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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1919
Page
2
Opening sessions of Boston's new est school will be held today. The three day normal term aims to train Massachusetts quota of 25 000 Christian workers to form a strong force for solving industrial social and other problems of the day.
The Interchurch World Movement hosts the Lansing Chair in Boston among 66 decem ber sessions nationwide. Rob ert Lansing Secretary of State chairs the general committee with Earl Faylor as secretary. About 400 clergy and lay participants study at First Baptist Church on Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street through three daily sessions with talks on industrial unrest race social issues and Americanization.
Washington December 9. The second industrial conference debated whether public utility workers have a right to strike and what grievance machinery should be provided. A sub committee will draft a tentative statement of views. Professor Henry R Seager of Columbia University will become executive secretary tomorrow.
Chairman Dillingham of the elections committee outlined plans with Senate Republicans to investigate the Ford Newberry election contest from Michigan under a pending resolution. A subcommittee may be authorized next week to conduct the inquiry with a recount of Michigan ballots likely as the first step, hearings possibly delayed until after Newberry’s trial.
Dr Charles W Eliot addressed Harvard Medical School students on New Prospects of the Medical Profession. He said medicine shifts from curing disease to preventing it and predicted doctors will be employed by the State like teachers with growing demand in industrial fields.
New York December 9. The cost of living based on 96 staple commodities rose 1.3 percent in the past month and now sits at 131 percent above the pre war level, the highest ever known. Textiles provisions and groceries make up the bulk of the items.
Dr Eliot outlines a shift from purely clinical practice to moral, preventive aims. He predicts employers will invest in worker health and housing, boosting production and goodwill while future physicians emphasize altruism and service. Rev Gordon adds ethical guidance for budding doctors.
Cleofonte Campanini director of the Chicago Opera Company remains in a critical condition after a turn for the worse following double pneumonia. Doctors were summoned to the hospital as reports indicate the illness is serious.
The total wholesale price per pound on Dec 1 stood at 3$20.17656, eight tenths of one percent above Aug 1. It marks a 6.1 percent rise from Dec 1, 1918, and 131 percent since Aug 1, 1914, with 46 commodities showing price gains from Nov 1 to Dec 1. Building materials also hit new highs on Dec 1. England's prices rose sharply to end November, up 2.8 percent from October and 12.4 percent from a year earlier, 172 percent above Aug 1, 1914.
Hopkinton authorities request state police assistance amid rioting charges connected to the dismissal of Miss Duffey, with seven men and one woman named in an anarchy law case. Pupils walk out in protest while clashes with Sheriff Walsh and selectmen unfold. Duffey vows to pursue court action to defend her dismissal.
Highlights include the Silver Fox Show at Horticultural Hall from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Interchurch World Movement sessions at First Baptist Church with 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. repeats. Ship Trimountain to launch at Fore River with sponsor Miss Mary B. Hallowell.
James Cowan of Fort Worth Texas was robbed of 1700 pesos on December 7 by bandits who held up a train between Colima and Manzanillo Mexico. Traffic on the line was suspended for several days and the State Department was advised.
In Indianapolis 84 United Mine Workers officials faced contempt charges. Judge A B Anderson postponed the hearing until next Tuesday morning on motion by C B Ames for the government. G L Grant of Fort Smith Ark announced an appeal in the miners injunction case to the U S Court of Appeals in Chicago yesterday.
The national fuel conservation order will be enforced by examining complaints and halting supply to violators. Regional director A. T. Hardin says no firm or public utility will receive specific orders. adherence relies on patriotism and common sense. Eastern train schedules shift to midnight until coal conditions normal.
Kansas City officials lifted drastic fuel conservation rules as of December 6, announcing the arrival of a considerable coal supply. Restrictions are removed from schools and churches, theatres and dance halls may operate four hours nightly, and retail stores gain extended hours. Officials cited relief from coal shortages and a federal announcement as reasons for easing measures.
New York December 9 clearance papers were refused by customs to the former German liner Imperator. The ship, slated to sail at noon tomorrow for Southampton, was held after a U S Attorney General Palmer request ordered an investigation into Cunard’s compliance with fuel conservation rules during the steamer’s coal loading.
Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the scale committee, reports mine operators in the central competitive field fully approve President Wilson's proposition after a summary was read to him in St. Louis on December 9.
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