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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
2
Ottawa February 24 inquiry at the Customs Department shows books printed in German and Austrian or any language other than English and French are admitted into Canada duty free, while books in English and French are subject to duties.
Representative Arthur K Reading of Cambridge told a committee that political influence dominates the local police and corruption pressures hinder officers who try to clean up undesirable districts. He urged a governor appointed police commissioner as a solution despite opposition from City Solicitor Peter Nelligan and others who call the change unnecessary.
Police in Dedham Street station area held four men for burglary after breaks at Louis Beck on Dover Street and Sternberg Clothing Co. at Castle and Dover Streets. Suspects identified as John Fleming John Morgan Cornelius Driscoll and William Gallant. Bonds set by Judge Creed in Municipal Court.
The Argonne transport, named for soldiers who died in France, was launched at Hog Island yard Philadelphia. Sponsor Mrs. John Millekin of Washington, daughter of General Peyton C. March. It is the fifth transport and the sixtieth ship launched there.
Walter Addison of South Boston walked free from Municipal Court after fleeing toward the door as Special Officer Ryan opened it. John Gallagher, also arraigned on larceny charges, was stopped while trying to escape. both had been jailed on habeas corpus and tied to stealing shoes and trousers.
Mr and Mrs Edward Roy of 15 Federal street received a French memorial certificate as next of kin for Adolph Roy their son Although listed as dead by the War Department in January 1919 he is alive at home and working in a Haverhill shoe factory He had previously been reported dead after Dec 26 overseas and returned with his unit to learn of the mistake
The Cambridge Common Council voted to lift building restrictions around the Main Street Esplanade junction. This relief allows local property owners to sell to the William A. Filene Company for a large recreation building intended for its employees.
May Mershon of the Take It From Me company asserts every chorus girl can become a star and aims for major stardom. She credits wartime spirit for ambition and vows to rise beyond chorus roles, saying there are no longer limits for women on stage.
Cosmos Steam Ship Company will resume its Hamburg to Chile route in March. The German shipping organization announced the reopening of the service today.
Miss Nellie L. McElroy a Rochester policewoman left Boston with prisoners Clara Cooper Hyatt and Harold P Gibbardt posing as a newlyweds couple. Hyatt is charged with abduction and Gibbardt with being a runaway. Inspector George J Sailer accompanied them. The Boston case was dismissed after Rochester officials said they would prosecute to the full extent.
In the will of George Y W Herrick filed in East Cambridge Probate Court he leaves 100000 to his daughter Harriet H Gilbert of Malden. The income of 12000 is left to his house keeper Margaret Queen for life. Herrick died February 13.
Mathias Erzberger steps down from the cabinet amid a day of sensational libel testimony in his case against Dr. Karl Helfferich. Evidence suggested he siphoned private funds to Switzerland and faced alleged improper handling of import export permits.
New York February 24 Prohibition day shut the doors of the Cafe de Paris once Rector's a Broadway staple and led to an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the Pekin. Rector's founded on Broadway twenty five years ago by Charles E Rector from Chicago and famed for drawing younger diners.
Provicetown fishing community reports three mackerel weighing 2 pounds 12 ounces each caught yesterday by a dredge from a local flounder dredger. It is the earliest mackerel recorded here, with usual first catches not until May or June. The origin and purpose of the early visit remain a puzzle to the local fisherfolk.
The committee on municipal finance reported leave to withdraw on Senator John J. Mahoney's petition to abolish Boston tax limit and let an annual limit be set by ordinance. It also opposed Mayor Peters' bill to change this year's limit and rejected a proposal to authorize homesteads for residents.
A real breakfast cereal praised as nourishing for all, rich in gluten and easy to digest. It is cut from white heart wheat, sterilized in a special process, packed in air tight cartons, and marketed as first quality high grade for babies and general use.
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