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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1920
Page
3
Official returns final for the State primaries show Frederick Parkhurst leading with 19,629 votes, John P. Deering 16,427, Milliken 13,795, and Louis A. Jack 1,763. Parkhurst topped Deering by 3,102 and led Milliken by 5,574 votes.
George Wiley of Somerville aged 11 is on the danger list at Somerville Hospital after a bicycle fall on Cross street. He lost balance, fell, and struck his head against a passing truck’s rear wheel late yesterday afternoon.
Miss Marjorie Stiles, 13, daughter of School Superintendent Chester D. Stiles and Mrs. Stiles, will graduate from Westfield High School at the June evening ceremony. She skipped grades, carries a top scholastic record, plans to enter Smith College, and is taking early entrance examinations amid concerns over her age.
Des Moines Western league shortstop Ray Wrench was sold yesterday to the New York Americans for 5000 dollars, as announced today.
In Chicago on June 25 the Railway Labor Board said a wage increase decision for railroad workers will be issued on or before July 20 retroactive to May 1. Brotherhood leaders cited a plan to prevent a national strike and urged prompt action to resolve the dispute.
In East Providence 57 Anthony Street 11 year old Nora O'Brien died after her six year old brother Joseph obtained a revolver from his uncle and fired at her during a yard game. Medical Examiner O Rourke ruled the death accidental stating the boy could not be held accountable due to his age.
Prominent Springfield Jewish women formed a fund to raise 3500 to secure Miss Jennie Zimmerman’s release from Northampton Insane Asylum. She had been committed after a jury found her not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of Dr. Henry Zimmerman last August. Visits to the asylum will be organized weekly by a committee led by Mrs. Gottesman and Mrs. Lasker.
Cable from Tokio reports British and Japanese diplomats in London seeking a full revision of the Anglo Japanese treaty to align with the League of Nations covenant and address the current international situation, per Nippu Jiji dispatches.
Morris Scanlan aged 19 and Francis Kelly aged 21 two Chicopee men stood arraigned in Police Court on a charge of attempted criminal assault against Miss Elsie Linardini of 51 Walter street. The girl identified both as attackers after they allegedly lured her for a walk and assaulted her in a shed. They pleaded not guilty and are held in $2600 bonds each for a July 9 hearing.
Berlin June 25 a new cabinet was formed with Chancellor Konstantin Fehrenbach and 11 ministers including Carl Heinze Walter Simons Wirth Koch Gessler Groener Hermes Giesberts Scholz von Baumer. Labor and reconstruction portfolios remain unfilled.
At Buffalo on June 25 twenty one delegates were injured when a rear wooden stand collapsed during a group photo outside Broadway Auditorium as 4540 delegates were leaving. Injuries included fractures and sprains with no fatalities reported.
Concords two semi professional teams will host afternoon games. The Council Knights of Columbus nine faces Fitton Athletic Club at the centre playground, while Concord Junction meets the Oxford Athletic Club from Cambridge at the Junction playground.
June 2 Fred Lear utility infielder was released by the New York National League club. The player goes to the San Antonio team of the Texas League.
Edward Walsh, superintendent of public works, urged New England business leaders to oppose a Canadian canal project and a $300 million federal bond for it. He argued the scheme would divert grain traffic from the Northeast and falsely claim eastern ports would become seaports. J W Grady presented a film tour of New York State’s canal system during the luncheon.
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