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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
10
Massachusetts hotels notified by the Public Service Commission that a hearing will be held on Thursday, Dec. 20, on the right to boost telephone service. It is expected that the Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial Travellers' Association will attend in protest.
A Boston dinner last evening at the Hotel Somerset honored the Imperial Japanese Financial Commission. The event reflected a feeling of honest friendship dating to 1871 when Prince Iwakura visited Boston as Japan’s first ambassador to the United States.
Commissioners representing the Emperor of Japan praise the Anglo American alliance and postwar opportunities for American investment. Alfred L. Aiken presides as Baron Megata and Baron Ito express mutual respect, while Samuel J. Elder warns of global naval danger if the western front falters and Germany unites against the Allies.
Quotes from Colonel Robert L. Howze of the Department of the Northeast urge readiness and duty to supply guns and ammunition to prevent American soldier casualties. Yoshitaro and Yamashita discuss China’s development and closer U S Japan ties. Charles S Hamlin praises Japan and its people.
Chicago Baptist leaders denounce John D. Rockefeller Jr. for suggesting immersion is not required to be a true Baptist. Ministers say a genuine Baptist must be immersed, arguing the Bible supports this, while noting Mrs Rockefeller’s stance influences him. Reverends Otto and Dent voice strong objections.
Dr Stephen Parker Mallatt of Newtonville a dental surgeon in chief at Boston City Hospital and anesthesia instructor at Harvard Dental School was commissioned lieutenant in the Naval Reserve Corps with the rank of oral surgeon. He accompanied the Grenfell International Mission to Labrador in 1918-14 and spent months doing dental work among natives.
The first of a series of State war conferences in Indianapolis closed after two days of meetings. Vice President Marshall had traveled from Washington to speak but adverse weather delayed his train, making arrangements for a Thursday night address impossible.
Hundreds bid farewell as the first Massachusetts contingent sent by the Committee on Public Safety and the Red Cross departs Halifax. A. C. Ratshesky notes relief work is under control and his party can depart.
A sailor on a harbor ship was blown half a mile and saved by the Y M C A hospital staff under Dr Codman of Boston. The Maine unit reports a woman with five children dead in ruins, another boy trapped under timber, and many mangled casualties treated at the hospital as it prepares to depart.
Governor McCall notified Andrew J. Peters that he may inspect the names mustered into U S service. Peters claimed a city election effort would seek to vote on those names. Police Commissioner O Meara will also have access to the list.
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