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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1919
Page
24
Charlton Ogburn of the National War Labor Board completed hearings on wage petitions from Boston Elevated Railway and Rhode Island Company street railroad workers seeking about a fifty percent increase in pay.
Mr Ogburn will brief the war labor board soon while Boston Elevated Rail road Company officials push for wage hikes from 45 48 to 70 75 cents per hour. Trustees see fare hikes as necessary. Union locals warn of a strike unless demands are met amid Rhode Island Company receivers absent from hearings.
Boston City Council passed an order urging the Mayor to consult with the Master Builders Association the Central Labor Union the Chamber of Commerce and other groups to study forming a citizens corporation to finance and launch a proper housing program. The move backs Mayor Peters efforts to resolve a labor dispute affecting the citys building boom.
The council postponed deciding on an order to authorize licensing for jitney vehicles. Councillor Lane cited fare hikes on Elevated trains and urged safeguards including supervision and bonding to protect the public in accidents. The council voted to seek further inquiry before acting.
Frank L. Baggert, 25, of Monastery road Brighton, was arrested by Officer Connelly for reckless driving on Commonwealth avenue near Norumbega Park. He allegedly stole the car in Boston an hour earlier, belonging to John A. Henderson Jr. of Allston. Baggert faces arraignment for drunkenness and will be sent to Boston police after Newton court.
The Boston Teachers' Club and the Boston Elementary Teachers' Club urged the Boston school committee at a special meeting to raise the current salary floor by 288 dollars, to be added in three steps of 96 dollars each, affecting both maximum and minimum scales.
The proposed raises set minimums to 984 and maximums to 1656, with endorsements from the Teachers Club. the city debates funding under Chapter 203 of 1919, as Mayor Peters challenges the act. Honorary Masters Emeritus named for Dwight and John A. Andrew schools, plus vocational assistants appointed and leaves granted for Jewish holidays.
Fire Commissioner John R. Murphy speaks at an open air Irish Freedom Fund meeting on Ireland a Nation. Herbert F. Kearns presides and central committee members will address the gathering.
Opponents of pony express licenses convened a special town meeting in Wellesley Town Hall under an injunction from Justice Chase. The session featured heated debates, a gallery of supporters, and resolutions censuring the selectmen.
A town meeting rejected pony express licenses by an 18 to 45 vote. The dispute between wets and drys widened as supporters argued licenses aided tracking liquor flow, while opponents claimed the move mocked local governance and invoked injunctions to halt meetings.
Representative Makepeace of Malden submitted a petition asking that General Court members who are attorneys be exempt from trial in Massachusetts courts while the Legislature sits. The House passed several education and state-organization bills, with votes and amendments, and adjourned after debate.
In Washington on June 23 opponents of the League of Nations offered a plan to declare peace with Germany and Austria Hungary if the treaty fails. Senator Fall proposes directing the President to recall all foreign forces and to limit army funds for foreign duties. Senator Edge and Senator Knox align with related measures amid a tense treaty fight.
A packed schedule lists events across Boston and surrounding areas including the National conference on Americanization at Atlantic House Nan tasksket, Boston University commencement at Tremont Temple, and a citizenship campaign by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association at 6585 Boylston Street. Also present are ceremonies, receptions, and rallies including medals on Boston Common, nursing and conservatory commencements, and Irish freedom fund gatherings in Dorchester Cambridge Roxbury and Roslindale venues.
Naval officials issued a warning about condemned detonators from a Providence firm floating in Narragansett Bay. The devices were cast overboard in wooden trays and some washed ashore. A boy in Middletown was injured by one found on shore.
Washington June 23 House and Senate conferees approved the rider on the agricultural appropriation bill to repeal daylight saving law next October 2. The House managers accepted the Senate amendment after urging passage of the separate repeal bill. Adoption of the conference agreement is regarded as certain.
Reports that the Russian Soviet government counterfeited money to combat Bolshevism and prohibition are under discussion at the Steel and Copper Plate Printers Union of America convention in New York. The talks opened today as part of the wider debate on security measures.
Farley and MacNeill announces incorporation with 500 shares 80 percent preferred stock 100 par value and 2000 shares no par common stock. Preferred stock is first lien on goodwill and trademarks with treasury stock sale proceeds directed to treasury. Common stock controls voting. preferred may elect directors if dividends missed. No prospectus issued. investors offered direct purchase to fund expansion.
The firm reports seven years of growth from a small upstairs showroom to a two-department ground floor and basement store on Federal Street. One department covers automobile accessories, tires, tubes and appliances with exclusive distributorships for Boston and New England, including Monky Grip and Greenleaf Auto Lustre. The other department focuses on electrical fixtures lamps domes and appliances, manufacturing, jobbing, and retailing with exclusive Boston and New England distribution for Simplex Vacuum Cleaner Meadows Washing Machines and more.
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