02 Sep 1919
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1919
Page
1
Five thousand Greater Boston workers paraded through downtown as tens of thousands watched. The event lacked the scale of last year’s war pageant with roughly three thousand fewer marchers and several floats.
William Deming of Breakfast in Bed and Miss Katherine Carroll walkouts cripple productions. Donald Brian at Park Square and Hal Forde of Oh My Dear lead local Actors Equity in contract dispute as theatres close indefinitely.
Broadway managers plan to seek arrest warrants for strike leaders after actors joined a Boston walkout that closed six theatres. Courts had injunctions. the 100 percent strike halted performances at venues including the Tremont Plymouth Shubert Wilbur and Colonial. Patrons were notified of refunds as the curtain never rose.
James J. Storrow, leader of a city civic group, expects a settlement between Commissioner Curtis and police officers. After Crowley ordered all patrolmen to report at 8 am, the move was withdrawn and only yesterday’s laid off officers were asked to report. Storrow spoke at the Parker House after a late subcommittee meeting with Vahey and Feeney.
American League saw Boston 2 1 Washington 1 in the first game and Boston 4 1 in the second. Chicago swept Detroit 6 0 in the morning and 5 1 in the afternoon. Cleveland edged St Louis 5 3 in the a m with a 4 3 p m loss. New York defeated Philadelphia 5 2. National League games included New York 3 Boston 2. Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 4. Chicago 4 Cincinnati 3 a m with Cincinnati 4 Chicago 2 p m. Pittsburgh 5 St Louis 4 a m and Pittsburgh 2 1 St Louis 1 p m. Eastern League scores list Worcester 2 a m. Pittsfield 6 p m. Springfield 4 New Haven 0 a m. eld 1 New Haven 0 p m. violence 7 Hartford 6 p m. violence 8 Hartford 0 p m. Bridgeport 7 Waterbury 2 p m and Bridgeport 6 Waterbury 3 p m.
Passengers largely unaware of a rising hazard as the ship sails, but the crew led by Captain L. J. Sargent show clear unease. The orchestra continues its performance as tension grows aboard.
Mrs Katherine Peterson arrives in New York aboard the Sierra after spending 19 months of a 12 year solitary confinement sentence as an alleged spy in Germany. She escaped during the German revolution when jails were opened. She describes rat overrun cells and near insanity before fleeing with Kaiser's fall.
After her escape N 8 Peterson reached Paris and met Captain Peterson, the man she had been engaged to before. She first met him at the time of their prior engagement.
New York reports a six month suspension of all strikes nationwide and a labor truce based on the current status quo. The measure calls for workers and employers to halt job action while negotiations proceed.
Sun rises at 6 09 and moon sets at 7 19 with instructions to light all vehicles tonight.
Today marks the anniversary of events including the French army and Emperor being captured by Prussians in 1870 Eugene Field born in 1850 and the British steamer Eyrion sunk by a mine in the North Sea in 1914 Also noted is a year-ago action of British airmen bombing a German aerodrome at Buhl and Allied forces driving Germans from St Pierre Vaast Wood amid French movements toward Neuilly Terney and a northward advance from Troy.
The forecast covers southern New England with cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday, warmer interior conditions, and fair weather in northern New England. Moderate north and northeast winds accompany the Atlantic coast outlook, with slightly warmer readings expected Wednesday in New England.
Yesterday's readings show a high of 77 and a low around 63 with afternoon and evening values noted. The document lists hourly temperatures with several illegible marks but provides an average yesterday of about 72 and an average for the previous year of 71.
President Wilson declines request by the foreign relations committee for latest drafts of proposed treaties with Germany's allies. He argues that sharing drafts would set a precedent enabling Senate encroachment on presidential power of treaty negotiation.
Joseph Deali of Boston owned the car involved in a crash on the Revere Beach parkway near the Chelsea line. Antonio Palumbo of Wakefield drove the vehicle which skidded and rolled over an embankment. Passengers Miss Bell Cady Flora Miller Irene Cady and James Kelley received first aid from Dr W E Bach before being taken home.
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