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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1917
Page
5
District exemption board No 3 in Malden heard 50 appellants arguing to overturn recent rulings by Judge Bruce of the Malden exemption board. The meeting occurred in Malden with Lawrence as the district center.
Boston district boards concluded day one of hearings on exemption appeals. Most appellants claimed dependent wives and children, with exemptions denied. Several registrants faced exams while others sought releases or reclassifications.
Federal prosecutors pursue speedy trial for Kalman Gruber the dentist named as a go-between in a draft fraud scheme. Ga federal judges sentenced two former Draft Exemption Board No. 99 members Louis I. Cherey and Dr A S Bernfeld to two years each after guilty pleas to conspiracy to defraud the selective draft law. The case Mounts toward jury by noon tomorrow as defense and government rest with brief evidence.
Michael J. Burns of the 226th Overseas Battalion protests being listed as a slacker in Waltham after missing a local exemption examination. He sent a letter to City Clerk Steele stating he is not a slacker and noting his desire to report for service. his name was moved from the slacker list to the service list.
North End residents rush to enlist in the new Army despite citizenship doubts. The draft push highlights immigrant desire to serve the Stars and Stripes and prove loyalty amid reform chatter.
A beauty lotion combines lemon juice and Orchard White to whiten and brighten skin. Mix two lemon juices with three ounces of Orchard White, strain, bottle, and shake. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands for a lighter smoother complexion. available from Edward Wesley Co. in Cincinnati Ohio.
A compiled roll lists individuals with home and station addresses including Ronald C Adcock 24 Ivy St Newell Dorsey C 62 Charles St Felton Samuel M 3d 5S Brimmer St Curtis Arthur B 10 Fayette St Ledbury Francis H 111 Jersey St Peters Hugo G 25 Peterboro St Robinson John A Jr 24% Berkeley St Hayes Henry T Police Station Jefferson Roswell C 11 Queensberry 6t Malkopoulos Athos 67 Corning 6t Gruber Harris 4 Temple St Priestly Bernard G 64 Revere St Hallett Harold M 103 Peterboro St Mark Henry 6 Pleasant St Grottman George A 463 Auduboard Leavitt Israel 60 Myrtle St Bisson Henry L 57 Hancock St Ringwell Herbert W 133 Peterboro Ct Bander David 135 Myrtle St Leonard Julian T 290 Commonwealth Ave Hall Henry L Jr 472 Beacon St Minzio Ingegneri 3 Lyndeboro Pt Kimball Day 343 Beacon St Gray Maurice 76 Phillips St
A crowded roster lists residents and dependents with multiple addresses including Newton street Gordon street and Main street. Names include Cummings Brown Slavenwhite Madden Britton Dodge Nolan Surette Murphy Hobart Pelletier Ryan Egan Kuppinger Stevens Jones Norton Galland Cincotta McIntyre Hamil Olson Rhodes Gately Hoyle Pelipas Osborn Howe Gustavson Swenson Finnegan Kerrigan Barstow Abbott Bolton Halloran Surrett Sattelle Claim Exemption Copper Busanni Cattaga Brown Hamel Williams Strauss Cescloni Ripley Long Kelley Sweet Tyler meer Carmelo Brigham Johnson Hughes Porter Terrie oe Thomas Dempsey Mooney Bones Hill Badger Marion Anderson McShane McCabe Gustaf M. Cavanaugh Anderson sabre Henry eer Edgar MacCauley Cobb Cincotta Antonia Bricham Janette Monihan Hagoplan Foirelle Matthews Eaton Gill Clausen Dinsmore Thamas Mercyes Leaf Stone O'Mara Walker Demeo Porcella Commolly Murphy Charles F George J Har Griff McGann Forster Dennis Carl Hans Sanderson Halen Forber Caruso Piano Tanders Racka Famunds Aran Cacciatora Haron Tembaral Worler Snedeker Charlee Clarence Hughes Strauss Clark Houlihan Fiorita Chandler Traven Wilson Roche Gaw Joseph P Gaw ES nem Albert A Dunn Grierson mercy George B Cloran John J."
In Russellville Kentucky Sheriff James S. Taylor of Logan county exemption board and County Judge J W Edward were arrested by a deputy U S marshal on charges of conspiring to violate the selective draft law.
Edward A Hubbard of 40 Beale Street Brookline told the Post yesterday he did not claim exemption from the draft due to dependents as previously reported but indicated the matter involves a military school and related program.
French forces repelled German counter attacks at Verdun and Hill 344 while pilots downed 11 airships. Italians push along the Isonzo front from Plava to the Adriatic taking nearly 8,000 Austrian prisoners as bombardments break Austrian defences and threaten Trieste. Canadian guns shell Lens area as Belgian raids continue. Romanian front holds yet reports say 1,500 Romanians and 30 machine guns captured with 2,000 more prisoners on the Sereth.
Smashing French offensive north of Verdun seizes German defences on both sides of the Meuse over 11 miles and claims over 4000 prisoners. Italians cross the Isonzo and take 7500 prisoners in their drive. German counter attack near Emery repulsed. Austro German forces push back Romanians around Oituz valley toward Trotus valley.
A Copenhagen despatch to Exchange Telegraph reports from Austrian sources that the Isonzo front is the most violent in the Austro Italian theatre. Italians are trying to push toward Trieste with a colossal supply of new artillery and air proclamations from Italian aviators threaten a long bombardment.
Fires have started in the largest blast furnaces in France near Caen in Calvados. German iron interests began preparations before the war to expand holdings and build an iron and steel mill using local ore and iron resources.
Part of a historic waterfront page notes August 21 in wartime and daily tide and star data. It reports brisk fish pier business with 23 boats delivering mackerel, swordfish, and groundfish totals, plus wholesale prices for haddock through swordfish. It also notes U S Shipping Board recruiting progress and a large shipbuilding plan across the Baltimore to Galveston corridor.
Copenhagen Aug 20 Developments in the case of Dr Maurice F Egan the American minister to Denmark who underwent an operation Saturday for a kidney affection are taking a normal course Reports from the hospital today were that the minister was doing as well as could be expected
Representatives of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange conferred with Herbert C. Hoover on stabilizing sugar prices. Beet sugar producers also discussed pricing for a million tons to be produced this year, with proposed levels from 6.75 to 7.50 dollars per hundredweight, but no agreement was reached.
Recruiting at New England army stations surged yesterday with Mass enrolments for infantry and field artillery in the National Guard, and men were shipped from Boston at 3 Tremont Row. The New England division seeks first class material for service in France as selections are made to train for fighting units under General Edwards.
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