19 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
1
The heir to the British throne breaks centuries of precedent by granting an interview to a Post reporter in Halifax. He plans a United States trip, including Boston, while keeping most advice from the Queen Mother secret.
In Halifax on August 18 the Prince of Wales surprised a local reporter by accepting a casual question as he left North End Military Hospital. Lieutenant-Governor McCallum Grant presented the journalist, and the royal visitor spoke warmly of Nova Scotia and its people, especially noting young women.
The Boston Policemen Union fate hinges on a Supreme Court of Massachusetts ruling on whether policemen are employees under revised state statutes forbidding penalties for joining a union. A police department official stressed the impact of recognition and collective action on protecting officers’ interests.
Police Commissioner Edwin A. Curtis argues police officers are not state employees under the statute and can be governed by rules he sets. He says he may forbid affiliation with labor unions and awaits an official notice from the newly formed union pending a Supreme Court ruling expected to resolve the department crisis.
The two day New York subway and elevated strike ended with a compromise ballot by the strikers. They accept a 25 percent wage rise retroactive to August 1 and arbitration on a further 25 percent. Service to resume at midnight. Strikers to be reinstated with old seniority. remaining disputes to arbitration.
Abbreviated text appears to describe a G100 cycling or timing note with rise and light for vehicles. Exact meaning unclear due to garbled OCR.
The item notes anniversaries from 1914 to 1916 and a 1915 to 1916 naval and air warfare context. It mentions German siege operations in Belgium, a Russian victory in the Gulf of Riga, British ship losses to U boats, and French advances near Lassigny with American squadron aviation tallies.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for showers Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change and moderate easterly winds. The forecast notes a general New England shower pattern, with low pressure off the mid Atlantic and high pressure over Canada.
President Wilson will talk with the Senate foreign relations committee on the peace negotiations and treaty at the White House tomorrow. An extraordinary plan will inform the public of every word, giving the meeting an open forum character for the nation to observe.
As head of the American peace delegation and a key inner circle member who shaped the Versailles settlement, the President will be asked to explain the League of Nations covenant provisions, Japan's Shantung control, the U S role in reconstruction, and other questions before Senate ratification consideration.
Representatives from labor unions and non partisan leagues across several states met in Chicago and decided to form a national labor party. A national convention will be held in Chicago in November to draft a constitution and platform.
Mrs. Cathleen Van derbilt files for divorce from Reginald C. Vanderbilt of New York after 16 years of marriage. She seeks custody of their daughter Cathleen. The young heir, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, faced rumors of excesses with debutantes and racing interests, with past testimony in a gambling house case.
A note indicates Mrs Vanderbilt before marriage was Cathleen Gebhard Neilson and mentions continuation on Page 13 Seventh Col. The fragment references a lineage or naming sequence in a society notice.
U S District Attorney Merrill ordered Portland officers to seize 4571 crates or 187 130 dozen of eggs from the New England Cold Storage Company on Commercial street. Libels name the storage firm and J R Poole Company of Boston with two charges: excess holding and price profiteering. A keeper is placed, crates inspected, case returns August 25. Clarence A McKean of the FBI assisted. Values placed at $122 000.
In a major Senate speech on August 18 David I Walsh urged Democratic and Republican steering committees to unite on a program to cut living costs. He accused both parties of political games and warned that inaction could topple governments abroad and threaten the U S if Congress does not act to satisfy public demands.
Deaths occurred overnight of two of the triplet boys born to Mrs. Herman Davidson of New York City while visiting her sister Mrs. John Cafferella in Medford. One infant died shortly after birth, the remaining two died within minutes. The mother is reported as doing well at Malden Hospital.
Wellesley officers and town workers from police fire street department presented formal pay increase demands at the Selectmen meeting last night. Rumors of potential unionization followed if raises are not granted and comments from department representatives were not provided.
Four year old Simon Fine of Roxbury escaped a would be entry by leaping from a second floor window. Neighbor Joseph Nolan caught him before he hit the sidewalk. The intruder was the boy’s uncle Cameron Scott who had tried the door while the mother was away.
A Fort Sam Houston report says Lt Davis and Lt Peterson, captured by Mexican bandits in the canyons south of the Texas Big Bend, may be freed upon payment of a $15,000 ransom. News awaited by officers of the Southern Department as of Aug 18.
Major General Joseph T. Dickman remains on duty at headquarters managing developments in the aviator kidnapping case. Department officers refuse to name the ransom payer but expect payment within the 48 hour limit. High command vows constant vigilance as scouts note many box canyons south of the Big Bend for hidden outlaws, suggesting cavalry search would be endless and air patrols limited.
London reports the government announced that all restrictions on beer output are removed and the act will be repealed at Parliament's next session. Until then, the provisions will not be enforced.
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