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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
3
In Central Court yesterday the rugged Arthur Jackson a hobo described as worn and hungry stood before the judge. Railroad Officer English testified he found him in a Pullman car yard last night and the court discharged him warning him to stay away or risk jail.
A judge asks what he was doing in a compartment and the defendant explains he needed a place to sleep. The court questions him about trespassing after a warned to leave order, which the prisoner contends he did not receive. Arthur testifies the defendant spoke truth.
At a Lawrence City Council hearing the Boston Transportation Company sought 20 motor bus licenses. The petition was tabled for 30 days while trackless trolley cars were discussed as a transportation solution. A five cent fare within a four mile radius was offered if licenses were granted. Chamber members urged delaying the decision as several experiments were considered, none a trackless trolley.
Representative Osborne of California was told by Baker that the return of 6500 selective service men with American forces in Siberia will be completed before winter. About 3000 volunteers have already gone, 150 more are ready, and enlistments average about 50 per day.
Joseph Gibbs James F Daly Philip Gordon and Joseph Smith were sentenced to eight months for larceny of Thomas Fallon s car. The youths drove from Back Bay to New London where, after a traffic stop, they deserted the car and fled drawing police attention. They appealed.
Struggling yet inspiring, Father Taylor rose from a sailor lad to preacher. He built Seamen's Bethel in North Square drawing sailors and famous visitors like Dickens and Jenny Lind. His final wish remained people over angels as he faced death.
Miss Jessie L. O'Brien 19 of Dorchester was hit by an auto driven by Samuel Smorack of Florence street near Dorchester avenue and Lonsdale. She suffered a dislocated collar bone and contusions to the head left side and left arm.
Vintage ad copy touts Father John’s Medicine as the tonic you need for pure food. It emphasizes health benefits and aligns with turn of the century marketing styles, promising vitality and wellness through a cherished remedy.
Ten thousand American troops guard about 40 000 German prisoners held in France. They cannot be released until the peace treaty is ratified by three powers. U S costs for care run about 1 000 000 dollars monthly. England also holds large numbers of German prisoners and soldiers. General Pershing plans to sail home September 1 leaving roughly 30 000 Americans in France plus 6000 on the Rhine.
The Rev Joseph V Tracey rector of St Columbkille s Brighton announces a three week mission began with a children s week followed by women and men weeks. Hull summer residents aid the Catholic Charitable Bureau with a August 29 dance at the Hull Yacht Club to fund the Children s Rest and Vacation House at Stony Beach Hull. The Franciscan Order Provincial Chapter convenes in New York with Very Rev Seraphine Cimino presiding and representation from St Leonard s North End and Our Lady of Mt Carmel East Boston.
Augustine Bosio age 40 of 884 Amory Street Jamaica Plain died yesterday morning from a self inflicted gunshot wound. He recently left a psychiatric hospital after a flu related episode and had been acting strangely. He leaves a wife and five children aged 11 to 1 year.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels said the Wilson administration has no candidate for president and that the decision lies with the people. He remarked his own candidacy is also for the people to decide during a Honolulu conference visit. He met officers and men of the Pacific fleet at a Hilo feast and toured Kilauea volcano with residents viewing the dreadnought New York and four destroyers.
CHICAGO Aug 2 Prohibition and wartime wages have boosted the jewelry trade. Delegates at the American Retail Jewelers Association meeting report a large share of liquor money now goes to jewelry. Joseph Mazer of New York notes high end pieces are in strongest demand.
Bill Babbitt, raised in the West End with no early Indian fighting training, buys a gun and cartridges from a seller. He parades with a pistol tucked under his arm, incites local attention, and is brought to the captain's office after officers intervene. Central Court holds the matter open for a day or two.
Thirteen year old Frances Salinsky appeared before Magistrate Brown in Brooklyn to plead to first degree murder for poisoning Solomon Kramer. The case was continued until Sept. 2 after a lawyer volunteered to represent her. An alienist's report had deemed her sane.
A reported account by a French officer describes the 1918 killing of Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexis, and Grand Duchesses Olga Anastasia Tatiana and Xenia at Yekaterinburg. Bolshevik Kourovsky and nine Lettish soldiers are said to have fired on the detainees in an underground room.
A Sunday northeast gale battered the three masted schooner Pocasset off Massachusetts Bay. The vessel sprang a leak and anchored in Boston Harbor below Castle Island while the crew kept pumps working to prevent flooding in the hold containing 876 tons of coal. The Pocasset, sailing from Perth Amboy New Jersey to Halifax Nova Scotia, proceeded to Boston after the pumps stabilized the water ingress.
The War Department announced a demobilization pace that will cut the army to 225000 by Sept. 30. The active strength on Aug. 19 was 46139 officers and men.
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