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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
1
The South Western Limited is held up by a slight accident at Lake Park Station Worcester at 9 45 P M. Boston bound local trains run by signals. No one was killed.
At 9 45 p m a Worcester local eastbound collided with the rear of the Boston bound Southwestern Limited near Lake Avenue three miles from Worcester. Thirty five people were injured with fifteen seriously. Boston College players were among the injured after a game with Holy Cross.
A heated AFL convention debate blocked a motion to recognize the Soviet government or lift the blockades against Soviet Russia. James A. Duncan of the Seattle Central Labor Council led the opposition in the discussion.
Miss Laura FE Donahoe 20 of Dorchester a Massachusetts Trust Co employee must return the $1 diamond ring believed given as a friendship token. Judge Wait ruled the ring was an engagement gift and the engagement ended without plaintiff fault, ordering return of the ring with costs.
Crowds lined bannered streets as cannons boomed and bands played for Calvin Coolidge governor of the Commonwealth. The homecoming in Northampton included a day with Amherst students and an alumni president meeting.
A severe afternoon storm struck Boston and nearby towns along the Charles and Mystic valleys causing widespread damage. Fire damage and floods followed evacuations, with thousands of dollars in losses to buildings and crops and many residents panicked. Continued on Page 2-Sd Columna.
A 1919 news update reports Russians observed from Galicia while Austrians push across the Piave in a major Italian offensive. It notes a year ago the Allies replied to German counter proposals and mentions Navy Division and fleet commands under Admiral Wilson and Pacific forces.
The forecast calls for local showers and thunder storms in Boston and vicinity on Wednesday and likely Thursday. Fresh shifting winds and cooler interior temperatures are expected, with unsettled showery weather across the middle Atlantic and New England states.
Forecast suggests unsettled conditions today with a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Temperature expected to be similar to yesterday with warm spells amid the mix of sun and clouds.
Ralph W Luce a first lieutenant in the US Marines and grandson of late Enos T Luce appeared as a contestant to his grandfather's will in the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday. The will left him 500 dollars a year for ten years and the residue of a 42000 dollar estate to his uncle Congressman Robert Synce while the uncle testified.
Matilda Ward 21 daughter of Nahum and Mrs. Ward of Cambridge Massachusetts, a Radcliffe College senior, died by hanging in the woods near Cumberland Maine. She had been sent for rest after a nervous breakdown a month earlier and had written her parents that she was well before disappearing.
Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 10 to 5 and Philadelphia won in 10 innings 10 to 9. St Louis defeated New York 7 to 5 and Chicago 9, Boston 3. Detroit topped Philadelphia 3 to 2. Cleveland beat New York 10 to 2. Eastern League games include Springfield 7 over Bridgeport 6 and New Haven 4 over Albany 1 after first game. Hartford 7 over Pittsfield 2. Waterbury 5 over Worcester 2 after second game.
Marion Ohio residents about 30 000 strong unite across race creed and class to back Warren G Harding for the next president. Citizens from newsboys to millionaires cast ballots of support as campaigns gain momentum in the city.
In Chicago on June 15 a signed statement by Major General Wood calls Nicholas Murray Butler’s claim that a diverse group of stock gamblers oil and mining promoters munitions makers and others backed his campaign a vicious and malicious falsehood and refutes the allegation.
A mob estimated at several thousand people overran Duluth police headquarters and seized six Black suspects in an alleged assault on a white girl. One man was lynched at 11 45 p m and another was removed, likely for hanging.
John J. Hays was elected president of the new Inside Iron and Wire Workers' Union Local 346 at a Wells Memorial building meeting last night. The formation consolidates members in the Wells area under one labor chapter.
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