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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1920
Page
16
Dr Carl F Kellerman urges cotton spinners to fund growers for long term industry health noting current slump stems from banking and WWI era issues. He calls for a permanent financial stake and direct grower inspection by buyers to assure markets and better grades amid competition from India and China.
A fashion note highlights an inexpensive yet striking rain bow gown made entirely of misty silver ruffled tulle. The design uses rainbow colored ribbons ending in gold knots, creating an original, subtle beauty and individual charm.
John W. Schenck attorney for Charles H. Rodgers asserts a perfect alibi will be proven at Rodgers hearing on Thursday October 7. He plans to introduce evidence involving a mysterious third party and withholds the party’s identity for now.
In Weavers Hall a committee was formed at a Cornell estate tenants meeting to seek aid from the Attorney General to halt rent hikes and evictions of five tenants. They claim increases average about 199 percent and plan further appearances before the rent commission and a new warrant for health inspection.
Two men and two boys narrowly escaped serious injury when a horse hitched to a small wagon bolted through Maplewood square Malden down Salem street. Earl Foote crawled from the shafts but was knocked to the pavement. John Willey George Dougherty and John Essey were tossed as the wagon overturned near Auburn street. Thomas Cullen restrained the horse and the dash ended with only minor bruises.
The Lynn Shoe Workers Joint Council voted 16 to 14 against a referendum on a proposed 19 month working agreement. The dispute centers on Article 7 which bars wage changes during the term, amid threats of a general shutdown and possible layoffs unless a settlement is reached in days. The Manufacturers' Association will meet Monday at the Oxford Club to discuss the crisis, while Albion Bartlett rejects misreadings of Article 7 and asserts prices do not apply until the agreement is signed.
The Manufacturers' Association reports layoffs among cutters while union officials say more workers may be cut next week. The cutters claim they will report to work Monday despite the manufacturers' denial of further cuts.
Percy Lamb former manager of Charles Ponzi's local office and Christian Rhéeim an assistant pleaded not guilty in Superior Criminal Court to indictments for larceny connected with investments through the local Ponzi office. Bonds set at three thousand dollars for Lamb and one thousand for Rhéeim, posted by both.
Mayor Peters faced a wave of threatening letters stating he would be shot at midnight but remained unfazed and ate his meals as usual. City Hall guards kept watch, while Cambridge police found hundreds of Communist propaganda circulars urging workers to halt supplies to enemies of the Soviet government. Other cities reported quiet, with tomb blasts scheduled in New Bedford and Fall River and an official noting all is quiet along the old Taunton.
Martin Waterhouse was arrested on a charge of selling Jamaica ginger at Frank B. Light & Co. 1625 Washington street. He was not a clerk or employee of the firm. The arresting officer bought the ginger from Waterhouse in the store, and the firm had no connection to the sale.
The New York money district shows a new nervous disease dubbed wagon shy. Pedestrians avoid wagons by the curb and eye touring cars with curtains after a recent bomb blast. Police demand quicker river cars and wagons to move on. A Wall Street lawyer notes the area remains perhaps the safest in the city.
Andrew McLease, 24, of Norfolk Virginia, was stabbed in the right forearm yesterday afternoon by Charles A Strickland of Baltimore during a quarrel on the steamer Ontario. McLease is at City Hospital Strickland faces assault with a dangerous weapon charge. A near riot erupted as friends took sides before police and ship workers restored order.
In Cork on September 24 a car with three or four men in civilian dress was shot at by nine or ten attackers on Patrick Street Hill from the military barracks. The car returned fire as a bystander, a 10 year old boy, was wounded in the arm. Casualties among attackers and a possible high official in the car could not be confirmed.
John R. Murphy spoke to the Cleveland Club at Maverick House East Boston urging American interest in Ireland s freedom. He argued England seeks U S friendship and urged scrutiny of England s governance tests. He criticized Irish police as likened to bomb attackers in New York.
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