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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
10
The Hwah Yih, at East Boston, is the first vessel flying the Chinese flag seen in the port. Officers include English captain and chief engineer, a Scotch engineer, American wireless operators, with deck and fireroom crews from China and Belgium. The ship, Austrian registered originally, has drawn notable attention.
An advertisement promotes nitro phosphate or bitro phosphate as a cure for thinness and nerve weakness. It claims to feed nerves and body cells, rapidly increasing weight and improving health, with a money back guarantee. Caution warns it should be used only by those desiring flesh development.
An article stresses that endure care of kidneys, warning that uric acid buildup can cause pain and progress to Bright's Disease. It recommends GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy with a money back guarantee if not effective.
In Washington Mayor Peters plans to present Postmaster General Burleson with a full documentary record of wage demands by telephone operators. He seeks immediate action to settle the labor dispute and warns that further delay threatens ongoing service.
Leaders told Mayor Peters they would not budge on wage demands and blamed Washington officials for delays. He met Burleson’s compromise statement, but strikers rejected it and pressed for a complete capitulation, as he prepared to seek talks in Washington.
Harvard students seeking excitement were brought to work emergency calls at the Cambridge telephone exchange as 600 strikers and supporters clashed with pickets. Police escorted 14 students to dormitories after tense confrontations, while other splicers chased two students away from the building.
Secretary Daniels crossed the Rhine to Ehrenbreitstein and Meuwied visiting the Seventeenth Field Artillery and meeting Major-General John A. Lejeune. He traveled from Treves via Moselle valley and lunched with Major-General Dickman before four days of sightseeing around Coblenz bridgehead and fronts at Chateau Thierry and Verdun. He praised the American army and noted Germany's comparatively prosperous condition despite shell damage.
Labor groups from across the country attended the funeral of John F Tobin, late president of the International Boot and Shoe Workers Union. Services were held at 24 Rawson road and burial followed at Mt Wollaston Cemetery. Bearers included James Duncan Horace Eaton Corlis Lovely Charles L Baine Emil T Wall and Gade Martindale.
The House passed on to a third reading by 101 to 41 a bill making it a criminal offense to utter a worthless check, while allowing nonfraudulent overdrafts a chance to clear guilt.
A telegram from Postmaster-General Burleson to William R. Driver urges wage adjustment talks and promises full hearing with the Wire Control Board by May 10. The move aims to end a three day strike amid street fights and taunting of strike breakers as talks continue between the New England Telephone Company and its operators.
Mayor Peters travels to Washington to press Postmaster General Burleson on the Boston telephone operators strike. He plans to present the wage dispute chronologically and seek a decisive White House or Wire Control Board action as service remains limited.
Verdicts of guilty on all counts were returned against F Monroe Dyer Joshua Paine Joseph A Rich Ernest A James Albert E Watts Ephraim N Cook John Burns Jr William F McKeon Herbert A Rich Winfield Kendrick Herbert F Phillips Fred G Phillips William Curran Simeon Atwood Jr Alvin G Baker Louis S Goodspeed William R Cox. Not guilty verdicts were reported for Arthur Wainwright Galen L Stone Frederic C Dumaine Samuel F McIntire Jr John Newbury Charles Foley Harrison H Sawyer William teddard Byron M McGrath Edward Cosgrove Walter K Smith Harvey Daley and Robert Campbell.
Mayor Peters reported from Washington that striking New England Telephone & Telegraph Company workers told Postmaster General Burleson the dispute could be settled in five hours. They proposed Burleson delegate settlement talks to General Manager Driver and then telegraph his approval or rejection.
A mass of thanksgiving will be held Monday at 8:30 AM in St Ambrose Church Dorchester with a detail from the 86th U S Infantry. Rev John Harrigan will lead a solemn high mass. deacon Rev Joseph Murphy and sub-deacon Rev John J Lynch will assist. Over 500 parish boys answered the call to arms and a reception fund will be supported by a whist and dance in Bloomfield Hall Monday evening.
A Mrs. Lillian Dow of Manchester New Hampshire credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing years of stomach trouble. She reports improved digestion regained weight from 95 to 150 pounds and restored sleep after three boxes. The firm offers free books and mails pills at 50 cents per box or six for $2.50.
A Rawley era advertisement touts Sulpherb Tablets as an economical health treatment. It promotes sulfur-based pills in sugar coated form for stomach, liver, kidneys, and blood, claiming relief and urging purchase from druggists. A user testimonial from New York City endorses the product.
A promotes its Akron Sponge Rubber Pad as a simple inexpensive rupture solution. Readers are urged to send name and address to Akron Truss Co. in Akron Ohio to receive a free sample with directions, no obligation to purchase.
Society women embrace mercorized wax as a beauty method. The wax claims to peel away old skin gradually, revealing a fresher, younger complexion within a week or two. Applied at night and washed off in the morning, it is sold by druggists with one ounce sufficient.
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