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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1919
Page
5
An Italian identifying himself as Ralph Ruotolo, 23, of Youngstown C, was arrested today while placing a device at the rear of the home of Joseph Canteloup, a wealthy fruit merchant. He was jailed and federal authorities notified.
Steps to halt shipments from Nova Scotia to Boston were taken by the Fishermen's Union. A letter was sent to the Nova Scotia union at Clark's Harbor asking them to spread news of the strike. Fishermen were urged to take only enough fish for personal use to prevent any shipments to Boston or Gloucester.
The Italian Fishermen's Protective Association urged members to strike tomorrow morning amid a bid to halt shipments to Boston. The Fishermen's Union coordinated with New York teamsters to refuse handling any fish bound for Boston. Despair over shortages grew as boats returned with limited catches and cold storage fish slowly distributed. haddock may top 35 cents per pound Friday.
Mrs William Tilton chairman of the Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association will address the Boston Equal Suffrage Association today at the home of Mrs Charles Masury Danvers. Her talk is titled Will Women Make Good in Politics.
Yesterday at the Fish Pier the Anita and Bernice L. led with 100 swordfish, followed by Little Elsie with 90 and Ma Licia Enos with 88 all from Georges Banks. Seven swordfish boats remain out as a strike grounds the fleet, with all Eastern vessels set to halt operations on return. Two small boats delivered 6000 pounds of tinker mackerel off Boston Lightship at 14 cents per pound. The Furness line steamship Gallymore from Glasgow will berth at Pier 50 Mystic wharf tomorrow morning. Steamer Chautauqua arrived from Portland en route to Paragon Steamship for the Boston South American line, sailing early August. The Boston schooner Bradford E Jones sailed for Buenos Ayres with a pine deckload of 1 107 082 feet and 134 759 feet of spruce. Two new US ships join IMMs Boston service: Ozette to London Aug 5 and Betsey Belle to Liverpool Aug 22. The Landsman.
A long list of arriving and sailing ships is reported including the Vestal, Chaco, Governor Cobb, and City of Bangor among others. A painter, Bernard Shilamouski, 28, of 22 Gage Street South Boston, fell three feet when two staging collapsed at 96 Beach Street yesterday afternoon, suffering two broken ribs and injuries to his right side and receiving City Hospital treatment.
A New York Milk Committee survey news release ranks Brookline Massachusetts as the healthiest place for newborns in America with 85.4 infant survivors per 100 births. Fall River New Bedford Chicopee show higher infant mortality in various size classes. The report notes Boston and New York City rates near national averages and projects a record baby crop for 1919 with 2,700,000 births in 1913 data and a national mortality rise to 104.1 per 1000 births based on city reports.
Samuel Protti, accused of slashing policeman Benjamin Horton, is committed to Bridgewater State Hospital for the Insane for observation. Prosecutors say he leaped from a jail cellblock 30 feet to a cement floor in a crisis attempt and claimed he was told to act by “little birds.”
Six former American soldiers testified before a special House committee investigating alleged cruelties to military prisoners in France. They said merciless assaults were committed by officers in charge of prisons and camps without provocation. Only one witness was convicted. others were acquitted or charges dismissed.
Witnesses testified about abuses at Ghat prison camps in 1918 including The Bastile The Stockade Prison Farm No 2 and St Ann s Hotel Also called The Brig Officers Hardy Smith Mason Sullivan Ball Wolfmeyer Bush faced court martial or awaiting trial Witnesses described beatings starving meals and mud bedding with many naming specific officers and men involved.
Five employees of Joseph J Flynn Bill Posting Company strike for higher wages. Wagon men seek raise to 28 dollars and assistants to 22 dollars. Strikers threaten to call out carpenters and painters if demands are not met.
Alice G. Grazier prepares a condensed Vivian Grey from Disraeli with notes on its historical and political value. Upcoming condensations include The Shuttle and Abbe Constantin, with prizes totaling three hundred dollars awarded by the Post Condensed Novels Contest.
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