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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1922
Page
4
Secretary of State Hughes proposes an unofficial expert commission to study Germany's finances and fair reparations, with a Brussels or Europe venue and no advance debt cancellation. He calls for independent, eminent financiers to determine a payable limit without harming Germany’s economy.
Film star Rudolph faced a mob in Philadelphia as thousands surrounded City Hall and the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. He was dragged through a back exit, escorted by detectives, then sheltered in a hotel lobby while crowds pressed for a glimpse amid false alarms.
Secretary of State Hughes proposed an unofficial commission of financiers and businessmen to study Germany's ability to pay reparations. The group would be impartial, not binding, and aim to assess fair reparations and a pay schedule for both sides. He spoke before the American Historical Association in New Haven, outlining U.S. government views on European recovery.
Advertisement touts luxurious Touring Jimousines Mohawk I and Mohawk M routes between Jacksonville Palm Beach and Miami with stops at St Augustine Ormond Otena and more. Departs New York and New England January and February with daylight Pullman travel and Washington Southern stops. Optional 17 day extensions to Key West Havana with return via Tampa, Ocklawaha River. BES TOURS 245 Washington
Dr Elizabeth R Abbe proprietor of a Roxbury private hospital at 45 Dale Street was arrested after City Hospital treated 11 year old Eleanor Joseph for an alleged illegal operation. Police seized drugs and instruments at the Dale Street residence. Bail set at 1000. a court action followed after the girl identified Abbe at City Hospital.
Brockton auto dealer Harold Appling 22 recalls his Tampa Florida bride deserting him at Newport R I on their honeymoon trip. He says the romance ended when she left for a U S sailor and he will forget the incident and continue selling cars. He adds the publicity was unintended and he bears some blame.
Police and hotel proprietors pact tightens New Year Eve controls. Division commanders must report detailed observations on liquor service and disturbances, with witness names and evidence. Firearm use at the North End Baby 19% celebration will be stopped with arrests under Captain Arthur B. McConnell.
Building operations in Boston in 1922 reached a total value of 48 075 241 dollars, the largest in the city’s history and sixth among major U S cities, with New York leading at over 515 4 050. The year saw a 160 percent increase from 1921 while alterations and improvements to existing structures added 9 157 153 dollars, well above the prior year.
Out of 500 divorce suits listed for trial this month at the Suffolk Superior Court 400 were disposed of at the December session closing yesterday. Chief Justice Walter P. Hall and Judges Qua Flynn Fosdick and Whiting presided as trials ran in four courtrooms daily. A few cases remain unfinished and will be completed next Tuesday.
A Gloucester sloop Flora Enos broke from Pine's wharf in a gale and drifted past Eastern Point. Captain Glynn and a coast guard crew reached Glades Beach to board the vessel, finding it waterlogged with no sign of life. The episode joins other harborside chaos as the Monitor is driven ashore at Wollaston Beach and Race Point's Spindler faces salvage and liquor wreckage amid high winds and widespread damage.
Portland struggles after a historic blizzard with 16.9 inches of snow and 22.8 inches for December. Trains and trolleys resume service gradually and are not expected to be normal until tomorrow night. Offshore steamers Sinarta and Ignacio Filorijo remain off port but pose no immediate danger.
William R Mooney general superintendent of the Boston and Maine Railroad died last night at his Winchester home after a long illness. He had been ill since August with heart trouble and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Thursday. Born in Lowell 65 years ago he joined the railroad 47 years ago rising to senior posts including Concord and Nashua, Southern divisions, and four years ago became general superintendent.
Cecil B. DeMille, film producer, was slightly burned when his entry, the Cecilia, caught fire at a power boat race in San Pedro. He saved his mechanic Al Fear, both jumping into the water as the engine backfired and sprayed flame. Fear was unconscious briefly. others rescued both men.
Representative Coleman E. Kelly of Boston filed with the House clerk for a special legislative committee to investigate the fuel situation. A report is due by February 15, and findings of profiteering could lead to naming dealers and governor commandeering coal at production and distribution cost. The panel would have ten members and power to summon witnesses and demand records.
Patrolman Coleman of Back Bay police saved 14 year old William McPherson of 1216 Commonwealth Avenue Briston from likely drowning after he fell through ice in the Public Garden pond. Coleman crawled onto the ice and pulled the boy to safety before taking him to a nearby Arlington Street house for warmth and dry clothing.
Mrs. Willey files for divorce alleging Dr. Willey, 29, was intimate with Miss Gladys Fielding of Everett and others. A December raid by detectives at a Bay hotel triggered the case. The couple, longtime Bangor natives, wed in 1918 and live in Everett with ties to Cambridge and Tufts.
Representative Martin Hays of Brighton files a bill to prohibit breach of promise to marry suits in Massachusetts. The proposal limits recovery to actual expenses and child support if a child under 21 exists, placing funds in a trust for the child. Supporters argue such suits fuel 'hold up' tactics and divorce raises, with ministers and officials urging reform.
At the Near East Conference in Lausanne the United States delegates urged that general amnesty negotiations with Turkey include provisions for Armenian and other refugees who may wish to return home and have their property restored. Britain France and Italy weigh Armenia's demand for a Turkish national home as sub-commission talks stall.
A barn owned by Thomas J. Manning in Peabody burned tonight destroying livestock including 65 pigs three horses and several cows and calves Threemen rescued about twenty pigs from the blaze The fire occurred on December 2 with no injuries reported to the rescuers or residents.
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