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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
3
Overhead reductions at the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company raise expected savings of $57,000. President Patrick F. Sullivan, longtime Bay State leader, has left his post after his term expired. Sullivan, who earned $20,000 yearly, resides in Lowell.
Vice-President and general manager Robert S. Goff resigned last month with a $15000 salary, and Charles R. Rockwell, vice-president and treasurer, will leave by Aug 1 with a $10000 salary. Transportation head R. M. Sparks and passenger chief Carl W. Stocks also depart for private ventures. Trustees study wage raises under War Labor Board and plan cost savings as jitneys erode revenue in Salem Lawrence Lynn areas.
Discussion centers on streetcar riders and a proposed independent citizens committee to oversee the road. Chairman Loring suggested a nonpolitical panel of business leaders appointed by the Mayor to operate Salem and its suburbs with the company accepting reasonable committee recommendations. No committee has yet been appointed.
Rhode Island strikers reject Judge Doran plan and offer a counter proposal. They agree to arbitrate hours and wages and to abide by the arbitrators award if sustained, but will not return to work until an award is made. Receivers and counsel insist the court retain review power over any arbitration result.
Prospective air service recruits receive a flight preview as Lt Curtis Moffat arrives by Curtiss plane from Mineola and lands after engine failure. Applicants sign up in large numbers. Major General McCain denies pay cuts to 15 dollars a month. enlisted pay remains 40 dollars. Pp H Bedriksen named swimming instructor at the camp.
Nashua New Hampshire woman Delina Martin shares months of painful periods caused her to faint and leave school for two years. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief and urges mothers to consider it for daughters suffering similar symptoms.
The funeral for Mrs. Hilda Irene Glazier wife of Captain Glazier US Army will be held at 2 p m at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs William H Monroe 113 Washington Street Brighton Rev William A Knight of the Brighton Congregational Church will officiate She had been ill for months born in Brighton married in 1910 and survived by her husband and two children Phyllis and William Burial follows at Mt Auburn Cemetery.
London Aug 1 General E H H Allenby formerly commander in Palestine and high commissioner for Egypt and Sudan and Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Plumer commander of the Second British Army have been raised to the rank of field marshal.
Miss Louise Russell leads Wellesley College alumnae in a Tree Day and Alumnae Day celebration at the YWCA Hostess House in Coblenz while American troops parade nearby. The group traveled long distances by truck and ambulance to join the event with fellow grads and students.
The New England Milk Producers' Association urges the Massachusetts commission on necessities of life to investigate milk prices. They argue farmers lose money selling to Boston at 9 cents per quart while costs, freight, and shipping erode profits. The letter includes data on production costs and offers cooperation to determine fair pricing for August and September.
Internal Revenue Collector John F. Malley announced that emergency jitney operators would not be taxed. He ruled that drivers did not carry passengers long enough to meet the law requiring a payment of 10 or 20 dollars depending on machine size.
At the state headquarters of the American Legion it was announced yesterday that the Chelsea post charter had not been suspended. The charter had been issued to officers duly elected by the post members.
Brockton Massachusetts witnesses a coal teamsters strike expansion as ice team drivers join the walkout. One hundred five union members reported for roll call at the morning meeting while only a few small firms could move a team. Emergency calls were handled by a larger firm distributing a light delivery truck. Cash and carry stations appeared citywide and the price rose to 80 cents per hundred for households after a temporary one cent a pound increase on August 1.
Harvard professor Charles Townsend Copeland will read and lecture on Kipling for students and the public. The event in the new lecture hall is on Tuesday evening August 12 at 9 o clock and doors close at 9 05 p m.
An unknown addict posing as a police inspector robbed Robert E. Morris Drug Store at 663 East Broadway South Boston of two morphine bottles. The thief claimed police authority to inspect a prescription from Dr Harvey of Boston and fled with the items after five minutes. He was about 40, 5 feet 11, dark, smooth shaved, wearing a straw hat and blue serge suit.
Admiral Kolchak, leader of the anti Bolshevik government in Russia, told reporters yesterday he is confident about the future and says America understands Bolshevism. He anticipates August visits by Major General Graves and Ambassador Morris to improve relations with the United States.
Coadjutor Bishop William A. Hickey was elected president of Providence College on Smith Hill. He donated 25 000 dollars for the first scholarship to aid a day scholar in perpetuity, earned by competitive examination. Sixty two applicants seek admission to the first freshman class opening in September.
An open air school at Deer Island house of correction educates prisoners in arithmetic grammar typewriting stenography and bookkeeping. Founded by Penal Institutions Commissioner Bates and directed by Albert L Shaughnessy the program follows the Golden Rule and substitutes education for punishment with inmate teachers among its staff.
Assistant United States Attorney Lewis Goldberg sought a federal injunction in court to prevent William A. English and John H. O'Brien from transferring stock. The two men, recently sentenced to 18 months for conspiring to defraud the government of income taxes, are named with English & O'Brien Inc. and the Lincoln Yarn Company. The hearing is set for next Friday as officials say assets may be insufficient to satisfy the 2,650,395 dollar debt.
Mayor Roscoe Walsworth of Revere signed the Sunday licenses for Revere Beach amusement resorts after police reports showed managers paid dues for special officers. The move follows an edict to withhold licenses from those who had not met the payment requirement.
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