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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1920
Page
1
Hitchcock reports the ratification fight will resume on the Senate floor after the conference was broken off when the reservation of the former president was turned down. The outcome centers on Senate procedure and diplomatic negotiation as lawmakers reconsider terms.
Democratic Senators walked out of the bi partisan conference on Article X after failing to reach a compromise, prompting bitter exchanges with Senator Lodge who rejected Taft crafted reservations. The split signals a renewed battle for ratification when the treaty debate resumes in the Senate.
The widow and baby of a Boston police officer in poor health require additional gifts to raise the Post Clancy Fund to sixteen thousand dollars. The funds would provide an insured annual income matching the officer's former salary, ensuring ongoing financial support for the widow and child.
Joseph Quinti a Lynn shoeworker living at 4 Oxford Street was robbed of 6 by two young men shortly after midnight. One robber struck him with a gun butt knocking him unconscious before he and the other fled. Quinti was taken to Lynn Hospital for treatment. The men were about 22 years old.
Detecting the odor of illuminating gas residents of the tenement at 5 Grove street West End burst open the door of the apartment occupied by Joseph Abigile 73 years of age and his wife Rebecca 78 yesterday. Both are in a serious condition at Massachusetts General Hospital but are expected to recover.
An early settlement of shed and dock freight handlers for the Boston & Maine and Boston & Albany railroads is anticipated next week. Both strikers and railroad officials expect a speedy adjustment after Director-General Hines ordered rapid steps from Louisville by long distance phone. He spoke with New England district director Percy R. Todd and urged concession by railroad officials. Todd then conferred with B. B. Pollock, federal director of the Boston & Maine, and H. M. Biscoe of the Boston & Albany, following a telegram from Mayor Peters. Continued on Page 3-Third Col.
Lieutenant Laurence Morgan Hamilton, 19 year old grandson of Pierpont Morgan and aide to Major General Edwards, may face a legal battle to keep his bride Gertrude W. Warren, a 32 year old widow of St Louis, as Hamilton family friends in Boston predicted an annulment suit on grounds that remain unstated.
Col Hiram F Henry known as Hi Henry and famed for a minstrel show on a special train 40 years ago dies at his New York home in his 76th year. A Civil War veteran and noted cornet player he is survived by his widow.
Freeman testifies he loved his wife despite suspicions. Miss M'Donnell planned to trace telephone calls. The defense paid about $10,000 for investigations and testimony to support Ruth.
Ernest B. Freeman on the stand in Superior Court testified that his salary and remunerations totaled about 27000 a year. He said he loved his wife when she helped him through trying times by hurling a cream pot, a suitcase, and striking him with her fists, sometimes blocking his eye.
Malden police seek an unidentified man who attacked 19 year old Andine Kenrick, a Malden telephone exchange operator living at 25 Fairmont Street. He followed her home and grabbed her near her residence. she freed herself after a struggle and her screams deterred him.
A 24 degree fall from the mild afternoon to last night drove away thaw hopes. By midnight the temperature was 16 and falling with a 20 mile per hour north wind. Forecaster J W Smith predicted below freezing early morning, with a cool Saturday and Sunday fair and windy.
A compact clipping lists notable anniversaries from 1915 to 1917 including a French torpedo boat sunk near Nieuwpoort in 1915, a Zeppelin raid killing fifty four on the English coast in 1916, and Germany warning the US of ruthless submarine warfare in 1917. It recalls the US Narragansett ashore on the Isle of Wight a year ago and several tragic incidents at Rockaway Beach and Nyack.
The Taft reservation, as relayed to the committee by Senator Hitchcock and rejected by Republicans, states that the United States declines to assume any legal or binding obligation to preserve the territorial integrity or political independence of any other country.
Fragmentary weather table text notes temperatures and times with figures such as 19 and 20, Bon, Ms, 42, 38, 31, 6 p.m., 9 p.m., and average temperatures listed as yesterday 29 and one year ago 873.24.
Weather alert notes a fair but colder weekend for southern New England with fresh to strong northwest winds, while northern New England remains fair and chilly. Coastal winds from Sandy Hook to Provincetown turn northwest to north with rising pressure over the Lake region predicting windy, cooler conditions and brief rain in places.
Franklin D'Olier national commander of the American Legion arrives in Boston with Mrs. D'Olier to attend the state session at Faneuil Hall. They are welcomed by State Adjutant Leo A. Spillane and William O'Donnell, commander of the Lawrence Flaherty Post of East Boston.
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