07 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1919
Page
1
Eller pitched his first game of the series and held Chicago to three hits while his team’s batting accounted for the win. The president shows improvement with hopeful words from Dr. Grayson as messages of sympathy pour in from Pope and foreign rulers.
Kid Gleason's White Sox crushed the Reds in Chicago to tighten the race for the world series title. Hod Eller delivered another tough loss as Ruether and Ring set the stage for a decisive late-season triumph.
The industrial conference opened with delegates pressing for action over rhetoric and calling for night and day sessions if needed to forge harmony between capital and labor amid abnormal economic conditions. Bernard M. Baruch of New York led the proceedings, reflecting his White House ties.
After committees on nominations and rules, the convention moves to elect a chairman. Delegates prepare ballots and debate candidates amid party tensions and procedural ballots. The result could influence party leadership and future policy directions.
New York report by court referee James A. Donegan finds Mrs. Charlotte Y. Ackerman who died in 1917 in Riverside Drive Millionaires' Row lived on 75 cents daily. Her household included a maid and a man about the house, with servants providing their own food and minimal charge accounts.
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium received a doctor of laws from Harvard during the closing rites of his Boston visit. Crowds cheered him in downtown streets and Faneuil Hall as Boston paid homage to the priest, calling him a great hero of the war. He blessed the nation on departure, deflecting praise from himself to Belgium and its people.
Representatives from New Haven and Boston and Maine railroads told Charles A. Prouty of the National Railroad Administration that fare increases from Boston Elevated and Eastern Massachusetts Electric have pushed more riders into short haul lines. Crowding now requires passengers to stand in aisles and on platforms, and winter traffic could slow at night. without fare hikes, conditions may worsen and excess riders could shift back to trolley companies.
Washington reports that President Wilson had a fairly comfortable day and a slight improvement. Physicians noted a cumulative rise in strength from several comfortable days and nights, though he remains bedbound and far from well.
At an academic meeting in Sanders Theatre Harvard honored Cardinal Mercier scholar statesman patriot and soldier of Christ in an official reception arranged by city and Commonwealth with representatives of all citizens.
The Public Service Commission hearing, moved from its office due to large attendance, was held in the State House auditorium. Commission members advised Mr. Prouty that wartime law places fare schedule matters under the railroad commission, not the Public Service Commission.
Floyd Johnson and Harold O Jones, two inmates who fled Deer Island after the September 24 swimming incident involving Shirley Gut, were sentenced yesterday by Judge O Connell in the East Cambridge Superior Court to eight to 12 years in State prison.
In Washington on October 6 Vice President Marshall read a letter from an Ohio couple urging Congress to name their newborn, prompting a rare light moment during a tense Senate debate on politics. The letter sought a member of Congress to bestow a given name on the baby.
Ten year-old Oliver Dedier, told to have not reached six in appearance, was arraigned for shooting eight year-old Peter Knapp who was eating lunch by the road. Dedier pleaded guilty and was remanded to the probation officer as the court weighs his fate.
A Lake View couple seeks a congressional naming prize for their newborn son born Sept 22 weighing 12 pounds 8 ounces. They request the senator or representative with the biggest prize naming the baby, stating no fraud and asking Mr. Marshall to relay to Congress.
A message from Cardinal Gasparri conveying Pope Benedict XV’s concern for President Wilson’s health and prayers for a speedy recovery was delivered to the White House via the State Department. The Holy Father asks to be kept informed on the illness’s course.
An agitated note from AGH A. M. at 10:06 indicates two nine moons and light conditions affecting all vehicles tonight.
Today recalls James Whitcomb Riley born in 1858. In wartime items a Serbia invasion begins, German U-58 enters Newport Harbor in 1916, Uruguay breaks with Germany in 1917, and a year ago between St Quentin and Cambrai Allied forces advance three miles. US troops take Cornay, Italians advance in Albania and capture Pilbassan, and French sailors seize Beirut in Syria.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair and cooler Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate temperatures and fresh westerly winds. The weather note covers southern New England and eastern New York with cooler conditions and fair skies later, while the disturbance moved from the lake region toward the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Winds along the Atlantic coast remain fresh from the west with fair conditions.
Major General Leonard Wood assumed control in Gary Indiana Harbor and East Chicago with 1000 Fourth Division veterans armed with artillery and rifles and declared martial law in Gary while Adjutant General Smith imposed martial law in Indiana Harbor and East Chicago with 1000 state troops. Civilians are barred from wearing soldiers' uniforms in Gary under Wood's orders.
Federal troops moved into Gary Indiana to curb disorder following a parade of 2000 strikers led by former soldiers and a mass meeting in a park. Governor Goodrich requested aid, General Wood issued martial law barring public meetings except in churches theatres and lecture halls, amid ongoing steel strike actions.
Data from Thompson's Spa shows average task counts yesterday at 65 with 18 24 hour ranges. Comparisons note one year ago values at 60 with 3 24 hour periods.
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