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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
21
The day featured light activity across major rails and utilities with mixed quotes. Notes show several issues trading around 76 to 101 percent on varied maturities while investors weighed regional railroad and coast line offerings.
Joseph F. Cox, 45, of 18 Chestnut Street, is on the danger list at City Hospital with a fractured skull after a New Haven train strike between Glenwood Avenue and Readville stations yesterday afternoon. Special officer James W. O'Toole found him by the tracks and Dr. David D. Hanlon ordered his removal to the hospital.
In Boston 451 new born babies were registered in June. The Instructive District Nursing Association called it the heaviest summer month in its history. The association's nurses made 27 862 visits and added 24 277 new patients to its roll.
The body of a man recovered from Madison pond in Pittsfield was identified as William F. McKenna aged 12 Oak Street Pittsfield missing since Friday morning. His wife and five children did not notify police due to his history of forgetfulness and prior disappearances.
Ernest L. Locke was denied the position of assistant secretary and statistician on the Industrial Board after a protest by the American Legion. The decision, issued by Attorney General J Weston Allen and civil service commissioner Payson Dens, aligns with Veterans Preference laws.
Andrew Bonar Law read a government note in the House of Commons outlining terms to resume trade with Soviet Russia and proposing armistice between Soviet Russia and Poland as well as with General Wrangel in the Crimea. The note reflects Britain calling for peace and a settlement amid the ongoing war.
The note accepts the July British memorandum and outlines an immediate Polish Soviet armistice. It calls for Polish withdrawal to agreed lines, Soviet forces 30 miles east of that line, and eastern Galicia armistice lines. A London conference would negotiate a final peace with USSR Poland Lithuania Latvia Finland attending. Wrangel would join London talks as a non participant. The British urge a 1 week reply from Soviet Russia to accept terms.
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange remained desultory with low volume and erratic price moves. Declines in British bills weighed on exchange, exports meeting domestic obligations. Lackawanna Steel reported a quarterly profit of about 1.88 million versus a prior deficit.
Secretary of War Baker named Major John T. Axton of Hoboken New Jersey as chief chaplain of the United States Army. The role, recently created, carries the rank of colonel, per the Federal Council of Churches through Rev. E. O. Watson.
Miss Alice Van Leeuwen known as Miss Kee aged 19 of Roxbury denied in court charges by her former sweetheart Cornelius De Jong a sailor. He accused her of ending their engagement to pursue another man. De Jong faced threats of harm after she refused to resume the relationship. Judge Sullivan presided.
De Jong faced a six month suspended sentence after testimony that he threatened the girl and displayed a revolver at Dover Street station. The woman and her father disputed parts of the story, naming John Beekes as a friend and source of a letter that spurred engagement break. Beekes claimed acts were for the girl’s protection.
Miles Faversham travels to a seaside village in a late attempt to reconcile with Mrs Dundas after a complex love entanglement involving Philip Tranter and Lallie Dundas. He confronts past wounds, fears for his friend, and encounters Dundas in a moment of renewed romance.
The South Boston transfer reported twelve trawlers with groundfish and six with mackerel, plus four with swordfish, delivering hake and cod to local markets. Notable catches include the Alice & Wilson with 135 hake, and the Mary F. Curtis with 18,000 pounds of mackerel. The Cunard freighter Ikala arrived from Liverpool with 1400 tons of goods. Lake Elmwood to Portland delivered pulpwood. A new Scituate Bell Buoy 2A will be installed off Scituate harbor, replacing the old buoy.
George R. Hermans, a Belgian war hero, was arrested in Lowell with counterfeit $50 and $20 bills totaling $12 in his pockets. He pleaded guilty in Federal Court to two indictments for possession and passing counterfeit money and was sentenced to five years in Atlanta federal prison by Judge Anderson. Hermans, an engraver by trade, denied manufacturing the bogus bills.
A list of steamers schooners and tugs including Barbacena Mata Fowey Englam Ikala Meethyn Lake Sunapee Dumke San Demiggo Prince George McKinnon Yarmouth N. & City of Columbus Diehl Savannah and others nears Norfolk Gloucester and New York are towed by Mariner Edward Trevoy and a flotilla of barges and lighters. Multiple places such as Portsmouth Gloucester and New Bedford are named along with towing arrangements and assistances for stranded barges and fleets.
The Massachusetts Public School Janitors Association closes its 16th annual convention in Fall River endorsing a move toward a national body. Delegates from most cities attended a banquet with city officials speaking to over 200 guests as E A Moore of Boston heads the new slate with officers from Salem Lawrence and New Bedford.
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