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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1917
Page
3
The Maine Legislature, under suspension of rules, appropriated $1,000,000 for general defence purposes. Governor Milliken urged bonding, and the bill was signed immediately. The report also notes a comic feature in the next Sunday Post.
Paris reports intense attention as Congress prepares to vote on Wilson’s recommendation to declare war on Germany. The Temps calls it a historic date in American and world history and notes tensions between Monroe Doctrine neutrality and German aggression. Questions rise about Edison’s possible wartime innovations.
Henry Grady Webb pleaded guilty to participating in a gang that robbed an express train on the Baltimore and Ohio near Central Station on October 9, 1915, escaping with $100000 in unsigned currency. He received 25 years at the Atlanta penitentiary. Accomplice Eugene Diez also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years.
City wool stock was declared at the disposal of the federal government after a wool trade meeting at 10 High street. Resolutions were wired to the President, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of the Navy.
Boston wool merchants vote to halt buying and selling of wool until further notice. They must inventory all wool wool tops and nails as of April 3 and offer the total stock to the U S government at April 2 values. A five member committee will oversee actions and liaise with authorities on raw wool supply.
In Baltimore Judge Rose sentenced Amos H. Paulils aged 62 to 18 months in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. He became the first Maryland district convict under the new act making it a crime to threaten the President.
United States wartime policy orders shutdown of wireless stations not under government control. Henry Gawler, radio inspector for New England, will notify owners to close stations. Police will enforce new regulations to prevent enemy wireless propaganda and amateurs have agreed to suspend and aid enforcement.
Frances Duerney Tilton, tied to courts in two states, was found of unsound mind by Judge Grant in Suffolk Probate Court. She had traveled to Boston from Reno to pursue divorce against her husband and was ordered confined at Boston Psychopathic Hospital, with commitment to an asylum planned for the following day.
In Washington on April 3, Congresswoman Rankin of Montana hosted a small luncheon in the House restaurant with two guests, Evane of Montana and Gallivan of Massachusetts. Gallivan praised Rankin as a capable and promising future congresswoman and campaigned support from suffragists.
An advertisement touts Vitalitas as Nature’s mineral draught. It claims quick relief of chronic ailments, non alcoholic, with testimonials like Mr. David Gifford of New Bedford who says it cured indigestion and improved strength. Woodward’s Drug Store invites samples at 102 Tremont St.
The piece argues clothing elevates performance in business, street life, and golf. It claims proper dress marks a better business man, a better citizen, and a better golfer, and that clothing itself helps shape these outcomes.
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