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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
8
Mrs. Mary A. McCormick of 6 Warren Street Roxbury says her husband bit her nose and other abusive acts prompted her to file for divorce on cruel and abusive treatment. Judge Jenney reserved decision.
Springfield June 10 Leonard G. Robinson resigned as president of the Federal Land Bank of Springfield in a directors meeting. E. H. Thomson of Delhi New York was elected to succeed him. Thomson has ties to the State Department of Agriculture. Robinson had led the bank since its founding.
The Austrian delegation at St Germain has asked Germany to protest to the Allies against the rigor of the peace terms. The report, citing a reliable source, notes the move is viewed unfavorably in Paris.
Dr. Charles Eastman, a renowned Indian writer and lecturer, was chief speaker at the large scout rally on the Common. He praised the Boy Scout movement as the best training for youth in genuine democracy during the event's second day.
A weeklong membership campaign by the Boy Scouts produced hundreds of applications after yesterday's rally.
Dr Eastman urged support for a nationwide Indian citizenship movement linking to Sioux ties. Boston Club president George S Smith presided as Scout camps on the Common showcased signaling towers, heliograph demonstrations, and a water wagon parade by diverse scout groups. Quotas target 31,950 for Boston and 1,000,000 nationwide.
Hubert T. Crowley of Asylum Street South End was arraigned in Roxbury District Court and held on bail of 5000 for the grand jury. He is charged with breaking and entering several South End stores after an earlier escape from Roxbury Courthouse.
The American steamer Ferm of 612 tons registry ran aground and sank at Knights Cove on Bonavista Bay. Crew saved. Origin Mobile May 14 for Rotterdam with lumber. Loss considered extraordinary with routing confusion and ice fields blocking voyage. No captain explanation available.
In Winnipeg on June 10 a large crowd clashed with strike sympathizers and returned soldier constables between City Hall and Portage Avenue. At Portage and Main the violence escalated as strikers disarmed and assaulted police and specials, prompting baton strikes and a police parade to restore order.
New England will be exempt from the nationwide walkout of telephone operators as ordered by the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The strike is set for Monday morning, but New England personnel will remain at work.
Miss Julia S. O Connor head of the telephone operators department of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers said she had just returned from San Francisco and other Western cities and would attend the American Federation of Labor convention in Atlantic City. She spoke at department headquarters in the Tremont building before returning home to Medford.
In Rio de Janeiro on June 10 twenty two Norwegian sailing vessels chartered to the United States Shipping Board remain in the harbor awaiting cargoes. Some have stayed over a month and demurrage costs reach about ten thousand dollars daily. The vessels struggle to secure freight due to many steamships calling at the port.
St John s Newfoundland June 10 Indications tonight pointed to the Vickers Vimy entry in the London Daily Mail transatlantic flight contest not taking off tomorrow as Captain Jack Alcock hoped after a successful trial flight. Unfavorable mid Atlantic weather and substandard gasoline quality kept the machine in its hangar.
Washington June 10 the House passed by 305 to 4 a bill authorizing a 750 million dollar appropriation for the railroad administration revolving fund. Democrats urged more but did not press increases while Republicans said the fund should cover needs until later in the year. The measure moves to the Senate for early action.
A mission from Arabia led by General Nouri Said Pasha reached Marseilles today on the French cruiser Jules Ferry.
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