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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1919
Page
6
Mayor Peters and leading businessmen from real estate and banking urged the Boston Elevated trustees to build a Arlington street subway station. The hearing at 101 Milk Street drew about 40 attendees from business and civic circles.
Mayor Peters calls the Arlington street station a city wide good, boosting business districts and taxable property. Advocates including Russell Codman Rev. Paul Frothingham and Henry Parkman cite real estate gains and church access as benefits. A $500,000 cost plan was shown by Josiah Quincy with a committee appointed to liaise with the Elevated trustees.
In Santiago on March 14 the German-owned vessels in Chilean harbors faced transfer to the United States under an agreement with the Paris Supreme Allied Council. The German owners argued Chile had no right to surrender the ships, but the Chilean minister said the government had decided to turn them over when demanded.
Five Lynn factories named in a charge of violating the child labor law. The Welch Shoe Company John R Donovan Walter A Davis the Donovan-Giles Company and D A Donovan's Son Company allegedly employed minors ages 14 to 16 without state employment certificates and older youths without required educational certificates. The charge also claims children worked more than eight hours daily.
Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald of 25 N 41st Street West Philadelphia says thirty years of nervous prostration and poor health ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports regained health and urges other women to try the remedy and benefit from her experience.
Reports from Peking say American Marines forced entry into the Japanese consulate at Tien Tsin and assaulted the consul after raiding the local concession, according to Associated Press dispatches.
Trouble sparked by rough treatment of American soldiers in the Japanese quarter. Japanese troops bayoneted two Americans, while 200 off duty marines paraded and allegedly attacked Japanese nationals. They reportedly entered and assaulted the consul at the consulate. injuries are serious. Consular officials discuss restoring order as tensions run high.
State Department reports a confrontation at Tien Tsin among American troops, a Japanese policeman, and civilians. First Secretary Spencer is dispatched to investigate. Officials withhold full comment awaiting information. no Marines raid confirmed and the 15th Regular Infantry is the local U.S. force.
In Superior Criminal Court Dr. Neshan Barronian denies owning real estate cited in his wife’s divorce suit. His attorney claims Mrs. Barronian through her counsel authorized a $3000 bribe to drop the indictment and that another offer of $1400 was made to dispose of the case without trial. The witness testified about discussions of owning the house and car. Barronian denies such talks. The trial resumes Tuesday after a Monday adjournment.
A Brooklyn manufacturer sold millions of fraudulent aspirin tablets largely made from talcum powder. Genuine Bayer Tablets bear the Bayer Cross and original packaging with directions and dosage. Buy only Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in the original package to ensure authenticity.
Girls join brothers in abandoning khaki uniforms for victory clothes. The article notes a shift from sand-brown belts and trench caps to flowered hats, plume crowns, fluffy costumes, and lavish gowns as wartime morale rises and social life returns.
Worcester March 14 Judge Franklin T Hammond in a jury waived Worcester Superior Court refused to annul the marriage of Earl W Day Whitinsville to 17 year old Margaret McClellan also of Whitinsville Day had sought annulment claiming coercion He faces other suits including a criminal charge for alleged failure to support his wife and a civil suit accusing several persons of conspiring to force the marriage The case notes a son claimed by the couple and Day’s confrontation at police custody with subsequent legal actions led by attorney M T Flaherty and others.
Justice Gould of the District of Columbia Supreme Court ruled that Congress violating the right to contract by prohibiting tenant ejectments and freezing prewar rents was unconstitutional. The decision held the resolution not sufficiently linked to wartime conduct to fall under the war power.
Mrs. Frederick P. Stieff, wife of the piano firm head Frederick P. Stieff, died at her Baltimore home. She was born Sarah A. Waters, daughter of the late Richard T. Waters. Survived by daughter Miss Florence Stieff and two sons, Lt. Frederick P. Stieff Jr. and Lt. George Waters Stieff, who served with the firm before military service.
George R Armstrong, Boston manufacturer, says England imposed import controls on American goods two weeks ago amid fear Canada may retaliate. He notes England faces economic stress and that British dealers, despite the strain, still back colonies and France, stressing strong business ties with Canada to preserve empire stability.
Springfield Breweries Co. declares a 26 percent dividend at a directors meeting and votes to buy in all company bonds as it prepares to wind up its affairs amid national prohibition.
The American Red Cross announced a weekly courier service between Paris and Treves and Coblenz for the convenience of the American army of occupation. The service will operate as long as American troops remain in Germany.
An advertisement touts Hakka Cream as a remedy for flu and colds, claiming great results and urging druggists and friends to sell the product widely.
An emergency committee on employment for soldiers and sailors was formed by the Council of National Defence with War and Labor Department approval. The group aims to address the reduced federal employment service caused by Congress failing to fund the remainder of the fiscal year.
The emergency committee will back 2000 branch bureaus for returning soldiers and sailors, aided by war welfare groups and local communities. It aims to add bureaus in more towns with local funds, supplementing the 56 remaining employment service centers.
George Shaw Cook spoke to about 6000 at the First Church of Christ Scientist outlining Christian Science benefits. He said it heals sickness and sin, lifts fear, frees from poverty and incompetence, and rescues people from immorality and despair.
Springfield Railway Company workers voted 703 to 27 to strike to press for the arrest of Conductor Ambrose A Murphy on larceny suspicions. After the tally was announced, the union cancelled the action as Judge Heady found no evidence to justify arrest. The union seeks a public hearing on charges of unsatisfactory service.
Two crisp $10 bills and two $1 bills arrived from readers to help the Pasquila Rizzo family after his death, as his wife and nine children, the youngest 18 days old, await aid. A $20 giver signed as Q. A. X. The money was delivered to 4 Bay State Place, South Boston, by a Post reporter. The eldest son, 16, attends a local deaf and dumb institution.
Warren Parsons of Guilford was indicted by the grand jury in Dover on a charge of assault with intent to murder his wife, in the December case that led to his arrest.
The narrator notes switching to a new battery to avoid trouble with a difficult captain and describes the rainy army camp life. He explains his special detail on a hill with a lunchbox telephone, mentions rough artillery messaging, and reflects on danger near shells while maintaining a hopeful, affectionate tone toward Mable.
Two Harvard College scholars, Martin Luther Hope of Pittsburg and Francis Clarence Mateyka of Cleveland, died in the line of duty last fall. Hope, 19, earned the scholarship for very high academic distinction and died at a Southern training camp awaiting an officer's commission. Mateyka, class of 1921, received the scholarship for marked excellence and died of influenza at Stillman Infirmary.
At St John March 14 the Farmers and Dairymen's Association of New Brunswick adopted a regulation urging the Canadian government to reopen the reciprocity compact talks with the United States. The convention also voted to protest daylight saving continuation.
General O Ryans action ordering officers and enlisted men to discard Sam Brown belts and unauthorized insignia was defended by Major Tristram Tupper division adjutant. He said all officers complied with regulations and any officer permitting disobedience is guilty of a military offense. The War Department bans Sam Brown belts and departing officers must sign awareness of the rule. The 27th Division maintains disciplined subordinates follow orders.
Washington reports deny that the war savings campaign is being abandoned in any region. The explanation cites reorganizing this year with supervision shifted largely from state to federal reserve district headquarters to tighten oversight.
Secretary Daniels announced the valuation of 456 744 dollars fixed by the naval valuation board on the 5110 acre Quantico Virginia tract commandeered for a permanent Marine Corps base. The property was taken last November and Congress later appropriated 475 000 dollars for its purchase.
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