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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1919
Page
8
Millis resident George Oakes, 35, jailed awaiting sentence on larceny after trying to sell a stolen handbag to Special Officers Leonard and Boyle at North station. He pleaded guilty before Judge Dowd, saying the officers were a “fine pair of birds.”
Rear Admiral Charles F. Hughes was detailed today as commandant of the Fourth Naval District and ordered to take charge of the Philadelphia navy yard.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets promise a gentle cleanse of blood, bowels, and liver as a calomel substitute. The vegetable formula, olive colored, claims clearer skin, improved vitality, and relief from dullness with a nightly use of one or two tablets for a week. Sold for 25 cents per box.
The letter extols France for suffering in war and calls for gratitude toward its sacrifices. It credits French peasants with a remedy for stomach liver and intestinal issues used by Mayr in Chicago. The claim asserts the remedy prevents operations and offers refunds.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace L. Carter marked their 50th wedding anniversary at their home 3 Hall Street Revere surrounded by relatives and friends. Carter, long-time superintendent of the D. and L. Slade spice mill, is Chelsea born and related to former Chelsea mayor George H. Carter. The couple’s four generations were present including son George W. Carter and granddaughter Mrs. Florence R. Bryan.
A. B. Garretson president of the Order of Railway Conductors told the Senate interstate commerce committee that any plan to cut railroad wages would threaten national stability. He warned the discontent could spread and potentially ignite industrial rebellion unless government policy is clearly set out at once.
New York February report from the interchurch emergency campaign committee says much postwar Baptist work will focus on Southern Negroes who moved North and Midwest for munition plants. Efforts aim to supply Southern Baptists in the North with churches and pastors.
Annapolis reports Rear Admiral John Hood United States Navy retired died at Naval Hospital from Bright's disease. The obituary notes his service and death location.
Paris reports the French army demobilization continues on schedule despite rumors of suspension. Officials quote ongoing demobilization after Marshal Foch’s Armistice Commission note that Germany could mobilize 2 million in six weeks. Public anxiety over renewed German pressure persists amid censorship and blanked pages.
In a letter to the Post Everett W. Lord credits Camp Devens and Boston offices with a model employment bureau aiding discharged soldiers. Since armistice, the U S Employment Service, under John J. Markey, has advised over 15 000 men, with about 4 000 referred to employers and many placed through the Soldiers and Sailors Bureau. The Boston bureau could not place every applicant, but the effort is deemed exceptional under Ralph Williams leads.
Senator Walsh condemns Senate inaction on suffrage as 29 men fail to recognize women’s wartime issues. Edwin Mulready urges precise labor laws to prevent industrial accidents. Bertha Goldthwaite presides. Lois Rantoul and Anna Weinstock urge 48 hour bills and unionization for better wages and conditions.
In Constantinople the trial of Turkish officials over Armenian massacres begins. Leading defendant is Kermal Bey, Governor of Diarbekir, as prosecutors insist on punishing those responsible for the world shaking horrors.
BASSE February 11 The German government forces suppressing a Spartacan uprising in Bremen report complete occupation of the harbors on the night of February 8 without fighting. Eighty sailors and the head of the Soldiers' Council were arrested.
Festivities are planned in honor of Miss Catherine Rush whose engagement to Lieutenant James Jackson Cabot of Aero Squadron 188 is announced. She is the daughter of Captain William R. Rush, Charlestown navy yard commandant, and Mrs. Rush. Cabot, son of Lieutenant Godfrey Lowell Cabot, U S N Aviation Corps, is a Harvard graduate of 1913 who has recently returned from overseas service.
In Holyoke on February 11, about 250 workers from Walsh steam boiler works walked out Day and night shifts citing factory conditions. They accuse Edward Lemieux, union president, of discrimination as a national boiler makers organizer is expected to arrive to lead the case.
Washington reports that after hours of debate in the Senate the conferees agreement on the six billion war revenue bill is near approval. Senator Simmons and leaders forecast an overwhelming vote tomorrow with a possible night session if needed. An earlier reading delay and a near accidental adoption of the conference report highlighted the tense proceedings.
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