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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
23
The Council of National Defence coordinates coal production and distribution to conserve supply and meet needs of the United States and entente allies. F. S. Peabody of Illinois has advised after consultations with council members.
Congress man F W Dallinger announces an extra vacancy for the Naval Academy at Annapolis due to officer shortages. Applicants should contact the U S Civil Service Commission in Boston for exams on May 8. In Toledo a German Australian 6 year old boy, Joseph Loyds, was arrested after an argument in a saloon in which he criticized Wilson and U S war policy.
Springfield reports the State Fish and Game Commission will stock ponds with fresh water smelts. Commissioner G H Graham says millions bred in Onota Lake and its tributaries over the past decade. The fish, once used for salmon feeding, are touted as superior food fish for humans.
Representatives of Mayor Curley voiced opposition to a bill creating a new metropolitan transportation commission with broader powers than the Boston Transit Commission. They argued Boston should handle its own transit issues and if the bill passes the mayor should appoint a majority of the commission’s members.
Governor McCall will hold a hearing for advocates of Massachusetts bone dry legislation during World War I. Since the U S entry, he has received many requests for a special message on the issue and war time liquor controls.
The Legislature urges passage of a bone dry prohibition bill to last until the war ends. Governor will hold a hearing in his State House office next Tuesday at 11 15 in the morning.
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