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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1920
Page
2
A severe Northeast gale left five steamers in distress including the Powhatan, 35 miles east of Cape May, and the freighter Yarmouth bound from New York to Havana with $2,000,000 in cargo. Rescue efforts shifted as Curlew and Sea Bird joined, with tugs requested by Captain Randall to aid the crippled Powhatan.
A fierce northwest gale and heavy snow crippled New England rail and streetcar service from Massachusetts to Maine. Drifts six feet high blocked tracks, delayed trains by hours, and halted most streetcar and automobile movement while cold temperatures and damaged wires strained communications along coast and inland.
The Powhatan, an army transport about 500 miles east of Sandy Hook, struggles in a gale with a flooded fire room and insufficient steam. Captain Randall reports danger and calls for aid as the Cedric moves to assist, while 271 passengers and about 20 crew face the perilous transfer option in heavy seas.
Messages intercepted and relayed to the Charlestown navy yard describe the distress of the steamship Powhatan and the Yar mouth after a seizure or peril. A United States report noted the time of receipt as 1:90 o'clock yesterday.
The Powhatan formerly the Hamburg line liner Hamburg and private yacht of William Hohenzollern sailed from New York to Antwerp with 271 passengers including 183 military personnel and 84 War Department, two Commerce, and two Navy members. The voyage supported returning American servicemen’s bodies from the front. The ship, once used by Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, later served the Red Cross in 1914 and then as a U S transport in 1917. It last sailed September 23, 1919, after carrying thousands to Europe during World War I.
NY January 18 The freighter Yarmouth carrying whiskey gin and champagne valued at 2 000 000 left port for Havana amid haste to beat prohibition midnight Friday. Revenue agents watched as barges and stocks remained on the pier at midnight and the ship sailed with about 3000 cases of liquor under police guard valued at 250 000 to 500 000.
The Shipping Board steamer Independence, 7000 tons, stuck in the mud off Cape Henry near Virginia Beach after departing Newport News for Rotterdam. She requested urgent tug assistance and the coast guard steamer Yamacraw was alerted. Nearby, the Wilhelm Jebsen, 7204 tons, sailed from New York for Palo Blanco, Mexico.
The Whimsical Three by E Phillips Op penheim showcases Oppenheim at his best as a writer of entertaining fiction in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Paris Jan 18 The British war office policy clash with Premier Lloyd George over Bolshevism risks widening splits. Churchill backs invading Russia to destroy Bolshevism while Lloyd George warns such action would be war against Soviet Russia and rally the Russian people. Britain considers restoring a blockade and free trade in nonmilitary goods, with Paris mediating. The Polish question also unsettles the alliance as Warsaw advances beyond borders and refuses to retire, leaving the supreme council unsure how to respond.
Bellows Falls Vermont January 18 The State Armory a brick building designed for the local National Guard company was severely damaged by a fire early today The interior was completely burned out The armory had been built about five years ago at a cost of 27000 dollars
The supreme council asks the Dutch government to hand over the former German Emperor under Article 227 of the Versailles treaty for trial. It states that if he had stayed in Germany he would have been delivered up under the same terms by the German government.
A note condemns the neutral and colonial violations including hostages mass deportations and submarine warfare. It asserts moral responsibility lies with the ex‑Emperor and urges Holland to assist in enforcing Article 227, stressing international duty and solidarity to prevent future catastrophes.
John Carnegie MacIntyre, formerly of Newtonville and a Boston garment manufacturer, died in Mechanic Falls Me. He was born in Scotland and moved to the U S as a young man. Survived by wife Belle Pulsifer MacIntyre two daughters Belle Nichols and Mildred Finley a son Roy Pulsifer MacIntyre and two grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm in Mechanic Falls with services at home and private burial.
Dr Jose Ajuis Tamayo, leading a Liberal majority, won the Ecuadorian presidency with a decisive vote four days earlier. Elizalde, Ecuadoran minister, was informed of the result in Washington on January 18.
The Boston Post announces a daily contest offering One Hundred Dollars for the best fifth line completing a four line Limerick. Entries must be in by 5 PM on Saturday January 17 and the award will be announced January 20. Envelopes must be sealed and marked with the Limerick number.
Daily four line original limericks with a best ending worth one hundred dollars. Open to all except staff, one entry per person, mailed in sealed envelopes to Post Limerick Editors by 5 PM four days after publication. Final decision rests with editors.
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