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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1919
Page
2
Augusta Maine November 14. Governor Milliken and other officials sharply dismissed Sir Andrew McPhail’s proposal to annex parts of Aroostook Penobscot Piscataquis and Somerset counties to Canada. Congressmen Hersey White and Senator Fernald also rejected the idea calling it a pipe dream and unlikely to change existing treaties.
Portland mayor Charles B. Clarke dismisses Sir Andrew McPhail's proposal to extend the Canadian boundary into northern Maine as not worth serious consideration. The remark was made amid discussion of potential boundary changes and reflects local opposition to ceding territory.
Mayor E C Wardwell condemns any cession of Maine territory to Canada citing loss of hunting potato and lumber regions and a fixed treaty boundary. Dr Frederick C Thayer calls the proposal tommyrot noting Maine would not accept 800 square miles and comparisons to Portland. Representative Sherman L Berry argues the region’s undeveloped resources justify staying in the United States and predicts Canada would seek to join Maine someday.
In Lewiston Maine Nov 14 residents view Sir Andrew MacPhail’s proposed U S Canada boundary cut as remote. It would split Maine, absorbing all of Aroostook and much of Washington Somerset Penobscot counties, prompting expected protests and calls for serious consideration by state groups. Lady Astor and Mrs Lloyd George spoke to a packed Guild Hall of about 3000 women.
Maine editorials from Portland Express Lewiston Journal and Kennebec Journal dismiss Sir Andrew McPhail plan to give part of Maine to Canada as fantastical and absurd. Editors stress Maine’s US ties and centennial celebration, urging no division.
Mrs David Lloyd George wife of the British prime minister campaigns for Lady Astor in Plymouth bye elections to fill the seat vacated by Viscount Astor. She argues women in Parliament are needed and praises Lady Astor as wife mother and politician.
In Manchester New Hampshire the Catholic Home for the Aged and the Infant Asylum on Hanover street are being razed to make room for Sacred Heart Hospital expansion. The project aims to provide larger facilities though Bishop Gwertin has not announced building sizes.
Burlington Vermont November 14 The first physician in Vermont to be fined for failing to report births was Dr J S Norton of Shelburne who pleaded guilty in Burlington Municipal Court today. He paid a fine of 48 20. Four births not reported were from last December February April and May to the town clerk.
Federal Judges Learned Hand John C Knox and John G Rose denied petitions seeking injunctions to halt enforcement of the war time prohibition and Volstead acts. They ruled the law constitutional and denied efforts to interfere with liquor manufacture and withdrawal from bond.
Judge Hand denies a petition by Jacob Ruppert brewer to resume beer production with 2.75 alcohol content. Judge Knox rejects a bid to bar William H Edwards from releasing bonded distilled spirits. Dryfoos Bloom & Co and two local saloonkeepers face demurrers as the court hands down three decisions.
Judge Rose comments on wartime alcohol policy while hearing Maryland Distilling Company plea to stop Joshua W. Miles from interfering with whiskey stills in bond. He notes changes since last spring and says the judiciary cannot fix when the war ends, expressing sympathy for lawful business owners facing confiscation without compensation.
The speaker cites Judge Hand to argue Congress may declare the war not ended until a peace treaty is ratified. The remark suggests a mechanism for global notice of when a single person can remove whiskey from bond.
A fire in Newport New Hampshire damaged the Richards block, the town’s main business building, injuring a bank and four stores while also harming lawyers offices and lodge halls. Total damage estimated at 125000.
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