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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1920
Page
2
The 79th Legislature met at Augusta for a one day session called by Governor Milliken to amend registration laws so women can vote in state and national elections. Four measures passed include registering women voters before 1920 elections and safeguards against sex based denial of office.
Attorney Charles M. Ludden stated on the witness stand at the first public hearing before Receiver John E. Hannigan that he believed Charles M. Brightwell Raymond Meyers and Gunnar A. R. Lindblat as trustees of the Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company were personally liable for notes issued by them despite later notes calling them debentures and denying individual responsibility.
Afternoon session focused on Attorney Ludden and Attorney A A Wyman as Brightwell and Meyers sought advice on trading in international postal coupons. They admitted limited foreign exchange knowledge and inability to achieve quick turnovers. Witness William Bouchie testified to a $36 000 payment to Mrs. Charles M Brightwell between Aug 1 and Aug 15, after police raided the offices.
Jack Reed of Oneida New York famed Holy Cross alum and former coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been signed as athletic mentor by Clarkson Technical Institute Potsdam New York.
George McNeil a 3 year old amateur taxidermist was trapped up to his armpits in mud at Belle Isle Creek Beachmont Winthrop as tide rose. Walter Andrews former Boston police officer and volunteers from Pleasant Park Yacht Club rescued him in a dramatic effort using a rope noose after a 15 minute struggle.
Milk costs jump to 18 1/4 cents a quart in Boston and surrounding areas, up 3/4 cent from August. The rise, the highest ever in Massachusetts, takes effect today for most large companies, with Whiting delaying its announcement until tomorrow.
Longshoremen and freight handlers at Charlestown quit work to refuse British cargo labeling the strike unauthorized and foolish. Union secretary William F. Dempsey predicted the workers would return to duty today.
United States troops with machine guns repelled an attack on Thacker Coal and Coke Company property in Williamson West Virginia. Earlier federal soldiers routed about 200 men who fired on the Towart Colliery Company commissary and officials’ homes at Chattaroy.
N. C. Davis of H P Hood Sons announces September milk price at 101-2 cents per quart f o b Boston with an advance of a half cent over August. The higher cost of production and transport drives the per quart rise, while workers’ wages also increase. A charity program will provide free milk to qualifying mothers with certificate from a recognized charity or physician.
Six year old Frank Cushman of 1015 Tremont street Roxbury fell from a rear window to the yard below a distance of 20 feet. He died in his mother Sadie Cushman s arms. Dr Hall pronounced him dead and medical exam showed a broken neck as the cause.
Meeting at Hibernian Hall Roxbury voted to refuse unloading ships with English flag or registration. Pickets to resume at local docks and spread boycott nationwide. B H Savage of Everett predicts broad shopfront protests and a 16 member committee to fund and sustain striker wages.
Attorney General Allen will not pass judgment on the H. V. Greene Company until the stockholders committee provides more information. He has received audits from Mutual Finance Corporation and Commercial Finance Corporation but will study them in detail after turning them to a certified accountant. He also asked the stockholders’ committee for additional facts regarding the situation.
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