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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
8
Paul Harris Drake of Boston, a director of the forty-eighters, says the proposed party would unite liberal groups such as the American Labor Party and farmers' societies. He notes candidates would be chosen at a national convention to be held likely here next June.
Syrian congress in Damascus proclaims independence as Beirut and other districts vote freely. Prince Feisal expected to be crowned in Damascus, with Arabs signaling possible cooperation with Turkish Nationalists if independence is denied.
The Very Rev. Joseph F. Rockwell S J provincial of Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus visited four Jesuit houses in Boston yesterday. The communities are at Boston College Newton the old St Marys Church North End and the Church of the Holy Trinity German Shawmut avenue and the Church of the Immaculate Conception Harrison avenue South End.
After a day of testimony and sharp exchanges, the Roxbury District Court hearing on counter charges of assault with a dangerous weapon involving Manny Foo a restaurant cashier and officers Charles Montier and Joshua McLain was continued by Judge Hayden to next Friday.
A blaze destroyed the Olive street switch tower in Attleboro cutting rail links citywide. Only one main track remains open to Providence with trains halted in yards. Interlocking gear and railroad telephones telegraphs and Western Union lines are out, plus streetcar lines suspended by the storm.
Providence R I March 11 Mrs Maria Horton Chappell the oldest resident of Seekonk Mass and among the nation s oldest persons observed her 105th birthday at her home with daughter Mrs Francis B Weston on County Street Luther s Corner Seekonk She can still walk with assistance and retains a strong mind Born March 11 1815 in Rehoboth she married Ralph Chappell in 1847 who died in 1883 now lives with her daughter in Seekonk
The Blue Hill street railway built at 750900 will be sold in pieces as junk, says receiver George Spalding. Opened Nov 3, 1899, it is the sole line to Great Blue Hill from Mattapan square, running through Canton to Stoughton and connecting with Sharon.
Receiver Spalding states the road earned only operating expenses to 1918 and will be foreclosed this week with four weeks of notice before a decree. He expects sale for junk in pieces after an April auction, citing 21 cars 1212 miles of track from Stoughton to Mattapan, and a $110000 deficit. The Norwood Canton and Sharon line also closed, with revival talks involving Blue Hill power and possible rescue. Prince, a Boston leather merchant, hints at resumed service.
An intensive Mt Holyoke endowment drive begins in Boston Monday with an office opening at 161 Devonshire street led by Mrs. Louis W. Arnold of Waban as chairman. Mt Holyoke alumnae coordinate activities in about 70 towns and cities in the state.
In Paris on March 11 the government introduced a bill in the Chamber of Deputies to resume diplomatic relations with the Vatican.
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell declares victory inevitable as she presides over a State League of Women Voters meeting. The Boston League plans a March 25 annual meeting at Tremont Temple with a victory dinner and public pageant featuring descendants of Lucretia Mott and Mary Livermore and speaker Mrs. Raymond Robins.
Testimony highlighted clashes between Judge Louis Swig of Tremont Trust and Senator John A. Curtin as the banks and banking committee debated the measure. The hearing focused on extending savings bank status to trust companies and the bill’s scope.
Several savings bank representatives supported the measure as the bank commissioner explained that the draft had been redrafted to clear up technicalities in the original proposal.
The Kennedy Associates annual banquet for Kennedy Company employees on Summer and Henley streets was held last night at the Thorndike. P. Joseph McMahon reported.
The toastmaster gave felicitous introductions to employees at the Live Store. Guests included H. A. Burnell, John A. O Malley, Walter W. Weld, John A. Lyons of the company, and Ludwig Stein of Chicago. A telegram from F J Kennedy, the president, then in Florida, was read.
Mrs. Margaret Trembley, 22, of 127 Park Street Dorchester was found unconscious by her husband James trembley as gas escaped from an open jet. She is reported to be recovering at City Hospital.
An advertisement promotes genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with a nineteen year physician use history. It urges buyers to look for the Bayer brand and the Bayer Cross safety mark on packaging and tablets, noting handy twelve‑tab tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
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