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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
2
London December 17 Associated Press reports the House of Lords and Commons resolved their dispute over the Irish home rule bill. Amendments from the Commons were amicably discussed in the Lords and disposed of to permit the measure becoming law tomorrow.
At opening, Baron Birkenhead the lord chancellor signaled progress on amendments while insisting the government retain control over the appointed day when the bill takes effect. He argued the government must judge when conditions in Ireland allow elections without intimidation. Salisbury withdrew his amendment. The Irish council will not use proportional representation and the lord lieutenant will appoint the council president.
The Post Santa Claus plans to bring joy to thousands of children at Christmas and calls for immediate donations. Citizens are urged to untie purse strings and contribute now.
The Knights of Columbus announced they will investigate reports of starving Irish children after an invitation from Herbert Hoover. Supreme Secretary William J. McGinley said the inquiry will be shaped and conducted as swiftly as possible, but not hastily.
Dublin December 17. Negotiations for a truce between military authorities and the Irish Republican Army began last week but were interrupted by the Cork fires. Intermediaries are attempting to resume talks.
Police raid the entire business district after the shooting of District Inspector O Sullivan of Dublin Castle as he walked with his fiancée Miss Moore to a Henry Street fair. The inspector died an hour later in hospital after being struck by two masked civilians.
The British government rejected overtures for safe conduct to Dublin for Eamon De Valera from the United States, according to the Evening Standard. Mrs Muriel MacSwiney widow of Cork's late Lord Mayor will visit Lawrence Massachusetts to attend a mass meeting aiding recognition of the Irish Republic with Harry Boland accompanying as a speaker.
In Dublin two monasteries were raided by military and police. They arrested priests including Father Dominic chaplain to the late Terence MacSwiney. Another priest, Father Albert, was released later. The caretaker of Father Mathew Hall was also arrested.
More than 600 parents and friends attended a Christmas party at Boston University College of Secretarial Science. The event, directed by Miss Elizabeth Carvell, saw the girls and Post Santa Claus distribute gifts to 60 children, with dolls bears and stockings, plus treats. Laura La Fond announced a bust gift from Graydon Stetson’s board of guarantors sculpted by Boris Lovett Lorsky.
Rep Mason of Illinois introduced a resolution calling on Congress to appropriate funds to establish and maintain a diplomatic and consular service in Ireland. The measure condemns British rule as savage warfare and argues Great Britain has lost control of Ireland.
Dublin Castle was being strongly fortified with barbed wire barricades at the northwest corner to prevent a surprise attack. The castle’s weekly summary of events in Ireland criticizes the truce talks as propaganda and notes street closures around the fortifications.
A notice in Dunmanway states that the auxiliary division of the Royal Irish Constabulary expresses heartfelt sympathy to the people of Dunmanway for the loss of their reverend priest and fellow citizen. The captain of Company K signed the notice after Canon Magner was shot and killed Wednesday by an auxiliary cadet.
A caboose sunk off the Railroad wharf at Provincetown harbor in September was raised by a large wrecking crane. The crane lifted the car from the water and swung it onto the wharf, where a photograph captured the moment.
A wrecking crew from the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad hauled a caboose from the harbor end of the Provincetown wharf where it had rested since being pushed off last September. The recent storm pushed the caboose against the piles and officials moved it ashore to prevent further damage.
Officials at Scotland Yard doubted reports that Eamon De Valera would return to England. They suspected the rumors were groundless, noting past false alarms. If he tried to reach Ireland, they thought he would head to a European port, possibly in Scandinavia, with plans to travel onward to Ireland.
Christmas means nothing to a poor child without a gift. You can make Christmas mean something to at least one child by helping the Post Santa Now.
A man leaped from a wrecked automobile near the Beaver Brook crossing in Wal tham and vanished up an embankment after leaving an auto with conflicting number plates wedged near a post and stone wall. The Fitchburg bound express whistle warned gates as the vehicle sped toward the crossing. The driver likely drove into the bank to avoid the gates and disappeared after the train passed.
Cha es N Serpa Portuguese vice consul since 1915 will be superseded by Dr Antonio De Souza Rebello De Madu reira E Castro who arrived in Providence Sunday on the steamer Canada. The change follows a Portuguese government decree requiring citizenship for diplomatic and consular posts. Serpa was born in New Bedford.
Williams Hi Howland aged 48 and Ernest Schwabe aged 81 disappeared after going duck hunting near Duck Island Breakwater in Long Island Sound. A gale and rising tides led authorities to presume they were drowned as water covered the breakwater.
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