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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1919
Page
6
Worcester residents report dogs attacking cows with tails bitten off and legs injured. A claim received by the county coroner cites M Whitney of Westminster seeking $2 for damages to a cow, with a $150 incident noted in remarks.
Barrett of Washington and Roxbury received two to four years for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. The judge revoked a prior suspended sentence related to misappropriation and larceny of an automobile in a municipal court proceeding.
An old advertisement touts Posiam Soap and Emergency Laboratories offering skin healing benefits for eruptive disorders. It claims rapid relief from pimples rashes and inflammation and invites readers to request a free sample by writing to Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
About 2500 military prisoners at the federal prison in Leavenworth Kansas refused to work after guards tried to move them from cells. Colonel Frederick Rice received a committee of 12 prisoners asking for shorter hours and more food. hearings showed many detainees were foreign born radicals. The strike followed a secret meeting and Colonel Rice said he would report the demands to Washington.
The U S Employment Service in Boston lists open posts for men and women including a mill manager at 3000 yearly, engineers and drafters, stenographers, typists, 200 factory girls, 200 stitchers, 200 waitresses, chambermaids, and 400 laborers with various pay scales. Women’s division at 17 Canal Street Room 201. men’s division at 58 55 Canal Street.
John J. Munsey aged 82 of 150 Eastern Avenue Malden died after an illness that struck him suddenly yesterday near Washington and Bromfield streets. He was taken by police ambulance to the Relief station where death was pronounced. The body was moved to the city mortuary and Medical Examiner Magrath notified.
Mayor Peters appoints Arthur D. Hill former district attorney of Suffolk County as Boston city counsel successor to Alexander Whiteside who resigned yesterday. The office carries a salary of 9000 dollars per year.
The mayor and Mr. Whiteside say the resignation stems from Whiteside wanting to focus on his law practice. They stress no link to Whiteside’s criticism of elevated carmen who walked out on a strike. Whiteside had considered retirement for weeks and noted his appointment as corporation counsel was to steady city legal affairs only for a short period. Arthur D. Hill succeeds Whiteside, a 50 year old Republican and former Army judge advocate general lieutenant colonel. Whiteside, in a law firm, denied any railroad work for Bay State Street Railway and said he planned to resign at legislative prorogation.
President Wilson, confined to bed yesterday, was recovering and busy with conferences on peace treaty subjects. Admiral Cary T. Grayson said he would need several days of careful activity but no major concerns were foreseen.
Massachusetts still tops the nation with the most American Legion posts, Boston headquarters reported. New York trails closely as five new charters were issued bringing Massachusetts to twelve local groups. latest enrollments include Westfield Ware Methuen Leicester and North Adams with applications from Lynnfield Marlboro Wayland and Merrimac.
The employment bureau for returning soldiers and sailors on the Common reports its biggest day in history with 581 applicants. It lists open positions across metal trades, general labor, construction, automotives, executive and technical roles, sales, clerical, domestics, and agriculture, offering work for ex-service members in many trades and wage starts.
Two gunmen held up an 18-year-old bank messenger in Chicago and fled with about $10,000 in cash, $400 in liberty bonds, and $35,000 in checks, roughly half negotiable, according to Austin National Bank officials.
Thomas F. Maher, named as a member of the Everett hold up gang that robbed a General Electric payroll, was sent back from New York to Middlesex County after a two week extradition fight led by H. A. Wagner. He arrived in Boston accompanied by officers and his wife. The case is set for trial in Middlesex Court on the first Monday in August.
Senate foreign relations committee approved unanimously Wilson's recommendation to raise the American legation at Brussels Belgium to embassy status.
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