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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
14
The joint inquiry into conditions at Parker Hill Hospital by the public health service and the American Legion committee ends today officials said after starting Monday.
Colonel William S. Terriberry of the inspector-general's department of the Public Health Service will forward his report to Washington. Colonel William J. Keville, chairman of the region's investigating committee, said he would personally report to Colonel Edward I. Logan, state legion commander, regarding the hospital probe findings.
A March 2 fire at 6 pm heavily damaged the Kentucky Home for Confederate Soldiers in Pewee Valley. All inmates have been rescued as flames, starting in the hospital division, consumed the entire frame building.
A well known authority claims meat eaters should flush kidneys with four ounces of Jad Salts once daily to clear kidney pores, prevent uric acid buildup, and keep urine plain. The preparation, made from grape acid and lemon juice with lithia, is described as inexpensive and safe.
A three year old, George W. Laming, was rescued from the swift currents of Ceytemore Lea Brook by a sixteen year old boy named Herbert E. Robson. Robson lives at 7 Garnet street Malden while George is the son of William Laming of 103 Clifton street Malden.
A boy fell from an em bankment into a brook and was swept toward jagged rocks at the Cochrane print factory dam. Robson pulled the child to the shore as bystanders cried for help. Malden police revived him with a palmotor and he rested at home last night.
The French Senate high court held a private session to hear Joseph Caillaux defend himself in a treason case. He aims to counter William Martin’s testimony that King Alfonso of Spain said Caillaux threatened him over the 1911 Agadir incident. Prosecution claims state documents were stolen from archives and used in the defense.
Harriet Maria Adams aged 101 and Melrose’s oldest resident died yesterday at her home 15 Oakland Street. She was the widow of Nathaniel Adams a prominent builder who erected the Quincy House the Parker House the City Hall and the Hastern Railroad station in Boston.
London March 25. Premier Lloyd George answered Asquith's criticism by giving a detailed explanation of the Turkish settlement. The premier stated that the United States had been consulted on the matter.
The premier argued it would be a blunder to settle the Turkish problem without US input to avoid suspicions of British and French co-option. He said America refused the mandate, and France should take responsibility for Armenia if Washington declined. He noted Britain cannot deploy armies to govern Armenia and Asia Minor, and praised Armenian self reliance with potential US aid for training.
The writer visits the Orchidvale exhibit by Albert C. Burrage at Horticultural Hall Boston. The display includes epiphytic and terrestrial orchids, Brazil bark trunks, artificial tree displays, hybridization stages, and water color paintings by a London artist. It notes Burrage’s Aurelia orchid and separate greenhouses at Orchidvale Beverly Farms for different species.
A Boston orchid exhibit today drew praise for warmth and moisture levels and plans to donate thousands of dollars in cut flowers to hospitals after the show. Kurume Azaleas from Japan, imported by the Arnold Arboretum, earned special note alongside acacias, rhododendrons, azaleas, cyclamens, roses, sweet peas, and carnations. J. T. Butterworth of Framingham displayed a new orchid from India containing a second plant inside and named a new variety "Rachel" for his daughter.
London reports telegrams to local NU Rway Men secretaries urging readiness for a general strike at a moment's notice. The Pall Mall Gazette notes a split at Lancashire Yorkshire where 2000 workers walked out after an engine driver was suspended for overtime. The union foresees possible broad disaffection.
Paul Little, 12, kidnapped prompting cross state police search. E R Little, wealthy Lexington horseman and father, vows to pay the $25,000 ransom and not prosecute, aiming to recover his son without questions.
Edward Bellamy born March 26 at Chicopee Falls grew up educated at home and abroad. He studied law but never practiced, becoming an editorial writer for the Evening Post in New York. At 27 he spent a year in the Sandwich Islands for his health.
The text notes Edward Bellamy's 1888 Looking Backward and contrasts its philosophy with his later political writings. It describes his natural law of economics favoring fraternal industry, nationalization of railroads telegraph and mines, coal sold at cost, post office control of express services, and city control of heating lighting and transportation.
The Merrimack River rose to nearly four feet above the Amoskeag Falls dam tonight as authorities monitor flooding. Local residents brace for possible impacts while no injuries are reported.
Herman Blumson head of the Star Cereal Milling Company was arrested in Washington on March 25 and held for Chicago police. They accuse him of being $200,000 to $300,000 short in company accounts, ending a world wide search that traced him via a letter to his nephew at the post office.
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