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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
16
Mayor Curley asked the Boston Board of Health to broaden its inquiry into war prices for food to include storage in the city’s large warehouses. The request followed a conference with Dr Francis X Mahoney, board chairman, and the mayor yesterday.
Health Department inspectors face refusals as they seek information for a food inquiry. They lack power to compel testimony, while the Attorney General and federal Justice Department proceed with investigations. Sugar prices rise and official reviews continue amid industry cooperation and tension.
The war in Europe drives up fish costs as meat prices rise and supplies shrink. Boston housewives may soon pay nearly as much for seafood as for meat. Few fishing vessels reach South Boston piers with large hauls, and bait shortages worsen scarcity.
Fishermen say large schools are not visible in waters off the New England coast. They rely on squid and herring as bait, and rising bait prices push up fish prices. Scarcities and trans Atlantic communication uncertainty halt the usual salt fish shipments to England since the war began.
One hundred Italian reservists depart Boston aboard the White Star liner Canopic for Italy as war in Europe deepens. The ship leaves Commonwealth docks at 11 am with five first class passengers aboard, reservists in steerage and plans to load stranded American tourists in Naples before returning to the United States.
Washington reports comprehensive plans to use government funds to buy ocean-going ships for U S export trade. President Wilson with Senate and House leaders approves about 25 million dollars for vessels under a government shipping board to move grain and other products to Europe and the Americas.
Letter writer urges Irish American leaders to express views on Ireland’s status and home rule amid European crisis. He argues Ireland deserves autonomy before pledging loyalty to England and calls for a public expression from qualified Irish voices in America.
A bill approved by the President seeks a temporary bureau of war risk insurance in the Treasury with 5 million dollars for losses and 100 thousand for operations. It envisions a government shipping board to acquire ships, primarily for foreign trade, and to operate them via a Panama Canal bond funded program. The plan assumes some time to build a fleet and notes possible retention of vessels as transports after the crisis.
A letter from the Boston Work-Horse Relief Association appeals to readers for donations to water and sponge horses in hot weather. The group operates six to ten watering stations and notes many exhausted animals wait in line. President Henry C. Merwin and Secretary Lewis A. Armistead urge generosity for truck and pedlar horses kept in hot stables. August 19, 1914.
Fire at Fort Terry destroys a quartermaster's storehouse causing about 10000 dollars in damage. Much valuable furniture owned by the officers was destroyed.
Rear Admiral Watt outlined a need for 10 000 to 12 000 ton vessels with 14 to 16 knot speed to serve as trading ships and navy auxiliaries. He said 20 or 80 ships could be kept in reserve for emergencies, with Maryland Steel Co proposing 12 to 15 hulls ready in eight or nine months. Secretary McAdoo released figures on Gulf coast grain in port and Atlantic sea board showing about 50 900 000.
Victoriano Huerta former provisional president of Mexico and his family toured London briefly amid wartime travel disruptions. He visited Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace by car, declined Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral, and checked into a quiet hotel for rest before leaving Aug 24 for Santander Spain.
Miss Clara M. Cushman missionary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church has returned to Hubbardston after a perilous trip from Vienna. She left Vienna just before hostilities began and reports illness hunger and distress she witnessed and endured during the escape.
Miss Elizabeth Boynton daughter of Brooklyn residents and Boston native wed Rev. William Weston Patten of Leicester First Congregational Church. Boynton a Wellesley alumna and Glee Club member, Patten a junior at Andover Theological Seminary. The couple met in Cambridge at Sanders Theatre during a Harvard Glee Club event.
A light hearted note announces Pa Van Loon facing more mischief in a forthcoming Sunday color comic. The page teases readers to check the color section for the full gag and visuals.
Senator James P. Timilty faces five opponents in the Democratic race for the seventh Suffolk district after filing papers at Secretary Donahue’s office. Mayor Curley aims to unite rivals to nominate a single strongest anti Timilty candidate before the withdrawal deadline next Friday at 5 o clock.
Five candidates remain in the contest to choose a strongest man as Senator Timilty looms a block to the Mayor. The list includes James McInerney Ward 19 P Joseph McManus Ward 19 William J Miller Ward 13 James Griffin Ward 22 and James F Manley Ward 19. They plan a second conference today amid broad Suffolk contests and shifts in party lineups.
Jacob Braines eight years old of 54 Poplar Street West End lies dying at Massachusetts General Hospital after being struck on Charles Street opposite the hospital grounds by a lumber wagon driver sought by West End police. He has a fractured right arm multiple fractured ribs and extensive bruising and was brought to hospital by an auto operated by William Maloney of 63 Marian Street Somerville.
Ralph Emerson a cousin of the famed writer and noted philanthropist died at his Rockford Iowa home at age 83. He founded the Emerson Institute in Mobile Alabama a training school for negroes and his benefactions to such projects totaled several hundred thousand dollars.
Finance Commissioner James P. Magenis resigns from the finance committee to focus on his Progressive bid for Lieutenant Governor. The move clears the path for his campaign staff and supporters.
Springfield Aug 19 Republicans from across the state gathered at Riverside Grove for a major clambake and field day. Key speakers included Congressman Campbell of Kansas and Congressman Gillett, who blamed Democratic policies for hard times and urged tariffs. Three statewide candidates were absent, and a taxi breakdown cost William S. Kenney a travel delay. A chaotic moment saw Jules Carman stung by yellow jackets while Nelson W. Haskell suffered multiple stings.
Directors cite poor business due to the European war and propose closing the instrument department each Thursday and reopening Monday The meter department would close Friday to Monday and the entire Centre street and River Works plant may shut from Thursday to Monday each week.
Harriet Knapp aged 65 widow died at City Hospital from burns suffered in a fire at her residence 4 Burton Avenue Roxbury Tuesday evening. An exploding kerosene lamp caused the blaze and firemen extinguished it after causing under $20 damage to the tenement.
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