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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1922
Page
3
Chester W. Chapin longtime head of the New York and New Haven Steamship Company and Central New England Railroad Company died at his home after several months of illness. He was 80.
Congressman James A. Gallivan boarded the Washington express from South Station and criticized the Volstead act and its enforcement. He questioned a $10,000,000 request for enforcement funds, noting widespread discontent with Prohibition and thanking voters for supporting his reelection amid the sea voyage digression.
A new series by Bess Streeter Aldrich titled Mothers Dash for Freedom starts in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The featured feature follows a mother’s struggle and resolve, echoing Aldrich’s portrait style and storytelling.
A Boston Symphony performance at Symphony Hall featured Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade Borodin Prince Igor Tschaikowsky The Queen of Spades Glazounov Stenka Razin and 1812 Overture. Soloist Oda Slobodskaja sang with clarity, bringing vast space and primitive life to Borodin and the Rimsky numbers amid strong audience enthusiasm.
Armed guards hunted a United States army soldier who escaped from Fort Banks yesterday afternoon while awaiting court martial for absence without leave. Boston police and Greater Boston units joined the dragnet after Joseph J. Waters of Hartford Connecticut slipped from his guard details at the fort.
Secretary of War Weeks and District Attorney O'Brien will headline the Boston Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Copley Plaza Hotel tomorrow evening honoring Frederick S. Snyder's inauguration as president. Dr. Charles W. Eliot will discuss American Education and American Business. Over 1000 members expected. O'Brien will address aims in criminal law administration.
A 21 year old Jasper R. Lee of 88 South Common street died at Lynn Hospital after sudden illness at noon Saturday. A second victim, 43 year old widow Mary J. Reddy, was found dead in her room at 99 Buffum street.
A bronze memorial tablet was dedicated at Arlington First Baptist Church honoring the 60 parishioners who served in the late war and paying tribute to the three who made the supreme sacrifice. The service drew a large congregation.
Advertisement promotes Noonans Hair Petrole to cure thin dry hair and scaly scalp. Claims daily treatment restores vigor and lustre, clears dandruff, and pinks scalp. Barbers offer 15 cents per treatment, bottle sold for $1 at druggists.
Governor Cox and the Metropolitan District Commission pledge a 4.25 daily wage for all Metropolitan Park Employees for 1923 after complaints of 3.2 per day. Union meeting at 995 Washington Street heard letters from leaders and was addressed by labor and state officials. Candidates were nominated for the om election including John J. Shea and Thomas R. Flatley for President and Vice President roles.
Boston deep water longshoremen rejected a proposal by steamship agents and stevedores to pay $1.30 per hour for the supper layoff from 5 to 7 PM. Unions will tabulate member votes at a conference and seek another meeting with management. If tabulations mirror sentiment, waterfront tensions may rise this week. The plan would pay double time for supper, equal to the noon rate, while midnight and breakfast rates remain set at $2 and Sundays holidays align. The deadlock centers on classifying supper pay as a higher rate.
N W Chamberlain of Stamford chairs a Local 2028 meeting at 3 Boylston Pl yesterday as a membership drive is launched and 80 applicants are reported favorable. The federation council plans a Nov 19 meeting at Wella Memorial at 10 p m to discuss legislation and prepare bills for the General Court. Also Boston unions host a Miss Telephone contest at the Strand ballroom Huntington Ave Thursday night.
John Carroni of 16 Quincy avenue was hospitalized with a leg wound after a shooting. Patrolman Daniel Shea chased and detained Michael Camonisoni at the Quincy Electric Light and Power garage as bystanders heard a gunshot and helped describe the scene.
A rousing send off for the A. O. H. membership drive drew more than 200 delegates to St. Anne's School Hall Neponset last night. Speakers included Rev. John Ryan chaplain of the Boston diocese Rev John McKone pastor of St. Anne's and Attorney Daniel T. O'Connell. The meeting aimed to increase order membership.
Albert J. James an 18 year old National Guard trooper from West Roxbury was severely injured yesterday while attempting to mount a horse at the Commonwealth armory. He was thrown from the mount and suffered a dislocated shoulder.
Chicago audience hears Mary Garden claim divas need not be fat and reveals her weight 119 pounds on arrival. She endorses a routine including tea breakfast, vigorous exercise, indulgent luncheon, five o'clock tea with crackers, and skipping dinner to maintain a girlish figure.
The passage presents Mary advocating strict self-control for slim living. She urges eating little food and virtually no alcoholic drinks, framing moderation as essential to maintaining a slender figure.
Lemuel H. Murlin president of Boston University preached yesterday forenoon at the Lexington First Parish Unitarian Church before a large gathering. The church pulpit is vacant after the resignation on November 1 of minister Rev John Milla Wilson after a long ministry.
The will contest of Miss Frances H. Vose of Brookline, daughter of Vose & Sons founder, resumes in Dedham Superior Court today. Three brothers, not named in the will, charge undue influence by executor Clarence I. Newton and beneficiary Alice M. McPherson, companion to Miss Vose.
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