Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive
A Publisher Extra® Newspaper

The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 1

Publication:
The Boston Globei
Location:
Boston, Massachusetts
Issue Date:
Page:
1
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

I Real Estate For Sale, To Let or Wanted? Advertise in tomorrow's Globe. Read tlic advts today. Automobile advts in the Globe bring results. Read the advts today. Read them every, day.

Ay Re. U. S. Pat. Off.

VOL CXV NO 8 Entered as second claw mall matter at Boston. Mass, under the act of March 8. 1879 42 Washington BOSTON. TUESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 8.

1929-THIRTY-SIY paotch COPYRIGHT, 1920. BY THE GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. (2) TWO CENTS QUESTION MARK SAVE THREE ADAMS, BRUINS, SUED BY ARENA VIrU 4 1 Taken From Sell. Matthew S. Greer at Naushon Island Administration Expected to Support Fitzgerald Presidential Vote Two Little Daughters of One of Crew Rescued From Surf Postponed For One FORCED Endurance Flyers With" One Motor Of 150 Hours, -'V ITU s' -X' CIIOW FOR THE QUESTION MARK Left to Right: Lieut R.

W. Williams, chef J. A. Slasser and Lieut J. S.

Stowell at the Metropolitan Airport, loading a food container, which they lowered by Its sling to the cruising monoplane Question Mark, during its flight. ATTY GEN WARNER STUDIES RICKARDS TO BE SNATCHERS IN AUTO ROB SIX WOMEN Take Turns in Stealing Handbags of Victims Visit Roxbury, Matta-pan and Back Bay Foiled in Brookline s. unescorted women were vie-t ms of a trio of purse-snatchers, who operated in Roxbury. Back Bay and Msttapan last night tend early this Horning in a dark-colored sedan. Tho pirn took turns in snatching the hand-bnga, and although a good description of eat was obtained, the registration rjmbcp of the automobile was not noticed by the victims.

The first snatching occurred shortly sfter 9 on McLcllan st, near Ulue Hill Mattapan. The purse of Mrs Flor- -ne Carljn of S3 Gleason st, Dor-hestcr, containing 40 cents and two I airs of eyeglasses, taken by a young man about 25 years old, who leaped into a sedan which was being driven lowly past Mis Carlyn at the time, Mlcs Matilda Meedlsman of 113 Harrlshof st, Roxbury, was robbed of ter handbag under similar circum-H'tnces while walking near her home. Bor handbag contained a valuable j.rrc'1 gold ladys watch, n. green gold mig, frem which a stone had been re-iiiovul a stung of $3 in bills snd fj change. The thief in this vi as alxiut 35 jears old.

The third victim was Miss Mary Mai tin of 12 Gannett st. Roxbury, who was likewise robbed while walking near lier home. Her purse contained 53. a pair of glasse. and miscellaneous nrticlr-a.

In this job the thief wh. described by her as being about 22 years old. The bag-snatching gang picked thr-e more victims early this morning in Roxbury and Baqx Bay. Total loot amouated to $11.73. Priscilla C.

LeClair, entering her house at 28 Newbury st. Back Bay, lost a handbag containing $3, when joung man sprang from tha running Continued on the 1 hirteentb' Page If out of town, mail your advts for next Sunday's Globe today. is the time To Sell Eggs, Poultry and Supplies. JOIN OUR 1929 CHRISTMAS CLUB WILDEY SAVINGS BANK 52 Boylston Boston INTEREST BEGINS JAN. 15 RECENT DIVIDENDS 4 Vzb AUTO INSURANCE Monthly Payments TUNE IN, WBZ, 7:11, TONIGHT INSURANCE FINANCE CORP.

100 Milk St. Libert 6293 SUFFOLK LAW SCHOOL .4 initruu clans now turniiruf. fes- ii at Hi 4, ti, find 7 8f P. M. jttnti dallv 9 Alex Tu.

Du. swiiin.s 'JO Herne Hay. OH.UJ. By DOROTHY G. WAYMAN WOODS HOLE.

Jan 7 A human chain of Coast Guardsmen, wading out into the tossing surf In a northwest gale at Kettle Cove, at Naushon Island, ofT Woods Hole, succeeded in bringing ashore three members of the crew of the schooner Matthew S. Greer, which had gone on the rocks early in the afternoon. For hours the Coast Guardsmen tried in viin to rescue the men and then endeavored to get a line from the shore to the schooner, tossing on the rocks 100 feet from the beach. At 10 oclock. Chief Motor Machinists Mate Charles F.

Kelley of Base 18, Woods Hole, reached the boat with the aid of a score of guardsmen and took each of the three men ashore, one by one. Those Rescued Members of the crew rescued include Capt Jose Ferry, 105 7th st. New Continued on the Eighth Page TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS Page 1 City Council defers election of president to get at Sunday baseball mat ter. Six men and two little girls rescued from- schooner Matthew S. Greer, breaking on rocks at Kettle Cove.

Motor trouble forces Question Mark down after 150 hours, 40 minutes In air. Mayor Nichote names three physicians on committee to study administration and service of Boston City Hospital. President-elect Hoover sees Coolldge and other leaders at Washington. Rickard's funeral to be at Madison Square Garden tomorrow. Cold wave arrives, but is due to depart qu.ckly.

Arena asks total of $400,000 in two actions against Bruins and Pres Adams respectively. Purse snatchers from automobile rob six women In Roxbury, Back Bay and Mattapan. Will Rogers' dispatch. Tage 4 Funeral services in Jamaica Plain for Timothy L. Connolly.

Funeral services in Medford home for Kenson E. Taylor, assistant ex-Cl ange editor of the Globe. House passes Deficiency bill over Democratic; opposition. Secietary Wilbur orders Marino force in Nicaragua cut 1228 men. age 5 Supreme Judicial and Suffolk Superior Civil and Criminal Courts opened for Januagy terms.

United States Supreme Court refuses to teview cases based on sinking of submarine S-51. Will of Francis R. Appleton, former Harvard overseer, contains legacies of $83,500. Page 6 Skating fatalities declared due to recklessness of young people In disregarding warnings of danger. Port of Boston news.

Page 7 Rev John Haynes Holmes of New York to visit Palestine as guest of Nathan Strauss, to make impartial survey of result of Zionist movement. Gardner C. Boynton, 18, athlete, falls dead of heart disease In Braintree High School gymnasium. rage 8 Son, pursued, puts off Ohio marriage and wires Springfield father. Page 9 Body of Mary E.

Lee to be exhumed for autopsy; Arthur J. Manning of Somerville, held without ball on murder charge. Stricken area about'Chilean volcano Calbuco becoming more tranquil. Seek farm hand in murder of John Oser and his wife, of Canal Fulton, O. King George has quiet day after fair night; public now accepts his recovery as foregone Conclusion.

Middlesex Superior Criminal Court lacks cubes for trial. TO LAI Bring Down Ship Useless at End 40 Minutes HOOVER BRINGS NEWS OF TRIP TO GOOLIDGE He Gets Views of Leaders on Cabinet and Congress Morrow, Bartlett and Waiter Brown Advanced for Department Posts By CHARLES S. GROVES WASHINGTON, Jan 7 Presidentelect Herbert Hoover, spent a busy day In Washington today, beginning witli a call upon President Coolidge and ending with dinner tonight with Vice President-elect Curtis. Sandwiched between his visits with the President and with Senator Curtis were interviews with Republican and Congressional leaders who Continued is Page Twenty-Nine TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS Page 19 Mayor Casassa of Revere, In inaugural address, says he will cooperate with State in improving transportation for his city. Mayor Quigley of Chelsea calls for better law enforcement in annual me.

sage. Hearings on tariff opened by House committee. Page 20 Another Dictator, by Uncle Dudley. The History Makera by Henry W. Harris.

The Once Over, by H. I. Phillips. Page 21 Walter H. Baker, founder of publishing company, dead In Roxbury.

Revere officer getting hair cut lands three big cheese men from New York. Page 23 New York market has a harp downward readjustment. Page 23 Financial news. Page 24 Commercial and. financial news.

One Mans Wife, by Barbara Webbi Page 23 Sonnenberg signs contract with Bowser for six matches. -Atlanta gives Georgia Tech squad great welcome. Newton High School defeats Cambridge Latin In hockey, 6 to 0. The Sportlight. -Odor of liquor In water fools Rahway, residents.

Letter of Democratic whip Box calling for party -repudiation of Ex-Gov Smiths leadership results in demand for Texan's removal. Dr Arbogast, hermit Colorado physician, dies. Tag 26 Naval Academy football team to play hard schedule next Fall. Boston high school track athletes measured for division. Tunney grieved by Rickards death.

A1 Walker wins on a foul 4rom George pool promoters start for Atlanta Penitentiary. Page 7 Harvard hockey team defeats Crescent A. 14 to 1. and Clapper of Bruins out of tonights game with Toronto. Temporary steel, stands may be built in open end of Harvard Stadium.

Holy Cross baseball schedule for 1929 announced. Boston Model Yacht Club reelects all 1928 officers. Bowling scores. Page 28 Three-alarm firs la Roxbury Total of $400,009 Med in Two Actions Proceedings Result of Team Going to Garden Plaintiff Alleges Breach of Contract Two suits for sum totaling have been entered in the Suffolk Superior Court In connection with the transfer' of the Boston Bruins from the New Boston Arena to the New Boston Garden at the North Station. Thefcrst suit, for $200,000, is brought by the New Boston Arena against the Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc, for alleged breach of contract.

The second suit is an action In tort against C. F. Adams, president of the hockey association for bringing about the alleged breach of contract. George W. Wightman, counsel for the Arena, claims that the Arena has a written contract guaranteeing the appearance of the Boston Bruins at the Arena which it is claimed the hockey association has broken by transferring the team to the Boston parden.

PICKS COMMITTEE ON CITY HOSPITAL Mayor Nichols Names Three Physicians Will Study Administration and Service and Report A committee of three eminent hospital executives were appointed yesterday by Mayor.Malcolm E. Nichols to make a study of the administration and service of the Boston City Hospital. The doctors chosen ate. Dr Frederic A. Washburn of the Massachu- DR FREDERICK A.

1 WASHBURN Massachusetts General Hospital setts General Hospital, Dr J. B. Howland, superintendent of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Dr Haven Emerson of Columbia University. After their study is completed, the committee will make a report to the Mayor with any recommendations deemed advisable. The Mayor stated that the appointment of the committee had been contemplated while the recent coun- Contlnucd on the Thirteenth Page TODAYS GLOBE CONTENTS Page 28 Attractions at the theatres.

Agreement reported near on interpretation of Kellogg pact in Senate. Tage 29 Slate falls to keep out witchcraft angle in murder trial at York, Penn, of John II. Blymyer, pow-wow doctor. Dorothy Dlx letter box. Page 30 Comic Strips.

The Globes cross-word puzzle. Page 31 Page 32 Household Department. Teepee Tales, by El Comancho. Tage 33 Household Department The Hand of Horror, by Owen Fox Jerome. Page 34 Death Notices.

Slight fire in basement of American House fall to disturb hotel guests. Page 36 Police officers recover stolen truck and $12,000 load; arrest driver at point of plstola. Mayor accepts Capt Murphy's resignation as Soldiers Relief Commissioner; designates Maj Casey as acting commissioner. Somerville youth Injured when stolen' automobile hits tree. Police Commissioner Wilson In' annual report says prohibition enforcement Is well in hand though difficulties increase.

John Larkin, actor, found dead in New York with lone cent In his pocket. Supreme Court decides that granite cutters consumption comes under Workmen Compensation Act. Veil of silence drawn over Salvation Army controversy on eve of council meeting In London; Gen Booth too III to attend. AGED FRENCH WOMAN ONCE SAW LAFAYETTE MELUN, France (A. Vlc-tetire Vilbelle, who remembered seeing Gen Lafayette ride through the streets of Melon, died here- recently at the age of 104 years and 9 months.

She said that Lafayette was mounted on a beautiful white horse. RADIO PROGRAMS PAGES 31 and 32 Service to Take Place Tomorrow Hammond to Direct Affairs For Present i i i i A I i i 1 1 I i i -4 4 5 I .1" i Ir Week Dowd Attacks Braves Heads ir Permit Plea Hoes te Committee fin Coni Inquiry Reopens Today ttrw (M Presses Although the City Council failed to elect a president at Its meeting yesterday a development expected to provide the days sensation in the so-called baseball scandal now under Investigation by the Boston Finance Commission the day brought entirely unexpected developments, the most surprising of which was the statement of Councilor Thomas II. Green of Charlestown that he was not a candidate for reelection as president. As a reaction to this statement, rumors were heard that the administration would now throw its support to Councilor John I. Fitzgerald of the West End.

The Councilors also made- an Continued on the Eighth Page Read the Wanf and Classified advts in todays Globe. During 1928, the Globe printed almost 500,000 paid Want and Classified advts. CJic Life of the PARTY dnscott JlEO'iams SEE The Duplicate Exhibit of Flying Cloud models in The New York Auto Show at our salesrooms, all this week open evenings Linscott Motor Co 566 Commonwealth Aven Boston1 Last dividend rat 5. Interest compounded quarterly. Interest Begins January 10 (tend dcpoalta by mHl Somenrllls for Savings 88 Broarfwav Branch, trrl.

Squat MIMKRtIUE. s. SUNDAY SPORTS TESTIMONY FUNERAL AT GARDEN COLD WAVE'S STAY LIKELY TO BE BRIEF Rising Temperature Is Forecast for Tomorrow Mercury Drops 1 1 Degrees in Hour With Snow Squall 19 at Midnight HOURLY TEMPERATURES IN. BOSTON YESTERDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 a a a a a a a a a a a ...31 ,...30 29 28 hj 27 .27 28 30 34 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Hi 36 25 tn 26 25 in 24 ..24 ..23 22 nit ......21 20 19 34 19 Cold weather, though nothing extreme, Is expected In Boston today, but the cold, like other touches of Winter which this city has experienced, will be short-lived. Today will be fair and colder, but tomorrow will bring increasing cloudiness, with rising temperature and Continued on the Thirteenth Page THE WEATHER Forecast for Boston and Vicinity Tuesday fair and somewhat colder; Wednesday, increasing cloudiness with rising temperature diminishing northwest winds becoming south-east or south.

Washington Forecast for Southern New England: Fair and e- what colder Tuesday: Wednesday increasing cloudiness with rising temperature. The Temperature Yesterday at Thompsons Spa3 a 32; 6 a ra, 29; 9 a 32; 12 37t 3 pm, 29; 6 pm, 27; 9 23; 12 mid, 20. Average temperature yesterday, 28 20-24. THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE -Temperature-, Htifh a PM noaton Srt San Franclsoo Wilfiston St Paul bon Weather Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear St Lotus 36 rhi 14 12 24 0 23 2 53 ratro 14 Nantucket 3S Portland, Me S' Eaatport SO New York 34 Waohinston 40 Jacksonville 69 Clear Mear Clear Clear Clear Clear METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, Los ADgeles, Jan 7 (A. P.lThe Armys endurance flight plane, tho Question glided to a perfect landing here at 2:07:01 oclock this afternoon, after a historic and record-smashing flight pf 130 hours.

40 minutes and 15 seconds. The ship flew continuously for nearly seven days and nights following its takeoff bere on New Years morning at 7:26:46 oclock, The end of one of the greatest flights In. all aviation history came after a crew of five weary men had fought constantly against time and motors which piled trouble in a heap upon them an hour before the landing. First Trouble Corrected Thirty hours before, their work seemed near an end when the motors balked, but the trouble cleared away and the flight went on. As though in protest to the great strain placed upon them, the motors finally stuttered.

one Wtent dead. and with another rapid- Continued on Tage Twenty-One i TODAY'S GLOBE CONTENTS Pag 10 People of Belgrade celebrate Christ-mastlde eallsfied with King Alexanders new Cabinet. Theatrical producers; actors ana playwrights decide to form an American Theatre Board with power similar to that offudge Landis in baseball. Hundreds from New England attend Shoe retailers convention in Chicago. Commissioner Bates announces he will start an educational campaign for crime prevention.

rage 13 Cambridge School Committee has hot debate over resolution to reprimand Committeeman Wood. James Lucey, Northampton shoemaker friend of Calvin Coolldge, drops in to visit President at the White House. Mrs Mary Wren Garland, divorced wife of man who gave away $1,600,000 legacy, to wed today. rage 13 Smoke from fire in office at Police Headquarters drives out officials and women employes. Page 14, Gov Allen is made associate member of the New England Council.

State's physicians object to ome features of bill aimed at quack- doctors and Medical Society committee recommends Its withdrawal. Mayor Nichols asks Legislature to create a Boston traffic Commission. Karl H. deputy, elected State Treasurer to serve till Jan 16. Mr and Mrs John Johnson of Woburn married 59 years.

N. Page is Jackson Barnett case bobs up again In hearing before Senate Indian Affairs Committee. Coast Artillery Reserve officers meet. Soaf recital by Gertrude Ehrhart. Page 16 Louis Kronbergs annual exhibition' of paintings.

i Page 17 American representatives arrive In Ottawa for anti-smuggling conference. Page 18 Mayor Nichols annual message read to City Council. Second Campaign dry dinner held by Anti-Saloon League at Worcester. Springfield woman seeking divorce says husband knocked out her teeth on wedding day. Grand Duke Nicholas will be burled tomorrow, Page 19 Economy urged by Mayor Talbot In si.

Fall River inaugural Llnrtring Colds Fathor Johns Medicine! i brings relief wlthoutdrugs NEW YORK, Jan 7 (A. P.i-In the very center of Madiaon Square Garden, the dream of a sport mansion that cam true, the body of Tex Rickard will rest in state tomorrow. Surrounded only by those who knew him best, the body of the greatest boxing promoter in history will He in the palace he helped put together with his own hands. Sleeping his last sleep, he will rest where the ring, symbol of his greatest successes, usually stands. They believe at the Garden that Tex w6uld have liked that.

Seats to Be Empty The massed seats about the arena, stretching up in tidy rows for two city blocks, will be empty. There will be Continued on Page Twenty-six Special to Boston dob Copyright. 1C29 NEW YORK, Jan 7 Say, It began to look like we would have to aboot those aeroplane endurance guys to get em to come down. They beat all airship records, and considered going after the reconi the Arizona Senator talking against Boulder Dam made. When motors function that long, how could there he any safer transporta- -tion In the world than a three-motored ship with a good pilot.

I see where Mr Coolidge reported to Mr Hoover ebout how things were on his trip to Georgia, Yours, WILL ROGERS. DUMB-BELLS ALL PAID FOR AT CARD RATES During the year 1928 the Globe printed 493,473 Paid Want and Classified advertisements The second Boston paper printed a total of 299,694 Want and Classified advertisements. Real Estate For Sale? Automobiles For Sale? Business For Sale? More Help Wanted? Advertise in tomorrows Globe. Read the advts in todays Globe, 5 4 ft i.

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

Publisher Extra® Newspapers

  • Exclusive licensed content from premium publishers like the The Boston Globe
  • Archives through last month
  • Continually updated

About The Boston Globe Archive

Pages Available:
4,496,054
Years Available:
1872-2024