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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1919
Page
9
Fish dealers expect a heavy catch of groundfish with good weather, keeping prices for cod haddock and other seafood elevated. Beef and fowl stay costly while pork may drop. butter eggs and canned goods rise modestly. Grocers warn winter vegetables will stay high as season advances.
Abram J. Berkwitz Boston attorney tells the legislative joint judiciary committee that the Boston Bar Association persecutes and discriminates against lawyers until it succeeds. He urges a statewide bill transferring disbarment authority from bars to the Attorney General. He cites his own case and alleges bias and conflicts within the grievance committee led by Edward W. Hutchins. He also accuses committee member Judge Shattuck and others of improper influence and discrimination against Irish and Jewish lawyers.
Seventy city and town solicitors and the Bay State Street Railway Company officials gathered at the Boston City Club to hear Homer Loring explain proposed legislation for the upcoming Legislature. Officials present showed no support for the road’s contentions as outlined in the bill.
The bill provides a zone based fare with a five cent basic rate and a 50 50 split of fares above five cents between cities served. The Bay State Street Railway trustees seek amendments detailing cost and revenue reporting for three month periods, distributions to treasurers, and an appointed three member commission to determine each city's payment share for 1919 and future years.
Massachusetts bank officials testified before the banks and banking committee on a petition to bar officers of trust companies from serving as trustees of savings banks. Cambridge Savings Bank figures prominently as several officers also sit as trustees of Charles River Trust. A witness called the petition a statewide quarrel best settled locally, while Hollis E. Bailey urged divorcing competing bank directorates. G Cook cited a year with a $250,000 loss due to lower returns on accounts compared with peers, accusing lack of prudent handling of public funds.
The New England Joint Council of Telephone Workers will not set a strike date at its Quincy House session today. Officers of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Telephone Operators Department will decide when to call a stoppage, pending national action. Julia O Connor arrives from Springfield to tally votes and plans to report results to I B E W officers before meeting with President Wilson to press for wage increases and collective bargaining.
General John J. Pershing, commander of American forces, arrived in Bordeaux from La Roche and La Pallice today. He will stay two days and inspect American troops in the region.
Compromise wage offer for Boston officers faces skepticism among rank and file while Mayor Peters reportedly rejected by the social club wage committee. The New England Milk Producers Association reports on oversupply risks and praises dairy advertising efforts boosting orange and milk demand as New England farmers see potential prosperity.
Washington Feb 28 The administration measure providing 1 billion dollars to guarantee farmers the government price for the 1919 wheat crop passed the Senate at 12 30 this morning without material amendment and now goes to conference.
Charles T. Cutter received a verdict of 15000 dollars from a jury in his 25000 dollar suit against Dr. Almon Cooper of Brookline. The suit claimed alienation of the affections of Cutter's former wife Myra E. Cutter, who is now Dr. Cooper's wife.
Mr. Cutter testified of returning from North Groton N H to find his wife in bed with two other women while Dr Cooper was in an adjoining room. He waited after being told to do so and later saw the encounter through a connecting door. He said he did not deem Cooper a villain. The couple separated with Cutter obtaining a divorce for desertion.
In 1913 Dr. Cooper married Mrs. Cutter. He says he loved her since his lawful right. He denies Mr. Cutter’s claims and argues that alleged acts occurred over six years before suit, barred by the statute. Mrs. Cutter, now Mrs. Cooper, could not attend, and her deposition was taken during a recess.
The southern congress of the League of Nations opens in Atlanta with former President Taft as principal speaker. Prominent leaders from southern states attend, and the meeting will run from tomorrow through Saturday under the league's peace enforcement program.
A mother of six from West Newbury Massachusetts endorses Dr True s Worm Elixir as a cure for worm symptoms in children. Signs listed include stomach upset swollen lip sour stomach offensive breath hard belly dull eyes and itching nose and rectum. The ad urges early use of the elixir when symptoms appear.
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