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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
8
A Boston efficiency expert praised the centenary church movement as the largest, most efficient church enterprise yet, with a global program, scholarships, and plans to train leaders. He urged young men to prepare for future service and urged lay leaders to back the effort.
The Post teases a continuation next Sunday detailing the adventures of France's leading aviator in chase of elusive enemy plafies, promising a thrilling installment.
Gladys W. Lyle of 685 South Westmoreland avenue is left one third of Harold A. Lockwood's 40000 estate. The actor died in New York on Oct 19 and probate was filed in Los Angeles. Other heirs are Jennie Lockwood and Harold Lockwood Jr. The will names Lyle as a friend and bars any challenge to the legacy with loss of the estate. Alma Lockwood is ignored. The will dates to about a year before death.
Paris dispatch reports forty million Russians in organized governments coordinating to restore a united Russia. Sergius Sazonoff, foreign minister of the Denikine government and representative for the Omsk government in Paris, says workers fight and die daily without political ambition to save Russia from destruction.
The foreign minister argues for a strong, centralized Russia led by the Russian people, rejecting autocracy and supporting reconstruction with Denikin, Kolchak, and other patriots. He condemns propaganda for fragments and calls for aiding patriotic Russians to defeat Bolshevism and restore peace.
Mrs. Barrett Wendell Jr. announces a preliminary 1918 War Savings report for Massachusetts public schools. Of 354 towns, 179 reported, representing 75 percent of pupils. 84 did not report. Enrolment 406,812 with 222,172 holding stamps. 54 percent participation. End-year figures show 55 percent participation and $5.77 per capita in stamps.
Funeral services for the late James C. Smith were held yesterday at his residence in Allston. Rev. Simon Blinn Blunt officiated. Bearers were Donald McDonald John E. Weyand Harry C. Smith and A Osmond Potter. Burial followed at Mount Hope Cemetery. Smith was 69 and long active in roofing and construction, retiring ten years ago due to ill health.
Washington March 2 Congress man Peter F Tague of Boston will seek personal privilege to press a resolution on alleged 1918 election irregularities in Massachusetts 10th district He aims to probe illegal votes in Ward 5 Boston and the marshal's authority in Boston hearings for fraud in the 66th Congress.
The text states the election board’s authority to investigate illegal voting and voting lists, to send for persons and papers, administer oaths, and report at any time. It outlines the board’s broad duties and power to compel testimony and documentation for enforcement.
Dreamwold the 100 acre estate of Thomas W. Lawson will be turned over to Scituate for a July 4 celebration in honor of returned soldiers and sailors. A carnival is planned for the first time since the Lawson daughter’s marriage.
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