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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1919
Page
10
Augusta March 6 The bill proposing direct election of the State Treasurer Attorney General and Secretary of State was killed in the Maine House after a spirited debate. Current practice assigns these offices to the Legislature.
Advertisement promotes Fruit-a-tives as the only medicine made from fruit juices. It cites relief for constipation liver indiges tion headaches neuralgia kidney and bladder rheumatism back pain eczema and skin conditions. Product includes Fruit Liver Tablets from apples oranges figs and prunes with nerve tonics and antiseptics. Pricing: 50c a box 6 for 2.50 trial size 25c. From FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited Ogdensburg NY.
Rome March 6 The Vatican for the first time in history used wireless telegraphy in international relations. Pope Benedict urged release of Monsignor de Ropp archbishop of Mohilev imprisoned in Petrograd. Lenin replied from Moscow that the arrested was not the archbishop but his 22 year old nephew and ordered a quick investigation.
Providence March 6. Rumors that Bishop Matthew Harkins resigned are denied by his household. They say no resignation is contemplated as coadjutor Bishop William A. Hickey prepares to take residence at Fenner Street. Harkins will remain nominal head while auxiliary duties shift to Hickey after the April 10 consecration.
The American freighter Aberdeen known as the wonder ship of the Pacific docked at New Haven docks, South Boston, bringing 4000 bales of hemp for a rope walk and 1200 tons of tallow for New York. Captain John A. O'Brien, with a storied career, commands the ship. Probing a Sun Salvador wreck, the voyage highlights include swift construction from keel plates laid to commissioning in 23 days.
Judge William H. Holt, 76, former United States district judge in Porto Rico under McKinley, died at his Pewee Valley home near Louisville. He earlier practiced law, served on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and faced five years of failing health.
Rear Admiral Harry S. Knapp will replace Vice Admiral W. S. Sims as commander of American naval forces in European waters when Sims returns to the United States around April. Knapp is currently attending the inter allied aerial conference in Paris.
Paris reports the government under Vilgrain began a cost of living drive with nine barracks selling foodstuffs directly to consumers. Long lines of women waited outside, exposed to the cold, seeking relief from rising prices.
Report describes barracks in the 11th Ward where 1500 people by noon queued for rations. Bills on walls list prices for rice beans lard ham shoulders fat backs breasts and more while inspectors note heavy demand for fats and note goods marked New York Chicago and Wichita Kansas.
Representatives of coal interests and steamship companies met at the Chamber of Commerce in Boston to consider rising fuel prices from Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay ports. They urged the government to grant relief from the excessive rates now in force.
A special committee appointed by the chamber transportation committee includes James J. Storrow Manley Ives W H Chandler C H Tiffing J Hollis G L Graham W F Garcelon and Daniel Taylor to investigate the rate question further. The inquiry results will be announced at a later meeting.
Providence report notes the death of Alice G. Knight at Maghiers France from influenza. Knight spent five years in YWCA work in Boston before going overseas for the organization. She was born in Boston and is survived by father Edward Knight of Manchester Mass two brothers Carleton Knight of Boston and Edward C Knight of St Louis and a sister Mrs A C Needham of Manchester Mass.
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