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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1921
Page
3
Boston plans a new repertory theatre near Copley Square as a civic venture funded by a 40 000 endowment. The Frances Jewett Repertory Club seeks public support and retention of the Jewett players, with a 2000 member club and leaders from major Boston financial houses backing the project.
Heads of women’s clubs in New England totaling about 50 000 in the Boston area back a new theatre to teach the young proper language use. The theatre would be a nonprof it civic endowment to attract top talent and become a national institution. a committee led by John R. Macomber and others was appointed to organize, with Edward L. Sturtevant as temporary clerk, at quarters by the Copley Theatre entrance.
Despondent over two years illness, 56 year old Harry W. James, Boston and Chelsea attorney banker and politician, shot himself in a Chelsea City Hall lavatory. James, former Chelsea solicitor and alderman, was also a state Republican committee member and National City Bank of Chelsea vice president. Bank officials said the bank’s affairs were not related to his death. his wife, son Morrison at Bowdoin, and daughter Mrs Arthur W Ingalls of Lynn survived. Home address given as 56 Garland Street Chelsea.
Massachusetts relief leaders James J. Phelan and Charles J. O Malley return from New York as United States drives build momentum for a St Patrick's Day start. Captain John F. Lucey leads New York efforts with a goal to raise about 10 million dollars. Irish authorities approve the relief program. Dublin official James J. Douglas guarantees careful, fair distribution to those in need regardless of religion or politics.
Bitter personal attack on Commissioner Sanford Bates and sharp criticism of the state penal system were voiced by former Speaker Joseph E. Warner at yesterday's hearing of opponents to Governor Cox’s plan for state control of county correctional institutions.
Tense hearings with Bates clashing with county supporters and witnesses as Senator Bliss kept order. Clarence W. Rowley accused Bates of misconduct prompting a sharp retort about a “cowardly attack.” Afternoon session featured Bates challenging statements by Bristol County Commissioner Richard F. Warner and District Attorney Joseph T. Kenney as a crowd of about 300 demonstrated, urging orderly proceedings. The debate highlighted county control advantages in jail management, classification, and home rule versus centralization, with Warner criticizing State institutions and questioning the economy motive.
Miss Heloise FE. Hersey will speak at Trinity Church Newton Centre next Sunday evening at 7 15 on A Long Look Ahead. Earlier at 10 45 the rector Rev Edward T Sullivan discusses Building a Disposition or the Secret of Good Cheer. Moving pictures shown at 10 o clock in the parish hall feature six infancy of Jesus scenes for church school pupils.
At 9:45 a.m. the New England Home Economics Association meets in the State House east wing with speakers Payson Smith and Mrs. Henrietta Calvin. At 10 a.m. the 20th anniversary of the New England Association of Teachers of English is in the Rogers Building. 2 p.m. Sir Philip Gibbs lectures at Symphony Hall and a reception for Commander-in-Chief Witherspoon, U.S.W.V. follows. Also at 2:30 p.m. the State Kindergarten Association meets in the State House east wing with Miss Lucy Wheelock speaking, and Rev. Louis Kelleher speaks at Notre Dame Academy for the League of Catholic Women. 7 p.m. Members’ night occurs at the Boston Masonic Club, 200 Commonwealth Avenue.
Back Bay churches shift Sunday services to later times with 11 o clock starts. Trinity Church announces April 3 as the new morning service hour to allow longer church school time. Rector Alexander Mann says services have shortened and will end near the previous 10 4 schedule.
An advertisement claims March brings the spring transition and stresses the body must be fortified. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as a spring tonic that strengthens the system, builds up the body, and drives out impurities without dangerous drugs, saying it helps colds and throat troubles.
President Harding sent multiple nominations to the Senate including William J. Keville as United States marshal for Massachusetts and Charles B. McVay Jr. as chief of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance with rear admiral rank. Esch and Potter were reported favorably to the Interstate Commerce Commission but not yet acted on. Other nominees cover Tariff Commission, Federal Farm Loan Board, district attorneys and collectors, with several commissions awaiting final action.
Harry Allen Vaughn of Salem filed in Salem Superior Court for 5000 against Richard Dickson a Salvation Army captain. Vaughn claims Dickson alienated his wife May I Vaughn a Boston Salvation Army member. Army officials deny the charges stating Vaughn was intoxicated during a headquarters visit and that his wife left him for ill treatment and lived with a sister in Roxbury.
Vaughn signed a statement yesterday through Major Crawford on file at Salvation Army headquarters. Captain Dickson traveled from Bangor to attend the annual congress of officers in Boston. Mrs Vaughn attended services. Major Crawford says Vaughn abused his wife at a church service and was ejected.
Former Governor Samuel W. McCall commends the nomination of Thomas C. Marvin secretary of the Home Market Club to the Tariff Commission. McCall, once nominated by the President but not confirmed by the Senate, notes Marvin’s tariff knowledge and potential to modify duties. He recalls his own failed Senate confirmation and a temporary recess appointment he declined.
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