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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
24
Taunton River mystery gains a key clue as W Dale Turner of Massasoit Manufacturing Co. states the victim, found July 11 along the Somerset shore with dismembered head and legs, was a blonde with pronounced reddish or auburn hair.
Mr Turner told police he saw a scalp with auburn hair floating about a foot below the Fall River river surface near where part of a murdered girl’s torso was found. A second, failed retrieval was made with a boatman. Police focus on the river search and the unknown weapon’s origin.
Newark July 26 Ten individuals and New Jersey lumber firms were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for violating the Elkins act by shipping lumber from the South falsely consigned to army officers to defeat the railroad embargo. Officials say hundreds of thousands of dollars may be involved and profits included higher government prices.
President Wilson, in a personal statement from Washington, condemns mob spirit and mob actions including lynchings. He urges Americans to defend democracy abroad without eroding democracy at home, and stresses that mob justice undermines ordered law and humane justice.
President Woodrow Wilson denounces mob actions amid German propaganda claims and calls for governors, law officers, and citizens to cooperate actively to end the disgraceful violence. He stresses that true democracy requires reverence for U S laws and national honor at home and abroad.
The National Colored Liberty Congress in Washington sent a telegram of appreciation to President Wilson dated July 26 1918. The message praises his anti lynching letter and says it will lift the burden on colored soldiers and protect their families at home as they fight for democracy. Chairman William Monroe Trotter and organizer Allen W. Whaley sign the telegram.
The Boston Branch of the National Equal Rights League sent a telegram to President Wilson praising his address on lynching. It urges federal action to make lynching a crime and to suppress it as a war measure if needed, under his war powers. The message is signed by EMERY T. MORRIS, President, and WILLIAM D. BRIGHAM.
Newsdealers in New England face a government order banning returns of unsold papers. Rising costs threaten local service. Buy an additional item when you purchase a newspaper to support your dealer and keep access to your paper.
The Rev. James J. Carlin S. J. of Peabody, graduate of Boston College, becomes president of Holy Cross College replacing Rev. Joseph N. Dinand S. J. Dinand becomes assistant to Rev. Anthony Mass S. J. provincial of the Jesuit order in New York. Carlin, 47, was ordained in 1907 after studies at Woodstock Georgetown and Frederick.
Frederick Collett of West Elm Street Brockton was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hayes on accepting a $50 bribe while employed as a leather inspector. He pleaded not guilty and was held on $1000 bail with personal recognizance allowed. fourth arrest in Brockton shoe factory fraud investigations.
The Norwegian government filed a protest with Britain over a submarine stopping the Norwegian steamer Hawk on July 10 in Norwegian waters. A German prize crew took control, then a Norwegian torpedo boat retook the ship and returned it to port, with the prize crew placed back on the submarine. Norway seeks an apology and assurances it will not recur.
Miss Ethel J Bolling admitted speeding charges after a chase by Motorcycle Officer James F Rogers at 4 AM on Revere boulevard. She was fined 20 dollars and paid. Rogers, nursing a knee injury, pursued in a car that sped past. he did not reveal exact speed. Bolling, who says she lives at 4519 Smedley street Philadelphia, is described as a cousin of Mrs Woodrow Wilson.
An Amsterdam telegram to Berlin says the former Empress of Russia asked Lenin's government for permission to enter a convent in Sweden with her daughters. Despatches report that permission is withheld for now.
Evening service at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Sunday July 28 will be a thanksgiving for the Allied victory on the western front and for the relatively small casualties among our troops. Rev Edward T Sullivan of Trinity Church Newton Centre will deliver a talk titled Foch Organizer of Victory and Sword of God. An open air singing of patriotic songs and hymns will precede the service at 7 15 p m led from the Cathedral porch by a special choir.
The food administration formulates a system to determine fair prices for all fresh fish and urges the public to buy smartly. It also aims to save meat costs and advises eating fish in place of meat where possible.
Adam Kiel, 20, of 25 Morris Street Lynn, plunged into the Saugus River from a raft at the bathhouse yesterday afternoon and drowned after his body struck the water following a taunt to watch him swim underwater.
A committee of Revere officials and citizens will probe the Revere Beach Great White Way lighting issue and report to Administrator James J. Storrow before next Wednesday. The conference at the State House debated whether saving coal justifies removing lights or if keeping them serves the public moral standards, with Robert Pirie leading the Revere Fuel Committee and many local amusement interests represented.
New England citizens are urged to report to Fuel Administrator James J. Storrow at the Massachusetts State House all instances where retailers raise gasolene prices more than one-half cent a gallon after wholesalers. The federal fuel administrator aims to prevent unwarranted retail price hikes.
Mrs. Henry B. Valpey of Everett received a War Department telegram stating her husband Henry B. Valpey first class gunner's mate on the destroyer Warrington was washed overboard on July 21 and his body had not been recovered. Their son David Henry, 15 months old, was born the day his father sailed overseas and has not seen him since. He would have turned 25 on Friday.
The committee adopted the graduated excess profits tax from 30 to 80 percent on net income beyond exemptions in final form. It kept the $2000 plus 10 percent invested capital exemption. Adjournment planned until Monday to consider taxation of luxuries expected to raise about 2 billion dollars.
The park and recreation department lists tomorrow’s concerts by the First Corps Cadet Band led by John B. Fielding at the Common. D'Avino's Band plays Marine Park, Ives Band at Franklin Park, and the Boston Band at Jamaica Pond.
The 16 year old Cyril McKinley from Jamaica, known as the king of sea tramps, has arrived in Boston after riding freights as a stowaway. He previously sailed Jamaica to England and made multiple trips to U S ports, often hidden in coal bunkers. Immigration inspectors took him into custody after discovery aboard a fruiter en route to Boston from the tropics.
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