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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1918
Page
1
A large audience at Symphony Hall heard Monsignor Splaine and Senator-Elect Walsh urge action on Erin's cause. Prominent speakers rallied attendees to press the president and Congress to champion the effort and campaign for related policy support.
Boston political group urges no step back from Mayor Peters administration and declares support for Walter L. Collins John A. Donoghue and Albert Hurwitz in the December 17 election calling it a victory election. It denounces the former Mayor Curley machine rule in this annual statement.
A brief advisory notes that taking the mentioned items several times daily reduces hoarseness and observes rapid improvement. The fragment appears as an advertisement continuation.
Zurich dispatch reports Berlin clashes Friday left 180 dead or wounded. Spartacus radicals defend three Berlin suburbs with machine guns as workers and soldiers committee falters. Cologne Gazette notes ongoing street fighting.
A wireless message from Cape Race reports the steamship Canopic, returning units of American overseas forces, slowed by bad weather, will not reach Boston before noon Wednesday. The White Star line and Boston naval officials were advised after the message was relayed from Cape Race.
Edward W. Jones long time town treasurer of Hingham and cashier for Hingham Trust Company was arrested late yesterday on a charge of larceny of nine thousand dollars from the town. He posted bail of ten thousand dollars, secured by directors of the Hingham Trust Company.
Benjamin A. Robinson, president of the trust company, announced after an audit that Jones' accounts were in order and the bank suffered no loss. State examiners found a shortage in town accounts and notified officials, leading to a warrant for the treasurer's arrest. The arrested man admitted the charge.
A 39th Infantry battalion left Treves by train for Coblenz as army forces advance. German authorities sought to limit disorder amid withdrawals, with Coblenz marked as the end of the American advance and a Rhine bridgehead planned beyond.
Flint business leaders credit a cooperative effort called the Flint Spirit with a sharp drop in the cost of necessities. More than five hundred firms and most landlords have joined this cooperative movement, easing the burden on residents after months of high prices.
One officer and six men of the American destroyer Lansdale drowned while attempting to rejoin their ship after a port visit in Tangier. The Lansdale, launched in Quincy Massachusetts on July 22, was named for Lt. Philip Van Horn Lansdale U S N who died in Samoa in 1899.
A Boston gathering at Symphony Hall drew a wildly enthusiastic crowd as speakers urged peace conference powers to back a petition for Emerald Isle. The item continued on Page 10 First Col. A. M. ht P. Mt. 3:17 rises 7:01, sets tonight 4:12 MOON 10:32 p.m. Light all vehicles tonight at 4:42. Russia evacuation Lodz 1914 noted. One year ago Bolshevik revolt in Don region announced by Generals Kaledines and Korniloff.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Monday fair and warmer and Tuesday fair with moderate westerly winds. The southern New England forecast notes increasing clouds by Tuesday with fair Monday. Northern New England stays fair Monday with colder east Maine on Tuesday. Winds along the coasts shift from west to northwest and then variable. Very high seasonal temperatures persist east of the Rockies except New England.
The report notes average yesterday at 29 with highs 25 and lows 24. It compares to last year when the average was 20 and 24. The data appears in a clipped weather brief attributed to Thompson's Spa.
President Wilson met today with Secretary of State Lansing and Henry White aboard the U.S. S. George Washington. The first conference of the trip reportedly centered on the formation of a league of nations and the procedures to pursue it.
Mrs David Lloyd George wife of the British premier tours Wales in an automobile addressing meetings in support of her husband for Parliament. A motor procession joined her at Merthyr Tydfil and she spoke from her car at several stops. At Treharris she addressed a large miners meeting.
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