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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1921
Page
18
Augustus G. Schlotterbeck a longtime Portland drug merchant and key organizer of the Maine Pharmaceutical Association died at nearly 60 years in the trade. He earned the title father of the Masonic Temple for his financing and construction role.
In Guatemala City on Saturday a mob attacked an armory resulting in three killed and seven wounded. Twenty five people were arrested as U.S. State Department reports via the American Legation. The attack involved a crowd of about two hundred with sympathizers of Estrada Cabrera.
Washington January 3 President Wilson vetoed the farmers relief bill to revive the War Finance Corporation. Senate vote 53 to 5 to override the veto followed swiftly with 29 Democrats leading the move to approve the bill.
President Wilson vetoed the War Finance Corporation measure calling it a wartime credit agency and harmful in peacetime. The Senate override passed 29 Democrats and 24 Republicans, with a House vote of 212 to 61 indicating strong cross party support to place the bill on the statute books.
Cardinal Gib bons arrived at his Baltimore residence from Union Mills Maryland by motor car. He endured the 40 mile ride well and said he felt fine and wanted to ride again tomorrow. He rested upon returning home and was reported resting comfortably three hours later with no ill effects.
Miss Beulah Shaw, 26, of 353 Massachusetts avenue, found guilty in Municipal Court of larceny of $1.50 from a downtown department store where she worked as clerk. She was fined $25 and appealed. Store detectives Beulah Winchester and Ebba Lundquist testified she failed to turn in the sale proceeds.
George S. Harvey, who resigned as first assistant district attorney of Middlesex county, was appointed special assistant district attorney to handle auto theft cases by District Attorney Tufts. He led investigations at East Cambridge and is familiar with the docket, which includes over 100 indictments involving 52 defendants.
At 12 30 p m Pilgrim Publicity Association luncheon at 257 Washington Street and New England Alumni of Columbia University luncheon at Boston City Club. 6 00 p m James R Carter dinner at Algonquin Club followed by 6 30 p m Boston Chapter American Institute of Banking dinner at Boston City Club.
A 15 by 10 foot carved wood piece depicting transportation history was presented to Harry K. Noyes head of the Noyes Buick Company by a dealer committee. The work by Robert Casson of Irving Casson features a central clock with three chimes and Buick cars plus GM C trucks on either side. Presentation occurred Sunday without Noyes’ knowledge with James P. Sullivan and others leading the committee.
Elizabeth Fitzgerald a 29 year old mother of four in West Lynn has received several offers for her hair including 300 from a New Bedford hair expert. He advises holding for a higher bid and notes it is a crime to sacrifice such hair. Neighbors visited the unpainted Edwards court home while a reader’s donation is en route to assist the family.
De metrius Robos, a twice-wounded World War I corporal, failed a 40-word literacy test at Ellis Island and could not prove English comprehension. He arrived in 1910, was drafted in 1918, and stayed in Albania 15 months before appeal to the Secretary of Labor.
The Senate foreign relations committee opened executive hearings on a Borah resolution urging President Wilson to seek a 50 percent cut in naval programs by the United States Great Britain Japan and potentially France and Italy. Admiral Coontz opposed percentage reductions arguing power would not be equalized.
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