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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
7
Judge Fessenden indefinitely continued the Ponzi case and four associates due to an appeal Ponzi filed in federal court from Judge Hale denying habeas corpus. The Commonwealth awaits Hale’s decision before resuming jury selection amid larceny indictments.
United States Commissioner Hitchcock set Giuseppe De Filipis bail at 5000 dollars on a charge related to damage to the Assay Office. A hearing in the bomb plot case was postponed for a week.
Captain Edward Oliver of Elizabeth New Jersey who commanded the barge Tamaqua was arrested in Beverly by Officer Harry A. Sylvester of Portland Maine as a fugitive from justice. He had been convicted in Portland for whiskey smuggling and bonded on appeal but defaulted when the case was called. Oliver was separated from his wife and four children on the barge and will be taken to Portland.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa read a letter from B. M. Baruch former War Industries Board chair urging a congressional investigation into profits from copper sales to the government during the war. The letter also details use of a 120000 dollar fund for the peace conference economic section under Baruch's charge.
The report states that he drew less than 25 000, with the remaining amount refunded to the government. The text suggests a financial adjustment pending clarification from officials.
Mrs Randolph Frothingham president of the Women’s Anti-Suffragist Association led the annual meeting at 113 Commonwealth Avenue. Speakers urged continued opposition to feminism and linked suffrage with social issues described as a sex war and socialism.
John A Callahan longtime Highlands Grammar School principal and school committeeman announced a $50 000 fund the interest from which will aid Highlands graduates to pursue college education or its equivalent. Boys may attend Massachusetts Agricultural College MIT Amherst Worcester Polytechnic Rensselaer Polytechnic and girls Smith Mt Holyoke colleges.
Hopkinton Rhode Island reports the death of Jonathan Larkin aged 93, longtime holder of the town Post gold-headed cane. Born June 20, 1826 on the Misquamicut family farm near Bradford, he was an early 49er who sailed to California on a schooner led by Captain Hall. A prominent figure in Ashaway church and civic affairs, he represented Hopkinton in the General Assembly for many years.
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