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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
11
Former German crown prince Frederick William spent several days with his wife and children at Soden Prussia with Dutch government permission and accompanied them part of the way to Potsdam before returning to Holland according to the Lokal Anzeiger.
An ad claims Fruit-a-tives tablets are the only medicine made from fruit juices and list relief for constipation liver indiges tion headaches neuralgia and skin troubles. Prices 50c a box six for 2.50 trial size 25c. Available at dealers or from Fruit-a-tives Ogdensburg NY.
Washington Aug 12 Acting FTC Chairman Murdock asked Congress for 500000 to finance investigations by the Federal Trade Commission into the rising cost of living. He said current funds are insufficient to study production storage and distribution of foodstuffs and determine real cost and wholesale prices.
Twenty witnesses are to appear this week before the federal electric railways commission. Professor Irving Fisher of New Haven and Grenville S. MacFarland of Boston will testify tomorrow in Washington.
Rail officials report gradual improvement in the nationwide shopmen strike with most regions resuming work. Only Chicago Boston and Atlanta continue to hold out, keeping those hubs idle while others reopen plants and repair schedules.
Police armed with warrants seized rare wines and liquors valued over $15000 from the Imperial Hotel on Howard Street. Proprietors Harris Rosenthal and Philip Levine, and manager Edward N Brennan, were arrested and later released on bonds. Brennan to be charged for selling bottled whiskey to a federal agent. others for allowing sale of bottled goods. Over 500 spectators watched as 600 gallons of bonded whiskey and other spirits were hauled from the cellar.
Railroad men maintain their walkout with no national settlement in sight. Industry faces worsening paralysis as raw materials and manufactured goods stall. Some relief came from limited embargo tweaks, allowing perishables to move via connecting lines. Passenger service remains disrupted with uncertain future operations.
Strikers across Boston and surrounding railroads push for higher wages as factories warn of halted production due to coal shortages. Over 70 percent of Boston & Maine votes favor continuing the strike, with machinists and boilermakers showing reluctance to return to work. Official word unclear as meetings conclude.
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