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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1922
Page
5
William J. Corcoran former Middlesex County attorney and several men and women face trial in the Suffolk Superior Criminal Court beginning tomorrow on charges tied to alleged extortion schemes. The defendants allegedly lured men with women to extract money in a conspiracy.
Indictments name William Feoran and Leo Corcoran with others including Michael J. Lyons Bearse and Omar Kal dah as conspirators in extortion schemes. Prostitution lures allegedly provided by a gang involve Duggans Theresa Duggan Peg Purdy and others not yet apprehended. Kal dah may be in Switzerland. others charged as principals or accessories before the fact.
A nitrate free ad touts Pape’s Diapepsin as instant stomach relief for indigestion acid stomach and heartburn. It claims to settle the stomach immediately after eating and costs only a few cents at any drug store.
Curtis is alleged to have paid Donovan 18625 in three sums to avoid disclosures. Each defendant is named as principal to an indictment charging threats to extort and as an accessory before the fact. Lyons and Bearse face another indictment for impersonating police officers to frighten Donovan and Curtis.
Boston City Council approved an amendment by a 5 to 4 vote to permit itinerant vendors from other cities to sell wares here temporarily for a $200 fee. Proponents led by Watson argued for revenue and competition, while Hagen and allies called it special legislation benefiting a New York firm, the Dreier Co. with prior fines.
Boston public employment chief G Harry Dunderdale says businesses replacing male office staff with women, drawing on filing clerks bookkeepers from female ranks. Salaries for white collar workers in Boston and New York have fallen 10 to 20 percent since last year, as accountants bookkeepers clerks and stenographers take lower pay positions.
Massachusetts Governor Channing H. Cox proclaims Armistice Day observances for Saturday November 1. He urges flag display on all public buildings and general observance to honor the 1918 World War I victory and the sacrifices of defenders.
A national conference of railroad men plans to devise ways to amalgamate sixteen standard railroad unions while preserving their identities. The meeting will be in Chicago on December 9 and 10, announced by N. Wangerin of St. Paul, secretary of the national amalgamation committee. The call will go to about 11 000 local lodges.
United States Senator Selden P. Spencer of Missouri announced plans to move in the Senate to appoint a commission. The panel would determine the maximum alcohol content deemed intoxicating for beverages. Spencer noted liquor at one half of one percent is not clearly intoxicating and urged possible moderation of dry law provisions if found unnecessarily harsh.
The article explains the Volstead act defines intoxicating content by Congress power to enforce the 18th Amendment rather than relying on a fixed alcohol percentage, noting the claim that even a fraction of a percent could render a beverage intoxicating.
Supreme Court Justice Fawcett approved the voluntary public defender committee a five lawyer group in Brooklyn pledged to defend free or at reduced cost persons accused of crime who cannot pay for legal help. Many prominent Brooklyn lawyers have offered to assist when needed.
The James J. Mulvey Club of Roxbury hosts its third annual Victory Ball tonight at Intercolonial Hall Dudley Street Roxbury. The programme features prize dances for gold souvenirs and short speeches by several political candidates. A gold purse will be presented to honorary president James J. Mulvey.
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