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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1917
Page
5
Governor Graham signed the bill ending Vermont as a Gretna Green state. Residents of other towns must wait five days before marriage, unless one party resides in the license town. Soldiers receive a special dispensation with no delay. Bellows Falls and nearby border towns had attracted couples seeking immediate nuptials.
Enrolment forms for military duty were handed out as 5000 residents packed Manchester auditoriums for preparedness meetings. Governor Keyes Mayor Spaulding Colonel Healy and other officers attended with over 100 regimental representatives. Principal speakers included Dean Graven Laycock of Dartmouth and former Congressman John A Sullivan.
Pleasant Street Congregational Church collected funds yesterday morning to buy a silk flag for interior display. A large outside flag was donated by the Charles V Marsh Camp 45 Sons of Veterans of Arlington.
Over 2000 men crowded St Ambrose s Church Dorchester last evening to close the retreat led by Redemptorist Fathers. They renewed baptismal vows and received papal benediction from Father Hubert SS R who preached on Perseverance.
In Waterville Maine on April 1 nearly 2000 people gathered at the City Opera House to hear former Senator Charles F Johnson discuss Americas Present Duty Johnson traced events that led to the nations current condition and closed with a defiant call to remain in the fight stating those who started it will know we are in it.
A vivid display draws visitors with admission prices ranging from $1 to $50, offering broad access to see notable exhibits and collectable items.
Miss Anna M. Murphy instructs Framingham youths on farm-based methods to reduce household expenses, guiding children to make their farms supplement family budgets.
In Framingham 560 children aged 10 to 15 run a school farm. They raise vegetables including Aroostook potatoes, supply their families, and sell surplus produce in profitable markets, turning away the old fears of the H C of L.
Miss Anna M Murphy leads a Civic League inspired program to turn town plots into school run farms. Five teachers oversee gardens during school hours with costs, hours, and results tracked for credit earning training and community benefit.
In Baltimore on April 1 a bucket brigade fought a fire at the United States Coast Guard station at Arundel Cove. Harry G. Stauffer, 45, was jailed by federal authorities after allegedly approaching the station in a small boat and speaking to Captain Moore. The fire was discovered about a half hour later as Coast Guard repair work continued and many personnel were stationed at Arundel Cove.
President Joseph W. Powell of Fore River Shipbuilding told 1000 employees at a Kincaide's Theatre meeting in Quincy that a general wage rise will be granted before June 1, contingent on Washington authorities' approval. Boston Mayor Curley also spoke to the crowd.
Preparations for national defence push Watertown Arsenal Charlestown Navy Yard Portsmouth Navy Yard and Newport Torpedo Station to hire 262 machinists 25 machine operators and dozens of skilled workers. Wages range 2.72 to 5.04 a day with overtime and shift differentials. Applications advised to labor boards or Civil Service Commission Boston.
Havana April 1 The Cuban charge d affaires at Port au Prince Haiti reports Major Rigoberto Fernandez rebel leader in Oriente and his aide Loret de Mola have been arrested there. Three other men believed to be Captain Luis Estrada Major Jose Armenteros and Lieutenant Escribano also in custody.
With the first hint of spring, twelve canoeists paddled on the Charles River at Riverside. There were no accidents reported.
Red Cross preparations surge as Metropolitan Chapter director Mrs. Ely begins a week of meetings at Upham's Corner Pilgrim Church and plans talks at Newton Classical High School Watertown High School and Brockton Public Library.
Meetings will be held at Central Congregational Church Jamaica Plain and Charlestown High School with evening sessions at Malden High School. Organizations will be effected in Arlington Thursday and in Quincy Saturday.
Fifty members of the Belmont Military Company were sworn yesterday as special police officers. The volunteers, formed during the Mexican crisis and now under the Belmont Public Safety Committee, will guard public and private properties. Clarence Parker chairs the committee with Everett C. Benton and Seth Gano as secretary.
The Seventy first Regiment New York National Guard mustered into federal service for the second time in a year and left New York with three battalions heading to different destinations. Five privates were injured in a motor supply truck accident, two seriously, when the vehicle overturned.
Dr Charles Fleischer told the Sunday Commons in Huntington Chambers Hall that Germany and Austria Hungary monarchies will be forced from the thrones to private life as self government emerges for these peoples He noted the Russian revolution showed army sympathy with the masses due to propaganda and newness of soldiers.
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