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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
5
Sewell Ford recounts the latest bulletins on Torchy junior, an amusing teaser to appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Washington February 17. The peace treaty compromise grew tangled with senators stressing limited chances of broad agreement while backers in the Senate insisted lines on both sides were not clearly breaking.
Senator Hitchcock pessimistically noted potential stalemate as Republicans rejected all compromise on the Article 10 reservation. He warned ratification depends on GOP concessions while some Republicans and Democrats weighed possible shifts to secure or oppose the current reservation.
Party leaders on both sides showed doubt over immediate developments as debate on the treaty stretches on. Democrats pledged forty votes for Hitchcock’s alternate article 10 reservations, while Republicans faced potential pressure if a Democratic change displaced their stance. No vote on modifications occurred as rationing politics continued.
The Department of Public Utilities is ordered by Judge Crosby to approve a July 21 1919 contract between Boston Consolidated Gas Company and New England Fuel & Transportation Company. It sets gas price from 299 1 2 to 35 cents per 100 cubic feet, with justification that the higher price reflects production costs. Black taffeta coats are trimmed with Chinese embroidery.
Death of Mrs Elizabeth J Murphy of 10 Milton Road Brookline reported after a long life in the town. Born Elizabeth Long in Balloncolleg Ireland she came to the United States and married John H Murphy. Survived by two sons Walter F E Murphy and John D Murphy and two daughters Mrs Arthur P Moran and Maude Murphy. Funeral at St Marys Church of the Assumption Brookline Thursday at 9.0 AM.
The February luncheon of the Professional Women's Club at Copley Plaza featured remarks by club president Mrs. Marie Dewing Faelten. Guest of honor was Boston University President Lemuel Murlin along with Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, Mme Antoinette Adamowski, Miss Helena Adamowski, and Mrs. Marie Garibaldi. President Murlin spoke on Our New Sister Republics in Europe.
Public utilities representatives testified before the Coal Strike Settlement Commission and the Senate sub committee that a 14 percent wage rise for coal miners is offset by lower freight rates and prices. They urged continued government control of coal distribution until normal conditions return and criticized railroad administration and wartime confiscations. Virginia and Boston Edison officials warned of car shortages causing service curtailment and urged a government agency to manage coal issues to save millions.
M H Aylesworth of the National Electric Light Association told the commission that public belief a wage increase would not reach consumers was wrong. He said operators added the rise to utility charges, making rate increases inevitable. He noted regulated utilities have slim profit margins and cannot absorb higher costs. Chairman Robinson asked if coal storage in summer could stabilize mining jobs, to which Aylesworth replied they would accept the extra double handling costs.
Tanies demand relief as they push for an upward revision of rates to be blocked by higher fuel costs. They warn the price increase could raise living costs and strain budgets.
A man hanged himself in his barn amid despondency from ill health. His wife found the body as she went to summon him to supper. He leaves a wife and two daughters.
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