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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
14
Officials with the Lynn Red Cross and State Aid Society said $1500 has been given in 22 months to Mrs. Margaret Smith of 445 Boston Street Lynn who attempted suicide by iodine Tuesday evening They state the family has not been entirely destitute and without aid.
Abel Falo of 35 Carl Street Worcester told Quincy police he met two men at a Boston hotel paid for drinks with two quarts of liquor, then was driven to a lonely spot on Columbia road where he was left waiting while the pair visited a sister in Quincy.
William Mills age 54 was arrested at a West Rutland lodging house by East Dedham Street station officers. Police found policy lottery tickets in his possession and he is slated for court today.
Suffolk county grand jury probes Ponzi scheme as Auditor Pride releases findings showing $6,948,367.88 owed to investors from $14,872,327.50 in notes issued to nearly 40,000 holders. Report documents incomplete records, duplications, and uncertain solvency amid extensive banking papers and investor lists.
Longshoremen at East Boston walkouts trigger brief clashes as strikebreakers load the Nitonian and other ships. About 1000 men out per strikers figures, 40 by officials, with 200 quitting yesterday. Union leaders return from New York may push workers back. Irish groups seek fund to aid strikers.
The U S submarine S 5 lies submerged but surfaced barely in the Atlantic 55 miles east of Cape Henlopen as the General Goethals, an army transport, holds the stern to provide air. A crew of four officers and 26 men has been underwater 36 hours with air pumped in from the hole cut in the stern while vessels race to effect a rescue.
Terrence MacSwiney Lord Mayor of Cork remains extremely weak in Brixton prison as his sisters and Father Dominic keep vigil reading devotional texts. He has signed a will and the family fears for his life while noting his pivotal role in Ireland's cause. The end is near, his sister Anne says as the city awaits the outcome.
Riflemen of the Massachusetts Cavalry won the finals of the interstate and Cruikshank team matches in the annual life tournament. The Philippine Scouts team finished second.
The Gen Goethals and several support ships respond after the submarine 8 5 is submerged for 35 hours. Air is pumped to the vessel as rescuers work with lifting gear to aid in freeing the 26 men and four officers aboard. The submarine's vertical position complicates efforts and a special operation may involve cutting into the hull.
A report notes the General Goethals pierced a small hole in the bow of the ship to access the torpedo tubes aimed at the ocean bottom. The hole is too small to withdraw any men, delaying rescue efforts.
Deaths in Roxbury and Manchester announce funeral plans for Annie E. Carrigan wife of John R. Cain formerly of Chelsea and Julia Tully of Manchester. Julia Tully will lie in state at 28 Bridge Street with a solemn high mass requiem followed by interment at Beverly Cemetery. Relatives and friends invited.
A quotation notes that if a submarine machine functions correctly a vessel of the five dollar type could remain submerged for days without injuring its crew, aside from inconvenience.
A wireless dispatch from the steamship General Goethals picked up in Farmington, Conn., says the United States submarine S-5 has been submerged 35 hours and requests destroyers for rescue. Last position noted at latitude 38.36 north and longitude 74.00 west, due east of the Delaware Capes.
A citizen in Farmington relayed a radio message claiming the U S S General Goethals requested destroyers and cutting gear to relieve a crew on a submerged submarine after 35 hours. U S submarine base officials indicated no knowledge of the report, while noting subs can stay submerged longer if machinery works reliably.
The officers and men of the submerged submarine S-5 have been revived by the pumping of fresh air into the vessel, according to a wireless message received tonight from the steamship Gen. Goethals.
Angelo Ellison, once a bellboy and protege of Searles, vanished after leaving $10 000 in the will signed July 24 on his deathbed. Executors Arthur T. Walker and Lewis Delafield pursue formal steps in a sensational Massachusetts estate case amid efforts to locate Ellison who may have travelled to Methuen.
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