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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
22
Walker D. Hines, director-general of railroads, announces a policy to post on bulletin boards at each railroad’s purchasing agent the coal company name, contract price, tonnage, and contract duration. The information will be accessible to coal miners, operators, and the public.
Washington April 17 Richard Crane private secretary to Secretary Lansing and son of Chicago businessman Charles Crane is eyed as the first American minister to the new republic of Czecho Slovakia Announcement from Paris is expected soon. Crane has four years in the State Department rising from clerk to secretary to Mr Lansing. The probable first minister to Czecho Slovakia is likened to Hugh S Gibson born in Champaign Illinois raised in Wisconsin and Nebraska law graduate.
Allied and associated powers plan relief for Russia with foodstuffs medical supplies and essentials if fighting ceases within defined Russian territory. The understanding emerged from correspondence among Dr Fridtjof Nansen President Wilson and Premiers Clemenceau Lloyd George and Orlando.
Dr. Nansen urged a neutral humanitarian committee to relieve Russia where thousands die monthly from starvation and disease. The council of four promised relief along Belgium relief lines if hostilities stop, with Clemenceau joining Orlando, Lloyd George, and Wilson to back rapid economic aid to Soviet Russia.
On the eve of Patriots Day and Paul Revere’s 144th anniversary, lanterns will be lit from Old North Church. Pauline Revere, descendant of the courier, will place the lanterns as her ancestor did. Colonel Edward J. Logan of the 101st Infantry will speak on the ride’s lessons. Various historical groups plan commemorations of Lexington and Concord.
Major-General Edwards who commanded the 26th Division in France and now heads the Department of the Northeast told a legislative education committee yesterday that he firmly believes in universal military service.
The special recess committee on education reported a bill to promote school hygiene and the health and physical development of children. General Edwards cites army experiences with flat feet and back pain, noting Dr. Goldthwaite’s treatment restored many men, boosting self-respect and effectiveness.
Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison told the Philippine Commission at a New York luncheon that he would seek Congress to grant the islands full independence if given the chance. He spoke after Philippine Commission members Dionisio Jakosalem and Camilo Osias urged political liberty, and after James Gilbert White argued against immediate independence. Ebert H. Gary of United States Steel declined to commit but urged focus on pecuniary interests.
Despatches from Constantinople report a growing wave of Christian women and children released from Turkish harems across Asia Minor. Relief workers shelter many, while others wander destitute, some crazed by hunger and exposure, amid a broader movement sweeping the region.
A photo from Camp Devens shows 101st bandsmen. Albert Longobardi of Boston appears with a shattered coffee cup, Okie O'Connor of Boston with a battered instrument case, and Augustus West of Newton wearing a German cap and holding a gas mask.
Relief workers hastened a special train of supplies and set aside a special appropriation to meet the immediate emergency as hundreds of thousands of children and tens of thousands of women were left with no shelter clothing or food.
Samuel C. Harris, a noted local horse dealer, was sentenced in Middlesex Criminal Court to 2 12 years in East Cambridge jail for conspiracy and receiving stolen automobiles. He appealed to the Supreme Court. doctors testified about his heart and liver conditions affecting life expectancy.
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