total volume tops 20 million shares and bonds slip 1 to 2 percent.
Relief expeditions pushed into Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee after a tornado swept the region killing 165 people injuring hundreds and causing about 2 million dollars in damage. Relief groups organized local and national aid struggles include blocked roads and communications as temporary hospitals and shelters are prepared for the displaced.
New York April 21 heavy liquidation in the stock market sent prices down in a severe reversal of the year. Leading issues especially speculative ones fell 5 to 15 points while General Motors dropped 42 34 points to 275. The crash came in the final hour with about one third of the day’s 2 million shares traded and reports delayed by 15 to 20 minutes.
Congressman Alvan T. Fuller urged backing Leonard Wood as Roosevelt era policy defender in a Allston square speech. He attacked rivals Harding Lowden Butler and stressed a League to Enforce Peace and price regulation for necessities like sugar shoes bread clothes, arguing government action can cut peacetime prices.
Cotton trading showed sympathy with Chicago grain and provisions as prices fell sharply. United States Steel dropped below par, Baldwin Locomotive slid to 116, and other firms like Pierce Arrow Studebaker and Mexican Petroleum tumbled. Bond prices slipped, and foreign exchange weakened with sterling and franc declines amid liquidity concerns. Time funds remained scarce despite easy money signals.
Daniel T. O Connell, director of the Irish National Bureau, blasts Sir Auckland Geddes as insincere in his Ireland policy remarks. He accuses Lloyd George of hypocrisy, cites past Irish settlements, and argues England uses Ireland as a military and naval asset threatening American interests.
The text argues that British policy on Ireland could justify U S seizure of nearby British possessions. It warns such logic would unify the United States for military and naval strategy by claiming need to reclaim and control distant bases.
A telegram from Major Eugene F. Kinkead of Jersey City and New Jersey Irish Independence leaders protests recognizing Sir Auckland Geddes as Ambassador from Ireland. They claim 600000 members and urge adherence to self determination and republican government principles before accepting Geddes credentials.
A long list of marriage intentions appears, pairing names and occupations with current addresses. Couples include James Shepard and Tinlly Gauthier among iron workers and waitresses, with many others across Charlestown Jamaica Plain Dorchester and nearby cities.
Boston Elevated trustees plan to deploy one man cars in West Roxbury and nearby districts this coming summer. Thirty cars ordered months ago await delivery. The move raises pay by 10 to 15 cents an hour for the single operator balancing motorman and conductor duties, to be set by the arbitration board overseeing wage increases.
Yale's faculty totaling about 160 including President Arthur T. Hadley and heads of seven departments express preference for Herbert Hoover in response to Yale Hoover Club postcards. Deans from the college scientific divinity art music and law schools with votes also include Day and Osborne as potential yeses.
Charles H. M. Mayer of 806 Tremont Street once a Boston and Maine special officer faced a Chelsea police court hearing before Judge Cutler. Mayer is charged with shooting 15 year old James A. McCarthy Jr on March 4 1919, who died seven days after the shooting.
A list of Cambridge residents including William Wadseman and Teresa Patchico with home addresses and occupations. Abram Legge and Edith McPadgen. Sydney Shuttleworth and Filimabeth O Leary. John E. Jellows and Ellen Gatley. James Cavanaugh and Mary Sanford. Lloyd Kaler and Het Carlos are noted as pairs living at separate Cambridge or nearby Boston addresses with stated trades such as printer, carpenter, teamster, dress maker, coast guard, boilermaker, chauffeur, and packer.
Listings show several pairs with ages and addresses from Brookline Watertown Boston and surrounding areas. Albert Wood investigator and Anna Day bookkeeper. Arnold Terrelonge chauffeur and Anita Branker dressmaker. Patrick Concaugh machinist and Susie McNiff cook. Prank Lawson chauffeur and Ora Walker housemaid.
Benjamin Benge age 58 of 40 Otis Street Dollack Smith and Lilla Hardy aged 45 of 104 Washington Street Charlestown listed as housekeepers. James F. Quinn aged 83 of 17 Linden Street Somerville is a painter and Gertrude C. Marsh aged 34 of 17 Linden Street Somerville is a housekeeper.
The Fitchburg Choral Society drew a large crowd at City Hall for the first public rehearsal featuring The Death of Minnehaha and The Redemption. The festival begins tomorrow with a miscellaneous concert and prize awards for best essays on music by high and normal school pupils.
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and liver aid replacing calomel. It claims quick relief without damaging teeth or gums and notes benefits for headaches dullness and general well being. Prices listed as 10c and 25c.
Thomas J. Mellor of 140 Sixteenth Street Fall River Mass wins first prize in Lim erick No 94 with the judges selecting his verse about eloquence and fare. He receives a $100 check from the Post and is a lifelong Fall River resident and loom fixer at the Merchants mill.
Judges award consolation prizes to ten entrants including Joseph E. Chase in Portland Margaret Rude in West Newton M L Upton in Boston Ethel Cudney in Worcester Herbert L Whitney in Derby James Norton in Boston Samuel A Mitchell in Lyndonville Mary Lynott in Boston Helena Cuppuidge in Worcester and Mrs Marion E Leighton in Augusta Me The winning Last Line of Limerick No 95 will be printed in tomorrow's Post with writer's name.
The Boston Post announces a daily Limerick contest paying $100 for the best new ending and $5 consolation prizes for ten runner up lines beginning with Limerick No 80. Open to all except staff, entries due by 5 PM four days after publication with sealed envelopes to Post Limerick Editors, P O Box 5276 Boston Mass.
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