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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1921
Page
5
The Maine State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation held that the plumbers wage cut in Portland was too steep given living costs and urged restoring to 23 12 percent. The decision, nonbinding, came after the union appealed against a 20 percent reduction and a shift to open shop by employers.
Hugh Brennan 83 of 17 North Common street Lynn a street railway motorman died from a fractured skull after he staged a prank by stepping onto Main street tracks and falling before an oncoming Lynn City Hospital bound electric car driven by Motorman Patrick Connolley of 830 Western avenue. Brennan had a history of similar stunts to upset fellow drivers, and the early morning accident occurred as Connolley attempted emergency braking.
The Boston schooner Mayflower asks to enter next Wednesday’s elimination trials off Gloucester to select a defender for the international fishermen’s cup. J Henry Hunt heads a Mayflower Association delegation presenting a resolution for entry and backing as defender if victorious. Halifax trustees previously barred Mayflower under the cup deed.
Miss Nora Graham chairs the tag day drive for the Veterans of Foreign Wars under the state department. Commander John F. MacDonald of Dorchester, with state officers and Greater Boston posts, will supervise the campaign. Uniformed men and girls with veterans insignia lead the fundraising with speeches in theatres and music from Parkman Bandstand. Events start at 1 PM and run to 6 PM with business and political figures assisting.
A foggy dawn collision on the New Haven line near Westdale Junction left ten people injured. Fireman John Christie and several others were treated at Brockton Hospital. the engineer Clinton Baker and two crewmen were among the listed injured.
Boston baseball fans watched Ben Turpin, the jumping eye film star, ascend the bulletin board in Newspaper Row. For 10 minutes he mixed high class comedy with updates on the Yankee Giants game.
Officials will discuss next Thursday morning plans to make Washington street a one way thoroughfare from Franklin to Cornhill with changes to Court and Devonshire streets. Washington currently allows north bound traffic from Boylston to Franklin as the proposal would shift traffic north from Boylston to Adams square. Court street would close to easterly traffic and Devonshire would allow south bound traffic from State to Franklin if enacted.
Professor A E Cowley of Oxford spoke at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston about discoveries that could rewrite early history. He presented progress on deciphering Hittite pictorial writings and the potential to translate archives revealing the lost empire of Asia Minor and its once mighty civilization.
Residents of Hull secure all winter rail service to and from Boston after a long dispute with the New Haven railroad. The new schedule begins November 1 with Boston trains at 6:40 8:05 11:11 2:42 6:15 6:20 9:19 11:18 p m and Hull trains to Boston at 6:26 7:25 9:02 10:05 a m and 12:30 5:05 p m on Saturdays only.
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