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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1918
Page
8
Louis B. Goldman of 7 Pevon Street Roxbury leads district work in Ward 18 for the Liberty Loan campaign. He reports strong local interest with many households eager to purchase government notes and says residents in his area are poised for top results.
Houston Me April 5 State Senator Albert A Burleigh the first president of the Bangor and Aroostook railroad died here today at age 76 He proposed county aid for the line in 1890 and helped secure a 750000 loan He represented the county in the legislature five terms Survived by three sons and one daughter
The Netherlands minister Dr August Phillips has obtained a leave of absence and will sail for Holland soon. Ill health caused the request for relief. He arrived in Washington in February succeeding Chevalier van Rappard. During his absence W H de Beaufort will be charge d affaires.
The Dutch minister August Phillips will take a leave of absence due to ill health aggravated by ship negotiations with the United States and Britain. An official announcement states he will sail for Holland shortly, with W. He. De Beaufort serving as counsellor in the interim.
Since leaving Holland Dr. Phillips has suffered seriously from insomnia. His condition is such that he thought it was best for him to return to Holland in order to obtain rest and treatment.
Food Administrator Henry B Endicot calls hotel restaurant school lunch room and public eating houses to sign a pledge promising not to use wheat or wheat products after April 1918 until after the next harvest in line with Mr Hoover's Washington appeal.
Captain James P. Parker, commander of the Ensign's School at Harvard, has been detached and appointed military chief of the First Naval District as aide to Admiral Wood. Lieutenant Chester J. Dane, previously second in command, acts as head of the school and is expected to be named permanent head. Parker led the Ensign's School last June at MIT.
Our money defeats our common foe Buy a bond.
The Rev. Harold Rotzell, ex Methodist pastor of Millbury now with the League for Democratic Control, was branded a pacifist and pro-German by fellow ministers. A cabinet proposal to appoint him to the league drew opposition from Rev. George H. Spencer who denounced the appointment as improper.
The conference rejected Rotzell from Boston University School of Theology despite praise of his character, suggesting a designation as a supernumerary. The event, near conference end, sparked gossip as Rotzell, a peace advocate, faced backlash over his antiwar stance. A telegram to President Wilson affirmed support for democratic peace, while a war council and eight ministerial retirements were announced.
An examining physician from a major life company notes many insurance applicants are rejected due to unseen kidney trouble. Drug gists report Swamp-Root, Dr Kilmer and Co herbal remedy, has helped many. Readers are urged to trial it with a sample offer and to mention the Boston Daily Post.
An old home remedy promotes dissolving an ounce of saxo lite in a half pint of witch hazel as a daily facial wash to erase wrinkles. The ad promises rapid improvement, claiming the skin will look firmer and feel more comfortable after use, with ingredients available at drug stores.
An afternoon list details numerous substitutions of church and temple officers across Greater Boston and surrounding towns. Names include Skinner Chafee Van Kirk Hutchinson Brashears Prye Tilton Shattuck Bronson Pixler Elliott Vandermark Stevens Crane Hudson Shedd Craig Ellsworth Stratton Corn Hageman Allen Hancock Raupach Bader Slosser Adams Usk Adams Sylton Smith Phillips Seabogan Pitman Phillips Johnston Layton Osborn Gunter King Cairns Moore Bentley Wheeler Callahan Burton Wright Whee ltzell etc. The record covers Dorchester East Boston Cambridge Newton and towns like Somerville Reading Revere Lowell Malden and Worcester among others with numerous vice appointments and supplies.
The Rev Laughlin MacLean N A B D former chaplain of the Gordon Highlanders and Black Watch in Europe will visit Greater Boston. He plans talks in Arlington Boston City Club and Symphony Hall and Winchester Town Hall while noted as a preacher author and bagpipe expert.
The Child Welfare Association yesterday launched the Save the Baby Drive at 515 Boylston Street to save about 1200 Boston babies aged one to five. It notes one in twenty babies born dies before age five and about one third of those deaths are preventable, prompting the new campaign.
The Dorothy Bradford, newest Shipping Board steamer, will reach Federal wharf at Hart Boston today and likely start taking on apprentices tomorrow. She will soon depart for New York to be permanently based, becoming the first Shipping Board training ship stationed outside New England, with more to follow on the Gulf and Pacific coasts. The ad urges life insurance and bond purchases.
Irving M. Atwood of Newton High lands treasurer of the Boston Fish Pier Company testified before the special legislative fish investigating committee. He discussed Provincetown fish company activities, dividends paid by Consolidated Weir Company, and cold storage profits. He cited a threefold sale price and a lost opportunity with 300% barrels of whitings, and agreed to produce ledger accounts and return for further testimony.
Daniel J. Moran of West Springfield, a repair shop worker for the New York Central railroad, was arrested and charged with malicious destruction of property for removing working parts from a large travelling crane. He pleaded not guilty. Police believe Moran may be used by others and that cranes and derricks have been tampered with before. Save and serve Buy bonds.
A posse of Italian men armed with knives and firearms hunted five square miles of woods for Stella Soldi, murdered last Friday. Led by Edward Soldi, the search yielded no capture, with a possible sighting near Stirling and a man described as haggard headed toward Keene New Hampshire.
W. J. Bryan has been subpoenaed to testify for the defense in a San Francisco trial of Hindus and others charged with conspiring to foment revolution against British rule in India. Bryan will arrive Thursday to appear as a defense witness.
Mrs Emma A Foss aged 61 wife of Charles Foss of 17 Taylor Street Melrose ended her life yesterday by turning on the gas in a bedroom after closing the room doors and windows. She had been despondent for a long period and died during a nurse’s temporary absence.
An old health ad promotes internal bathing with hot water and limestone phosphate as a daily morning cleanse. It claims pores in the bowels affect health, urging readers to drink a warm water phosphate mix to cleanse stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels, relieve bad breath, headaches, and bilious attacks.
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