27 Oct 1922
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1922
Page
1
Henry Ford is outsprinted in a brisk breeze as American craft falters near topmast issue. Bluenose neatly trims sail, crossing just ahead. Canadian schooner secures victory by seven minutes and fifty one seconds.
Benjamin Asky of 10 Rose Street South End testified in the Ponzi trial that in 1920 he collected about $30 000 as an agent for Ponzi. He said he handed the money to the Securities Exchange Co and received notes for all sums collected.
Mrs Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the slain rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. John, New Brunswick, N J, was seen hearse to church events on October 26 according to the Associated Press report.
Oklahoma City attorney J Emmett Buckley testified in disbarment proceedings against State Senator Ross N Lillard and Attorney J W Burns. He claimed he never smoked chewed drank or swore and said he partnered with Lillard to reform him, calling himself nearly perfect though challenged by defense.
In Philadelphia on October 25, Mrs. Catherine Rosier's counsel pleaded emotional insanity as the motive in the January killings of her husband Oscar Rosier head of an advertising agency and his stenographer Mildred G Reckitt in Rosier's office. The attorney said Mrs Rosier entered the office seeking a final plea for love and much to her detriment her sanity deteriorated before she shot both victims.
Premier Facta and his entire ministry resigned in Rome amid Fascisti threats of nationwide mobilization if power was not surrendered. King Victor Emmanuel was expected to return to confer with leaders on forming a new government, with Vittorio Orlando or Giovanni Giolitti possible to head the cabinet.
The American liner Reliance nearing New York from Hamburg Southampton and Cherbourg posted a stern bulletin ordering passengers to throw any alcoholic liquor overboard before reaching Ambrose Channel Lightship. Several travelers noted the message and briefly staggered readings on the board. Master PF Iverson supervised
Pope Pius met J P Morgan of New York in a private audience in Rome on October 2. The meeting was described as cordial and informal.
The witness testified that Miss Meli a confidential clerk in Mr Ponzi s office told him a 10 percent commission would be paid on all money he turned in from customers but he only received 800 or 900 dollars.
John Peterson a West Peabody milk dealer was struck by a train while driving an automobile truck across an unguarded grade crossing at Lynnfield. He was hurled 100 feet into a ditch and died before aid arrived. Police searched the ditch for a second rider but found none, now believed Peterson was alone.
Secretary of War Weeks said the War Department returned 75 million dollars appropriated by Congress to the Treasury from June 8, 1921, to June 30, 1922. He credited the savings to the national budget system and Harding era fiscal discipline.
South Boston swimming champion Rose M Toneley wed Herbert H Johnson a meat cutter at 111 O Street. The report had claimed a $2 million fortune risk if the marriage news became public, but the couple says the husband forfeited the fortune and they are content with each other.
Concord New Hampshire October 26 Senator George HW Moses today received a gold brick by mail from an anonymous sender who wrote that he knew the senator to be a dispenser of gold bricks.
Robert Wainwright 52 a senior partner at H C Wainwright Co filed intention to wed Nina Irances Bachelor 21 of 1101 Beacon Street. Wainwright recently divorced in Philadelphia December 19 from Elsie Thorndike. An early marriage is expected with plans disclosed at 66 Beacon Street.
The schooners Mayflower and Bluenose will race next week at Gloucester with the first race likely Monday. The contest, run by the American Race Committee of the International Fishermen's Races, offers a $5000 purse of which $3000 goes to the winner. Both vessels will tow to Boston for repairs at Chelsea yards before the race.
Henry Ford spent 1 hour 13 minutes in a room at the Copley Plaza talking with a Post representative. He is in Boston with Mrs. Ford to visit their niece at Wellesley College and traveled by Lincoln limousine with guests from Providence and New York.
Navy Day in Boston features four parades band concerts dancing radio broadcasts and a Navy League rally as the city marks the national event with varied activities across sites and times. The Navy League leads the observance highlighting naval service and community involvement.
The Bluenose from Lunenburg Nova Scotia won the North Atlantic fishermen’s race series by seven minutes and 51 seconds over the Henry Ford but lost its fore topmast carr ied away near the finish. The protest by American Race Committee members centers on the decision to be made today in Gloucester.
The item lists today’s anniversaries including Theodore Roosevelt born in 1858. It recalls Austro German forces invading Serbia in 1915 and England’s 1919 railway strike. It notes the Second Liberty Loan closing with $4 017 532 300 in subscriptions in 1917 and a Chicago rail union meeting one year ago to call off a strike set for now.
Forecast notes fair weather across northern New England Friday and Saturday with warmer temperatures. Southern New England and eastern New York expect fair conditions Friday with slight warming Friday afternoon and fair to warmer Saturday. Northwest winds diminish. winds turn variable near Sandy Hook to Hatteras. Temperatures to rise after a cold morning tonight.
Cloudy day records show hourly readings with temperatures around the mid forties. Data lists 4:50 p.m. 46 and 5:34 p.m. 48, plus earlier values. Averages noted: yesterday 49.1 and one year ago 42.16.
In Gloucester on Oct 26 1922 fishermen and allies led by W H Dennis of the Halifax Herald proposed eliminating yachtsmen and all nonfisher participants from future international fish schooner races, aiming to restrict the event to bona fide fishermen.
Springfield Oct 3 The court faces a tie problem for an unborn child in a negligence case against Dr Frank X Deroin for alleged birth injuries. Mrs Louise Chelefou seeks 10000 plus 3000 in damages for alleged mistreatment of the mother during birth.
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