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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1919
Page
9
Constantinople Dec 31 Allied forces control the Black Sea coast and British troops occupy Batoum, a key point on the pipeline to Baku on the Caspian Sea, according to an Associated Press report.
Secretary Daniels told the House naval committee in Washington that naval officers should be promoted on merit to replace seniority in promotions. He urged amendments to withdraw seniority and allow officers in each grade to select candidates for successive grades rather than a single board making all selections.
Secretary Daniels urged a provision to make wartime pay raises permanent and to grant a gratuity on discharge. He outlined temporary enlistment boosts totaling 250,000, plus officer transfers to reach 2,000 new regulars. Sims would return as president of the expanded Newport war college to extend naval strategy study to all officers.
Judge Donahue in Portland appoints Edward W. Cox F. E. Timberlake and Edward B. Winslow as temporary administrators of Fred E. Richards estate amid claims of forged signatures on notes totaling about 132000. Former executor Ludwell J. Howison reportedly confessed. he is under 25000 bail and his case goes to the grand jury next week.
In a preview of The Real Life of General Pershing H F Wheeler describes how General Pershing sought to prove his honest intent to the Moros. The Boston Sunday Post will feature the full account next week.
Mining engineers quoted in the Anthracite News say households can cut fuel bills by sifting ashes daily. They estimate three bucketfuls of usable anthracite wasted weekly, about 20 pounds per bucket costing 15 cents, totaling roughly $2 monthly. Proper method involves separating good pieces and dampening them to reopen coal seams. Recovered coal should be stored for hot fires or banking at night, enabling thousands of tons saved.
The Manchester address by President Wilson drew strong approval as he underscored the world league for future peace and collective security. Supporters hailed his call for international cooperation to prevent conflict and promote stability.
The League of Free Nations Association of Massachusetts cables President Wilson praising his Manchester speech and endorsing a world league and covenant for world peace. Signed by J Randolph Coolidge Jr and Horace M Kallen.
Springfield reports a 50 percent drop in total arrests in the past year. Intoxication arrests fell from 2478 in 1917 to 1336 in 1918, attributed to wartime liquor restrictions and reduced alcohol content in beverages. Patriotic activities cited as a contributing factor.
New Year's Day marks the dedication anniversary of Sacred Heart Parish Mt. Auburn Watertown. Rev Thomas W Coughlan and assistants will observe the silver jubilee with a 9 30 solemn high mass celebrated by Father Coughlan, with deacon Rev Richard H Splaine and sub deacon Rev Roderick O Gorman. The organ dedication is a featured moment.
The Supreme Judicial Court full bench allowed Edward R. Purchase of Springfield another chance to sue Dr. Ralph H. Seelye of Springfield for operating on the left side instead of the right in a hernia case. Seelye had mistaken Purchase for a patient with a left hernia. a subsequent right-side operation followed. The railroad had paid $206 and released claims, but Purchase gains a new trial after Superior Court ruled the release precluded the suit.
The three masted schooner Fred B Balano of Eastport was wrecked on Corn Ledge near Jonesport Me during a heavy snow squall. Captain Forward of Boston and the crew reached shore safely. The 263 ton vessel, built at St George in 1890, was bound from Weymouth Mass to Windsor Nova Scotia with fertilizer and will be a total loss.
Washington December official notes indicate gradual easing of gold export restrictions by the Federal Reserve Board though the embargo will likely remain for several months. Officials deny imminent lifting and say action must align with Britain and other nations maintaining strict gold embargoes.
German Field Marshal von Hindenburg telegraphed Berlin industrial leaders stating he would back a British occupation of Berlin. Berlin despatch dated Saturday reports the stance influencing wartime diplomacy and power dynamics in the capital.
Witnesses testified before National War Labor Board examiner Carlton Ogburn that BRT used spies and blackjacks to thwart unionization. The Amalgamated Association and union counsel criticized the company for immoral conduct, while discharged workers linked terminations to union activity.
The B A T was represented at the hearing by M. B. Hoffman an attorney but he announced that the company did not.
The American cruiser Chester arrived with destroyers Wickes and Aylwin, then left for Danzig in German Poland. The destroyers moved to Lubes, a Baltic port, to take on board sick Americans.
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