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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1919
Page
6
Sir Horace Plunkett sparks broad comment by urging Irish self determination, including possible break from England. He opposes radical elements and backs home rule long advocated by Redmond and predecessors.
Irish citizens in Boston voiced opposition to Sir Horace Plunkett’s home rule policy arguing he is swayed by British sentiment and not reflecting Ireland’s majority. Speakers urged Ireland to seek complete separation or greater autonomy, citing Ireland’s wealth and taxes to England and the need for self rule.
Irish leader Sir Horace Plunkett visited Boston yesterday in a busy itinerary. He addressed Boston College students in the morning, lunched at the Algonquin Club, met the Governor and Senate, seen Mayor Peters at City Hall, then attended a Harvard President Lowell dinner and reception in the evening.
Sir Horace Plunkett arrived in Cambridge and spoke at a university luncheon and at the State House in Boston. He urged a Dublin Parliament within the British Empire, defended limited self rule, and urged American capital to back Ireland’s industrial development. He met Governor Coolidge, Mayor Peters, and U.S. officials, with Ulster Unionists a key obstacle.
Mrs Pauline Calvin of Chicago pleaded guilty in Central Court to defrauding Copley Plaza of 85 dollars for room and board. She claimed she came to see her husband Private L W Calvin of Detroit awaiting court martial at Deer Island. The case will be disposed of in a week. She was arrested on a police boat en route to the island.
The New England Milk Producers Association has been given an option until October 1 to buy the Turner Centre Dairying Association for 770000. BE L Bradford principal stockholder disclosed the plan. Turner Centre operates 20 creameries in Maine and New Hampshire with six distributing points led by Boston.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with the claim they remove the cause of colds and flu. The box bears the signature E. W. Grove and is priced at 30 cents.
President Wilson showed full recovery from his cold aboard the U S S George Washington. He walked on deck and played shuffle board with Mrs Wilson in a light port aboard the ship.
President Wilson replies to Colonel House messages on the Paris peace conference program. He accepts Brest mayor's welcome for the George Washington but asks for brief ceremonies and immediate travel to Paris. The ship speeds toward Brest with arrival due Thursday and then plans to move on to Paris.
Philip S. Dyer a renowned club man and former Edison Laboratory associate died in New York at 62 born in Calais Maine. He served ten years as Antwerp representative for the Edison Electric Company and was a director of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
A trolley car carrying women mill workers was stoned as three picketers were arrested and fined in Lawrence Massachusetts on the first day of the sixth week of the 54 hour pay for 48 hour work dispute. Strikers planned mass meetings defying a police order, and New York labor agitators were expected to join this week.
At 5 35 pm a heavy stone hurled through a window of a Methuen bound car sent women and mill workers into panic. Mounted police restored order and searched for the thrower who fled. The strike executive issued Bulletin No 5 announcing Wednesday and Saturday mass meetings at Strikers Lot.
Christi Fedagrao of Battery Street claimed he waited to shoot a man with a gun in hand in a North area, but details from the report are unclear and incomplete. Authorities have not confirmed any active threat or concluded the case.
Officer Necco ends a Saturday night doorway scuffle with a discharged pistol and a pocketed dirk. Christi is noted for strength. The prisoner pays a $50 fine in Central Court and laments losing a $12 pistol over a minor fracas.
An advertisement touts a pine cough syrup made from 214 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle with sugar or alternative syrups. It claims relief from coughs, colds, bronchial asthma, and hoarseness usually within 24 hours and warns against substitutes, offering a money back guarantee through The Pinex Co. in St Wayne, Ind.
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