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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1916
Page
2
Mrs Macy from Wrentham says Miss Keller heads to Alabama and Florida with her mother for a planned visit while Fagan goes to Florida. Officials deny marriage plans and say no meeting will occur during the trip as inquiry continues.
About 8000 filled the hall with another 1000 seeking admission as the relief committee estimated total contributions near 100000. David A. Lourie of Chelsea presided with speakers including Congressman Meyer London Sholom Asche Jacob Pankin Louis Lipsky among others.
Boston labor groups press District Attorney Pelletier to seek grand jury investigation of mutual aid associations tied to local firms after complaints that workers are forced into these groups and pay benefits from wages. unions endorse 1017 wage scale changes and plan meetings on new scales and wage disputes with employers.
The text condemns employee associations tied to a company as a device to block labor organization. It notes workers long affiliated with these groups often receive nothing when leaving and calls for an investigation into the associations and their purpose to deter unionization.
Mayor Curley and state city and labor officials will address a joint mass meeting of Boston retail clerks at Faneuil Hall on Thursday night at 8. The public is urged to attend and organized and unorganized clerks are welcome.
Plans are under way for a large open organizing meeting at the local Fishermen's Union at Atlantic avenue and Long wharf. The goal is to recruit every fisherman entering the harbor. Austin P. Kaveney, former secretary of the Boston C. L. U. label section, will announce the meeting.
Miley M. Dawson of New York spoke at the Boston Central Labor Union educational hour representing the American Association of Labor Legislation. His talk was delivered yesterday and focused on labor policy.
This advertisement touts Orrine as a scientific remedy that kills desire for whiskey beer and other intoxicants. It claims home use no sanitarium cost and a money back guarantee after a trial. Price is one dollar per box. Orrine Co Washington DC sells via leading druggists.
The Boston Central Labor Union urges the government to embargo meat wheat and vegetables and asks President Gompers to push action at the AFL convention in Baltimore. It cites a 10 percent rise in essential goods over a year and 150 percent export growth as causes of hunger and misery among wage earners.
Local 34 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union may strike on Thanksgiving Day if a $10 weekly wage demand is not met. A meeting at union headquarters will decide action. hotel managers requested more time before a report to be presented at the next regular session. Final strife decision set for Thanksgiving morning at 12:30 after wage committee reports manager stance.
Three men lured George Ashport of Brookville toward the Braintree street car line near the Weymouth cemetery, knocked him unconscious and robbed him of $5 and his gold watch. Two suspects, George W. Keefe of South Weymouth and Leo Ford of Boston, are in custody and to be arraigned in Quincy District Court. police expect the third man to be arrested today.
Extraordinary weather in France over 48 hours led to a tidal wave in the Gulf of Marseilles injuring vessels and bringing disastrous gales to the Atlantic southwest coast.
Weather Bureau head M Angot reports rapid barometer shifts yesterday, dropping 1.7 inches from 28.1 in within 36 hours, the fastest change in six decades. Snow and heavy rain lash France with coast storms, wrecked cabins on Catalan Beach, and waves flooding Corinche road, halting streetcars.
Heavy gales on the British coast force four outward steamers to return to Queenstown and cause widespread damage. The Gisla loses her propeller and struggles to port amid immense seas. Several vessels drive ashore, with the Kenneth C total wreck at Clogher Head and the Muriston breaking up near Blyth with 17 crew believed dead. a Norwegian ship also ashore in Blyth Bay but salvaged.
Beverly Nov 19 Hazel Clary aged 16 member of Beverly High School class of 1919 died today of infantile paralysis at home of her parents Mr and Mrs Burton N Clary 14 Lothrop Street. She had been ill only two days. Infantile paralysis has claimed six victims in this town since the present epidemic.
A Mexican railroad wreck on the Inter Oceanic line to Vera Cruz between Dehesa and San Miguel near Jalapa on November 12 killed 159 people and left many injured. Reports say excessive speed over a hazardous stretch caused the disaster.
Maurice R. Flynn chairman of Malden Democratic city committee will marry Miss Ellen Teresa Powell. The ceremony is set for Wednesday at 9 AM in Sacred Heart Church Malden. Powell is the daughter of Daniel J. Powell and a Malden High School graduate of 1906. Flynn a Harvard graduate and former Malden state representative.
The remodeled chapel at the State prison was not opened yesterday due to a lack of chairs. It will be opened for the first time next Sunday. The remodelling plans were drawn by an inmate who once held a responsible city position.
Hyde Park resident Mr A Field describes two years of rheumatic joint pain including a bent knee and stiff neck. He credits Var-ne-sis with three months of treatment restoring mobility and eliminating pain. He urges others to obtain the remedy from druggists.
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