03 Apr 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
1
Major-General Hale lands troops at Mt Vernon on Friday afternoon aboard 5824 tol. Logan with the 101st Infantry is due Saturday noon on America but will not land until Sunday 7209 aboard.
Paris notes denounce unauthorized press leaks about peace talks while The Temps notes official information is all that can be released. President Wilson and allied premiers plan to send to South Hungary for frontier clarifications to quell misunderstandings.
The city council advances talk on reparations with no final decision yet and notes some progress. Debate on responsibility for the war continues, hindered by a lack of unanimous agreement. President Wilson receives Alfonso XIII letter endorsing the League of Nations and Spain joining the United States. King Albert of Belgium plans to meet Wilson tomorrow at two to discuss Belgium’s interests before the council and to request the seat.
Supreme Judicial Court upholds the 1918 service at cost public control act as constitutional. No question of its legality can now be raised. The ruling preserves public control authority granted by the Legislature.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court supplied guidance to lawmakers on whether a public trustees system for the Boston Elevated and Bay State Street Railways is constitutional. The ruling, delivered after March 12, affects potential five cent fares and zones, with the Senate seeking clarity on two bills funding deficits by direct taxation.
Baron Makino head of the Japanese delegation in Paris declares Japan will not accept racial discrimination in a League of Nations. He affirms every nation may set its own immigration laws and asserts Japan seeks simple justice rather than inferiority.
Japan expresses gladness to join a League of Nations to uphold peace and order, as noted in a continuation on Page 2 Fifth Column.
Stuttgart April 1 warning of a general strike across Württemberg met by bourgeois counter action. Street fighting broke out as workers rallied and confrontations intensified amid the political unrest.
A line of strikers clashed with government troops near Stuttgart injuring several and killing three. After warnings and gunfire, troops dispersed the demonstrators as gas and electric supplies were cut and food grew scarce in the city.
The first of the 26th Division will land at Commonwealth Pier Friday around 4 PM. The Mt. Vernon, leading transport, should reach Boston Lightship around noon tomorrow and dock at slack tide. The S S America with Col. Edward J. Logan and the 101st Infantry will anchor in President Roads Saturday afternoon.
Today marks anniversaries of Edward Everett Hale born 1822 and Washington Irving born 1783. Petersburg and Richmond were occupied by the Federals in 1865. A year ago Allies captured Argettes, nine German planes were shot down, and a war council pledged to rush troops to France.
Washington forecast notes fair and warmer conditions for eastern New York and Southern and Northern New England from Thursday to Friday. Winds shift from moderate northwest to variable, with temperatures below seasonal averages east of the Mississippi. Light snow flurries reported in parts of New England and the Middle Atlantic, otherwise no precipitation.
Yesterday's readings show a high around 74 and a low near 40 at Thompson's Spa. Temperature data include 68 at 9 p m and 31 as daytime averages with prior year figures noted.
Soldiers from the provost guard headquarters in Cambridge with fixed bayonets and loaded rifles faced a crowd of several hundred sailors and civilians last night. The clash began when Private Roman Zerenski, a military police member, tried to arrest an intoxicated sailor on Washington Street near Milk Street.
A soldier, beaten by a growing mob, held his ground near Washington Street and School Street until police from City Hall Avenue station arrived to rescue him and a companion from the enraged crowd at a local restaurant.
Berlin reports Stuttgart streets crowded with crowds and heavy shooting. Armored motors and police patrols plus troops guard the city. Spar tacans have entered. Essingen near Stuttgart sees a police attack with grenades and casualties. Food supplies are severely threatened per the Vossische Zeitung.
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