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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
1
Dublin hunger strikers released after 68 prisoners walk free in a move seen as ending the fast. The Lord Mayor met Lord French at the vice regal lodge amid a dispute over a return to captivity on recovery, with the prisoners rejecting the mouse policy as reimposed.
The report states the rise in net operating income from coal price changes is justified as neither mine costs nor rail rates advanced. It notes stability in input costs despite market pressures and points to favorable pricing conditions supporting the margin.
Massachusetts coal dealers who raised fuel to 14.50 a ton on April 1 face strong condemnation by the Commission on the Necessaries of Life. Evidence from a April 9 public hearing has been sent to the Attorney-General, urging a return to pre 1915 licensing of dealers, per a Sherburne report. The commission says the 14.50 price was not justifiable in 75 percent of cases.
Daylight saving law repeal appears likely as Republican Assembly members back the Fowler repeal bill which has already passed the Senate. Despite walkouts by New York City members, enough votes remain to ensure passage of the repeal proposal.
Rail shutdown looms as strike pressure grows. Boston and New England brace for a crisis with possible four to five days of coal reserves left, and trains halted unless the strike is settled. Local railroad officials warn of industrial paralysis and looming food shortages.
AP reports Sonora troops clash with Carranza soldiers on the Sonora Sinaloa border marking a possible war between the seceding Sonora and the central government. General Calles orders frontier fortifications and moves Carrez troops toward Agua Prieta via Blanco Pass.
The record cites a blind man’s fatal fall down stairs and a second story jump leading to instant death. It also notes Sharp words about Chief Officer Arthur D. Moran and reports on pervasive bedbugs and squalid sleeping quarters amid vile waste.
Harvard named several prominent professors from other colleges to uphold its prestige and improve teaching. The board of overseers announced appointments including Allyn A. Lett Young of Cornell in economics, Morton Carlisle Campbell of Indiana Law, Oliver D. Kellogg of Missouri University in mathematics, and Jacob Hugh Jackson of Minnesota in accounting, among others.
The 38th annual meeting of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society was held at Young's Hotel last night with over 24 doctors and guests attending a banquet. Lieutenant-Governor Channing Cox spoke on the era’s hardships and the public’s need for food and milk in metropolitan areas, with Dr. Wesley T. Lee serving as toastmaster.
A longshoreman died from burn injuries during a stubborn blaze in the cargo hold of the United States Shipping Board steamship Monmouth at the Clyde line pier in East Boston. Captain Thomas Flynn of Engine 9 was overcome by acid fumes and smoke but survived after medical care. The blaze involved hundreds of carboys of cedic acid and caused thousands of dollars in damage. The dead man is believed to be John Curtin of 36 Haynes Street, East Boston. Continued on Page 2-Fifth Col.
Susie Leighton 25 attempts to ingest bichloride of mercury at 368 Tremont street fearing arrest after living with man not her husband. She is taken to City Hospital likely to recover. Delaney and Dr. E B Dahlquist questioned. Delaney booked on a statutory charge. Dahlquist had urged her to return after discovering the living arrangement.
Charles H. Mayer, 48, of 896 Tremont Street South End, charged with the murder of 15 year old Charles H McCarthy of Chelsea. The boy, shot March 4 last year on Erie Avenue, died after withholding details of the shooting. Mayer admitted firing two shots at two boys from a railroad car during his work as a special officer for the Boston and Albany railroad.
Amherst College professor Ivavid Teed will attempt to signal Mars from a gas balloon using A. Leo Stevens Fort Omaha bag. Stevens says the projection is planned for April 23 when Mars is nearest Earth.
Justice Department investigators report evidence showing William Z. Foster, leader of the steel strike, as the prime mover behind the outlaw railroad strike. The government will delay prosecuting strike leaders pending strikers’ reaction to the disclosure of the directing impulse.
Evidence in the hands of Attorney General Palmer shows Foster attended union meetings that were adjourned to meet in other halls, not as organizations but as individuals.
Steamship Titanic traveling from Liverpool to New York struck an iceberg and sank. Of those aboard 1595 were lost while 745 were saved. The event marks a historic disaster with widespread impacts.
Weather bulletin from Washington forecasts fair and warmer conditions for northern New England and the Boston vicinity on Thursday and Friday. Moderate to gentle westerly winds, with partly cloudy skies across New York and the Atlantic states. Temperatures to rise Thursday east of the Mississippi. coastal winds from the Atlantic remain light to moderate.
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