23 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
1
Premier Bauer declares Germany will not admit responsibility for the war and rejects the Kaiser's trial clause. He will demand the Allies strike out those provisions. The Council of Four warns Paris that the treaty must be accepted without changes by Monday.
A union leader appeals to Carmen strikers to return to work as a conference with Bay State officials nears completion. The report notes a near total tieup north of Boston with partial disruption on the south side.
Tens of thousands faced transit disruption as Bay State system workers walked off the job. No cars operated in most cities north of Boston with Gloucester as an exception. South of Boston only Quincy area lost service. fear of wider stoppage lingers.
Senate leaders opposing the League of Nations abandoned a test vote on the Knox resolution and shifted to building support for Elihu Root's proposal to ratify the league covenant with reservations. The move signals a focus on reservations rather than a direct ratification vote.
The report predicts continued quiet in league activities through the coming week and likely until treaties are submitted for ratification, about two weeks away.
Unfavorable weather forces another postponement of the Handley Page transatlantic flight from St John’s Newfoundland delaying the bi plane’s projected attempt.
American League games included New York 6 Boston 2 and Detroit 5 Chicago 4. St Louis beat Cleveland 3 0 and Philadelphia defeated Washington 8 4. National League results showed Chicago 8 Brooklyn Pittsburg 7, St Louis 6 Cincinnati 4, and New York 3 in ten innings.
Eamonn De Valera president of the Irish republic is in New York according to Sinn Fein secretary Harry J. Boland who declined to provide further details. The announcement came tonight as De Valera’s visit to his native city is noted.
The report centers on Congressman John F. Fitzgerald and the July deadline for wartime prohibition. If President Wilson lifts the ban after the peace treaty, Fitzgerald may be hailed as a true prophet. if not, he risks being discredited as a forecaster.
June 22 in Manchester Alvaro Brown of Gloucester was killed when two cars collided near Kettle Cove Golf Club. Four other men were bruised or cut. Driver Arthur L. Kehoe of Gloucester was jailed on $5000 bail on a manslaughter charge, accused of trying to pass on the wrong side and causing the crash.
Berlin reports the German National Assembly votes 237 to 148 to sign the revised peace treaty with the Allies. New premier Herr Bauer pledges signing without admitting German war guilt or obligations on Articles 227 to 230. Paris notes Germany accepts the treaty but with reservations on responsibility and extradition.
Report says Germany may waive reservations at the last moment and a peace treaty could be signed on Tuesday or Wednesday amid preparations at the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles.
The report lists average temperatures at Thompson's Spa for yesterday with multiple readings. It shows an average of 61.9 degrees and compares to the previous year’s average of 60.16 degrees.
Yankees pull ahead in a developing story by Paul H. Shannon with details continuing on Page 13 as the Hooper case draws attention and fan interest grows amid sparse early notes.
Today marks the 1848 Red Republican uprising in France and the 1894 birth of Edward the Prince of Wales. It notes Austro German forces crossing the Dniester after fierce fighting with Russians in 1915 and a year ago Italian offensives driving Austrians from the Piave toward the Adriatic.
Fair conditions across Eastern New York Southern New England and Northern New England from Monday through Tuesday with gradual warming. Light to moderate easterly winds, high pressure over the eastern half and cooler breaks in the lower Takes region.
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