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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1919
Page
3
William Dy Guthrie, representing U S brewers, argues before Judge Mayer in New York that beer at 23 4 percent cannot be intoxicating. He cites Dr Charles Rosewater's tests on 19 men consuming the 23 4 per cent beer as evidence.
Dr Rosewater and other New York doctors testified it is scientifically impossible to intoxicate a person with the beer in question, citing a 2.75 percent alcohol content and stomach capacity. A test let 19 men drink 15 bottles with police surgeons deeming them sober, while most drinkers had long histories of alcohol use. Civil leaders praise clergy, call for universal healthcare, education for the young, and church leadership in postwar reconstruction, warning against Bolshevism and capitalist excess.
Romeo Keyes 63 year old Harvard graduate and fiancé of Florence Girardin of Dorchester returns to Boston Tavern from New York where he reportedly sought a wedding ring. He registered as John Baker Keyes and now lists Boston as home. His lawyer says a Boston home will be established after marriage and Keyes plans to consult alienists to confirm his sanity.
The Huntington School will hold commencement exercises on June 6 at 2 o'clock in Bates Hall. Austen K. deBlois pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston will deliver the address. A class of 27 young men will graduate.
Lieutenant Colonel Percy A Guthrie of the MacLean Highlanders spoke at Old North Church asserting church influence and pulpit unity as key factors in Allied victory and predicting inevitable church unity as a wartime consequence.
Officers and men of 26 submarine chasers in port at Boston will attend Al Jolson's Sinbad show at the Boston Opera House. The Naval Men's Reception Committee, a subcommittee of the mayor's committee, arranges the entertainment. Major Peters Admiral Dunn commandant of the First Naval District and many welfare groups and bands will join the party aboard U S S Actus.
Boston business leaders will host a luncheon at the Exchange Club on Wednesday to greet Charles Pergler first commissioner of the new Czecho Slovak Republic visiting the United States. The Czecho Slovak finance commission will also be present and Harriman will welcome Pergler who will speak on The Czecho Slovak Republic and American Commerce.
About 200 fine goldfish were added to the South Boston aquarium after an expedition by Curator Charles Morse Jr and assistants to Scarboro pond in Franklin Park. Transport tanks and boats were moved by motor trucks, with raking of the pond and hauling of thousands of sunfish and peat. The fish, valuable as winter ice fishing bait, were released due to their low value this season.
The U S S Montana with the 314th Engineers is slated to reach President Roads around 9 45 AM, with two reception boats the S S Monitor and the U S S Actus meeting her. Welfare groups will greet the returning crew. the North Carolina may dock early Tuesday.
Henry B. Endicott will mediate between labor and management in Holyoke Street Railway workers dispute. He will serve as arbiter tomorrow at the State House conference, requested by both sides, whose decision both parties will accept.
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