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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1921
Page
14
James Tompkins proprietor of a tile restaurant at 82 Atlantic Avenue halted an attempted holdup yesterday afternoon by leaping from a window and summoning police. One robber pressed a loaded revolver to his chest during the incident.
Tompkins foiled a robbery by tossing his pork plate and fleeing to summon police. John Haverton and William Thompson were captured near Hanover Street station with revolver and blackjack. The seamen claimed hunger drove them to the holdup after six months unemployed.
The 12th hour announcement of Col Root as a candidate to oppose Gen Cole split delegates in his county and boosted Cole supporters as the convention convened to decide the department commander race.
Brigadier General Edward L. Logan, General John H. Sherburne, Colonel Thomas F. Foley and other active officers named in the latest Army reassignment list as military positions shift.
Supporters back a former YC brigade commander amid Root's move. Western Massachusetts backs a Berkshires choice, Colonel G H Eaton of Pittsfield, while EB Loring Swazey of Taunton is named as a possible candidate. Delegates defeat a constitutional amendment and readopt a ban on non veterans matters, urge censure of officials over Bergdoll, and attack Theodore Roosevelt over Chelsea Hospital issues. Six hundred delegates attend the Drury High School session as tributes are paid to Colonel Frederick W Galbraith Jr. and past commanders receive gold medals.
Governor Cox regrets he cannot attend the North Adams convention due to official business. He urges a resolution inviting Marshal Foch to visit Massachusetts and praises the American Legion for leadership, veterans’ justice, and dedication to God and country.
Dough boys and legion delegates fill North Adams as the state convention nears. New Bedford delegates push for the next gathering there while posters promise a whale of a town. Notables include Lt Milton F Roberts, Miss Margaret I Mitchell, and Charles J Corkery. The Mohawk Trail tour and Swift Road excursion are highlighted for visitors.
J Harold Lehan of Portland was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury for accepting compensation from A H Bailey Confectionery and A Herman Bag Company while employed as an internal revenue agent. Ernest Pinard also indicted for narcotics act violations received one year and a day in the Atlanta penitentiary. other indicted individuals were arraigned and fined for prohibition and narcotic violations.
788 Tremont street was arraigned for keeping favor. Jacob paid a fine of $5. Officers Clark and O Neil entered the White store with a search warrant and found three quart bottles and three tonic bottles of liquor. One bottle was in the ice chest, another in a tonic case, and a third in White s pocket. The statement notes that among over 8,000,000 employed in the United States only about 2,000,000 are organized.
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