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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
1
Paris January 23 The Dutch government refuses extradition of former Emperor William of Germany. Holland says she cannot be bound by a peace treaty in which he is not a party. The note adds that the Dutch constitution and traditions forbid acceding to the demand and that national honor forbids betraying those who trusted Holland and its free institutions.
The Netherlands delivers a verbal note to the Paris envoy on Jan 15 1920 citing Versailles Article 207 demanding Holaaid surrender William of Hohenzollern for trial. The note specifies the former German emperor be handed over to the powers for judicial proceedings.
The Senate adopted an amendment to the Kenyan American ization bill requiring illiterate aliens and citizens aged 16 to 21 to attend 200 hours of instruction yearly. The change narrows the original 16 to 45 age range to avoid treaty conflicts with foreign nations.
Glenn E Plumb author of the Plumb plan for rail road operation will discuss his plan at 3 15 tomorrow afternoon at the Old South Meeting House Forum. Ivy Ih Lees will critique the plan and explain why it should not be adopted. A music program is planned.
Republican factions threaten a split amid internal tensions. Prominent party figures warn against hardline factions risking weakened unity ahead of key votes and upcoming elections.
Taft presses for a compromise on reservations to the peace treaty while eight Republican Senators led by Johnson and Borah oppose further concessions. They summon Lodge to a conference and issue an ultimatum to the bipartisan committee, signaling a potential party split.
Julius Fleischmann former Cincinnati mayor and industrialist, 48, married Laura Heminway 26 in New York. Heminway had divorced Lewis Heminway of Philadelphia a year earlier. The couple wed after Fleischmann’s recent divorce from his first wife.
New York Health Commissioner Copeland said influenza is fast approaching the epidemic stage and tomorrow's reports are likely to show a larger rise than today's, similar to Friday's increase over Thursday's.
London report says Field Marshal Haig will retire February 1 as the post of commander-in-chief is abolished. Command of the army will revert to the army council as in prewar days per the Daily Mail.
Mrs Florence Morton sister of Mrs Margaret Reed Freeman tests testimony in a Norfolk Country Club golf match dispute involving Mrs Freeman and Ernest B Freeman general manager of Sturtevant Blower Works. Morton claims Freeman warned of poison after girls leave and tension rose during play.
President Wilson plans a prolonged rest in Southern California for convalescence, likely aboard the Mayflower, after finalizing the Senate peace treaty vote. Departure from Washington is set for late February, per physicians orders to restore strength lost to illness.
Representative Lufkin of Massachusetts declares his bid to be a delegate pledged to Major General Leonard Wood at the Republican national convention. He says Coolidge managers seek a hand picked forced slate with delegates having no second choice to influence Chicago support.
Local 669 of the Sprinkler Fitters and Helpers Union resumes work after a three week strike. A wage committee report on final negotiations is due early next week, announced at a meeting last night at 694 Washington Street.
The House approved a bill raising base pay for all enlisted Navy and Coast Guard personnel except recruits by about one third. The measure, sent to the Senate, passed 11 to 10 and would be retroactive to January 1 and run until July 1, 1921.
Philadelphia January report says Gladys C Nason of Brookline Massachusetts now Mrs Irwin F Wilson after eight months of fleeing with a criminal husband. She says she will seek divorce immediately and has been released from the county prison at Doylestown.
In Worcester on January 23 Floyd W. Card, angered by suspected closeness between his wife and Frank C. Mitchell, shot Mitchell in his bedroom. The assailant fired three times, two bullets misfired, one struck Mitchell in the back and exited near the rib. Card was booked on assault with intent to kill.
A 19 year old Brookline stenographer and choir singer, formerly Miss Gladys C. Nason, married last May to a man now jailed in Philadelphia on charges of a post office robbery.
Police announce new rule requiring two officers at dances after Patrolman Clancy death. The change was enacted last night at events at the Armory and Roughan's Hall.
Police step up a hunt for the Clancy murder suspect a young Italian staying at Roughan's Hall after Patrolman William G Clancy was killed. Eyewitnesses provided a description and officials predicted the killer would be identified within 24 hours as witnesses at the hall faced questions from investigators.
The Irish National Bureau newsletter praises the Boston Post for extensive coverage of Irish independence. Editor E. A. Grazier donated 1000 dollars to the Irish Victory Fund and the paper published daily contributor names for over four months. It cites balanced pro British and pro Irish reporting and strong Boston patriotism.
Cardinal O Connell appears among fund contributors with a $25 donation showing support for the movement.
A muff taken from a downtown department store last September was identified by Inspectors Finn and Flaherty in the hands of Mrs. Blanch Soucci of Lafayette street Salem. She and her husband Arthur were nabbed as they prepared to leave the same store. Thomas E Cotton, aged 82, ex foreman of the Boston post office, died at his Reading home. He was a Plymouth native and a descendant of Rev John Cotton, the colonial divine, and the oldest member of Star of Bethlehem Lodge No. 159 A F and A M.
Police Commissioner Edwin A. Curtis yesterday endorsed the Post Clancy Fund and his $25 check was received at the Post office yesterday.
At a recent British Naval and Military Veterans Association board meeting the entire proceeds of the social and dance held January 26 at Parker Memorial Hall Berkeley Street were unanimously voted to be turned over to the Clancy fund. Efforts are underway to ensure the event becomes a large financial success.
William E Pussyfoot Johnson American Anti Saloon League organizer will depart for southern France next week to rest his health and stress amid his ongoing campaign duties in Europe and the United States.
The murder of Patrolman William G. Clancy sparked a charity drive for his widow and baby in Ipswich and Boston. The Post Clancy Fund, supported by bankers day laborers and society women, has raised nearly $5,000. A $100 check from The Boston Globe via Charles H. Taylor Jr. arrived among early gifts.
The article states that every cent donated to the fund shall ease the suffering of those who depended on the brave officer who after serving years in a Canadian regiment returned to Massachusetts and immediately joined aid efforts.
English squadron defeats German force near Holland and sinks the Blea cher in a 1915 naval engagement. One year earlier Lisbon saw a Portuguese monarchy proclaimed. Tennessee then restored capital punishment in that state.
Weather bulletin outlines Saturday snow or rain for Boston and vicinity followed by Sunday snow or rain with colder winds. Eastern New York expected snow in north central snow or rain south Saturday, Sunday cooler. Northern New England sees snow Saturday and Sunday. central districts land more snow Sunday. Rains and snows prevail east of the Rockies Saturday into Sunday with colder spells up and down the region. Winds shift from northeast to southeast off the Atlantic coast.
The article lists numerous donors to the Boston Post Clancy Fund including Governor Calvin Coolidge Cardinal O Connell The Boston Globe District Attorney Joseph C On e iiss Las Ne oss 25 Simon Swig Tremont Trust RMI 59m and many others plus organizations and individuals such as Max Mitchell press MAC ET deck Wetrak Sherman L Whipple A C Ratshesky Bishop William Lawrence Thomas W Lawson Winslow Co A Shuman and Company H Hood and Sons Milk Co Canadian Club Freeman L Davison John F Fitzgerald James T Barrett Cambridge City Council William A Bancroft James J MOIR E T Slattery Company C F Hovey Company L C Prior Lenox Stoughton Bell Cantatine William H Burgess Anonymous Fred J Macleod Jacob Dreyfus and Sons B F Raphael Andrea Di Pietro Francis J W Ford Judge Frank Severoni John F Masters Edwin T McKnight Henry H Chimielinski Stowell and Harriet Waltham Mayor Andrew J Peters Bernard H Goodrich Samuel Eliot Roy E Connor Judge Robert Grant William McSweeney Mrs C Shapera S Simonson Morse Bros and Ehrlich E J Goulston Benjamin Rudnick Joseph M Herman David A Ellis Godfrey Cabot Be BGI Felix Vorenberg Joseph A Maynard Major Thomas F Walsh State Senate Charles G Bancroft Mrs C A Goldstone M Feinberg and others. Continued on Page 13 Third Ool.
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