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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1919
Page
2
The British steamer Galtymore departed for Glasgow with 1 650 000 pounds of refined sugar in sacks plus 134 000 bushels of wheat 200 tons of flour and several hundred tons of general merchandise The ship will add 12 000 barrels of cigars at Halifax en route indicating strong overseas demand for sugar despite US shortages.
The Canadian Wheat Board ordered Manitoba wheat price rise to 2.80 a bushel, with Hedley Shaw noting the miller and baker would not lose. Mark Brodin said Toronto bread prices would rise soon from 11 to 12 1/2 cents per 24 ounce loaf.
Mayor Peters sharply rebuked the City Council over demanding a report on the committee to study renaming city squares for dead war heroes. He said the panel’s job was to survey Boston’s fallen and recommend those with exceptional bravery, naming 24 individuals as worthy of special consideration.
The capture of Adolph Panarelli John Romanelli and Samuel Saleeby in New York and Brooklyn foreshadows murder charges as federal agents wage a broad anti bootlegging drive. Bail refusals and anticipated higher bonds accompany renewed raids. Hartford Chicopee Holyoke Meriden react as saloons close and witnesses testify.
Analysis in New Haven found the liquor contained wood alcohol glycerine and dye coloring. Connecticut towns report dozens dead and many arrested as authorities close saloons and pursue those linked to the tainted whiskey.
M Edward Lyons proprietor of the Hadley Hotel in Hadley was arrested this afternoon on three warrants sworn by State Detective Joseph V Daly of Northampton. The arrest stems from a string of deaths in the region attributed to fake whiskey.
The 70th anniversary poultry show opens at 9 a.m. in Mechanics Building Boston with thousands of blue ribbon birds ready for judging. Daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. exhibits include killing and dressing prizes, care lectures, and displays by New England boys and girls clubs, government poultry plants, Amherst College, and the Boston Aquarium Society.
Lieutenant H. Allen Rutherford of the Brookline police was presented with a solid gold watch at a Brookline Luncheon Club dinner in Harvard Square Pierce s Cafe. Rutherford will assume the Brookline police chief role on January 1, succeeding Alonzo W. Corey who has resigned. The event was chaired by Town Clerk Edward W. Baker with eighteen members present and speeches and music.
Chicago December 29 employees of the Chicago Automobile Club were celebrated with a party and dinner for faithful service. Walters and others acted as porters bus boys and bellmen while a prominent contractor served as doorman and the elevator ride was run by the ad manager of a steel firm. Hats and coats were checked by the club vice-president as employees playfully tipped employers and had bell boys haul suitcases loaded with bricks.
Cor poral Daniel Solari 32 of East Boston Mass attached to Company M 1st Infantry U S A committed suicide by leaping from an upper deck of the steamer Pennsylvania shortly after leaving Old Point Comfort He had shell shock from service in France and was under treatment at General Hospital No 3 Hampton Va
The event tomorrow night will award a woman's gold necklace to the prettiest woman and a smoking set to the homeliest man. A $5 gold piece goes to the best woman step dancer and a smoking pipe to the best man step dancer.
Five persons arrested and 50000 feet of rubber hose recovered after discovery of an alleged plot to defraud the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company of Cambridge through wholesale thefts. Warrants issued for others. Total stolen value estimated at 50000 to 60000 dollars.
Special Officers Ferari and Chaison with Manning and McLoughlin exposed a wholesale theft at the Boston Woven Hose factory. They allege David Heill of Minot street attempted to fill and steal hose with a rubber trade mark. An inventory will determine the exact loss.
Heill and four others including Augusta Bornstein Robert J McCammon Harry M Goodwin and Thomas Travers faced charges of receiving or larceny in ten or seven counts. Arraigned in Central Court they pleaded not guilty and the case was continued to Jan 8. About 50 000 feet of hose seized from the High street plant was stored at City Hall avenue station after a search.
Mrs Ida Porter Boyer leads a six week lecture series in Malden High School hall every Thursday at 8 pm. Topics include Our Nation Our State and How It Reaches the Home Citizenship Political Parties The Business of City Government and Congressional Bills and Ills.
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