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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1921
Page
3
Suffolk jury finds Sleary not guilty of drunk driving and related charge after three minute deliberation. Testimony centered on gasoline fumes allegedly causing intoxication rather than alcohol. Judge Fessenden presided in the case.
Emmett Wilson aged 42 of 175 West Brookline Street was struck by a train yesterday in South Bay yards and died at City Hospital. He was foreman for the Wilson and English Construction Company with workers nearby when the accident occurred.
It was learned yesterday that all three triplets born to Mr and Mrs George Douglass Gillette of 48 Malden street Everett last Monday night have died this week. They had been named Laura Hazel and George.
The American Federation of Labor plans to back the building trades strike with a conference set for 10 o clock Monday at the strike committee headquarters on Harrison avenue Boston. Delegates from New York New Haven Hartford Providence Manchester Concord Portsmouth and Portland are to confer with the council on Sunday. Employers at a City Club meeting pledged support for an 0 cent hourly wage.
Washington Jan 18 A net gain of 2672 votes for Henry Ford was recorded today by the Senate committee recounting ballots in his 1910s contest against Senator Newberry of Michigan. By day’s end 1962 of 2232 precincts had been recounted including Detroit’s ninth ward.
Harry Littlefeld of 138 Whitfield Street Dorchester a clerk in a Blue Hill Avenue drug store was fined $75 in Dorchester court yesterday after being found guilty of violating liquor laws He sold a quart of alcohol to a customer in the store.
The 485 foot long tanker India Arrow was launched yesterday at Quincy for the Standard Transportation Company of New York. The vessel measures 62 feet six inches in beam.
The oil tanker India Arrow, built for Standard Transportation Company of New York, was launched yesterday afternoon at Fore River shipyards. Mrs. Harry Dundas, wife of the manager of the British India branch, served as sponsor.
The Cambridge murder trial of Rocco Scicchitano closed another day as Judge Cox planned to charge the jury at morning. Dr. Edward Utley testified the bruise shown by Scicchitano did not exist two weeks earlier, countering the defense claim of a provoking kick by Patrolman Thomas J. Riley. Prosecution mental experts urged the defendant was sane, while a defense expert argued his mentality equaled a nine year old. police testified Scicchitano was sober after the shooting.
Burton Holmes presented a lecture in Symphony Hall titled Spanish Cities detailing famed locations in Spain. He traced from the Pyrenees to Barcelona and Balcuta inland, then Madrid with events including Alfonso X’s birthday, Segovia Seville Granada and the Alhambra, ending with visions of vanished yesterday.
A $200 donation from Charles Ponzi to the Boston Police Association was returned for creditors. Captain Ryan said the association cleared $26,920.68 at its recent ball and now holds $232,105.48, in the best financial shape in its history.
The Fordney emergency tariff bill faced renewed delay as filibustering charges dominated the Senate. Senator King spoke on Russia for over four hours, while debates over cloture petitions and procedural tactics drew fire from both parties. Tomorrow’s session will shift to appropriation bills.
The record notes that more statements were planned for tomorrow and that several senators were ready to speak on topics not directly tied to tariff issues.
The Senate military committee voted to recommend confirmation by the Senate of about 5500 original appointments of junior Army officers. Nominations were referred after earlier Senate disputes over blocking President Wilson's nominations. The approved appointments involve no promotions, only new positions created by the army reorganization act.
Judge McLaughlin finished hearing the libel for divorce filed by Benjamin I. Gibby a well known figure around the State House against his wife and took the case under advisement.
State Fuel Administrator Eugene Hultman yesterday served his final warning on Massachusetts coal dealers who keep selling at the same high prices as two to three months ago. He cites evidence from the anthracite bureau of information in Philadelphia and says legal action is likely against many Bay State dealers.
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