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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1919
Page
4
Washington September 7 The foreign relations committee transfer of the peace treaty to the Senate marks the final ratification step. Chairman Lodge is expected to report the treaty with amendments and reservations on Wednesday, after which the treaty is anticipated to have exclusive floor time on the Senate agenda.
Senate opens treaty consideration with Lodge and Hitchcock reporting on the foreign relations committee. Nearly 40 amendments spark debate as reservations shape the core of the dispute. Pershing welcome planned. Mexican affairs inquiry to start. prohibition enforcement moves to final stage with expected enactment next week.
The Board of Trade reports August shows imports up 38.652 million and exports up 31.251 million. Principal import gains include 19 million in food, 5 million in wool, and 9 million in cotton. Exports rise across manufactures with cotton up 7 million and wool up 6 million.
In East Foxboro a cottage owned by Robert J. Spencer and his family remains intact. Built from timbers used to erect the Old Boston Coliseum for the World’s Peace Jubilee, the casey cottage house is in perfect repair and endures as a lasting link to the historic event.
Neighbors call Robert J. Spencer the Magic Man for balancing a Readville mechanic job with a two acre farm yielding top crops and many strange vegetables. His wife Jennie Angell Spencer preserves 17 fruit varieties yearly, recalling earlier days at a World’s Fence Jubilee. The family is rounded out by Jennie, Robert Jr., and the cat Nosey as they harvest fruit, potatoes, and cucumbers while tending a three story barn and a resilient basement stable in Hyde Park. Meanwhile a ship fire incident near Havre and Rouen involved Captain Weedon risking life to save crew as gasoline-fed flames swept decks, with one sailor missing believed drowned.
The American tank steamer George-Ge Henry arrived scorched from stem to stern after a fierce blaze at Havre. Captain H F Weedon said gasoline was being pumped to deck tanks when a hose burst early, spraying the ship and nearby docks. The skipper’s actions saved the vessel despite extensive damage.
Toronto dispatch reports the death of Mrs. Fran iy Cowles also known as Mrs. Julia Darrow Cowles at age 57. The children’s author, born in Norwalk Ohio, lived in Buffalo and Minneapolis and created the Little Cousin series.
Cardinal O'Connell formally opened the South End Community House, an adjunct of the Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, after Italian colony festivities on Harrison Avenue. A parade and concert preceded the ceremony with over 2000 attendees watched by the cardinal from the bandstand. Leading the procession were about 100 war veterans, along with the Allonia Council Knights of Columbus members, the first Italian organization of its kind in the country.
Cardinal O Connell spoke to a committee of Italian women workers and a 5000 strong crowd at the church steps. He urged teaching customs and American ideals, praised Italians for their loyalty, and recalled Italy's role in the war with periods of ovation and the Viva Italia cheer.
A large crowd greeted the cardinal after a church event as neighbors celebrated unity between native land and adopted country. The National Catholic War Council established a community house nearby led by Miss Mary A Barr as Massachusetts chairman. The house, adjacent to the Church of Our Lady of Pompeii on Harrison Avenue, is a four story building with a connected two story wing.
Mexico City reports a circular from the War Department ordering frontier troops to flash red white and green signals to American aviators who cross into Mexican territory before opening fire. The notice includes an additional warning aimed at intruding aircraft.
Berlin reports the Prussian agriculture minister has empowered local communities to seize farms whose owners refuse labor contracts or fail to meet wage schedules. Seized lands will be administered by communities for the common good.
James W. Osborne former assistant district attorney of New York and noted criminal lawyer was found dead in his hotel apartment. His son discovered the body after visiting relatives and the death is attributed to angina pectoris.
Mr Osborne aged 61 in New York hospital after acute indigestion likely from a hearty meal following tennis. A former assistant district attorney famed for prosecuting Albert T Patrick in the Rice case and Roland Molineux in the Adams murder. He also figured in the Oliver Osborne breach of promise case linked to Miss Rae Tanzer.
Political advertisement urging votes for Giblin Thomas, a candidate listed as living at 26 Thurston Street, in the 1st Suffolk District. The notice promotes the GOP aligned slate and calls for support ahead of the election.
The jury disagreed in the Miss Tanzer case while Franklin D. Stafford the hotel clerk who identified Mr Osborne as Oliver Osborne was convicted of perjury. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
Providence reports Mrs. Margaret McHugh of 786 1-2? iddy street jumped from a moving Hope street car around 4 PM after a coin rolled off the vehicle. She struck her head on the ground causing brain concussion and facial lacerations.
King Albert on his coming visit to the United States will offer to President Wilson a complete table set of Brussels porcelain with reproductions of the principal Belgian monuments on the pieces.
A brief advertisement claims Convarescents Horsford Acid Phosphate refreshes energy and up builds physical vigor and advises consulting a physician.
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