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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1922
Page
3
Continued from the first page, the feature notes that the Sally company will present Dan Caswell in his debut next Monday night at the Colonial Theatre, but the article also reports that Caswell loses his job in connection with the event.
Miss June Castleton, a dancer in the Sally musical comedy, was fired after declaring love for Daniel Caswell, husband of Jessie Reed. The public firing, witnessed by the company, sparked tension and rumors of favoritism and scandal surrounding Ziegfeld productions in Boston.
Frank Whitmarsh, once chief of the Braintree fire department and a well known figure in New England firemen associations, was seriously hurt last evening in Independence street Weymouth when struck by an automobile owned and driven by Daniel P Sullivan of South Weymouth. He suffers a broken collar bone and scalp wounds and is in Weymouth Hospital.
Marilyn Miller jubilantly paraded through her Copley Plaza suite after receiving a telegram from Mrs. Pickford, mother of Jack Pickford, expressing happiness at a possible marriage. The note, dated June 16 1922 from New York, says Mrs. Pickford will visit Boston to meet Marilyn and expresses affection and approval.
Four men Leo Brown Henry Baker Napoleon Canaire and John Monahan were arrested in Canada on charges of stealing a high powered automobile from Augustus Phiel in Canton near the Blue Hill reservation. Police believe the suspects may be linked to the murder of Patrolman Emery Farrington. Boston police fingerprint experts examined the men in Canton and will compare prints with those from the death car and its accessories.
Mrs Mary White Mullen a singing teacher of 90 Huntington avenue filed nomination papers to run for Massachusetts House representative from Hyde Park Mattapan district. Ward 71 Democratic Club endorsed her candidacy. she is active in community work and holds memberships in the Professional Women's Club Notre Dame Roxbury Alumni National Vaudeville Artists and the American Legion.
The Boston Furniture Exposition in Mechanics Building remains open to the public today until 10 p.m. for a final chance to view the display. Earlier in the week daytime hours served furniture buyers from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. with the public allowed from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight's extended hours invite all Boston and New England visitors.
The Boston Post reports volunteers review thousands of letters to name the Franklin Park Baby Hippo. Mrs. James M. Curley will pick the final name, amid a flood of suggestions from New England children and ongoing preparations for Hippo’s home and June 24 welcome.
The Railroad Labor Board announced further wage reductions totaling 185 million dollars under its orders, effective July 1, affecting more rail workers.
About 1.2 million railway workers face wage reductions, with clerks and station staff hit hardest. The board approves living wage language while noting postwar conditions. Many unions plan strikes as increases for telegraphers and marine workers are deferred. firemen gain, others lose small amounts.
Cincinnati June 16 Associated Press B M Jewell president of the Railway Employees Department of the AFL authorized by railroad shop craft chiefs to request a joint conference with the United Mine Workers of America If approved miners officials will discuss joint action amid the rail workers threatened strike and the miners strike since April 1
The 125 Radcliffe seniors celebrated class day with a campus reception and lantern decorated grounds. Harvard Band played as President Briggs and Dean Park attended the event and the seniors later paraded in cap and gown, presenting their banner to the freshman class.
Governor Channing H. Cox forwarded his contribution with a brief note praising the Boston Post for providing wholesome and interesting entertainment for children, urging broad support.
Tufts College celebrates Alumni Day with a parade of returning classes in uniforms and the Tufts Harvard baseball game in the afternoon, won by Tufts 12 to 1. Yesterday’s Class Day included a seniors chapel, welcome by Harry C. O’Brien, oration by Raymon Eldridge, poem by Mildred Pestell, and a class historian. A glee club concert, dancing in Goddard and Jackson gyms, and open air dancing on the tennis courts followed.
The Ameri can Legion State department will cover all burial expenses for Dorothes Gilman who killed herself and her two children in her 1420 Blue Hill Avenue apartment. Frank Gilman, the widowed husband, served overseas with the 5th Marines and was severely gassed. burial for the trio is expected Sunday. Elsie Gilman denied that quarrels or a Wednesday departure preceded the tragedy.
Greek authorities hail a global hunt for the fugitive Paul Pappas as a Suffolk County jury convicts him of another murder and awaits sentence to the electric chair. If found not guilty, Greece would seek extradition for a police killing tied to cattle theft. Local prosecutors were unaware he was sought for multiple murders.
Six federal agents raided an estate once known as Oaklandvale Farm in Saugus and seized a full distilling operation. Seventeen men were arrested, with bail set at 100 dollars each, as a herd owner and local residents named in connection to the raid faced U. S. Commissioner Hayes. The distilling setup was valued at about 7000, with nearly 10000 dollars in taxes anticipated.
Springfield June 16. Phil ips Richards a carpenter was arrested on complaint of his wife who told police her husband tried to kill her and their two children ages four and five by filling the house with gas while the family slept.
A blind woman testified that two gas jets in the parlor and two in the living room were lit along with the gas stove, with all windows locked. Richards denies knowledge of the open jets but admits a quarrel with his wife. he faces probation violation charges and a judge will rule on a further charge tomorrow. Gas company officials credit a quarter meter for limiting the gas supply and saving the family.
Mrs. Clara Marshall, 59, daughter of Maketowah Country Club treasurer William Schawe, was abducted from a Cincinnati golf course as her foursome watched. Three men sprang from a running car, seized the woman, and sped off while the vehicle’s engine roared and the chauffeur waited.
Prentiss street Watertown resident Toni Salvi 38 was crushed when a truck backed down on him at McNamara's gravel pit He was in serious condition on the danger list at St Elizabeth's Hospital with a broken back and other injuries.
Lieutenant George F. Burke of Troop B State Police Patrol resigns effective July 15 to join an importing house in New York. He has led the troop stationed in Northampton for eight months.
Close friends insist Eleanor Montgomery Sanborn wife of Jack Sanborn of Winchester is ill in a Boston hospital not hiding in New York following publicity over her rich uncle W. Robert Montgomery a former Sing Sing convict. Reported that Jack Sanborn and his bride remain missing as creditors press claims and a divorce case looms.
Police believe a gang feud led by Boston Kitty Glass and Thomas Conroy caused a volley of about six shots in Claremont Park near Columbus Avenue. Glass recently wounded Conroy in a prior encounter. a revolver with live cartridges was found in a nearby alley by plainclothes officers.
Mrs An H Beaudry of New Bedford testified before Judge Mia R. Hitch in probate court that her husband Stanley Beaudry beat her about four times weekly. She described a December 30 1929 assault with fists and a red hot poker leaving facial scars and a border-crossing incident cited by Canadian authorities. The suit was uncontested and a decree nisi for cruel and abusive treatment was entered.
The third annual night before banquet of St Mary's Woman's Club of Charlestown was hosted at the club house with about 300 members present. Toast master Mrs Adelaide English introduced Rev John W McMahon D D pastor of the parish Mayor James M Curley District Attorney Thomas O'Brien Miss Mary A Barr and Francis Seamon. Mrs Richard Pooley club president chaired the reception committee and presided at dinner.
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