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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
1
A photograph taken yesterday by Underwood and Underwood shows President Wilson in the back seat of a closed automobile as he departs the White House grounds. He is well wrapped and wearing a cap.
Dr. Wolfgang Kapp resigns after less than five days as chancellor amid unrest in Berlin. An official note says he felt his mission fulfilled when the old government agreed to meet essential demands, influenced by fear of Bolshevik moves and mounting pressure from the streets.
Allied forces led by General Sir George Milne occupy Constantinople after Turkish inaction on Armenian massacres. The occupation follows an Allied decision to enforce peace terms and maintain city control until a Turkish halt to the killings is confirmed.
The item lists Grover Cleveland birth anniversaries and historical milestones such as the first pension act for Revolutionary War service, Nathaniel G. Herresheff birthday, plus a note on a New Jersey Assembly vote against the federal prohibition amendment and Gordon Patterson’s escape from Leavenworth.
The article details a 39 to 25 vote on ending debate and setting Friday for a treaty vote. Bryan’s push to weaken Democratic unity is noted as a political backdrop to the maneuver.
Fair Washington March 17 the Republicans and Democrats united on the Senate floor to defeat the GOP leaders plan to attach to the peace treaty a general declaration of American policy toward future European wars.
The declaratory reservation pledging grave concern for Europe’s peace or freedom was defeated 39 to 25. Despite expectations to attract Democratic votes, only two Democrats supported the measure as Republicans faced irreconcilables trying to amend it. Continued on Page 2-Fifth Col.
The committee on rules of the Senate and House reported against adopting an order for the Massachusetts Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of 2.75 and 4 percent beer bills. Senator Wells filed a sent order requesting the justices opinion on the same issues in anticipation of the adverse committee report.
Senator Gore predicts the Senate will kill the League of Nations at the 183rd Charitable Irish Society dinner in the Copley Plaza Hotel. Mayor Peters attacks the Coote commission while Governor Coolidge reviews world progress under freedom loving people. Gore warns Wilson won’t compromise and says the end comes soon. A crowd hears the blunt forecast amid Irish solidarity and U S foreign policy debate.
Lawrence officers set bail at 1000 for George Dallincourt 56 Kingston Street on a bigamy charge Judge Mahoney ordered the grand jury. The case alleges Dallincourt first married Lena Cote in Sheridan Maine in 1915 then left for Canada where he allegedly joined the military roundup and was released as married with American citizenship. He then lived with Victoria Boisse in Sherbrooke and the pair wed in Lawrence last September.
Washington March 17 Photographers got first pictures of President Wilson since his Western trip as he left the White House in his fifth car since October. He noted he wore no green and told Mrs. Wilson it was an oversight. Green roses and carnations greeted him upon return. Green banners were visible in the White House offices.
Mary Worster a 14 year old mill worker has been missing since Saturday night police believe a married Syrian man Joseph Shmier 40 who also vanished drugged and abducted her driving away after withdrawing 800 from a bank. The case ties to a planned candy reward and a fruit store stop. Lieutenant Worster is her uncle.
General von Luettwitz declines Prince Joachim Albrecht requests to free the prince from Moabit jail. The prince is detained after an assault on members of the French commission in the Hotel Adlon dining room.
Marshal Foch arrives in Paris from Mayence in the occupied zone. He is welcomed by Premier Millerand with General Weygand, his aide.
Forecast says fair Thursday and Friday in eastern regions with increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions in the west. Winds shift from moderate northwest to fresh offshore Atlantic, with pressure rising east of the Mississippi. Local showers possible Thursday in the southeast. overall fair across Atlantic and Gulf States.
A brief outlook notes fair and slightly cooler conditions today with tonight expected to be about as cool as the previous night. No strong changes in temperature or precipitation are anticipated.
A husband confessed to fatally strangling his wife with toy reins and taking poison. Police found the body concealed in a trunk in New Britain.
A man taken to Bellevue Hospital after an attempted suicide at the Park Avenue Hotel allegedly confessed to police that he is George Evans and that he strangled his 20 year old wife at their lodgings in New Britain Connecticut.
A man registered at a Denver hotel as George KE Vane was found in bed with his throat cut by a piece of bottle glass. The wound was deemed superficial and he was taken to a hospital. Continued on Page 7 Fourth Col.
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