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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
7
The Jerusalem municipality plans a 3000 pound loan to install an adequate electric street lighting system. The despatch notes King Solomon's Pools has been converted into a water supply that provides sterilized water at low cost for the city.
Theodora Warfield, leading lady of the Lawrence stock company, tells the Post reporter at the Arlington Hotel she was discharged for a personal dispute. She denies manager Steele's claims of disobedience and lateness and says she wore gray shoes only once after a joking remark.
In Berlin the Prussian Parliament clashed over compensation for the Hohenzollerns. A cardboard Iron Cross was presented to Dr. Kauffmann after intense shouting and missiles, as Heilmann urged disowning the ex Kaiser’s family amid reports Wilhelm’s income tops 33 million marks annually.
Thomas F. Sullivan, commissioner of public works, criticized railroad and express companies for poor cooperation at both terminals during last year's heavy snow. Mayor Peters called the meeting in the aldermanic chamber to start plans for securing public cooperation in snow removals for the coming winter.
The official warned that without cooperation next year he will personally close traffic centers and halt business until snow is cleared from terminal areas. Railroads and unions pledged cooperation after a prior $850,000 expenditure in the previous year, which he said was wasted due to tampering near railroad terminals by express workers.
Mayor Peters convened a meeting to coordinate contract limits and springing into action for winter duties. Three committees were named with Commissioner Sullivan and George Stebbins to organize snow removal, street ash spreading, and horseshoer readiness for emergencies.
Herbert O. Smith, a traveling salesman, was fined $20 and costs in Municipal Court for beating a cat against a tree, injuries from which the animal subsequently died.
Washington officials say acceptance of a Lima building to house the American embassy requires an act of Congress. The State Department notes that Congress has repeatedly declined such gratuities, insisting the U S should not receive gifts from foreign governments.
In Jeppo Finland two years after Jacob Hagegstrand died penniless during an influenza epidemic a money belt hidden in a shoe within an old trunk contained $870. Emil Ekblad wired the amount to Mrs. Haggstrand today, valuing the sum in Finnish currency.
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