09 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1921
Page
1
Mrs Nathan A Tufts wife of the Middlesex County district attorney testifies for the defense recounting gifts valued at 5000 and 9100 said to come from her father in law Joseph A Tufts of Fitchburg during his final illness in May and June 1917.
Fourteen year old Blandina Poulis faced competing custody claims after arrival at the immigration office. Judge Burke at Central Court ordered her placed in the House of the Good Shepherd with Probation Officer Miss Woods while Probate Court reviews two proposed homes to determine proper placement.
A report outlines a shift in policing tactics with a new law restricting searches without a warrant. The measure imposes penalties for violations and aims to curb intoxicant seizures.
Infatuation with a pretty girl and moonlit car rides in an expensive vehicle supposedly led S. Russell Ingalls, clerk of the Swampscott Water and Sewerage Board, to irregularities in his books totaling about $3000, which he admitted yesterday.
For over a year he maintained a high powered automobile and nearly every night his lady friend accompanied him on trips along the north shore. Occasionally his wife, who lived with him on Maple Avenue, also rode in the car and was told by her husband that the machine had been loaned by a friend.
Police fail to solve the disappearance of Arthur A. Woodbury a 50 year old commercial traveler from Waltham who vanished after leaving Buffalo for Erie Penn. on July 11. His wife found an anonymous Buffalo letter about valuable papers near Scajaquada Creek but investigators have no NY report.
Edgartown August 8 William Belain holder of the Post cane and the oldest Indian in Massachusetts died this afternoon in his 104th year of natural causes while in a hay field near his home. His sister Astriss Wetquish found him after he failed to return for supper and with neighbor Roger Sherman Hoar helped move him to his house.
Britain to protest the seizure of the schooner Marshall outside the three mile limit. The protest aims to establish a precedent for official action against illicit rum smuggling ships between British shores and American waters.
In London Ontario on August 8 Ed ward Henshaw of Beech Park was lifted from a tree top to about 100 feet and dropped into Lake Erie by four eagles. Henshaw had gone with a rifle to a James Wesley farm to shoot groundhogs damaging oats.
A local observer notes several eagles that have inhabited the area for several years drawing interest from residents and wildlife watchers.
In New York on August 8 United News reports a carved emblem inside St Thomas church on Fifth Avenue showing three money bags with the initials J P M believed to honor the late J P Morgan. Earlier decorations included a dollar sign and a lovers knot with portraits of Fifth Avenue types. Rockefeller is noted as a member of the church while Morgan was not.
The international fishing schooner races near Halifax are postponed from October 1 to October 2 by the Canadian race committee. The Gloucester fishermen's committee requested the change. Canadian elimination trials begin October 1.
Republican members of the House ways and means committee in executive session agreed to cut taxes on fountain drinks ice cream and wearing apparel. A half reduction in the 10 percent levy on sporting goods was reported, with potential revenue loss cited at about 50 million dollars.
In Cowes Isle of Wight August 8 the sixth race of the international series ended with both Britain and America at 18 points. Five races totals read 97 for Great Britain and 72 for America, making the American bid for the cup seem doomed. Finishing order included Polly and Grebe for Britain and America entries Victoria Montauk Flynn and Genie for the Americans.
In a coastwise disaster 190 miles north of San Francisco oil soaked wreckage marks the sinking of the Alaska on Saturday night. About 214 aboard, 167 saved, 17 bodies recovered. Purser records lost. death toll may be higher than official count. Some rescued passengers not listed on company manifests.
About 200 guests at the Oxford Hotel in Back Bay were jolted by smoke from a waste paper fire behind the Copley Square Music Store at 40 Huntington Avenue. Guests awoke, gathered in the lobby, then returned to rooms as officials stated no real danger. The hotel suffered smoke damage under $2000.
Thieves used false keys to break into Mrs. Mary E. Hand's apartment at 96 Boylston Street Back Bay and robbed her trunk of jewelry valued at 200 dollars. Police are investigating the case.
A Boston and Albany circuit division train passing Crystal Lake Newton Centre was pelted with stones causing one passenger Thomas Burns of 1664 Centre Street Newton Highlands to be cut and clothing ruined. Several others had minor cuts as a heavy window shattered. Police suspect local boys and note two derailment attempts nearby.
Heavy fires in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick damaged farm lands and property valued in the hundreds of thousands. Kings and Queens counties in New Brunswick and Cumberland and Cape Breton counties in Nova Scotia were hardest hit. No lives reported lost as rains helped quell the blazes.
Immigrants in excess of July and August quotas held at ports will be admitted on personal bond and charged to the year’s totals. Commissioner-General Tinshand of the Immigration Bureau announced the plan after a conference with ship line representatives.
In Quebec at the International Typographical Union convention the administration won its first clash by approving continued presidential designation of committees. The tally was 175 to 106.
The text predicts continued bright and fair conditions today and tonight with warm temperatures similar to yesterday. It provides a general outlook without specific values or locations.
A court confrontation centers on Ephraim Sargis of Bridgeport and David Jacobs over a kidnapping warrant for Blandina a 14 year old held in Mesopotamia. Judges, lawyers and interpreters weigh the girl’s will as sides clash over propriety and immigration rulings. The girl asserts she wishes to stay, while both sides argue for or against the marriage plan amid camp captivity memories.
Post staff correspondent reports a moving day for the Farrar Tellegen household as Farrar appears to have a moving party, while Tellegen rehearses new love scenes in New York. Elsewhere the Willis Campbell anti beer bill advances to conference after Senate passage 39 to 20 with penalties for warrantless searches.
The International Dancing Masters Association opened its convention in New York with Miss Marguerite Walz praising Philadelphia block parties and two new steps, the Tango Trot and the Porto-Povich, as esthetic advances. The group aims to counter recent negative views on dancing with artistic performances.
Miss Helen Newcomb, 23, of 196 Church Street, who once vanished with Liberty bonds for a prank, died when a Boston bound passenger train struck her on the east track near Nash road. Police deem her insane as two youths tried to move her from the rails before the 9:33 train could stop.
An unidentified airplane swept Narragansett Bay firing a machine gun at a launch carrying five people near Providence R I. The craft was riddled and nearly sank. a girl aboard was severely wounded as civilians fled the water.
A small boat party blueberrying off Hope Island was attacked by a plane. Grace Buxton of Oakland Beach was wounded in both legs while Frank Toole was shot through a shirt shoulder, and the party escaped to Bull Neck Cove. The vessel’s owners and companions included Arthur Clackstaffe of Providence, his wife, Miss Juxton, and William Oakes of Connecticut. Authorities reported to Marshall John J. Richards with no immediate explanation for the air attack.
Yesterday's American League results show Boston defeating Detroit 6 to 1 and Cleveland topping Philadelphia 4 to 1 in extra innings. New York swept Chicago 7 0 in game one and lost 5 4 in game two, while Washington routed St Louis 16 to 5. In the National League St Louis edged Boston 7 to 6 in 10 innings and New York defeated Chicago 64 to 3. Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 4 to 2.
Serbia declared war on Germany in 1914. Italians captured Gorizia after a long campaign in 1916. One year ago today the German battleship Ostfriesland cruiser Frankfurt and three destroyers, previously surrendered to the United States, reached this country.
Washington reports a fair two day outlook for New England and the eastern states with moderate temperatures. A disturbance moved from Quebec into the Gulf of St. Lawrence with high pressure over the lake region and several showers in the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States. Tuesday and Wednesday should be generally fair with moderate winds from the west to southwest in the Boston vicinity and along the coast.
Yesterday's temperature data at Thompson's Spa shows an average of 75 degrees. Historical comparison lists yesterday's average at 81 versus 74 and 68 in earlier records.
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