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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
9
An effort by prominent Waltham businessmen led by Mayor Beale is underway to obtain a pardon for John M. Harris who was sentenced to life in 1897 for the murder of Mrs Emma Butters in Waltham. The trial showed Harris fired the shot while in a drunken frenzy and Harris has served 24 years.
Dr. John Butler, Civil War veteran and Cheshire county's oldest physician, died today at 187 Court Street in Keene. He was 93, graduated from Harvard Medical College in 1854, and practiced in Chesterfield most of his life. Funeral set for Chesterfield Saturday.
Charles 8 Baxter rallies in John Cheverus School vowing to light Day Square and develop vacant East Boston lands. He promotes a Republican bid to restore prosperity, criticize Curleyism and the Good Government Association, and warn against a Charlestown politician tied to Martin Lomasney and City Street interests.
Fragments of two large Devonian fossil trees discovered in Gilboa New York by Hugh Nawn Contracting Company members were donated to Harvard Geological Museum by Hugh Nawn class of 10. The specimens weighing several hundred pounds will be exhibited, representing Devonian swamp flora from the Catskills region near Grand Gorge.
The Women's Auxiliary of the Massachusetts SPCA holds its annual fair at Angell Hospital 180 Longwood Avenue from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Attractions appeal to children and adults. Entertainment led by Mrs. W. McDonald and Mrs. Elbert Clarke.
The Good Government Association and candidate John R. Murphy faced sharp criticism at a City Club dinner hosted by the Massachusetts Real Estate Association. Speakers including James M. Curley and Charles S. O'Connor attacked reformers while Murphy defended taxes and city service amid a night of political rhetoric.
Herbert C. Parsons of Boston told the Massachusetts Civico League that county houses of correction fail to provide proper classification and adequate treatment facilities. He warned prisoners are largely unemployed and urged a statewide, unified policy rather than 14 separate boards managing public corrections.
District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier, running for mayor, told a Dorchester audience at Oliver Wendell Holmes School that rivals and reform groups seek control through aggressive tactics. He defended past prosecutions, denounced undercover methods, and rejected political pressure as inappropriate for justice.
The Next Boston Sunday Post Magazine will print Margaret Cameron’s amusing piece There Was Just One Chance in full. The feature promises witty narration and lighthearted humor for readers.
Chicago November 30 United News reports the United States Railroad Labor Board has ordered a reduction of fifty million dollars from railroad payrolls by new working rules for six shop craft federations.
The decision favors carriers overall by reshaping most shop craft rules under federal control while preserving some long standing provisions. Ben W. Hooper said wage talks can begin as soon as the rules are in place, with the conflict between transportation heads and Big Five unions likely to resume quickly after a near strike. Railroads rushed to notify employers of a 10 percent wage cut.
The board reviews broadening shop craft duties governing electricians, carmen, sheet metal workers, boilermakers, blacksmiths, machinists and iron ship builders. Changes discard many war era restrictions allowing any skilled worker to perform multiple tasks, reducing the ten men to four, and ending several rules.
MIDDLETOWN R I Nov 30 Charles Peckham a veteran office holder and practical farmer has been awarded the Boston Post cane as the oldest male citizen of the town. He remains active and serves as president of the board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church attributing his health to outdoor work and abstinence from tobacco.
Louis Whipple, 38, of Lowell, received a two year term in East Cambridge House of Correction after a East Cambridge jury found him guilty of breaking and entering and malicious damage to property of the United States Worsted Company at Lowell. Whipple tried his own case.
Mrs J Dalton known as Marie Dressler arrives in Chicago to oversee funeral arrangements for her husband who died last night at the Congress Hotel after a diabetes illness. He had been staying there since November 22 and remained when Miss Dressler went to St Louis for vaudeville dates.
Abou Ben Adhem Temple, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan hosted a dinner and ceremonial at Paine Memorial Hall to celebrate their thirteenth anniversary. Grand Chancellor Elmer L. Hiliot of Lynn was guest of honor.
Miss Mary Flaherty, 67, of Lothrop Street Brighton, was hit by an outward-bound Boston Elevated car on Brighton Avenue Allston. She was taken to St Elizabeth's Hospital with a fractured collarbone and other injuries. Doctors expect recovery.
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