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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1919
Page
4
Mary W. S. Hamilton a wealthy Philadelphia widow sues in Suffolk Superior Court for $6500 worth of diamonds and other jewels stolen from her Westminster Hotel apartment. She alleges the robbery occurred April 7 while she was at a local theatre with a friend.
Mrs. Mary W. S. Hamilton, Philadelphia widow, files suit against Hotel Westminster for 6500 dollars claiming jewels vanished from her fifth floor suite. She says a pass key allowed entry, the closet door opened, and only the suitcase containing the jewels was taken, with minor items left untouched.
Brookline board grants town laborers a half holiday on Saturdays four months of the year after a petition from the Brookline Town Laborers Union. Dietitian Lucille Barvey resigns after being appointed at 1200 a year. A hearing on a moving picture house license is set for this evening amid opposition from clergy and a large petition.
Washington May 5 Authorities of the Director General of Railroads and the Postmaster General to raise interstate railroad, telephone and telegraph rates were argued before the Supreme Court. Appeals from North Dakota and from South Dakota, Kansas, Massachusetts and Illinois questioned federal power over state police. Arguments by Payne, Donnelly, Packard and Tanner centered on Congress and executive authority versus state police powers.
The Russian bark Professor Koch, ashore at Cox Ledge off Scituate after piling on rocks, was towed into deep water yesterday morning by tugboats Vesta Confidence Neptune and Pallas. Her cargo of wool hides and mohair from East London, South Africa was badly damaged, with losses around 100000 dollars. The keel and plates suffered significant damage. The Scott Wrecking Company performed the salvage work.
GAMP DEVENS May 4. Charg ing certain officers were guilty of wilful murder in connection with deaths the last hours of war. Three lieutenants of the Yankee Division discharged here today made public facts about an officer attempting to send part of the 10st Infantry over the top minutes before 11 o clock the day the armistice was signed.
A group of New England officers asserts they will present affidavits at the American Legion convention and push resolutions demanding trial by Congress for army officers linked to deadly World War I actions. They recount near armistice incidents, claim mass misplacements and casualties, and promise a country-wide survey of scandals, with trips to Boston for data at the New England delegates meeting.
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