13 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1921
Page
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Miss Sears testified she signed a release in Captain Gordon’s presence at Tufts office. The document’s contents were not disclosed to her and she never claimed compensation or payment for signing the release.
Patrolman Cornelius J. Wharton detained a man matching the Fire Queen profile after a report of a suspicious person in the rear of a Longwood area house on Monmouth Street. The arrestee was taken to the station for questioning as authorities pursue the famed Brookline arsonist.
Mrs. Clara L Strong a Boston sculptress plans to contest the divorce filed by her husband Dr Seth L Strong of Marshfield Hills Boston surgeon The grounds are cruel and abusive treatment The doctor seeks custody of their four children The wife will likely ask for custody and separate maintenance The youngest child is a four month old daughter
This third article profiles a leading personality at the Irish peace conference. The piece notes Bantry continues the series this week and promises the next installment tomorrow morning.
John Bantry argues at the coming conference on Irish peace that England needs a traditional voice to represent vested interests. He suggests the Earl of Derby as a strong mediator, praising his aristocratic stature and heritage as favorable for Sinn Fein.
Eamonn De Valera and colleagues have reached London to meet the British government about Ireland’s troubles. Arrangements call for De Valera to confer with officials on the Irish question, with details continuing on page 17.
British aviator Harry G. Hawker, famed for an attempted Atlantic crossing, perished today when his aircraft caught fire and fell during a descent over Hendon field in London.
Dr. William J. Gallivan 56, former Boston health commissioner and brother of Congressman Gallivan, died suddenly at his South Boston home after years of heart disease. He trained at Lawrence and Boston Latin Schools, Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, and had served on the state health council. Funeral plans were not yet announced.
In extra innings Boston edged Chicago 2 to 1 in 10 frames. New York defeated St Louis 8 to 2 and Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 5 to 3. Pittsburg won over Philadelphia 9 to 4 in the American League Cleveland won both ends of a doubleheader, 7 to 1 and 6 to 4, against Boston. Washington beat Chicago 8 to 7, Detroit 2 to 1 over Philadelphia in 16 innings, and New York topped St Louis 6 to 4.
Senator Lodge spoke against the anti beer bill in the Senate, arguing its constitutionality is doubtful, it would classify doctors and druggists with bootleggers, and its harsh provisions would not aid enforcement of the prohibition amendment.
President Harding favors November 11 for the armament conference in Washington. Armistice Day, marking the end of the great war, is seen as a suitably symbolic date to begin talks aimed at international peace.
Dorothy Eunice Stewart, found dying from a self inflicted bullet wound in a Columbus Avenue hotel, had bought the pistol at the Iver Johnson store on May 24 under the name Dorothy Stevens. She faced a personal crisis, had threatened suicide before, and was once rescued from a gas filled room. A man companion could not be located.
Testimony from Medical Examiner William J. Brickley supports a final finding of death by own action. The statement indicates the conclusion will be suicide.
New York July 12 The Rev John Reach Straton criticised women at the Carpentier Dempsey match naming the Roosevelt family Mrs Kermit Roosevelt among the 90000 spectators she enjoyed the fight and would have boxing taught to her children Straton said Theodore Roosevelt would not have attended Roosevelt replied What a perfectly dreadful thing to say.
Teresa Sears now Mrs Louis Robicheau a pianist at Mishawum Manor in Woburn escorted to the District Attorney by Inspector Smith and recalling a lively entertainment given to Hiram Abrams Adolph Zukor and other movie magnates at the venue signed a release absolving Abrams et als from all claims without understanding the document.
Today presents a list of anniversaries including the Battle of the Pyramids from 1797 and a 1915 note on Germans driving back French in Argonne forests. It also notes the German Reichstag strike for peace in 1917 and a 1916/one year prior item on British Labourites demanding troop recall in Ireland.
Weather outlook from Washington notes generally fair conditions in Boston and vicinity with only slight temperature changes. High Atlantic pressure continues, with low centers over the Dakotas and Arizona causing warmth in the Mississippi Missouri valleys and upper Mississippi Basin while other regions stay near normal. expect considerable cloudiness and scattered showers in the Atlantic States with no major temperature change in 48 hours.
A forecast shows a continuation of fairly good weather for the day and night with a slight chance of unsettled conditions at times, suggesting mainly calm skies ahead.
Yesterday’s readings at Thompson’s Spa show a day with highs near 84 and lows around 65. The average temperature was 66.5 degrees, compared with 76.2 degrees the previous year.
Captain Paul Hines organizes a children’s parade to protest ice cream and soda prices. He cites a 5 cent cone with 100 percent net profit and urges participation to press for lower summer prices. Parade starts 12 o’clock Thursday at the Common baseball diamond.
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