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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1920
Page
15
Petition by Herbert Myrick seeks an injunction to restrain the state from enforcing the daylight saving law as the period approaches, continuing on the matter from the first page.
Judge Frederick T. Hammond adjourned the equity session in Springfield and referred Herbert Myrick’s injunction petition to the Supreme Judicial Court. A New Hampshire committee of milk producers and officials pressed the railroads over new schedules based on eastern time with Massachusetts time one hour later, urging studies of local routes and milk train operations.
The Fowler bill to repeal daylight saving was approved 78 to 58 by the New York Assembly, with local option preserved for ordinances. Governor Smith likely to veto. six Manhattan members aided the measure, aligning with up-State allies amid election-law amendments opposition.
Concord New Hampshire April 23 The New Hampshire public service commission protests to the Interstate Commerce Commission against advancing Boston & Maine railroad train schedules one hour to conform to Massachusetts daylight saving law. The commission says the change will injure New Hampshire and harm farmers. It asks IC C to restrain the new schedules announced for April 2.
Instructions issued by Edmund Billings state that the Massachusetts district customs service will operate under the daylight saving law, aligning with other federal departments in this city.
Arbor and Bird Day events take place across cities nationwide while Massachusetts plans a quieter observance. Teachers brief students on the day’s significance and many schoolchildren plant trees and bird-friendly plants.
Lexington High School baseball captained by John Kelley travels to Needham for the first game of the annual series. The return contest is set for May 19 at Lexington Athletic Field. Lexington has won the only game of the season so far. Needham has fared poorly.
Frank Dane drives Johnson to face top heavies as Johnson, Siegel and Shevlin spark welter action. Wilde against Dyson at Lawrence May 1, plus Sharkey five days away, Palitz v Bogash in Bridgeport, Londos to headline Mechanics Hall card.
The Boston University Bates game at Russell Field Cambridge was called off due to rain. The Clark versus BU tennis match scheduled for the afternoon was postponed because of bad court conditions.
Yesterday’s conditions halted the Boston College Bowdoin game at Alumni Field and rain also postponed Rhode Island State on Wednesday. A college game is scheduled for this afternoon with likely similar weather impacts.
Nearly 20 000 parade in overalls to protest high costs while 30 clothing dealers promote steep discounts. Men’s suits drop $5 to $20 per ensemble, ordinary ready made suits fall from around 50 to about 45 dollars, shirts and neckwear also lower. Women’s garments see larger cuts with misses’ spring suits coats and dresses reduced by 10 to 24.50 dollars at major stores.
At Havre De Grace racecourse the first through seventh races produced a set of notable finishes with winners including Superwoman in the opening dash for maidens, Anzac and Thistle Queen among the victors, and Handfull, Verity and more in later events. The card featured purses of 1200 and times ranging from 48 seconds to 1 minute 49 seconds with multiple horses running in each race.
Two year olds race The Advocate Purse four and a half furlongs lists Star Vater Some Baby Mogens Peerage Vic Baby Grand Cullinan Hope Princess Madeline Lillian Gladys Mammy O Mine with Peerage and Cullinan as Greentree entry. Second race for three year olds and up claiming six furlongs shows Mahdi Happy Go Lucky Subahdar Bell Ringer Phedoden Miss Sterling Fast Accompli Challenger Headman Eastern Glow Redland Deckhand Kenesaw Tiger Rose Heilo Pardner Riddle plus several alternates. Third race The Climax Handicap six furlongs features Sir Barton Milkmaid Frott Cake Panoply Ticklish Diversion Charley Lydecker Rapid with Sir Barton and Milkmaid as J K L Ross entry. Fourth race Circle Purse one mile lists Billy Kelly War Pennant Star Master Cromwell Bondage Clean Gone Translate Wildair. Fifth race The Chesapeak Stakes one mile and 70 yards includes Blazes Paul Jones Upset Wildair John P Grier Gallagher Sandy Beal Blue Wrack St Allan with Blazes and Paul Jones as Parr entry and Upset, Wildair, John P Grier as Whitney entries. Sixth race one mile and a sixteenth for three year olds lists Can So Queen Blonde The Desert War Machine War Smoke Hawk Day Peccant My Dear iso eligible Sea Queen Diadl. Seventh race for four year olds one mile and a quarter names Will Do Little Nearer Great Guilt Austral Wood Thrush Capital City Waterproof Capt Hodge Alma B Ben Hampson Leinster Tom Brooks Keziah Jeiles Filly Sky Pilot Dalrose.
Race card lists purses from 700 to 2000 with three year olds to older horses. Apprentice allowance claimed noted. Entries include Minutes Man Micker Moore Atta Roy and many others across six races with track listed as fast and weather cloudy.
Athens Ga April 23 Suppert of the University of Georgia pitched a no hit game against the University of Pittsburg nine here today the locals winning 6 to 0.
Harvard and Army played to a 4 to 4 tie at West Point after two and a half hours of batting. The game was halted at dusk with the score level, no winner declared.
Harvard outhits West Point 11 to 7 but leaves four runners stranded on third as Harvard pitchers struggle. Hardell fans eight while giving up four walks and the Cadets rally late. Lincoln Emmons Conlon and Perkins spark a Harvard third inning push, but a double play by Hallowell halts the rally. Attendance about 2,000 with Cullum and Marshall umpiring.
April calendar notes tides and moon phases while listing fishery prices and vessel arrivals. Vessels including Natalie Hammond and Olivia Sears brought halibut and pollock with ex vessel prices for cod, pollock, hake, and halibut. The schooner Reveira sails from Rose Le Blanc with a record salt cod cargo for J R Poole Co. Shipping News.
Shipping items list steamers and tugs entering and leaving Portland bound for Glasgow Norfolk New York and other ports. Vessels include Glenlyon McNeely Alexandria Kgypt Mackinaw Bolt Philadelphia Bond Crowell Tullamore Prince Arthur Grecian Pawnee Roseway Walter D Noyes and Doane among others towing barges and frigates with Norfolk Glasgow and Newport News as key destinations.
Middlesex School baseball, defending private school diamond champions, aims for a fifth straight win as it hosts Noble and Greenough of Boston tomorrow afternoon on the local diamond in North Concord.
It will take plenty of warm sunshine all forenoon to whip Greater Boston diamonds into fit playing condition for a long list of scholastic baseball duels this afternoon. Inclement weather of the past three days has put a crimp in outdoor work and leaves the players itching for action today.
Malden and Newton square off at Claflin Field Newtonville after a Wednesday postponement. Cambridge Latin faces Everett at Everett grounds not played today. Rindge Technical sits out Medford High while Somerville and Brookline Highs meet at Recreation Field. Lynn nines play today. Classical vs Peabody at Peabody grounds. English meets Winthrop. Revere hosts Swampscott. Alden School meets St Marks at Southboro with Alex Powell facing tough test.
A long list of marriage intentions includes Kenneth D. Stone and Lowie P. Hall. Clifford M. Ferguson and Gertrude E. Morizen. Michael J. Kittredge and Catherine M. Gilligan. Santo Micciche and Cristina Sardo. Paul Campana and Leah Kann. Leo F. Farmer and Robe V. Barry. Alan Wilkie and Grace C. McDonnell. Lloyd L. Johnson and Gladys T. Butler. William H. Evanson Jr. and Lillian M. Barrows. Hans A. Berntsen and Martha T. Smith. Vincenzo Zarrella and Pasqualina Sordillo. Eastman A. Weaver and Marjorie Fried.
James S Grove aged 26 of Somerville and Maybelle D Blake aged 22 of Cambridge are listed as a bookkeeper and a clerk respectively along with Walter R Connell aged 37 and Mabel F McCoubrey aged 24 of Cambridge noted as a printer and a press feeder in the same notice.
A list of residents includes Sidney W. Wilkinson age 40 of 675 Hammond Street Brookline a butler and Flora Sauer 34 of Switzerland a bookkeeper. Pio Moscardini 80 of 586 Newbury Street Boston a foreman and Trene Marri 25 of 503 Boylston Street Brookline a maid. Henry L. Rock 36 of 10 Melrose Street Boston a cook and Edith M Wilcox 35 of 643 Chestnut Hill Avenue Brookline a domestic.
The letter asks when the schooner Thomas W. Lawson was launched and when she was lost. The vessel, a seven masted schooner, was built at Fore River and remains notable as a unique design.
The ship owned by Coast wise Transportation Company built at Quincy in 1902, cost about 150000 dollars, vanished near the Scilly Islands on Friday December 13 1907 with 17 lives lost. The note lists details from a 1907 inquiry and mentions the shipyard and location.
Readers ask about Virginia race figures showing white over colored populations and language usage. A letter discusses opera earnings comparing Jennie Lind and Caruso, noting Lind earned 1858 dollars per concert run and ticket prices reached 620 dollars, while Caruso earned more cash overall.
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