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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1917
Page
7
A Middlesex County Public Safety Committee mass meeting hosts a 3 p.m. sports program for boys and girls on the athletic field at Lexington Park. The event aims to promote fitness and community safety through organized games and activities.
A medicinal compound named freezone, made from ether, is advertised to remove corns and calluses with a few drops. It claims instant soreness relief and painless removal of hardened skin, with the suggestion to keep a bottle at hand for foot comfort.
A charity ball and related events in Provincetown raise funds for the relief fund after the August gale that killed fishermen. Art colony members, visitors, and prominent Americans attended. Auctions of sketches were postponed to ensure full sale, with all proceeds aiding widows and orphans. Tag Day collectors and a naval ball further support the drive, with donations flowing from Boston and beyond.
John J. Martin of Exchange Trust Company and Provincetown fishermen’s fund treasurer will tour Cape Cod towns to speak for the bereaved families. He leaves at 4:50 pm for Provincetown and will deliver talks from the rear of a automobile as Welfleet Truro Eastham Dennis and Orleans are on the itinerary. The New England Coast Fishermen's Union in Boston appropriated funds for the families separate from the Provincetown fund. William H. Brown, union secretary, to visit victims and allocate the money to the best advantage.
The Weymouth Board of Selectmen appointed a committee to raise money for town sufferers. Henry Hanley was named treasurer and the committee will meet tonight to plan a general fund from local businesses and citizens.
An official statement from Dublin reports the fifth meeting of the Irish convention considering draft schemes based on the dominion principle of self government. The discussion continued throughout the day.
Anxiety eased as Viking and Reliance, two fishing schooners caught in Aug 10 hurricane, were reported safe by two vessels reaching the South Boston fish pier. They were sighted off Georges Bank three days earlier.
Helena Aug 21 The State Board of Health ordered destruction of Burma beans found by the Bozeman laboratory to contain poison. Tons had been shipped into Montana and sold to dealers. Justice Department officials suspect agencies opposed to the government of trafficking in the poisoned beans.
New York Aug 21 railroads show freight service up nearly 26 percent in June from a year earlier. Despite only a 3 percent equipment increase, Fairfax Harrison chairman of the railroad war board issued the statement noting the improvement nationwide.
Violent riots have raged in Barcelona and nearby towns since Monday after a general strike was proclaimed. Firing from roofs and behind shutters continues daily with many dead and wounded. exact figures are unavailable.
Artillery was used against rioters in Barcelona. three houses were destroyed by shell fire. Reports speak of disturbances in Catalonia and a republic proclaimed at Bilbao and Saragossa, though censorship blocks verification. Liberal papers suppressed. only Guardia and Diagrafico survive. Army reserves recalled. order expected soon.
French forces repelled German counter attacks around Verdun as they pressed west and north of the town. They reported capturing Regneville Samogneaux and trenches near Hill 344, with over 65 000 prisoners taken Monday and more through Tuesday. In the Austro Italian theater Italians push as Austrians crack, with 10 000 prisoners and 243 officers taken, while Russians and Romanians cede ground in Romania. Allied air battles continue as German machines fall, and a German Zeppelin is destroyed off Denmark with loss of its crew.
On August 21 forces of Canada press forward with bombs and bayonets on the Lens front, capturing key German positions northwest and southwest of the city. German counterattacks surge in waves but fail to dislodge the Canadians who hold their ground amid heavy losses reported by the battle’s close.
In dawn engagements around Lens the Canadian advance surprised German forces as they attacked Canadian positions in No Man’s Land and northwest suburbs. Canadians seized railway embankments and colliery sidings while repelling German counter thrusts with bayonet and bomb. American ambulances and aviators aided French frontline efforts amid heavy fighting and grim casualties.
Hall of Harvard University is in storage and will stay there indefinitely. Students who left Cambridge hastily to join the armed services will find their effects in storage upon return. Gold Coast landlords moved thousands of dollars worth of furnishings to storage to make room for new students.
In Rockland on August 21 the Division 387 exemption board announced results for 144 called for the second examinations. Fifty six passed the physical, 39 were rejected, 16 were aliens claiming exemption, four were enlisted men and one examination deferred. The board also acted on 32 dependency claims, granting 11 and requesting further evidence on eight more.
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