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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1917
Page
5
A Common Cause Society gathering is set for tomorrow night at the Franklin Union hall on Berkeley Street. Jamaica Plain's Charles Jh. Fay will speak on Civilization, followed by an audience discussion.
Chornfel's department store promotes untrimmed hats chosen from Parisian block shapes. It claims a connection with New York daily coverage and offers free trimming service to customers.
Catherine A. Neszery testified in Suffolk Probate Court that her husband Charles Nestery of Roxbury advertised as handsome athletic and perfectly healthy. Judge George ordered Nestery to pay his wife $25 immediately and $8 weekly until further notice after hearing both sides and witnesses.
Mrs. Nestery testified that after discovering gushing letters from readers of a matrimonial publication her husband began abusing her on April 6 1916. She said she and her husband planned no divorce and that his beating a dog during the incident was part of the conflict. The husband said the advertisements with his image were for fun and denied serious intent. Several letters were shown in court.
The commissary department at the naval training station staged a quick meal service demonstration for new recruits. One thousand meals were served in twelve minutes as 252 recruits arrived, bringing totals to 3139 with Yale men among those enrolling in the naval reserve.
A legislative committee on public institutions urged a $175,000 appropriation for a psychopathic hospital for women. Officials of the Sherborn reform school support placing the hospital nearby to aid female inmates and address treatment needs.
Erwin I. Grossman, a Wilmington North Carolina architect employed by the Atlantic Coast Railroad, was arrested as an alien enemy. Police found maps of Boston and its harbor with a Quincy sketch blocked in German military fashion. He pleaded not guilty and was jailed in default of $10,000 bail. He claimed plans to publish the maps as guides and said the German blocking method was used for clarity.
The State Guard, launched as the Home Guard, will serve for two years unless wartime discharge is allowed earlier. The first official notice from the State Guard Board in the State House announces the term and outlines duties within Massachusetts under the governor. Applications to organize companies should go to the commander-in-chief via the local Public Safety committee, noting locality strength and formation date.
Seven year old Timothy Conroy of 67 Decatur Street Charlestown was knocked by a fender tossed from a street car and rolled into the street. He ran home despite a broken collarbone and injuries. A Bay State Road conductor pursued him to the electric where the motorman rushed him to the City square police station. He was later taken to Relief Hospital in serious condition with bruises contusions and shock.
Boston harbor war regulations will not affect steamboat sailings to beach resorts officials say pleasure boat routes are safe with no mining threat and no need to cancel summer schedules. Officials add they will surrender vessels to the government if required.
Former mayor called on Governor McCall to urge a $500,000 appropriation to develop unused lands for farming this summer. He spoke with Public Safety Committee chairman Storrow and others in the governor’s absence about his proposals.
Augusta April 13 The Governor and Council authorized issuing 500000 of the 1900000 war bond issue voted by the Legislature The bonds will be offered to the public at 102 in denominations of 100 500 and 1000 by house banks without profit Preference given subscribers for small amounts
Debussy Images for orchestra conducted by Karl Muck at Symphony Hall yesterday featured the first Boston hearing of Gigues and the suite Iberia with In the Streets and Waysides Perfumes of the Night and The Morning of a Fete Day alongside Rondes de Printemps. Schubert's Symphony in C major completed the concert.
The article praises Debussy as an impressionist with clear French style and rhythmic color over melody, noting his precise method and nature memories. It compares Debussy's and Schubert's forms, lauding Dr. Muck's Debussy performance and praising Gericke's Schubert with warmth from the Boston audience.
The Fall River line steamers will adjust schedules to meet harbor regulations. The boat train will depart Boston at 3 20 p m and run to Newport wharf instead of Fall River. The Fall River to Boston express will leave Newport at 6 30 a m stopping at Taunton and Ta ll River and arrive in Boston at 8 27 a m.
Henry Russell known as Slick Russell, a fugitive from justice in Philadelphia for a million dollar blackmail ring, was discharged by U S Commissioner Hayes after Philadelphia police said he is out on bail elsewhere. J J Thompson known as Sneed Thompson, held for removal to Philadelphia.
The soil improvement committee of the National Fertilizer Association accepted a Boston Chamber of Commerce invitation to cooperate in a vigorous New England food production drive. Officials warned that in a general shortage, New England would be hit first due to urban populations and distance from grain regions.
Rome reports Pope Benedict secured the release of Monsignor Louis Legraive vicar general to Cardinal Mercier. Legraive, who had been sentenced to nine months imprisonment and deported to Germany for sheltering a discharged French soldier, is freed after papal intervention.
A on duty guard at Fort Heath Winthrop fired several shots at three men in a motor boat seen moving near the fort around 9 PM. The boatmen did not respond and fled. The fort staff suspect the group may have been attempting to cut the coastwise cable.
The government announced that Brazil will arm merchant vessels bound for voyages into the German submarine zone. The weapons will be strictly defensive and ships will also interned German ships in Brazilian ports for protection from damage.
In Oyster Bay on April 18 Colonel Henry Watterson of Louisville urged the slogan To Hell with the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns as America's war cry. He sent a Courier-Journal editorial clipping praising the contest and inviting participation, pledging the paper to provide the battle cry.
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