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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
25
Senator McKellar of Tennessee declares the American people and the Allies endorse President Wilsons fourteen peace principles and favor their incorporation in the coming treaty. He warns that Republican opposition to some principles could do incalculable harm.
Senator McKellar assails Republican leaders Lodge Knox and others for pushing a postwar treaty that would block key Wilsonian goals. He cites Roosevelt on peace and accuses England dominance views of war foe Colonel Roosevelt, warning the conference could be misled and American aims harmed.
Smith College reopens January 9 due to widespread influenza affecting many communities. The delay extends five days beyond the original schedule.
Secretary Wilson urges Massachusetts to continue private and public construction to spur recovery, warning against stalled growth. Dr Charles W Eliot cautions against rising prices harming housing, while Louis F Post calls labor-friendly policy to avoid unemployment. The meeting at the State House, with Babson and Mayor Peters, pushes building campaigns and bank support.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot argued that wartime price controls and munition subsidies cannot be permanent, warning that private industry cannot sustain running costs by borrowing. He challenged Secretary Wilson’s building plan and warned that high building wages threaten American workers’ ability to own homes.
The Albanian Federation of America with about 60 delegates met at Winthrop Hall to draft resolutions urging President Wilson and other nations at the peace conference to restore Coritsa Argirokastro and other territories to Albanian rule. Delegates seek self government, with talks centering on methods to achieve the goal as meetings continue and a Massachusetts mass meeting is planned.
Leviathan is held in port at Hoboken due to turbine trouble discovered tonight. The transport will not sail for France tomorrow as planned. the George Washington will carry passengers and mails instead. Repairs will take several days with January 7 tentatively set for the next sailing.
Jerome B Landfield warned that Russia could return to autocracy if the United States withholds aid guiding hand. Thomas Thatcher urged letting Russians work out their own fate while Albert Rhys Williams and Moissaye J Olgin spoke on Russian destiny. William H Lincoln introduced the speakers.
Two Boston school teachers and sisters married last night at St. Leo's Church Dorchester to two dentists serving as lieutenants in the federal force. The couples served as each other best man and bridesmaid in the double ceremony. Theresa Cunningham wed Lieutenant William O'Neil, dentist at Amesbury now with the dental corps at Penniman Virginia. Helen Cunningham wed Lieutenant Frederick McKinnon, Dorchester dentist attached to Fort Revere Boston.
The casualty list includes multiple New England residents with ranks ranging from private to lieutenant. Names appear alongside hometowns such as Madison Maine. Walpole Massachusetts. Bridgeport Connecticut. New Bedford Massachusetts. Exeter New Hampshire. Jamaica Plain Boston. Lowell Massachusetts. Roxbury Massachusetts. Lynn Massachusetts. Holyoke Massachusetts. Pawtucket Rhode Island. Providence Rhode Island. Waterbury Connecticut and others. Destinations include Adams Massachusetts Burlington Vermont Hartford Connecticut and additional New England towns. Several entries note deaths from wounds and others list wounded or missing status with addresses across the region.
A list of persons with addresses, noting one missing in action. Emile Jessen, 71 Denver ave Bridgeport Conn. Herbert A. Paine Bangor Me. Robert J. Toomey 44 Beacon st Somerville. Wolcott Wickenbaugh 93 Federal st Boston. Joshua A. Goyette North Pt. Raymond S. Whitmore 3 Wollaston ave Arlington. James A. Brown 46 Oakst Wellesley previously reported missing. Channing McDonald Atlantic ave Nantucket. Whiting Geer Warehousing Point Conn.
Major Thomas Murphy, Lieutenant Mark King, and Private Stanley Bolton of the 101st Infantry and tank service will give a recital of their front line experiences tonight at St Francis de Sales School hall Roxbury. The New Year event benefits the reception fund for Chaplain O Connor of the 191st and parish service members.
American delegates to the peace congress learned that A. J. Balfour would pass through Paris on his way to southern France for a rest. Premier Lloyd George will also go to southern France in a few days. Wilson plans to return from Italy and open the interallied conference between January 9 and 14.
London dispatch reports large scale pillaging by mobs in Frankfort Germany with authorities failing to prevent it. Troops refused to fire on rioters according to a Central News despatch from Amsterdam.
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