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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
8
Congressmen Peter F. Tague introduced a bill to punish witnesses who refuse to answer summons or testify in contested election cases. The measure would empower U S district attorneys to prosecute noncompliant witnesses. The proposal follows refusals in the Tague Fitzgerald election contest.
Mrs. Elizabeth Frost tells U S Commissioner Rice that she alone operated a Leeds farm moonshine still to supply liquor for herself against influenza. Rice notes six gallons not justified and binds Frost for the federal grand jury on moonshining charges.
Final evidence will be submitted today before the arbitration board handling Elevated car men wage demands. Further meetings will be adjourned until May 20 when counsel for both sides will sum up their losing arguments.
Attorney James H. Vahey argued stockholders should gain 15 percent yearly depreciation allowances plus 5 percent dividends. He criticized the pension plan, while John Moran defended pensions potentially above 500 dollars annually. Edward Dana outlined outside hours and staffing costs for a five hour Sunday shift.
Governor Coolidge strongly endorses a drive by prominent Italians to raise 100000 for establishing a home for Italian children in the Commonwealth. Donations are collected by Thomas Nutile at the First State Bank in Boston with a list of recent contributions from individuals and families.
Springfield announces a grove of 150 hardy oak trees planted in Forest Park as a living memorial to the 150 Springfield men who died in World War I. The trees, near the rose gardens, were gifted by the Publicity Club in a surprise planting led by Robert Lincoln O’Brien of Boston.
Witnesses testified in the Supreme Court that Mrs. Mary B. Rice of Worcester helped found the American Antiquarian Society and was not insane. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeks release from Herbert Hall Hospital after alleged illegal commitment following her son's death. The administrator and conservator, Rev. Clifton H. Mix, argued the woman should not be at large, while relatives testified to her sanity and desire to leave. The case challenges the commitment statute and its notice and defense procedures. The hearing remains unfinished.
Prominent women of Boston will act as patronesses and aids for a sale of articles made by wounded soldiers and sailors in hospitals around Boston. The event is slated for next Friday at the new Army and Navy Club of Boston located at 10 Park Square.
Washington May 11 Opposition fire opened today in the Senate on the Republican peace resolution with Senator McCumber delivering the first salvo and Senator Hitchock slated to follow. Leaders privately predicted adoption next Thursday or Friday with no prolonged debate. McCumber opposed the resolution urging a German relations substitute. he also criticized President Wilson for the Versailles treaty and its role in the political campaign.
Senator Frank G. Allen of Norwood filed a re drafted bill in the Senate granting the Attorney General, with the Governor's approval, power to summon witnesses in investigations involving public health safety or welfare. The measure, second attempt by the state chief law officer, was referred to the rules committee for consideration.
Facing 11 tenants over rent hikes at Roxbury properties, Samuel Rubinstein refused to answer questions at a Boston housing hearing. Chair Herbert A. Ellis dismissed the case and asked the State Commission on the Necessaries of Life to investigate with a hearing set for Monday. The committee urged passage of a housing commission, anti profiteering laws, 60 day quiz notices, and six month stay powers for courts.
Hartford May 11 Mrs Hiram Percy Maxim of Hartford has been named by Thomas J Spellacy to serve as his alternate to the Democratic national convention She is the first Connecticut woman given such an appointment though another state delegate is expected to choose a woman as alternate
PORTLAND Me May 11 H Ray 43 years old head lightkeeper at Mt Desert light drowned when a dory with First Assistant Keeper Beal overturned during a landing at the lighthouse slip. The tender Zizania was sent to recover the body.
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