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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1920
Page
3
Flames scorched their backs as 1100 art students fled the Federation of Fine Arts building at 215 West Fifty seventh street. One-fourth were girls, with men and girl models garbed only in wraps. They spilled into West Fifty-seventh Street as masonry cracked and the fire roared.
A blaze consuming the Vanderbilt gallery and adjacent four story structure caused $500000 in art and $250000 more in damage. Thirty girl sculpture students fled as the rear wall collapsed trapping three firemen. Electrician William Seyfried was badly burned while removing flaming burlap and later treated at home. Bellevue ambulance responded.
Judge Raymond in the Equity Session of the Superior Court in Dedham granted a temporary injunction restraining the West Bourne Cemetery Corporation of Boston from using land recently near Canton for cemetery purposes. The restraining order is returnable in an Equity session in Boston next Friday.
William Monroe Trotter, a Boston Black leader, waited three hours for a shave at Broad Street station barber shop. He moved between chairs, failed to find a barber, and then spoke to a crowd in the trainshed protesting barber discrimination. Police dispersed the gathering after warnings.
John McParland candidate for president of the International Typographical Union will be honored at a reception tomorrow in Fay Hall. He will speak to attendees about union goals and priorities.
Members of the Boston Typographical Union plan a mass meeting tomorrow at Fay Hall 1140 Washington Street to back John McParland of New York City for International Typographical Union president. Speakers include James H. Godkin S. J. McBride and other printing industry leaders. McParland has 83 years in the trade and has worked in major US cities and abroad studying printing issues.
Henry A. Grew Anthony Castro and John P. Goldie were arrested by headquarters inspectors for larceny of 13 hats valued at 160 dollars from Collins and Fairbanks Company warehouse at 380 Washington Street on January 29.
Decision may come soon on demands for a 20 cent per hour wage increase. The push is based on a letter received yesterday from P. J. Coyle, grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway Station Employees, who is currently in Washington.
A letter from Mr. Coyle to Director General Hines promises a decision on the workers’ demands by February 4. Freight handlers at New Haven road stay at work in South Boston while Boston and Albany and Boston and Maine unions threaten to strike if not granted a living wage. Strikebreakers employed by Boston & Maine mark a new turn as steamship interests hope for settlement. City Hall reports Mayor’s emergency food transport committee ready to aid if the strike disrupts supplies.
Lawrence January 30. A conference of City Council members the civic committee of the Chamber of Commerce and prominent citizens resulted in directing Richard Ward president of the Chamber to confer with HuStis president of the Boston and Maine railroad. They urge selecting the southern end of the new central bridge as the site and pushing construction to begin soon.
H. A. Mudge, former general manager of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway, a renowned figure in U S railroading, died in Denver today after a long career shaping major routes and operations.
The Lexington school committee accepted the resignation of Arthur H. Carver who has led the Lexington public schools for seven years to take another position.
Miss Charlotte J. Mair camped in Mayor Peters outer office to press her complaint about ashes. She stayed nearly two hours, drawing attention from visitors and prompting talk in City Hall. Joseph J. Norton promised 10 barrels of ashes costing about $50 would be collected the next morning.
Lieutenant Hamilton, a 19 year old from Tuxedo Park, New York, wed widow Mrs. Warren in New Hampshire despite parental opposition. The marriage, alleged to lack parental consent, involved a complex elopement with private detectives failing to stop them. Hamilton is a descendant of Alexander Hamilton. his mother is Juliet Morgan, daughter of J Pierpont Morgan.
Dartmouth alumni from Boston and vicinity gathered 375 strong for their annual dinner and reunion at Copley Plaza. The event featured songs, jokes, and a fundraiser push for a Dartmouth College play ground in honor of fallen veterans, with readings from James R. Chandler and performances by Fred Childs and Harry S. McDevitt. Officers elected included President Matthew B. Jones and vice presidents W. F. Gregory Nelson P. Brown Harry H. Blunt Guy A. Ham.
Governor Calvin Coolidge, Amherst alumnus, warned that organized labor risks public backlash if it overreaches. He urged labor and capital to reflect the will of the people and affirmed government must be supreme. Dartmouth President Hopkins endorsed liberal arts ideals and urged alumni to attract strong leaders while avoiding weak ones.
A formal protest was filed with police against carrying Irish flags in the February 7 parade by the United Irish Societies honoring Irish Republic President Hammon de Valera. Colonel Charles L. Young led the filing, citing citizen requests, but no action is expected and flags will likely be displayed with American flags of equal size.
In a room at Imperial College of Technology Professor A C Rankine is refining an instrument that shoots messages like a gun. A person speaks into a trumpet attached to a small mirror reflecting light to send words distant distances without interception. The spoken words can be heard clearly up to half a mile away and are transmitted via projectors to a selenium battery on a telephone receiver. larger receiving batteries extend the range.
Street dresses and suit skirts remain short while evening gowns trend longer. This snapshot notes a shift in formal wear, highlighting the contrast between casual street styles and more gown-like evening attire.
Baltimore, Jan. 30. Sir Oliver Lodge said young men killed in battle send messages that they are very happy and continuing their work in the spirit world. They assist newcomers, calm them, and guide them to where they are and what to do next. The exact tasks after all are not disclosed yet.
Washington notes the House voted 75 to 24 to add 1 million dollars to fund national prohibition enforcement through next July. 2,500 guards will protect 69,000,600 gallons stored in bonded warehouses, prompting plans to reduce quantities and centralize storage to curb thefts. Debates centered on enforcement practicality with Sabath condemning the law as unjustifiable.
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