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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1919
Page
11
More than 54,000 votes have been cast in a nationwide referendum conducted by major U S newspapers. The Post reports New England results showing 38,878 in favor of a league and 15,485 opposing.
Thirty or more papers report on mail voting for the League of Nations while the New York Globe conducts street canvassing. About 7 percent of ballots include name and address lines, with many providing business addresses and telephone numbers, signaling voter sincerity and interest. Readers submit notes from Miami to Ireland about the issue and foreign policy.
A compiled excerpt shows U S voters splitting on joining the League. Letters cite opinions from Maine to Massachusetts, with names and places reflecting support or opposition to Wilson’s League covenant and Lodge Lowell debates.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska agreed to debate the League of Nations constitution with Senator Lenroot before the Economic Club of New York on April 7. He also plans a Philadelphia debate with George Pepper on April 6, hosted by the Contemporary Club and the League to Enforce Peace.
At a regular weekly meeting Boston and Maine employees unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the League of Nations. The decision was announced at Monday noon, reflecting union backing for international cooperation.
Senate rejects bills to cap gas prices in East Boston and Chelsea and requires insurers to cover part of municipal fire department costs. Wakefield may borrow 200000 for school buildings. Fall River police report 8449 arrests in 1918, down from 1907–1917 average. Street railway bills include Bay State 60-50 and Northeastern Traction District proposals. Debate on compulsory voting yields doubt and opposition. Coke and fuel bag standardization moves advance with penalties. Boston School Committee retirement pay for janitors and attendance officers rises. Military aid act requires early notice to State aid commissioner when no local settlement exists.
Basil King told the Writer's Equal Suffrage League that the League of Nations is a minor detail in a worldwide movement that will benefit mankind. He spoke on a period of New Tranquillity with opportunities for artists and writers as nations join hands in a League of Peace amid shifting public opinion.
The John Doe inquiry into high milk costs heard a suggestion to distribute milk via underground pneumatic tubes once used for mail. Carriers with six quart or ten pint capacity could run every six seconds, serving much of the city to lower prices.
Ten year old Samuel Luffman of West End is on the dangerous list at Haymarket Relief Hospital after being struck by an automobile opposite the Common gate in Charles Street yesterday afternoon. He suffered a fracture of the left thigh and a probable skull fracture. The car was owned and driven by Robert A. Hardwick of Quincy.
Pittsfield report of Elaine Menin who leaped into the swift river to rescue her 4 year old daughter Mary after she fell from the bank and was swept downstream. Aunt Rosie Menin extended a rope, and both were pulled from the water with treatment by Dr Langlois. both mother and child survived.
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