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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
1
South End expressman missing since North End disaster identified as deceased. He was last seen in the vicinity. His wife and 2 year old son reside at 7 Florence Street.
Paris dispatch reports Supreme War Council backing secrecy at the peace talks. French delegates resist airing differences while Italian and Japanese allies side with them. American delegates may compromise on many points as Wilson faces competing claims from Italy and other powers. Continued on page 16 Seventh Col.
Prohibition leaders, elated by a great U.S. victory, plan to carry the liquor war overseas. The new amendment takes effect January 16, 1920, as 38 states vote yes, expanding nationwide enforcement.
In Washington on January 16 the House military committee, after talks with Secretary Baker and General March, reached an agreement to postpone the War Department reorganization bill until the next session, deferring a major debate on future U.S. military policy.
CHICAGO January 16 The Anti Saloon League has started foreign work against the liquor business E J Davis supervisor of the Chicago district said today Workers have been sent to Scotland where prohibition will be voted on next year and others will go to Cuba and Mexico The league will have much to do in enforcing prohibition in the future
Five or more people lie buried beneath molasses-soaked debris on Commercial Street as rescue efforts continue. Authorities brace for higher toll as workers sift through the thick mess seeking survivors and victims.
An official Montenegrin statement from Washington reports about 20 000 insurgents driving Serbian forces from several towns. The rebels sent a delegation to King Nicholas in Paris seeking American troops to restore order.
Chairman Dent recommends a legislative rider on the army appropriation bill to maintain the current war organization of the department. The proposal aims to extend the department's war time structure and operations pending further action by Congress.
Paris reports that in the week ended Jan 8, 26,980 American troops departed France for the United States including 1,183 officers and 25,797 men. The total returned to 178,104 with 11,618 officers and 166,486 enlisted men.
George W. Perkins III, chairman of the YMCA finance committee, is hospitalized in Paris with broncho pneumonia. Doctors describe the attack as light and under treatment at the American Hospital.
Dublin Jan 16 Sinn Feiners fix on next Tuesday for the assembly of an Irish republican parliament. Only urgent matters will be taken up while imprisoned members are absent from the organization.
The ad promotes men suits priced at 18 and 20 dollars now offered at 9.90. Available colors include blue serges, fancy worsteds, blacks blues and browns. Located at F Gray Co Washington at Hanover streets corner.
In a moonlit New York scene Phoenix Lodge on Westbury Plain stands quiet with rain on its walls. Gardener Jules and cook Alice mourn Mme Marie Augustine Lebaudy and the missing Jacqueline as the child rests in a cottage nearby and the mother remains jailed in Mineola until the grand jury reconvenes Tuesday. The eerie atmosphere sharpens the hush before a pivotal development.
Paris dispatch reports the Italian cabinet resigning amid a dispute inside the Orlando ministry over Sonnino’s hard line on territorial annexation and concessions to the Jugo-Slavs. U S delegates reportedly do not fully back Sonnino’s Fiume stance.
Over five thousand pairs of men's pants priced at about half the regular rate. One thousand sturdy work pants offered at 1.98 dollars. EF Gray Co., Washington, corner Hannon Avenue.
F Gray Co Washington at Hanover offers all $5 overcoats priced at 7.90 for today and Saturday. Kerseys meltons cheviots and Scotches available. Select any $15 overcoat, ulster or storm coat for 7.90.
Washington reports the ratification of the constitutional amendment by 36 states, marking national prohibition. The Anti Saloon League shifts focus to keeping the public on the water wagon and promoting a world wide ban possibly under a league of nations. Leaders claim it is only a matter of time before all civilized lands ban liquor.
Weather bulletin notes cloudy Friday with rain or snow possible in northern New England and rain then colder on Saturday. Southern New England also expects rain Friday and Saturday with falling temperatures. Winds shift from fresh south to east by Friday night across North and Middle Atlantic regions.
Juvenile suits for 4 to 8 years priced at 1 98. Boys mackinaws 8 to 17 years 4 90. Boys heavy overcoats 2 98. F Gray Co Washington corner Hanover. advt.
The second influenza pneumonia wave shows sharp decline across Massachusetts with Boston reporting 10 influenza and 3 pneumonia deaths. Statewide new cases total 95 and 27 deaths. officials credit preventive care and outdoor activity as cases dwindle and optimism grows for further reduction.
London dispatch reports Rosa Luxemburg, a leading Spartacist figure in Berlin, has been murdered. The Exchange Telegraph Company confirms the claim via Copenhagen.
F Gray Co Washington at Hanover offers men's great coats heavy storm overcoats fur collar trench coats at 12.90 after a 25 dollar item. Limited sale noted with drastic price cut on select overcoats.
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