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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1919
Page
5
Paris gasps at American dress trends as knee length rules falter. American modistes claim Paris snubs American boldness while designers in Beverly Hills and New York push silhouettes that reveal more than modesty. The debate highlights a fashion clash across the Atlantic.
President Wilson on a Pacific coast swing seeks a written Japanese date to return Shantung to China. California crowds press the issue amid anti Japanese feeling and League of Nations concerns. Senator Johnson opposes the treaty and covenant as Wilson tours the state.
John H. Backus, deputy U S marshal, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar yesterday and within an hour became counsel of record in a will contest in the Supreme Judicial Court. The New Bedford native had four years service with Marshal Mitchell, graduated Suffolk Law School in May, and passed the bar two months ago. He filed appearance as associate counsel with Daniel J. Daley, postmurder trial ally of Mrs Skeels Lundgren. Coworkers greeted him with flowers at the federal building.
United States Steel finance committee met in New York with Elbert H. Gary and William C. Farrell. Gary hinted Bolshevik influence and disputed 100 percent union claims, saying only about 15 percent of workers were unionized. He suggested independent mills might welcome a strike, but called the meeting routine.
Helen Costello nine of 219 Tremont Somerville was fatally injured when struck by an automobile driven by Roy Watts of Greenwich Connecticut who was arrested on manslaughter and license charges. Witnesses say she was crossing Prospect Street when hit and died at Cambridge Relief Hospital from a fractured skull.
Representative Hearn of East Boston has been notified by Edward Dana general manager of the Boston Elevated Company that trustees are weighing a 5 cent fare for East Boston. The decision hinges on the success of similar experiments elsewhere.
Mayor Hylan was informed that 650 women employees of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company have been discharged and replaced with men since last Saturday. The workers, many sole providers, face unemployment as the city leader pledges to seek reinstatement or new positions. The wartime shift in employment began when the draft drew men from the payrolls.
Babe Ruth, star slugger, will address members of the Waltham Post American Legion in Maynard Hall Waltham. Colonel John Herbert of Worcester will also speak. The post aims to recruit 1000 members.
Miss Hester Leavenworth Trumbull of Litchfield marries Myles Standish Jr tracing lineage to Captain Myles Standish of Plymouth. Bride’s sister Margaret Huntington Trumbull serves as maid of honor. best man is Alexander S. Standish. ceremony at Litchfield with family and war work background noted.
Myles Standish Jr., eldest son of Dr and Mrs Myles Standish of 238 Newbury Street Boston, graduated Bowdoin College in 1914 and served in Dr Richard Cabot's Medical Unit in Bordeaux during the war.
Washington reports the State Department has been advised that China has issued a mandate declaring itself now at peace with Germany.
An early 20th century Poslam ad touts Poslam soap and ointment as cures for eczema, pimples, acne, rash, and scalp issues. It urges readers to send for a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York and to use Poslam daily for clearer skin.
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