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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1921
Page
9
A Cambridge city appeal calls on citizens to donate to a Riley Fund for the widow and child of Patrolman Thomas J. Riley who gave his life in service. The appeal emphasizes the duty of good citizens to support the family.
A Cambridge drive to aid Officer Riley's family reports continued donations. Treasurer Herbert H. Dyer announced receipts including prior total of 3,722.42 and new contributions as local supporters, led by Mayor Edward W. Quinn, push the fund toward its goal.
Thomas F. Breen, a Back Bay post office carrier, found Herman Smith, 70, unconscious in his Roxbury home at 35 Fields Street. A gas stove vented deadly fumes as Smith attempted to light it. he was taken to City Hospital where he remained on the danger list. Police aided entry to the apartment.
Former Senator Charles L. Gifford urged dedicating one day of the Pilgrims Tercentenary to Cape Cod Day. The motion passed unanimously by 50 members as part of Provincetown and Plymouth celebrations. The group plans minutes for Legislature consideration and immediate action to set aside a Cape Cod Day.
Park Street Church denied entry to hundreds during a noon quiet hour to hear S D Gordon the evangelist. A policeman blocked doorways while pews and galleries filled as police cleared aisles under Boston fire and building rules. The simple preacher drew a tense crowd despite the restriction.
Evangelist known as Soft Pedal Gordon speaks at Old Park Street Church and announces noon-day meetings will move to Tremont Temple due to crowd size. He outlines a humble, non sensational approach focusing on Christ’s life and God’s incarnation, drawing packed attendance from busy local businesspeople.
Joseph A. Walsh 25 was seized at Murphy’s Hotel on charges of defrauding young girls by posing as a film director. He was held for Massachusetts Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, after authorities reported he escaped on November 3.
More than a score of girls signed contracts after advertised opportunities in a local paper, all aiming for New York training. Walsh, described as a dapper World War veteran with a monocle, was arrested after hotel tips led police to him. He claimed to be the Duke of Northumberland and told of charming hotel-going girls, even wearing a British officer’s uniform from a pawn shop. He had reportedly been sent to nine years in Bridgewater for assault in Worcester. The feature also details the club cat Tabsy Owl and the alligator Sport in a local sports page vignette.
Chester Glass lawyer and financier died at a New York directors meeting from acute indigestion and a heart attack. Born in London Ontario, he was 64.
Congressman Joseph Walsh of New Bedford urged the Senate Ways and Means Committee to drop the cotton schedule from the popgun tariff bill. He warned the duties would hurt New England mills and put workers at risk while the South and North producers gain little. Senator Simmons called the schedule a sop to the South. Walsh, voting against the bill in the House, expects it to be delayed or vetoed and unlikely to take effect before the new session.
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