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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1920
Page
1
Fischer, author of warnings of disaster, is en route to New York to testify. A Russian suspect remains in custody without bail as the case unfolds.
Edwin P. Fischer, returning to New York with two detectives and a Justice Department agent, traveled from Buffalo to submit to questioning about the notes he sent warning of the Wall Street explosion. In New York, agents and police had no solid lead on the blast, while Alexander Brailovsky remained jailed on an undesirable alien charge.
William J. Flynn, chief of the Bureau of Investigation, said he placed no special significance on Barilovsky’s arrest and that Barilovsky is merely being questioned. Continued on page 2.
In Lyndonville, Mrs Gertrude Pierce shot her one year old child in its head and then killed herself while husband Merle Pierce slept nearby. Both bodies were found by the husband at about 8:30 a m. Officials cite despondency over ill health and money worries as the causes.
Pierce says he returned from railroad work Saturday night and found his wife Gertrude Pierce 26 and their baby dead in their Lyndonville home. Two shots were fired from a revolver beside Mrs Pierce. He woke at 8 30 and notified authorities. The couple, married seven years, had recently reconciled after a separation. Gertrude Phelps of Burlington was his wife before marriage.
Six masked men attempted to cut the power at Westchester Lighting in New Rochelle. Prison officials warned of a possible jail delivery attempt and Sing Sing was placed under heavy guard tonight to prevent repeats.
Compers attack Harding as the Republican Party faces charges of false statements to labor groups. The confrontation centers on campaign claims and responses from labor representatives urging clarity and accountability from the GOP.
Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, says in The American Federationist that Senator Warren G Harding is for going backward and offers nothing constructive to meet today’s issues. The remark appears in a Washington dispatch dated September 19 from United News.
Labor leader Samuel Gompers delivers his sternest critique yet, voicing vigorous opposition and warning of consequences if policies fail to change. He urges unity among workers and calls for decisive action to defend labor rights.
Gov Cox toured California greeting crowds in San Jose Salinas Watsonville and San Luis Obispo. He told supporters he would not discuss politics on Sunday as he and his party traveled by car and train toward Santa Margarita and the mountains.
Havelock Veinott of Hemford, Lunenburg County, shot and killed three men, one his father, and a woman at Hemford today. He then killed himself, the deaths linked to an old dispute over the location of a mill dam on his father’s property.
A London Times printed verse by A. E. George Russell honoring Terence MacSwiney. The poem likens MacSwiney to Prometheus and urges steadfast courage against torture, portraying death as a lamp lit by inner flame. It presents a solemn tribute to Irish resilience and artistic leadership.
London reports on the Cork Lord Mayor Terrence MacSwiney on the thirty-eighth day of his fast. He remains extremely weak but conscious after a notably improved night, with Mrs. MacSwiney visiting him and a nightly bulletin noting his condition.
The unusual strength shown by Mac Swiney has led to widespread speculation in many quarters that he may be receiving some nourishment secretly.
The Rev. Thomas A. McGovern of Holy Name Church challenged Probate Judge Long to a debate on the existence of hell. He offered the municipal auditorium, with 100 parishioners as potential debaters, and proposed splitting admissions or donating proceeds to the city poor. Each debater would show their wartime Liberty bond purchases.
Mrs Lillian Robbins Chase wife of F Wallace Chase of Newtonville Mass died in Belfast Maine at age 52. Funeral services are set for Tuesday afternoon in Belfast.
Directors of the National Credit Men urge business leaders to defend the federal reserve banking system. They warn against rapid deflation and stress orderly deflation is slower and more painful than inflation. They call for use of Fed powers to curb speculation and profiteering.
Terence MacSwiney, after 39 days without food, declares divine intervention lengthens his life and condemns English actions as murder while urging Irishmen worldwide to persist in sympathy and prayers as Cork hunger strikers continue their protest.
Francisco Villa, in Tlahualilo Durango, says he has given an American newspaper the first interview since the 1916 Columbus raid. He adds, I fear one newspaper more than a thousand armies, as he explains his life-long stance.
In Belfast on Sept 19 soldiers in ambush surprised a Sinn Feiner party at bombing practice. One Republican was killed two wounded and thirty five captured in the engagement.
National League games Brooklyn 4 Pittsburg 7 New York 7 Cincinnati 11 innings. American League Cleveland 2 Boston 0 Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4 Detroit 9 0 Washington 7 first game Detroit 3 Washington 0 second game St Louis 6 New York 1.
An investment notice from Earnest E. Smith & Co invites readers to share in a growing New England manufacturing venture. The Boston firm states two years familiarity, own funds invested, and local management, urging interested parties to request the full description. The ad notes the company is on the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges.
A bride and groom faced a wedding setback when a blaze on the highway tied up traffic from Connecticut to Salem. The groom’s father, rushing to the ceremony, could not reach in time to give away the bride.
Salem police arrest a pair on larceny charges after a chaotic ride from Parisville to Thompsonville to escape a furious father who learned of the elopement from Hartford. The brief notes May Adelaide Mitch elson and Ariel Mitchelson are referenced amid a page with anniversaries and war-era notes.
Forecast for New England and eastern New York calls for fair and cool conditions Monday and Tuesday with generally fair weather east of the Mississippi and no significant temperature changes. Winds shift from moderate west north of Sandy Hook to moderate north Sandy Hook to Hatteras. Front warnings were issued for the north Atlantic States.
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