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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
4
A Bangor police sweep nabbed two Maine fugitives known as Baby Dell and Sneaks after a rapid investigation that linked them to a murder in Westboro. The pair denied involvement, pleaded for relatives, and were guarded as investigators traced their movements from Peaks Island to Bangor and beyond.
The marriage certificate of Harry Baker and his wife was torn during a rushed departure from Peaks Island. Police identified the couple using scraps of paper found by a patrol on the island. Three missing pieces were recovered behind a lunch room where they had worked.
A man identified as Baker and his wife Eleanor Nelson are captured in Bangor after a chase from Peaks Island. The pair, linked to a Westboro case, deny murder claims while explaining their escape with help from unnamed allies. Police readied extradition as Bangor officials weighed fugitive warrants. Baker, born in York Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Baker, from Waukegan Michigan, married last April.
Warrants charging murder issued for Harry Baker and Eleanor Baker over Dwight P. Chapman killing. Warrants sworn by Officer Humphrey after meeting with Worcester District Attorney Esty. The couple, who stayed 10 days at the Chapman home, will be held in Worcester pending extradition or arraignment.
Amherst June 18 General Peyton C March chief of staff and Governor Coolidge attended the Amherst College commencement. The exercises honored 32 Amherst men who died in the great war and awarded honorary degrees to those who left college to serve.
President Meiklejohn conferred several honorary degrees including LL D on Governor Coolidge a Amherst 1895 graduate General Peyton Conway March and Solomon Bulkley Griffin former managing editor of the Springfield Republican. Additional honors were granted.
Harvard prepares a somber commencement as 698 seniors receive diplomas while 21 World War I heroes from the class of 1919 lie buried. President Lowell will read the fallen names including Roosevelt Coolidge and Craig among others who gave their lives in service.
President Lowell reads the list of 21 Harvard names on the Roll of Honor for those who died in World War I on French fields and in service. Commencement events start at 10:30 a.m. with ceremonies in Sanders Theatre and Harvard Hall, featuring honorary degrees for wartime merit and an address by Charles A. Clark Jr.
The Harvard ceremony features three undergraduate orations in Latin English and law school composition. T H Tisdale will deliver the English speech C Brinton will give the Latin address and Mr Young will read the legal piece. President Lowell will award degrees and honorary distinctions. Alumni meeting follows with talks by President Lowell Governor Coolidge and Alumni Association director Wigglesworth. Balloting for five Harvard overseers closes at Massachusetts Hall 9 to 4.
Lawrence June 18. Joseph H. Mulhare after 13 years on the local force is appointed by Alderman Carr as acting lieutenant in charge of all inspectors. Mulhare is a Spanish American War veteran who later served in the recent national conflict with Battery C 102d F A.
A June 18 message from Cuban President Menocal inviting American business men to visit Cuba and explore commercial prospects was read at a meeting of the American Manufacturers' Export Association. Arthur Liebes, ex-La Nación journalist, spoke on Cuba’s industrial situation.
President Alan R. Hawley of the Aero Club of America says dirigible travel will soon undercut train service in cost. He shared the forecast in a Boston Sunday Post interview about the future of lighter than air flight.
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