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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1921
Page
7
The Boston Chamber of Commerce directors endorsed a plan with federal state and city leaders to secure a $350,000 congressional appropriation for expanded quarantine facilities at the port of Boston.
Suffolk district attorney Pelletier leads a sharp defense of district attorneys against Attorney General Allen by arguing against centralized power and criticizing the Christian Science case staffing. He contends records show limited abuse of discretion, defends not pros decisions, and questions the GOs push for executive control and grand jury instruction. Essex DA Donnell and Middlesex DA Tufts join in backing and opposing sides, with city and local officials weighing in.
Harold Lewis of Northampton pleaded guilty in Superior Court to assault with a dangerous weapon after firing three shots at his mother in law, Elizabeth Craft, on December 30. He received four months in the House of Correction. DA cited long standing friction as the motive and noted Lewis had an exemplary record.
The 409 passengers arriving from Russia Denmark and Poland on the Baltic-American liner Lituania were removed from the ship at Quarantine and taken to Rainsford Island to be deloused. Port physicians found vermin on some and all will stay 12 days under observation for typhus symptoms. Many Russian refugees are among them.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Finland unable to obtain a 25 million dollar loan in the United States as the American market stays closed to foreign borrowers. The note adds Swift & Co carcass beef sales in Boston for the week ending Feb 26 showed prices from 9 to 16 1/4 cents per pound, averaging 13 3/4 cents.
Final arguments concluded after three weeks as Genie Reed Smith of Winthrop faced a juried trial for allegedly attempting to murder her mother in law. The defendant wept while the mother in law sat nearby impassive as defense depicted her as an irritable, suspicious elder.
In Boston a jury hears the Smith family tragedy with Genie Reed Smith charged with assault with intent to kill Genie’s mother-in-law. The defense cites Dr. Samuel G Smith’s faith in Genie as proof of innocence while the prosecutor questions the veracity of Genie’s story and accuses her of planning the attack on October 19, 1919.
London hosts a German delegation of about 60 officials to discuss reparations disarmament and war crime trials with Allied leaders. The conference opens at Lancaster House near Buckingham Palace with Dr Simons presenting views on Paris decisions as Lloyd George Briand and Sforza plan discussions.
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