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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1919
Page
7
Summerfield Company marks seven years in Boston with a major appreciation sale. The ad touts trustworthy advertising and dignified credit terms, inviting the public to take advantage of unprecedented bargains aided by manufacturers and flexible financing.
A Prague dispatch states a Moravian census shows a drop in German residents and a rise in Czechs. It cites earlier figures of 172,800 Germans and 75,500 Czechs now reversed to about 125,000 Czechs and 3,600 Germans, with Brunn Olmutz and Ostravia cities predominantly Czech.
The forthcoming peace treaty outlines five main divisions covering military terms reparations borders economic provisions and war responsibility. Key items include German military controls and dismantling ports and canals while reparations and a trillion franc figure loom large in early estimates. The League covenant remains separate though referenced in the treaty text.
Paris reports that France has shelved any present hope of sharing its war debt with allied nations. An American attendee at the conference says the idea has been eliminated from deliberations though France may seek support later. British and American delegations criticized the proposal and would be slow to back it.
James Evans Jr a Pittsburg broker obtained a license to marry Beth Sully Fairbanks former wife of Douglas Fairbanks moving picture actor They plan to wed tomorrow in the Church of the Ascension Ninth street and Fifth avenue The bride is a daughter of Daniel Sully a cotton broker and resided at 171 West Seventy first street She had divorce decrees in Westchester county final decree March 2 last
In London on March 11, C. B. Harmsworth said Britain would not protest the Irish resolution passed by the American Congress. He answered a Commons question from Mr. ONeil about foreign interference in UK affairs and confirmed no formal protest would be made.
A bill reported by the mercantile affairs committee would require every Massachusetts made export to bear Made in Massachusetts U S A legend. The measure, filed by Representative Burrell of Medford, aims to showcase the state as an industrial factor and imposes fines for failure to label.
The supreme war council designated Herbert Hoover to relieve Austria’s food shortage and appointed Colonel Ryan of the American army as executive officer in charge. Ryan, a former general manager of several U S railway systems, will work with liaison officers from allied nations and cooperate with the allied food mission at Trieste.
The Senate adopted an order directing the Supervisor of Administration to investigate the Civil Service Commission. Senator Hobbs of Worcester cited irregularities in examinations and rating of contestants and alleged arbitrary actions amid wartime clerical shortages in state departments.
Bolshevik forces shelled the village of Vistavka on the Vaga with ten guns and almost destroyed it. Heavy infantry attacks were repulsed with losses by American, British and Russian troops who remained in the ruins and prepared for further assaults.
The transport Nansemond docked at Newport News with 5500 troops aboard from St Nazaire. The 56th Engineers were the unit assigned to dawn air raid spotting for artillery, aimed at halting night sorties. Other detachments included the 74th Engineers 53d Coast Artillery 55th Ammunition Train and 15 casual companies.
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