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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1919
Page
3
Federal officers seized 912 pints of whiskey aboard the ocean tug Sea King just before it was to sail from Boston. The liquor allegedly was headed for Virginia. The value is estimated around 1500 dollars, with potential to exceed that in the South due to rising prices.
The Sea King, a large tug, was tied at Atlantic Works East Boston when government agents carried out a seizure of 38 cases of a cargo described as thirst-quencher. The shipment, 24 pints per case, was confiscated and stored in the federal building's wine room under U S Marshal oversight. United States Attorney Boynton filed an information in district court.
Budget session notes a mayoral provision for a uniform one dollar raise for rank and file staff across municipal departments, capped at eighteen hundred dollars yearly. Dr John J Dowling of City Hospital explains departmental estimates while Secretary Manning and President Ford commend the financial report. The council has no power to raise appropriations, only reduce them.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking Democrat on the Senate foreign relations committee, predicted the Senate will ratify the League of Nations covenant and said a majority to amend or separate it from the peace treaty would not be obtained. He noted two opposing camps: those who want to eliminate the league article and those who support the league but seek amendments. He warned neither plan can win a majority without broad support.
Several hundred inmates at the Rutland State tuberculosis sanitarium were denied entertainments after a walkout over menu choices. Superintendent Dr. B. B. Emerson said the strike would end once patients promised to obey meal-time rules and remain at table until the gong. The walkout began Sunday evening when lemonade and apple jelly sandwiches replaced meat sandwiches and tea or coffee.
Mrs. Gene Coulombe of Gorham seeks her sons Theodore Huard and Robert Huard who have been missing for years. Theodore, about 36, 5 ft 8 in, dark features, last heard from 13 years ago. Robert, about 3, 5 ft 8 in, last known in Boston. Any information welcomed.
Cardinal O'Connell administered the sacrament of confirmation to classes of several hundred boys and girls in the new Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Jamaica Plain, yesterday morning.
Mrs Gertrude La Court pleaded guilty in the Superior Criminal Court to manslaughter in the death of her husband Louis La Court a private detective on March 22 He was shot as he sat in a North Street automobile The murder charge was nol pressed and District Attorney Pelletier recommended liberty on personal recognizance The defendant was found to have been assaulted before the shooting and the revolver was taken from the husband She is in delicate condition and was sent home from jail with the promise to prosecute the manslaughter charge if needed
A fragment lists textile items including White Cotton Net 72 inch for veils and gowns at a pound value, Georgette Crepe 40 inches wide in navy black and white, Hamburg Flouncings 18 inches cotton with various designs, indicating a mid century fabric catalog item.
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