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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
2
The Fighting Ninth Boston’s Own captured Vaux in notable action near Paris. Lieutenant Edward M. Mitchell led the gunners with skill, earning high praise from the commanding officer for their vivid, decisive work.
William D. Haywood testifies he never advocated violence and favors social reform by industrial means. He defends his IWW leadership, recalls Ludlow and Bisbee strikes, and explains his pay for Pettibone defense and his own salary. He plans to resume testimony tomorrow.
Frederick Schlieder the organist of the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas in New York was elected president of the National Association of Organists. Walter N. Waters of Weehawken N J was elected secretary. Hamilton C Mac Dougall James A McLellan Charles Sheldon and Will C Macfarlane were named vice presidents.
Former President Roosevelt ends a two week Maine coast vacation with daughter Mrs. Richard Derby. He leaves Dark Harbor for New York aboard the afternoon steamer to Rockland for train connection.
Providence Rhode Island on August 9 awaits Billy Sunday as he acts out a controversial stunt, grabbing water and tossing a pitcher while promising fiery rhetoric. Crowds anticipate his dramatic coat throw and rowdy theatrics as he heckles locals with sharp social jabs.
Providence prepares a Sunday campaign tabernacle on Bucklin street amid questions about Hanley estate land used for the site. The hospital trust company holds the property under James Hanley’s will and leases it to the campaign committee with August dedication scheduled for September 15.
In a letter to Secretary Baker Mayor Peters proposes the west department of Boston City Hospital for returning wounded soldiers. He urges the federal government also accept adjacent land to build a hospital for sick wounded and convalescing men.
The Boston mayor argues against erecting a government hospital at Plattsburg New York for New England men. He cites visitation difficulties and unsuitable climate and urges accepting the West Department plan and locating main invalided soldier hospitals in Boston.
A mass meeting of the Boston Socialist party is set for Sunday afternoon at 8 on Boston Common to ratify President Wilsons pronouncement against mob violence and persecution. Speakers include Rose Pastor Stokes of New York, appealing a 10 year Arkansas sentence, Professor Hourwich of New York, speaking Russian, and Louis Bb. Fraina of New York, editor and lecturer.
Federal officers arrested six Yadkin officers amid reports of a Mediterranean cruise on the former North German Lloyd liner. The voyage included selling ship stores for wine and cash, with coal sales at one port for a fraction of value. The scheme, allegedly aided by chief officer Edwin M. Reddy, points to a broader conspiracy with more arrests possible.
The War Industries Board advised passenger automobile manufacturers to convert fully to war work and set a deadline of January 1, 1919. The move aims to ensure industry continuity and preserve automotive organizations.
The War Industries Board refused to confirm material supplies for passenger car manufacture. In response to Hugh Chalmer’s proposal to cut output by 50 percent, the board postponed any passenger car production pending sworn inventories of materials on hand requested July 16.
Demeli Lachaniee, 12, drowned while swimming with other children at the junction of the Passumpsic and Moose rivers in St Johnsbury Vermont. His body was not recovered by nightfall.
City employees and union members nationwide and Boston await a Federal Labor Bureau hearing at 1 Beacon Street regarding protests against Boston fire department members working on days off for government war work.
A city hearing gathers labor, business, and civic figures to probe firemen and policemen who volunteered off duty help to move lumber for the army and navy. Protests from unions and a rule-fighting clash with Fire Commissioner Grady frame discussions about off duty labor and manpower conservation.
Miss Madeline Spence daughter of Mr and Mrs James W Spence of Rockland will marry Assistant Attorney General John W Corcoran of Brighton in the early fall. Miss Spence is Elmhurst Academy Providence graduate and Corcoran is a prominent attorney son of the late John W Corcoran of Clinton with degrees from Phillips Exeter Dartmouth and Boston University Law School.
The War Labor Policies Board asked Congress to pass a bill to prevent rent profiteering in war industrial centers. It would authorize the President to control rents and seize property as needed to shield workers from profiteering landlords.
A vintage style ad attributes hair loss to neglect and promotes frequent washing. It cites authorities like Dr J. Bayles Dr Woods and Professor Lassar and touts a Head Wash shampoo containing soap glycerin egg white coconut oil and salicylic acid. The copy claims it cleans the hair opens scalp pores and invigorates roots and prevents hair loss more than any tonic.
British representatives in Vladivostok Murmansk and Archangel publish a declaration from the British government to the peoples of Russia stating allies come as friends to help save themselves from Germanys destruction. It says allied troops enter Russia to help not to occupy or impose a political system and that Russia must determine its own government.
Allies declare they will enter Russia to help in the fight against Germany while promising not to claim Russian territory. They condemn civil strife, stress Russian destinies rest with Russians, and urge unity to preserve freedom and independence amid threat to revolution gains.
Former Senator Thomas F. Cassidy of North Adams declared his support for Richard H. Long for the Democratic nomination for governor. Cassidy, a western Massachusetts Democrat and former lieutenant governor candidate, will speak tonight in Lowell and Lawrence as Long rallies in Taunton, Attleboro and Mansfield stress building strong party organizations statewide.
A welcome home gathering for the Catholic Truth Guild auto van will be held on Boston Common on August 18. Cardinal O Connell will receive officers Rt Rev Mgr M J Splaine chaplain Mrs Martha Moore Avery president David Goldstein secretary and Sergeant Arthur B Corbett assistant secretary. Goldstein and Corbett toured coast to coast by auto delivering a message from Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco to Cardinal O Connell.
Public Service Commission says no law allows relief for Malden residents on upper Main Street to obtain joint street railway rates from Boston Elevated and Bay State Street Railway Companies. Commuters now pay 13 cents to reach Boston.
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