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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
4
Washington April 19 Senate and House conferees on the administration 57 000 000 000 war bond bill failed to reach an agreement today and will resume talks tomorrow. Minor differences were smoothed out except the section on deposits of funds from the bonds with Senate insistence on greater Treasury discretion.
Federal authorities have seized the water front portion housing the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd steamship piers in Hoboken for war purposes, announced by Mayor Griffin on April 19.
Bates College in Lewiston Maine enrolled about 100 male students today for military drill under a volunteer system. Women students appointed a committee to plan Red Cross work.
Secretary Houston invites leaders from major farm groups to Washington to discuss the food situation and advise on increasing supply. He was accompanied by state and college ag officials in St Louis last week as a plan was drafted for potential approval by the organizations.
George E K Richardson oldest municipal worker in Boston history dies at 13 Tremlett Street Dorchester He would have completed 60 years in the assessing department on May 1 1917 He served under 26 mayors saw city grow from five to 26 wards He married Susan M Hewes in 1868 and had two children Funeral at his home Sunday at 2 30 p m
Patriots' Day brought nine calls for Pittsfield firemen between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. One fire destroyed two large barns a shed and an ice house at Onota Lake owned by the Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield with losses around 2000. Eight other fires were grass fires in various city areas.
Mrs Alfred Du Bois of North Jersey praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the mild laxative that safely relieves infant constipation. The preparation blends simple herbs with pepsin, free from opiates, and is offered at fifty cents a bottle with a free trial from Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
The Boston official municipal flag was raised at City Hall in a ceremony at nine in the morning. John F. Dever directed the unfurling as Mayor Curley and members of the Citizens' Public Celebration Association and the Boston Patriots' Day committee attended.
Chicago April 19 Marshall Field 83d one of America's richest young men arrived from New York to wind up business affairs and enlist later today as a private in the First Illinois Cavalry He will draw 15 a month Field is 23 and married.
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