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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
18
Governor Coolidge refused clemency for Francisco Reci condemned to die for first degree murder. He said he would not intervene, noting the testimony from friends at the hearing did not alter his view.
Middlesex county grand jury returns over twenty indictments in a scheme centered on Cambridge with auto dealers charged as receivers and distributors of stolen cars. Several defendants are named outside the state including Manchester New Hampshire Providence and Lowell.
Judge Almy issued four warrants in a Cambridge auto theft ring probe. No officers were named in the warrants, though several witnesses and prominent locals faced questioning. Dillon and Dr. Feeley testified as witnesses as the case moves toward arrests.
Plans by the local Republican Club for an outing at Canobie Lake Park on Saturday afternoon August 21 have expanded to include the Republican League of Massachusetts and many area politicians. Lieutenant Governor Cox Speaker Warner and Congressman Rogers of Lowell will speak and Senators Knox or Moses may join the list.
In the House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law moved a programme motion to pass the Irish crimes bill by six o clock tomorrow. He said the government seeks peace in Ireland and will use all means to restore civilized conditions. Opposition began obstructing the measure.
The season’s first twin cucumber, described as a freak vegetable, was delivered yesterday to the Post vegetable editor. Edgar D. Vose of 19 Reservoir Terrace, Lawrence, reports the unusual produce and asks if it can be beat.
William Franklin Dana of Newton former Massachusetts Superior Court justice and six year state legislator died yesterday at his Orford New Hampshire summer residence. He served as president of the Massachusetts Senate and was a prominent Suffolk County lawyer.
57 years old unmarried living with sisters Miss Helen Dana and Miss Ada Dana at 488 Centre Street Newton. Funeral arrangements to be announced today. Judge Dana was a writer of ability with works on Emerson and the Behring Sea Controversy and other essays in Harvard Law Review and New England Magazine. He belonged to Middlesex Bar Association and several Boston clubs.
The White Star Line announces the steamship Canopic will depart Naples today for Boston, restoring the Boston to Mediterranean service amid quarantine fears. The Canopic is expected to carry a large passenger list and reach Boston around August 20.
Funeral services for James F. Nolan longtime Boston politician and former deputy city collector will be held this morning at the Church of the Sacred Heart East Boston He died at his home 160 Putnam Street East Boston He was 40 years a member of the church survived by five sons and four daughters Nolan once worked as a telegrapher and later ran a liquor business He was active in East Boston politics from adulthood
William C. Parker of Morristown files a brief answer in a $100000 alienation case against Charles B. Chisholm of Newark. Parker swears he had no knowledge of Mrs. Chisholm's marriage and denies alienating her affections. The dispute spans two years with multiple conferences, elopement talks, and rivalries involving Parker and Chisholm, who each separate from their spouses as their children face disrupted homes.
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed U S railroads to apply the new freight rates and passenger fares without observing the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce act until November 1. The order was issued in Washington on August 5.
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