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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
1
Boston City Council condemned a lease clause charging tenants with a $10 monthly increase for each additional occupant. The council called a rent and housing committee probe into the so called race death by own action clause. Malcolm F. Nichols, committee chair, said action would start immediately after reading the order.
Washington dispatch notes President Harding promised to wear a white carnation each day for four years. The custom echoes President McKinley who wore a red carnation daily and observed his birthday with the flower, marking a return to normalcy.
A 19 year old Everett woman, Mrs. John F. McCarthy, wife of the wounded man, faces a complete physical breakdown after days of constant attendance at his bedside. John F. McCarthy was shot in a South End saloon on Thursday and married in the City Hospital last Friday.
At City Hospital since last Thursday a young wife, Mrs McCarthy, refused to leave her wounded husband’s bedside. Her health declined as she slept in a chair and returned to the hospital nightly after threats to bar her. Doctors fear her collapse unless she rests. The husband remains critical and the bullet’s location is still unknown.
Detectives working for Mrs. Anne Urquhart Potter Stillman located a third woman connected to a series of bitter letters sent to Mrs. Stillman and her lawyers. The letters began anonymously and were later signed by a woman once active in the same circles.
A woman, Mrs Emma C Jensen of Wellesley Hills, died in a two car collision on Washington street near St Johns Church. Her husband Charles A Jensen, a Boston wool merchant, was not in the car. Chauffeur William Gorman and two male occupants of the other car sustained minor injuries. The crash occurred just over the Newton Lower Falls line as the Jensen car collided with G A Thompson of Allston who had J W Alden as a passenger.
Italian conductor Arturo Viviani plans a diplomatic cultural tour to discuss U S league terms. He will meet officials in Washington to outline collaboration details and address potential policy concerns. The visit aims to build mutual understanding and cultural exchange foundations.
Marcel Knecht director of the French information service in New York asserts that former Premier Viviani's U S visit has no connection to France's war debt. He spoke tonight denying any financial policy link and framed the trip as unrelated to the debt issue.
Washington officials view Viviani's visit as a decisive French bid to win U S membership in the League of Nations this week. The diplomat's talks are seen as aligning French and American goals on collective security and international cooperation.
Viviani plans to determine the terms under which the United plan may continue, exploring possible constraints, approvals, and outcomes as reported on Page 4-Tth Column.
Springfield March 28 Western Massachusetts saw dramatic temperature swings with readings near 80 then dropping to freezing by night. Pittsfield reported 26 with a west wind and about an inch of snow. Peru Hilltop logged six inch drifts. New England faces cold, raw conditions after a day of extreme March weather.
Citizens who shed light clothing faced a sharp drop in temperature as a cold front moved in, triggering alerts of unseasonable weather across the region. The shift disrupted outdoor plans and prompted residents to seek shelter and warmer attire.
One woman was injured as Ladder Truck 7 from Meeting House Hill Dorchester mounted the sidewalk at Dorchester Avenue and Greenwich Street yesterday afternoon. Several people narrowly escaped serious harm as the driver swerved to miss pedestrians blocking the street.
George Cavanagh, driving a responding truck, swerved onto the sidewalk to spare pedestrians as the front axle snapped and the vehicle plowed the curb. A front wheel struck Mrs. Sardano Catono of 64 Granger Street, injuring her leg. she was taken home by police ambulance. Witnesses praised the driver for quick action preventing serious injuries.
The special committee investigating corruption in the passage of the Boston Elevated and Bay State public control bills will call every member of the 1918 Legislature to testify. Senate and House rules committees back the plan with the support of current legislative leaders.
The rules committees met but took no definite action and will refine plans for appointing a special committee and its procedure at tomorrow’s meeting when President Frank G Allen of the Senate returns from New York. The proposal calls for an inquiry by a committee composed entirely of nonmembers.
Today recalls John Tyler born 1790 as 10th U S president. In 1915 Germans sink Dutch steamer Amstel and British steamers Flaminini and Crown of Castle. One year ago Ruhr workers appeal to allies for troops. Chicago strike action by livestock handlers, 900 involved, amid broader Middle East fighting with Turks.
Fair, much colder in Boston and vicinity with a cold wave Tuesday. Wednesday fair with rising temperatures. Strong northwest winds. Forecast notes a moving cold wave eastward across the Atlantic States, with freezing temperatures expanding to West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and central New York. Storm warnings posted along the Atlantic coast north of Cape Hatteras.
The Old Farmer's Prediction expects unsettled conditions to clear in the early morning with bright and fair weather later and moderately cold temperatures. A light to moderate wind is also anticipated.
The film star Bebe Daniels was found guilty of speeding in Orange County. A Santa Ana court sentenced her to ten days in county jail.
Through attorney W S Gilbert of Los Angeles, the actress filed notice of appeal and secured a stay of execution until the Superior Court can hear the case. But she faces a likely jail term from Justice Cox, who has a record of sending drivers over 50 mph to county jail. she admitted 56 mph as she hurried to repair a radiator. The judge noted the brief jury deliberation and imposed the sentence given others, despite the appeal.
Nellie M Briggs Simmons 42 living with her sister at 392 Charles Street Malden was killed last night at about 8 30 when struck by an automobile on Summer Street Malden Carl M Stratton of 51 Washington Street Malden son of Stratton Garage head was arrested on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death he was bailed $100 for morning court appearance
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