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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
8
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to hold a hearing on the Irish question on Saturday August 30. Principal speakers are expected to include Frank P. Walsh Judge Daniel F. Cohalan and possibly Justice Goff of New York.
Friends of Irish Freedom plan to oppose section 19 of the League of Nations and seek formal recognition of the Irish republic. The move aligns with Senate irreconcilables as Lodge and Borah lead hearings on Egypt and mid-Europe, with Greek representatives slated after Irish hearings.
Joe Russak of New York and Boston, also called Paul Katowski, is accused of non support. Detectives found him amidst clock parts in a Leverett street boarding house arguing the clock must be fixed. He claimed innocence and claimed the clock must be tended to as officers prepared transport to Joy street station.
The Middlesex and Boston Street Railway Company told the Public Service Commission it will raise fares to 10 cents on its Waltham and Newton lines starting Sept. 20, with a 2 cent transfer fee. Also noted are corn borer discoveries in Cape Cod districts and assorted state political payments and bond petitions.
Washington Aug 22 The Senate without record vote adopted the Smoot amendment to the leasing bill permitting aliens to obtain leases on government lands under restrictions to avoid possible retaliation by foreign governments.
At Northeastern Department headquarters Major-General Clarence R. Edwards will honor 11 Massachusetts men with 13 medals and crosses from France Belgium Italy and the United States. Recipients include Lt Col A Pratt Andrew Gloucester DS Medal, Pvt John Zimmer Roxbury Croix de Guerre, Sgt Frank Rogers New Bedford Leopold II Cross, Lt Elliott E McDowell Cambridge Croix de Guerre palm, and others with Croix de Guerre variants and the Distinguished Service Cross for Roy E Kimball Somerville.
The five-cent fare returns on the Boston Elevated line between North Station and Franklin and Washington streets starting at 7 AM. Eight cars will run every five minutes on weekdays to test whether short trips will boost revenue. transfers are not issued on the five-cent lines.
Congressman Joseph A. Conry pledges a reform agenda for the Democratic nomination, including appointing a woman assistant attorney general, a state fish pier, $4.5 million in drydock damages, and ethical oversight of lawyers. He calls for railroad reform through intelligent ownership, investigations of Boston & Maine and New Haven, and readjusted taxes to fund better service with lower fares.
The War Department announced that American forces remaining in Germany after Sept. 30 will include the Eighth Infantry Seventh Machine Gun Battalion Secona Battalion of the Sixth Field Artillery Sixth Field Signal Battalion First Supply Train First Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop Company A of the First Engineers Field Hospital No. 18 and Ambulance Company No. 26. The total strength of these units is nearly 7000 officers and men with combatants totaling about 5600 in the infantry machine gun artillery and engineers.
Officer Frazer and citizen Woodbury arrived early to pull a stableful of horses from heat and smoke. The blaze destroyed a building used by the Eastern Drug Company for storage above and by H. B. Byers Jr. for stabling below on Cross Street.
Three masked men robbed the First National Bank of Newton forcing four officials and a stenographer to lie on the floor. They seized 20000 dollars in currency and 20000 dollars in Liberty bonds before fleeing in a motor car.
Political advertisement endorses Thomas J. Giblin 26 Thurston Street urging East Boston voters to support him.
The United Drug Company convention concluded at Copley Plaza Hotel after three times the expected business volume. About 4000 delegates attended a grand finale featuring music, dance, vaudeville and refreshments, with leading performers brought from New York for the event. Women delegates enjoyed a northern shore outing the morning prior.
Mayor Peters approves multiple contracts and appointments including Boston Shipbuilding Company for rebuilding the John H Sullivan ferryboat super structure at 39850 dollars. Fire Department gets 4000 ft of two ply hose for 3316 dollars. Public Works: bronze propeller blades, Calf Pasture pumping dredging, sewer extensions, Washington street pipe laying. Most appointments and promotions favor Long Island officers and clerks.
Count James Minotte, son-in-law of Louis F. Swift, will not sail to Copenhagen. He plans to renounce his Italian citizenship and remain in the United States becoming an American citizen, after being detained briefly during the war on a technical charge tied to his German birth.
Boston expedition members report that cruising over the Labrador peninsula reveals vast timberlands with millions of cords of pulp wood ready for harvest and direct shipment via streams, noting potential forestry assets during their August survey.
The Granville struck an iceberg and boiler trouble ends the return voyage. Captain Daniel Owen and others depart for Boston. The 20 person expedition with three airplanes operated 70 miles north of Battle Harbor, surveying two million acres of timber for pulp wood. 18,000 aerial photos document dense pulp growth, signaling a new commercial aviation role.
Major Robert H. Van Volkenburg of Detroit reported to Northeastern Department headquarters yesterday. He has been detailed to take special courses in electrical, steam and gas engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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