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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
14
Secretary of State Langtry announced that citizens need not declare party allegiance before the September primaries to vote. The ruling clarifies that party declaration is not required for primaries, countering general impressions.
Secretary Langtry states enrolment occurs when voters request a ballot at primaries. Each voter must state name and residence, and answer party enrollment question. refusal bars voting. Enrolment lasts three years unless altered on 30 days written notice to clerks or election commissioners under last year's act.
A driver and a passenger were injured when an ice wagon crossed in front of a Lake View electric car on Shrewsbury street. Frank Varto, 46, sustained cuts and abrasions and was taken to City Hospital. Frank H. Jeffery, 48, was struck and treated at the police station.
Traffic on the Cambridge viaduct was tied up for an hour during the rush period last evening after a Boston Elevated work car split a spring switch while backing out of the Lowell street car yard on the Cambridge end of the viaduct.
Ad promotes Father John's Medicine as a safe, alcohol free tonic for children. Claims it is wholesome nourishing and prescription worthy, urging mothers to keep kids strong to fight disease.
Evert Jansen Wendell a Harvard alumnus and noted in amateur theatricals athletics and aviation died yesterday at the American Hospital in Neuilly France per a Paris cable. His death marks a loss to the university and to the cultural and athletic circles he influenced.
The 57 year old Harvard alumnus and aviation pioneer who helped found the Aero Club of America and served as a timekeeper at the first Harvard aviation meet in Squantum died after a recent trip to Paris. Known as the father of Harvard track athletics he never married and devoted years to philanthropy and aviation promotion. He lived in New York and earlier traveled Europe Asia and Africa studying and exploring. He was active in Red Cross ambulance work and supported numerous charitable causes.
A horse’s hoof nailed to an iron horseshoe stuck in Mt. Auburn Street asphalt near Harvard. The moving van’s horse freed the nailless shoe, punctured a tire, tore a boy’s trousers, and left the shoe embedded possibly bringing more luck to the tire shop.
James LeGrice a 12 year old of 49 Redfield street Neponset jumped from a row boat in Dorchester Bay channel. He vanished after slipping under a second boat and surfaced again no more. Police from Station 11 recovered the body after over three hours of grappling. He was the third oldest of a family of 12 children.
Attorney General Attwill ordered Assistant Attorney General Seagrave to obtain a full report from the Federal Trade Commission on charges that Boston coal dealers exploited the public during last spring's coal shortage.
The attorney-general may initiate prosecutions immediately if reports or investigations reveal criminal action or unlawful conspiracy by coal dealers. A law passed last year allows summoning books and witnesses if a price conspiracy is suspected, and FTC findings could trigger this procedure at once.
Katharine Dana of Boston appears this week at Keith's Theatre in Fantasia Luminare a woodland fantasy. Her act features colored flower reproductions on gauze drops with orchestral accompaniment and striking lighting. She studied in Europe at the outbreak of the war and shows a clear true soprano voice and notable artistry.
The Roxbury Crossing Public Market opened at 7 am and sold out by 10 am with corn at 10 to 20 cents a dozen. Deputy superintendent Peter Connolly distributed vegetables, while George A Richardson of Boxboro sold 45 bushels of corn. Cabbages and cucumbers moved quickly as Bay State Farms of Wilmington reported sold out by 10. Market to open each Tuesday.
The 77th Barnstable fair opens with dog judging and stock shows drawing a large summer colony crowd. Tim Yee wins best dog, with the Thomas Thacher cup. Cape Hyannis defeats Falmouth 5 to 4 in 13 innings for the baseball championship. Warn Stable High loses to Yarmouth High 14 to 3 in the high school division. Governor McCall is expected to attend Governor's Day tomorrow.
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions reports missionaries and property safe in Salaniti after recent violence. Rev. William C. Cooper telegraphs that funds are needed to support ongoing operations and relief efforts for the mission scene.
The War Council of the American Red Cross announced a commission to Serbia to begin relief work for refugees. A $200,000 appropriation will fund medical and other supplies for refugees on the Macedonian front.
Cordenio Arnold Severance, a prominent St Paul lawyer, leads the mission as commissioner. Deputy commissioners include Dr. Severance Burgage, Dr. Frederick T. Lloyd, Dr. Eugene A. Crockett, and others. Two members, W. A. W. Stewart and L. D. Wishard, had gone to Saloniki. The commission faces a formidable European problem as many Serbian families are uprooted with members lost in battle.
News from Boston reports the Cunard chartered steamship Malda sank after departing Aug 15 for London. The vessel carried 170000 bushels of oats and other war materiel including condensed milk flour cotton and provisions bound for the British government.
Worcester banks and trust companies face draft losses of many employees. They plan to hire women to fill ledger department positions traditionally held by men, a shift prompted by wartime manpower shortages.
United Mine Workers of America plan a substantial coal wage increase. An invitation to coal operators in the central competitive field was extended to meet miners' officials in Indianapolis on Sept. 6, per a statement from William Green, international secretary treasurer.
The United Mine Workers announce a plan to press operators for a joint conference to raise mining wages, aiming to align earnings with high living costs. A broader push for nationwide increases may follow, while urging workers to stay on the job during the talks.
In the Supreme Judicial Court, Mayor Eben J. Williams of Waltham delayed signing a voting machine contract while taxpayers led by James J. Harold sought court intervention to force approval. With a board vote to reconsider leasing set for next Tuesday, Judge Crosby postponed the matter two weeks.
The New England Fish Exchange and 48 others named as defendants in a government suit to break up a groundfish monopoly at the new fish pier denied the charges. The government said they cornered cod haddock hake and pollock, restricted trade at the pier, and conspired to restrain commerce.
Defendants argue wide fishing activity defeats any substantial restraint of trade and cite Canadian and Pacific imports as competition. They claim Boston firms formed to counter Bay State Fishing Company, deny monopoly, note independent dealers, and dispute alleged pier restrictions and charges by the New England Fish Exchange and Boston Fish Market Corporation. They seek dismissal of the bill.
George H. Rohloff of Leominster was arrested at the Ayer military camp by United States Deputy Marshals on suspicion of German espionage. He claimed to seek work, said he is a Leominster carpenters union member, born in Berlin, in the country four years, and admitted failing to register as an enemy alien while claiming army draft registration. He was committed to Hast Cambridge jail pending investigation.
Worcester August 28 Judge Samuel Utley faced a dispute over a neighbor’s hen in which Sofia Maykel 42 of 64 Wall Street was accused by Maria Grazinsky 66 Wall Street of taking the hen. After a lengthy hearing Utley discharged Maykel and ordered the hen freed stating the bird would return to its owner.
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