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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1919
Page
5
Mrs. Burnett Smith, visiting English authoress, says better Anglo American understanding is essential. She supports prohibition in America but calls England unlikely to adopt it, notes ongoing reconstruction in England and troops migrating to colonies to farm.
Benjamin Cole, 62, died last night on the Boston & Maine train leaving Boston at 9 05 p m while en route to his Marblehead home. Civil and police officials investigated the death as the train approached Marblehead.
Advertised as a cheap, painlessSolution for all corn types and calluses. Claims a Cincinnati genius created the formula and urges readers to buy a tiny bottle from their druggist.
Balmwart Tablets claim to correct the alkalinity of secretions to foster undisturbed sleep and daytime energy. They tout relief for kidney disorders with symptoms like irregular urine, pain, burning sensations, back pains, and feverish episodes, sold by all druggists.
P. J. McNamara, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers legislative committee, testified before the House immigration committee that cheap labor from central Europe must be stopped before peace is concluded or the United States will face long term financial harm.
Mr. McNamara notes strong support from four railroad brotherhoods for legislation stopping immigration until normal conditions return. He argues labor demand already exceeds supply with hundreds of thousands of returning soldiers needing work, and warns easing bars could worsen unemployment and bread lines as Europe suffers and would-be migrants seek entry.
Paris reports lengthy debate over holding former Emperor William and other German leaders accountable for wartime crimes. The Matin cites jurists who say William Hohenzollern can be prosecuted under The Hague rules, with emphasis on leaders who issued orders. A juridical committee may advise the peace conference on formal inquiry and indictment.
Paris dispatch reports Gustave Ador the Swiss president will travel to Paris to confer with French officials and meet other peace conference statesmen. Semi official circles in Geneva say Ador will also see President Wilson Premier Clemenceau and Lloyd George to discuss Swiss post armistice economic difficulties.
Colonel House, once bedbound last week, was improved enough to take an automobile ride today in Paris. He expects to resume duties with the American peace delegation within a few days.
The Congressional Medal for gallantry in action near Belleau France on July 18 1918 is to be presented to George Dilboy’s father today at the Northeastern Department headquarters on Chauncy Street Somerville. Dilboy served in Company H 106th Infantry and lost his life in the action.
A Morgan led group underwrites converting Britain’s two year notes into 20 year gold bonds due 2 sounds, with $50 million already requested for conversion. Bonds will be the British government’s only long term dollar payable obligation in New York, traded on the U S exchange.
Special Officers Matty and Brett arrested Edward F. Connolly 18 of 9 Motley Street Roxbury and Raymond J. Keith 20 of 21 Union Park Street South End for larceny of an automobile on Sunday night and another on December 29 1918. Both cars recovered in a Roxbury garage. The Sunday night car belonged to Dessa C Williams 844 Beacon Street taken from 214 Huntington Avenue. They face Central Court arraignment this morning.
The War Department released a list of American prisoners freed from German camps. Names include Harold A. Goodrich of New Haven and Alfred L. Fleming of Ashburnham, among others from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire. Several flow through Berne, Switzerland and Rastatt before returning to France or arrival in Hull England.
Chief Arthur L. Kimball and Lieutenant George H. Burnett of the Revere fire department were seriously injured when Kimball’s car overturned in Belvidere square to avoid a crossing pedestrian. Kimball suffered a fractured collarbone and Burnett had possible internal injuries and was sent to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Lawrence B. Robertson of Chelsea Street faced federal charges for using the mails in a blackmail scheme. He allegedly wrote to Mrs. D. M. Chase of Chestnut Street demanding 250 for pictures and claimed he would publish them unless paid. Post office inspectors say Robertson rented a Pittsfield New Hampshire farm to obtain photos, leading to his arrest. He is 19 years old.
Advertisement extols Ely's Cream Balm to relieve head cold and catarrh. It promises instant nasal relief by soothing swollen mucous membranes and clearing the head, noting easy breathing and freedom from headaches after use. It urges purchase at any drug store.
The Packard system rewards drivers and clerks for lower costs and better service. It guides owners to match truck size to workload, testing efficiency over a year to reveal power loss from under load or overload needs, with prizes for drivers accountants and shipping clerks.
Prizes allocate first place five hundred dollars for drivers and one hundred twenty five dollars for accountants and two hundred twenty five for shipping clerks. Second place awards four hundred dollars for drivers and one hundred seventy five for shipping clerks. Third place three hundred dollars and one hundred twenty five dollars respectively. Fourth place two hundred dollars and eighty dollars. Fifth place one hundred dollars and forty dollars.
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