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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1922
Page
7
Monsignor Arthur T. Connolly of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament denounced the Eighteenth Amendment during yesterday morning’s service. He condemned both the prohibition law and the sale of home brewed intoxicants, urging adherence to temperance principles.
Father Connfolly criticizes local prohibition laws while revealing cases of home brewing in Jamaica Plain. He cites youths as young as 16 obtaining liquor and argues that liquor use should follow reason, urging obedience to law despite opposing prohibition.
The speaker urged officials to inform on lawbreakers and report infractions to authorities. He argued all laws should face general referendums and criticized prohibitionists while supporting an amendment to permit light wines and beer with penalties for misuse. He called for stricter enforcement by authorities.
The Grand Lodge of Elks holds its fifty-eighth reunion in Atlantic City New Jersey all week with flags and BPOE decorations downtown. Assistant Secretary of War Roosevelt will speak next Thursday when delegates gather. An estimated fifty thousand visitors are expected. A special train with senators and representatives arrives Wednesday.
The Rev. S. W. Cummings D D pastor of the Ruggles Street Baptist Church announces resignation to take effect Sept 15 He will join the University of Redlands Cal as chair of Bible Study and Missions citing strain on his health and duties of an institutional church as factors
John D. Rockefeller, 83, arranged a church visit for three photographers a Catholic, a Protestant, and a Jew at Pocantico Hills community chapel. He posed for portraits after services, ensuring the trio had seats and staying through the sermon to fulfill his bargain.
Carl Mebard aged 38 of 217 Silver Street South Boston is in City Hospital with scalp lacerations brain concussion and possible skull fracture after being knocked down by an startled horse on Broadway. Surgeons report his condition is critical.
Michael Killgallen of 136 Boylston Street Brookline was struck by a motorcycle late Saturday night while crossing in front of his home. He is at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital with a fractured skull and other injuries. James B Lyons of 116 Dedham Street Newton Highlands, the motorcycle operator, was arrested on leaving the scene charges and released on 500 bail to appear in Brookline Municipal Court.
Nine hundred Rhode Island National Guard Coast Artillery Corps members arrive in Newport to begin three weeks of summer instruction under Colonel William R. Dores. They will train in groups of 45 at Fort Getty and Fort Greble to form a civilian army ready for service.
A touring car with five occupants from Lexington to Boston swerved onto the sidewalk on Massachusetts avenue narrowly missing Mrs. Mary LeClair as it collided with a store wall. No one was hurt though the vehicle was wrecked and the front damaged. The car bears Massachusetts plate 55850 and is owned by Pier L. Focardi of Adams House Boston.
Murray Ballou longtime Concord resident 12 years board of selectmen chairman and American Powder Mills president was honored in a funeral service at his Elm Street home with Rev Loren B Macdonald officiating. Burial followed at Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge for cremation and ashes to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord.
Labor news reports freight handlers at Boston and Maine local terminals want to join the shop crafts strike. A Charlestown meeting at Hibernian Hall carried a vote to seek strike sanction from the International Longshoremen's Association, aligning with the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks action.
Freight handlers protest a new wage schedule in effect since July 1 claiming layoffs and no overtime pay for the ninth hour. Strikes and guard patrols persist at Boston area terminals as unions push meetings and elections across Leather Workers, Truck Drivers, and allied locals.
Union leaders from the Maintenance of Way and Track Laborers and the Brotherhood prepare for a protocol conference at 57 Canal Street to present a board proposal. Despite brief hiring, rail workers report widespread job resistance and crowded travel, with federations noting steadfast resolve.
More than 100 labor representatives gathered in Trade and Labor Hall to plan mobilization of about 3000 Merrimac Manufacturing cotton mill workers facing a new full time schedule at reduced wages. President John Hanley urged resistance as union and non union workers unite. An open air meeting on South Common followed as mills operated with only 10 percent of staff, with a full force to be called in tomorrow when wage reductions are posted.
Paris July 9 AP American Army war stock left in France by the American Expeditionary Forces was sold to private individuals and companies. The sale brought in 3,222,000,000 francs for the government as the deal closed.
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