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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1917
Page
11
The Concord High School Cadets will be organized today under Superintendent Wells A. Hall as drill master. Company I Sixth Regiment M. N. G. of Concord will drill on the opposite end of the Concord playground for the first drill.
Governor Manning issued a proclamation designating Wednesday April 11 as Naval Recruiting Day for South Carolina in Columbia.
An advertisement from 632 Gerrard St East Toronto features Fred J. Caveen praising Fruit-a-tives for relieving two years of acute indigestion and heart pains after using three boxes. The sales pitch targets sufferers of indigestion and heart symptoms with pricing 50c a box, six for $2.50, and a 25c trial size, claiming nationwide dealer or postpaid availability from Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
The letter argues for universal conscription with wealth taxation, not wealth-based exemptions. It calls for direct taxes to fund the war, condemns profits from war, and urges citizens to push Congress, Senators, and the President toward a democratized war theory to prevent class exploitation. Morrison and Swift, Boston, April 3.
Reports from Juarez say General Francisco Murguia ordered 65 Villa followers executed in Chihuahua City Cemetery. Refugees from the state capital add the post battle hangings exceed 200, including two generals, with 50 on a bridge 17 on a tree and seven in Cathedral plaza. bodies not removed.
Frank C. Lowry of the Federal Sugar Refining Company estimates the Cuban revolt will raise U.S. public costs by 75 to 100 million dollars in 1917. He cites higher refined sugar prices at wholesale and reduced Cuban sugar cane output due to labor disruption.
Concord N H April 3 The executive committee of the New Hampshire Defence League voted to donate unneeded funds to the Governor s committee on public safety treasury.
Advertisement for Corega dental powder promoting firm plate fit and mouth hygiene. Claims relief for gums that shrink swell and loose plates. Priced 25 cents at drug stores and dental supply houses. Sample offered from Corega Chemical Co. Cleveland Ohio.
The funeral of Anthony Sloan, victim of acid fumes and fire in the hold of the freighter Idaho, will be held tomorrow afternoon at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sloan, 278 Athens Street, South Boston. The Rev. James Sheerin will officiate. burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery.
A group of cattlemen returning from Europe clashed in the White Star Line office on State Street while awaiting transport to Norfolk. Four ringleaders were arrested on drunkenness charges after the incident.
A Berlin dispatch reports Empress Augusta has sent her private jewels to a neutral country to be sold. The jewels are said to be of large value and the sale is arranged to take place away from Germany.
Massachusetts National Guard commanders waited for Washington rulings on whether postal workers and unskilled arsenal and navy yard employees are included in War Department discharge orders. If included, Massachusetts regiments would be hard hit.
The Ninth Regiment faces major losses including a lieutenant and over a dozen men. The Sixth Regiment also loses officers and personnel. Major John 4 Barry and First Lieutenant George A Corbin, both postal employees, are to be discharged with other officials and workers across Navy Yard and arsenals. Officials hope a ruling narrows the order to executives or skilled contracting workers.
Governor Whitman urged county judges and civic leaders to form local home defence corps. He asked each county appoint a seven member committee to act as a home defence committee across New York State.
Miss Mildred White of Winthrop files a suit in Norfolk Superior Court seeking 50000 damages from Horace Greeley Weston for breach of promise. She alleges a mutual agreement to marry and says she was always ready to marry but he refused to proceed.
William P. Karcher superintendent of the Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Company division serving Charles Town Salem Newburyport and New Bedford died at his home after a brief illness this afternoon in New Bedford Massachusetts.
A period promotional line notes that suffering from nervousness headaches dizziness and female ailments finds quick relief after a few doses of the unspecified remedy. The tone reflects early patent medicine advertising emphasizing rapid, welcome relief.
President Newcomb Carlton announced that all employees with at least one year of service who are National Guard members will receive half their current salary while in uniform for up to one year. If war is declared, employees who join the Colors will be similarly compensated. Afterone year the company will reappoint them at their current salary, with pension and benefits preserved.
Republicans won the Michigan state race with major wins for the State Supreme Court and minor offices. Voter turnout was light and early estimates put the Republican plurality around 100000 voters.
Washington April 3 Postmaster General Burleson orders domestic postage rates and conditions apply to mail exchanges between the Virgin Islands formerly the Danish West Indies and the United States.
Miss Florence Augusta Taber the younger daughter of Deputy Chief John Taber of the Boston fire department and Mrs Taber of 4 Waterlow street Dorchester and Henry Lawler of Washington DC were married yesterday in the rectory of St Leo s Church Dorchester by Father Francis Cunningham pastor of the church.
Former President Roosevelt argues in May Metropolitan Magazine that the United States must not wage a half war against Germany. He urges unity, pledges to shed blood to maximize enemy damage, and declares the nation must rally as one to uphold American rights and national honor. We are going to war with Germany.
The speaker argues that the United States fights Germany not for a private quarrel but to defeat a despotic militarism threatening international rights and freedom. He says Americans seek peace but must defend justice and honor for a world where nations and people are treated fairly and with courage.
In Kansas City at the Hotel Baltimore the Rev. Andreas Gard of the First English Lutheran church affirmed loyalty to the United States despite having German relatives in Germany and a brother serving as a chaplain in the German army in Belgium. He said German-Americans have always been loyal and cited a German regiment that answered Washington.
The annual Dudleian lecture was delivered at Harvard last evening by the Rev. William L. Sullivan rector of All Souls Church New York. He spoke to a large audience in the new lecture hall on Religion as a Way to Reality.
A bold Sunday Post full page features Colonel Corn displaying patriotic zeal while Sam obstructs his plan. The humorous clash riffs on national pride and rivalry, promising lively scenes and a playful showdown.
London April 3. The Evening Star praises President Wilson's closing message as shaping humanity's future for all time. It declares that Allied victory depended on America and that a lasting world peace is being established.
President Wilson refused to grant further clemency to Edward Mayberry, an Indian convicted of murder in Seattle. Secretary Baker has approved use of a military reservation for the execution on April 19.
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