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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
8
Internal Revenue Collector John J. Mitchell announced a Washington ruling that dancing lessons paid for by pupils are taxable at one cent per ten cents of the amount. Dancing school proprietors must apply for registration certificates to be posted, with monthly tax returns required going forward.
Dublin Sept 23 General Sir Neville Macready commander of military forces in Ireland denied there is a government policy behind reprisals for Irish Republican Army actions. He warned that ongoing guerrilla warfare could force reprisals if the situation continues.
General Macready outlines police and military roles in Ireland, justifying reprisals as a natural response to officer deaths. He contrasts past Royal Irish Constabulary practice with current actions, saying breakdown of law has shifted aims from swift justice to punitive measures by police and British forces.
Inspector Burke's death at Balbriggan provoked fears of revenge by Black and Tans trained recruits. The speaker argued that police failures and murder could justify sending additional forces from England to Ireland to restore order.
General Manager Dana announced improvements to the Boston elevated lines to take effect next Monday. Three day trains will run during rush hours on the Gerrish Avenue Scollay Square East Boston tunnel line to boost throughput through the East Boston tunnel. The Jeffries Point Harvard Square line will run to Central Square Cambridge in normal, evening, Sundays and holidays, and to Harvard Square during rush hours with service also between Putnam Avenue Brookline Street and Massachusetts station.
Pleasant A. Stovall editor of the Savannah Press and former U S minister to Switzerland sent a telegram to Chairman White pledging $500 to the Democratic campaign fund. This marks the first donation in the "match the President" drive at Democratic headquarters in New York on September 23.
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a pure no drug remedy with sixty years of success for colds and coughs and claims all natural ingredients and pure food standards.
Five young men from Roxbury, including John F. Russell and Joseph M. Murray, were arrested in Springfield by Sergeant Moriarity on suspicions of belonging to a major Boston area auto theft gang. They admitted stealing a Cambridge car, using altered plates, and wrecking near Boston. Boston police recovered the vehicle and pursued the case.
The youths Murray and Guilette were involved in a mixed up double theft with arrests in Roxbury and Worcester. Keys compatible with six car makes were taken from the pair. They halted near Waterloo to ask directions when Murray, driving, failed to show license or registration, claiming the car belonged to his father.
Federal inspectors seized 5170 pounds of alleged impure butter at the Boston Terminal Cold Storage Plant in East Boston. The 85 tubs are said to be owned by Lewis Mears & Co of South Market street. Deputy U S Marshal Christopher Ghiloni acted under a federal court order.
Mrs Catherine Hyland, mother of Captain John Hyland chief of staff of the first naval district, died at her home 16 Clinton Avenue Holyoke.
Mrs Hyland, 74, who had lived in Cambridge previously, is survived by her husband two sons and a daughter. The family mourns the loss as details of funeral arrangements follow in the notice.
A guidance column advises using Malsified cocoanut oil shampoo to avoid alkali in soaps and shampoos. It claims the product is pure, greaseless, cheap, and leaves hair soft, bright, fluffy, and easy to handle while removing dust and dandruff. Users are urged to request Mulsified from their druggist.
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