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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
7
The Imo disaster case widens as Imo helmsman Johansen, treated for injuries, is jailed after nurses flag suspect behavior. Canadian inquiry opens into the Halifax collision that killed about 1300, with Mont Blanc and Imo owners and officials present.
Ward 5 leader Joseph P Lomasney resigns as Boston Schoolhouse Commissioner signaling a shift in support away from Mayor Curley. The move follows political maneuvering as Gallivan backers gain momentum and names unclear for future backing. The resignation cites timing and loyalty as factors in a volatile local political scene.
The Massachusetts relief unit praised for disaster response was hosted at Government House in Halifax by Lieutenant-Governor McCallum Grant. The informal dinner honored the nurses and surgeons before the group heads to Boston, with Canadian guests and officials from the Public Safety Committee in attendance.
Lieutenant-Governor Grant expresses gratitude as two relief steamers arrive. C. K. Howard of the Colonial Government Railways and Mr. Kemble of the Canadian customs service participate. Five of the Lieutenant-Governor’s sons are in active service.
The steamer Northland brought relief cargo to Halifax with 10 motor trucks and four eye nurses already at Victoria General Hospital. John F. O Connell and Captain Hathaway oversee docking and unloading while Massachusetts relief members plan Boston return. An inquiry into Halifax residents is underway with names to be published.
At the request of Red Cross official John F. Moors, Christian Lantz of the Salem Y M C A will depart for Halifax to aid in rehabilitation after the Salem fire. Twenty one doctors and four internes from the Second Base Hospital Unit, sent by the New England Red Cross, have returned to Boston and then dispersed to New Bedford Providence and Woonsocket. The second unit went to Halifax earlier. Among those who returned yesterday are doctors from Providence including M. P. Mahoney John Morrison William L. Tarrison J. F. Hawkins E. G. Thompson F J Coughlin O Best A Corvese Howard Blanchard Frank A. Cummings Ray
Forty four medical men and fifty nurses of the Second Unit remain in Halifax to continue their work. They are joined by Rhode Island officials including Dr. Bugbee and Dr. Adams among others, with interne staff from Rhode Island Hospital.
Over 200 volunteers canvass Cambridge door to door for the Halifax Relief Fund. Harvard University and Radcliffe join the effort with dining hall tables and direct subscriptions led by Prof K G T Webster. Mayor-elect Quinn organizes theater fund raising and bank booth collections total $300 contributed by women.
Mrs. William C. Chetwynd of Malden received a telegram from Halifax relatives stating that her cousin Captain Horatio Brannen of the British patrol steamer Stella Maris and her nephew Sidney Malone, assistant cook on that vessel, were victims of the explosion. Her brother Amasa Nickerson and his son Eldredge, 24, were reported alive and well.
The Halifax death toll update lists identified victims from the Halifax tragedy. Names include Margaret Hyland Newton Harvey Gerald M Doody Robert Neary Hanson David Howe Mildred Howe Mildred M Howe Lieutenant Harold C Balcow Clem Fraser John Guess Mary H Guess Helena Guess Shen Mrs Cecconi Matteo Charles Short Margaret Keddy Percy Duggan Mrs Mary Ann Duggan Miss Eileen Duggan Burton McPhee Edward Foran William Heneberry Fred Bailey Mrs Nora Bates James Robinson Pentheon Lemineut Alfred Lovett Hugh Hendry John Whalen Norman W Andrews William Marshall Alfred Scole Elizabeth Brodie John Roynane Charles Vaughan Francis Wilson Mrs B Underwood Walter Pierie Sadie Pierie Minnie FE Sartlin Mrs Isabell Maldiie Alexander Bond Joseph Hinch Ping Walsh William Finch Fred Cossman Mrs Esther Roan Thomas Dilman Joseph Hollan Joseph Wier G Keeble BR F Day Frances Burmess David Orr Mrs Osborne Wallace F J Collins John Harley Ira Hubley Mrs Annie Thout Private A Ruscoe
The latest Victory Loan returns show 782,714 subscribers in Canada, about one in ten people. The report notes this surpasses Great Britain’s prior wartime rate of one in 23 and compares to the U S Liberty Loan where one in 27 subscribed.
Vice Admiral Sims notified the Navy that Lester Joseph Gilson, once missing from the destroyer Jacob Jones, has been found among survivors. Gilson's mother, Mrs. Alvin Gilson, lives in Green Bay Wisconsin.
Military authorities announced that Louis Vosburg alias Henry French was not a German spy after arriving with a Boston steamer. The arrest occurred in Halifax and authorities stated their view tonight.
Vosburg carried a Boston to Halifax ticket valued at 229 in cash a Halifax map and assorted papers. He failed to give a clear account at sea and shifted from Brooklyn New York to Concord New Hampshire as his home. A physician judged him temporarily unbalanced while rumors of spy activity swirled locally.
Authorities state the suspect Vosburg will be kept in custody until the secret service is satisfied he is harmless and he likely faces deportation.
Field Marshal Haig expresses thanks to General Pershing for American army engineers who aided around Gouzeaucourt on November 30. The communication, dated in France, notes pleasure in forwarding the letter detailing the cooperation with British forces in France.
Mrs. Lewis Brewer, 88, is believed burned to death in a Turnpike Road fire toward Fayville in Southboro. Neighbors found doors locked, hindering rescue as the blaze spread. In the same house, musician Frank Brown lost valuable music and an organ. Mrs. Brewer’s husband died twenty years ago.
Inspector Walter Murphy returned to Boston with James S. Ryan alias Frisco Ryan alias Three-Fingered Jack, wanted for larceny of 115 dollars from David Adams on Oct. 18, 1910 at North Station Jamaica Plain.
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