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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1920
Page
1
Joseph E. Warner sues Alvan T. Fuller over charges made during the Republican lieutenant governor primary. The case is scheduled for trial at high noon today before the Roosevelt Club board of directors, with Robert M. Washburn presiding.
The case stands out in state political history as Fuller declares he will ignore Washburn’s summons, will not send a representative, and will not communicate with the board by any written instrument or otherwise to alter his statements about Warner’s alleged connection during the campaign.
Grafton grand jury indicts Robert T. Meads of Sa iL for first degree murder in the killing of Henry Maroney at Dartmouth College on the eve of commencement. Trial set for next Monday. Meads jailed. witnesses include Maroney’s roommate Whitaker and college medical director Kingsford.
Governor Cox of Ohio, Democratic presidential candidate, charged during a Boise stop that the fund to defeat him has risen to 30 million dollars, up from earlier estimates of 15 to 25 million, as he attacked what he called a political plot and league enmity.
Air Mail Pilot Walter Stevens and Mechanician Russell Thomas, both of Cleveland, burned to death when their plane ignited 600 feet above Pemberville Ohio, fifteen miles south of Toledo. Stevens, a veteran of the service, had just resigned and planned his last flight. Thomas left a bride of four days.
New York telegraph reports Mrs Mildred Harris Chaplin has a nervous breakdown in Mamaroneck and now seeks only a half interest in Charlie Chaplin's film The Kid rather than a 50 50 division of his alleged 3 000 000 estate.
National League results feature St Louis 3 New York 2, Philadelphia 21 Cincinnati 10, and Bentonetttaburg Wet grounds. American League action shows St Louis 7 Boston 4, New York 13 Detroit 3, Philadelphia 0 Cleveland 0, Washington 7 Chicago 0.
In Lawrence a delirious woman described as Madame Paul Beaulieu or mystery woman offered to quit the city for good and pay return fare to Montreal under nurse care. Police questioned her as investigators seek her identity amid reports she is a drug addict and holder of bank books and checks totaling over $40,000 found at a Broadway lodging house.
The woman told Police Inspector William A. Heffernan at the Municipal Hospital that she avoided explanations of large sums credited to her. She said her husband, a Putman Brown Construction employee in Salem, died in 1917 after 65 weeks in hospital from a work fall. She receives $10 weekly from the State board. She was born in Montreal and lived there much of her life.
Early returns from the Vermont State primary show James Hartness of Springfield leading the Republican gubernatorial race with three rivals. In the second district, Porter H. Dale led over John W. Gordon with Ernest W. Gibson close behind. In the first district, William P. Dillingham and Frank L. Greene were renominated without opposition.
Vermont election results report no Democratic contests. GOP Governor candidates include Frank W. Agan Ludlow Fred H. Babbitt Rockingham and Curtis 5 Emery Newport with Agan leading after 141 towns. First time women voted, adding uncertainty as to outcome. Congressional returns show Dale leading renomination in District 2 with 68 of 133 towns reported.
Paris dispatch reports President Deschanel's resignation is imminent with a national assembly to elect a successor. The Figaro predicts the move will occur within days and a call to convene assembly follows.
Connecticut lawmakers convened in special session and ratified the suffrage amendment to secure women’s right to vote, becoming the 37th state to approve. The move defied Governor Holcomb who had restricted the session to election-law changes for November voting.
Henry M. Hessian of Jamaica Plain confronted two burglars in his back yard and home bedroom, grappling with one suspect James Lelly 23 who claimed no home. Hessian telephoned police from the bed chamber as the other intruder escaped and Lelly was arrested by Jamaica Plain officers.
Dublin reports the Irish peace conference committee sent a final appeal to Lloyd George urging Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney’s release as essential for Irish peace. Miss Mary MacSwiney calls on Americans to pressure England via economic action if release does not occur. The British cabinet notes no change in stance after reviewing industrial disputes.
The British Admiralty imposed an immediate ban on any ship carrying passengers bound for the east entering Queenstown port under the Restoration of Order in Ireland regulations. The notice appears in the official Gazette and takes effect at once.
A British proposal to arm well disposed citizens in Ireland to help maintain order provokes fear of civil war. Sinn Fein calls the move an incitement and a challenge to use force, with few volunteers expected outside Ulster.
Rudolph Sommer, 21, a chauffeur, died when his car crashed through a fence and plunged from the Little Pemigewasset bridge into an embankment. Lieutenant John Welles and Mrs. Welles, of New York, were in the auto. he suffered possible internal injuries and she was only slightly hurt.
William H Tat former U S president born in 185 era commemorations note evacuation orders and allied actions. One year since the Vera incident and the Senate at Washington events cited. The German is reported as taken up and allies quitting Fiume in the brief items.
Forecast covers Boston and the eastern states east of the Mississippi. Fresh northerly winds bring overcast conditions Wednesday and Thursday with a moderate temperature rise in the middle Atlantic and New England regions.
Local observers note brighter skies and a gentle rise in temperatures in Brae area. Forecast calls for warmer afternoons with light southerly winds and modest humidity.
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