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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1922
Page
13
Governor Cox in the company of many citizens received primary returns last evening at the State House. He declined to claim the running but told Vice President Coolidge by phone that he saw no reason to be doubtful about the results.
Governor Cox welcomed early praise but held back on claiming the Republican nomination. He spoke by phone with Vice-President Coolidge after 10 this evening and reviewed early returns showing sentiment in cities and towns. At the State House he stood with officials including Loring Young and Payson Dana as he prepared to assess results.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge said he was greatly pleased to receive the nomination and thanked Republican voters. Returns were slow due to many candidates as he monitored results from Young's Hotel Room 9 with secretary Charles Redmond and others, leaving around 11 30 p m smiling.
Westfield September 12 Joseph B Ely concedes the Democratic gubernatorial nomination to John F Fitzgerald after late returns. Ely in a statement at his home expresses gratitude to supporters and telegrams Fitzgerald offering congratulations on the nomination.
Boston writer Ben Ames Williams will publish You Never Can Tell in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The piece is set to appear in the upcoming issue of the weekly publication.
John F. Fitzgerald, winner of the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, spoke early today of joy tempered by duty. He urged support from men and women of vision who seek industrial and social justice by evolution rather than revolution.
Candidate Fitzgerald voices happiness over the Massachusetts victory and thanks supporters at his Dorchester home. He calls for Democratic unity to oppose organized privilege and envisions a progressive path under one leadership for justice and reform. He praises opponents for fair campaigning.
Sherman L. Whipple, chief contender with Colonel William A. Gaston for the Democratic Senate nomination, retired before midnight believing western city returns would overcome Gaston’s lead in Boston. At 1 am Whipple’s son said his father slept and wished not to be disturbed until morning.
Attorney General Allen, the defeated Republican candidate for governor, issued a statement last night saying he fought the best fight against heavy odds and accepts the people’s verdict while remaining a loyal Republican.
The state reports the first female election fraud charge as Anna M Sardina attempted to vote under another name at Precinct 2 Ward 5. Police will seek a warrant. Three men faced irregular voting charges including Michael Berlowitz in Charlestown for attempting to vote under another name. Ralph Bolles and Walter E Jarvis were also arrested on related offenses.
Colonel William A. Gaston announces a handsome majority for his Democratic U S Senate candidacy in Boston and the state. He thanks voters and pledges cooperation, unity, and a constructive campaign with party allies and supporters, aiming to defeat the incumbent senator.
John Jackson Walsh, defeated candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator, issued a statement thanking all who had faith in his type of campaign and who voted for him last night.
District Attorney candidate Thomas C. O'Brien, after winning the Republican nomination but losing on the Democratic ballot, asserts that voter sympathy for the ex-district attorney affected the primary. He says he trusts the electorate to support his crime-fighting platform and mercy for first offenders in the November vote.
Cordell Hull says Maine election cut the 1920 Republican majority by about 60 percent. He notes dissatis faction among Maine Republicans who stayed home while the Democratic vote rose sharply, a pattern not necessarily echoed in other states.
Joseph Morrill, 29, of Warren Street Mattapan, stripped to perform dances in Worcester square last evening. Five police officers and two bystanders restrained him and escorted him to City Hospital. doctors may transfer him to the Psychopathic Hospital.
Alexander Vuillemot, a local athlete, starts a cross country hike bound for San Francisco while chained to a wheelbarrow. The event, witnessed by Senator Joseph E. Ransdell, runs from the peace monument through Washington to Alexandria and south through Virginia and North Carolina. He plans a northern return via Chicago, targeting a June 1, 1923 Washington arrival.
Alfred Jolly of West Street Woonsocket has secured a continuance on the manslaughter charge connected to the Nantasket Beach death of Emile Defour. The coroner's inquest into Defour's death will not be held until Friday September 15. Defour, a Woonsocket resident, died after falling from a truck driven by Jolly on September 4 at Nantasket Beach Massachusetts.
Washington reports final House action planned on the soldiers' bonus bill as conference adjusted. The measure heads to the Senate amid tariff talks and fiscal amendment debates with signatures withheld by Smoot and Garner and Collier absent.
A garbled excerpt touts a free booklet about Dr. Eliot and a method to gain a liberal education in fifteen minutes daily. It presents two men at a social event, one with broad knowledge and engaging talk, the other narrow in scope. The article promises a plan from Harvard president Eliot on efficient reading through a specific library plan.
An advertisement describes Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf of Books. It promises essentials of a liberal education and a plan of study, claiming fifteen minutes daily suffices. The free guide offers reading courses and urges readers to clip and mail a coupon to Collier and Company for a copy.
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