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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1917
Page
9
Joseph J Guilfoy and James F Sullivan stock brokers were convicted of embezzling client funds and sentenced to two to four years in state prison. They faced 14 counts but were tried on one count alleging larceny of 14000 dollars, with the State claiming client losses exceeded 100000 dollars.
A Japanese product called ice mint claims to remove hard and soft corns or those between toes with a touch or two. It supposedly shrinks corns without pain, heals tender areas, and can be bought in drug stores for a few cents.
Dr. Ferdinand King promotes organic iron luxated iron to revive strength and complexion in women. He claims rapid gains in two weeks and notes safety for teeth and stomach, urging purchase from local druggists with a money back guarantee.
The House passed resolutions urging federal coal price regulation with no opposition. Measures on lobster fishing licensing set at $1 annual fee with a 10 percent short lobster allowance. Other bills were either engrossed or killed, including car fare cuts for Hyde Park and civil service extensions to counties.
The YMCA formed a home guard unit with a drill by an active company, a flag raising, and a preparedness talk by Captain Constant Cordier U S A. The event marked the YMCA’s initial plunge into prepared Americanism with high non hysterical patriotic feeling in the afternoon.
After Captain Cordier urged preparedness a secretaries and teachers association formed a military company ready to drill. A large silk emblem symbolizing liberty and democracy was raised at 2 30 pm between the gym and auto school as Troop A M N G led marching and drills. A unanimous vote established the home guard unit to be trained to serve when Uncle Sam calls. The meeting urged Y M C A s nationwide to lead in training young Americans for service.
City officials and federal representatives joined mourners for the funeral of John B. Martin Election Commissioner from his home at 762 East Fourth Street South Boston to Gate of Heaven Church. Rev George A Lyons led a solemn high mass with clergy from local parishes and Carney Hospital Sisters of Charity assisting.
Stirred by pledges to raise 50000 for a hospital ship the Greater Boston Red Cross local branch saw more than 1000 volunteers sign up in a single day for Percy Mackaye's community masque Caliban By the Yellow Sands. Organizers aim to enroll at least 6000 participants by week’s end to form the complete cast.
The annual visit of John Drew to this city drew a fashionable audience and a cordial reception. His latest engagement at the Hollis features Major Pendennis as the central role and showcases his versatile stage talent.
Langdon Mitchell adapts Thackeray with Pendennis love affairs woven into a continuous narrative. The major, a Chesterfieldian figure, intercedes to save the nephew, and Mr. Drew gives a poised, well grounded portrayal in a memorable second act speech. The supporting company proves competent though not exceptionally demanding.
A general strike affecting more than 3000 men in New England and New York fish ports began at midnight Sunday. The New England Coast Fishermen's Union ordered skippers and owners to accept union terms, closing negotiations across the industry.
The Dolly Sisters opened at the Wilbur Theatre with a three act farce His Bridal Night. Joe Damorel is married to Vi, twin sister to Tiny who swaps places on the honeymoon. Trevett pursues them and mistaken identity drives the comedy with strong dancing and costumes.
The three masted schooner J. Frank Seavey bound from New York for an Eastern port was driven within 75 yards of breakers at Shore Acres near North Scituate. A northwest wind shift saved the ship. volunteers sought only a tug. Coast guardsmen arrived after snowbound journeys to find anchors holding.
Washington April 9 President Wilson approves a Shipping Board plan to build 1000 wooden ships of 3000 to 3600 tons each to replace losses from submarine warfare. First ship ready in five months, with two to three ships daily by October, leased to private firms and armed for war zones.
The newly formed C Battery started Friday to replace Lawrence’s C Battery, detached and converted to heavy artillery. It was mustered in last night at the Commonwealth armory with 121 recruits, becoming the first volunteer unit recognized since war was declared.
The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety launched a campaign to promote growing corn beans barley and wheat on every available tillable bit from the coast to the New York line. The effort aims to convert every usable soil area into productive farmland under state direction.
The Public Safety Sub-Committee on Food Production and Conservation outlines plans to revive farming across Massachusetts. It calls for increased acreage, labor, seeds, fertilizer and credit to maximize crops such as corn beans and barley, supporting national famine relief and Allied export needs.
Advertisement offers free 50c bottle of The Williams Treatment to prove it cures kidney and bladder diseases rheumatism and other ailments caused by excessive uric acid. Send name address and 10c for distribution, request one bottle with no obligation. Only one bottle per address.
Massachusetts activists seek farm labor to plant and harvest crops. A public safety committee plans a labor lending system with factory workers from Charles F. Choate and a 25 member committee to win manufacturers consent. William M. Wood of American Woolen Company convenes 9 superintendents to discuss workers taking allotments on company lands. Meeting set for 10:36 a m tomorrow at Wood’s offices.
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