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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1922
Page
9
The committee of international bankers in Paris adjourned until May 31 after warning Germany a new one billion dollar loan hinges on full acceptance of the reparations commission ultimatum due by May 31. They require immediate currency safeguards to stop inflation.
At a meeting attended by Karl as Germany representative, bankers voiced a view that Germany would accept all reparations terms. They noted a potential loan of over a billion dollars could be arranged if Germany provides guarantees and security before detailed discussions proceed. Bankers plan to reconvene next Wednesday with their national contacts.
Thousands lined the streets to review the famed Fifth Regiment under Colonel Harry E B Knight. Gene Edwards read the parade at Commonwealth and Arlington streets as veterans with seven gold service stripes marched in platoon formation. A machine gun and howitzer detail from Camp Devens replaced the original company. Mayor Curley to review at 1 30 PM with the American Legion Metropolitan Chapter receiving colors after the parade.
Police investigate a break in at Longfellow apartments 1200 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge. Early Wednesday a wife awoke to a closing door and found a fountain pen watch chain $31 and wrist watch missing plus a sideboard silver drawer and an undergarment taken. All street doors remained locked and no forced entry detected. A bundle containing all stolen items appeared outside the Hamiltons' building that night.
Boston legislators moved a recess committee of four senators and seven representatives to review port development. The panel will examine dock expansion, new piers, channel facilities, and transportation needs for rail and streetcar services.
Charles Sumner Bird argues Massachusetts should adopt centralized executive control similar to Vermont. He urges abolishing the Governor's Council and creating a single general manager under the Governor to buy supplies and oversee state operations, claiming potential savings. He cites Vermont's $5 million annual budget and Massachusetts' $30 million outlay as justification. May 26, 1922.
Police in Portsmouth N H said they had no knowledge of wild parties involving Phillips Peter students and no record of Exeter boys being expelled from the academy. They reviewed past reports but found no evidence linking Exeter students to the alleged events.
Assistant district attorney Henry P. Fielding is assigned by District Attorney O'Brien to try the indictment accusing Judge Ward P. Pierce of the Supreme Judicial Court of conspiring with W Edwin Coutes and Boston lawyer to block the Waban Rose Monty case. The action centers on keeping the matter from proceeding in Ware.
The Leyland Line steamship Winifredian under Captain A W V Trant docked at Pier 2 East Boston just before noon after an uneventful voyage. On board were 86 passengers including 20 children and a mix of adult males and women. The couple scheduled to marry postponed their plans.
A nearly three day delay in the liner's arrival forced an involuntary postponement of the Bristol betrothal between Mrs Ethel Lilly Rawles and Joseph H. Collier. The ceremony, to have been held Wednesday in Boston, will occur today after the ship reaches port. The voyage also carried Mrs. E B MacClanahan of Boston and Archibald Ludlow of Liverpool among other passengers.
Nantasket Beach Steamship Company resumes daily hourly service to Nantasket Beach and Paragon Park for the 104th consecutive year. Eight steamboats including Betty Alden Mayflower Old Colony Nanat South Shore Myles Standish Rose Standish and Mary Chilton are repainted and overhauled for capacity crowds. South Shore will run Plymouth trips by day and Nantasket line at night to handle rush. General Manager Lane leads operations with City Inspection cooperation for safety.
A quartet of men were arraigned in Worcester District Court after being held by state and city detectives on charges of planning to rob a payroll from the Wheelwright Company at dawn. Martin Fitzpatrick, 17, and Richard Gammell, 27, were each ordered held in 99000 bail to await grand jury action.
Members of the Cuttyhunk Methodist church arrived for Sunday worship to find a cow inside the meeting house. Pastor Eugene R. Clark denied any revival of sacred cow worship. The two year old Holstein showed apparent devotion, and church attendance grew from five to eighty, despite the odd intrusion. Some speculate the island’s inspiration ties to Elizabeth and Shakespeare.
A committee of prominent Dearborn men plans to visit Henry Ford early next week to urge him to run for President in 1924. William Kronberg, Dearborn publisher, arranged a mass meeting that formed a Henry Ford for President club. The club considered an independent ticket with a monetary standard plank but will defer to Ford's judgment.
Mayor Walter H B Remington accused a group of citizens of fostering lawless sentiment to hinder the New Bedford school committee as it sought to remove Superintendent Allen P Keith and Principal G Walter Williams. He cited the Westport High strike as an example of manipulation and warned against contempt for authority. Williams vows to fight proceedings and seek a hearing amid student mass meetings and petitions.
Court officials maintain control of the Suffolk County Court House as the bill to transfer custody from the Supreme Court to Sheriff John A. Kellner is killed. Senator Donovan signals plan to move reconsideration at today's session.
The 101st Infantry received a sterling silver cup presented by General Lawrence J. Logan and General Edward L. Logan in memory of Brigadier General Lawrence J. Logan. The trophy honors the career of the Logan family in Massachusetts forces and will be awarded annually to the company winning first in regimental rifle matches at Wakefield.
About 1000 tickets are left for the memorial mass at Fenway Park tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The American Legion headquarters will distribute tickets to the first applicants, announced the arrangements committee yesterday.
An advertisement touts Harsh Cathartics as harmful for constipation and promotes True Family Laxative as a natural plant extract remedy. It claims 71 years of use, mild pleasant relief, and fortifying health benefits from regular use.
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