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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1916
Page
16
City Council prison committee lambasted jail medical methods after a semi annual inspection. They condemned overcrowding and mixing well prisoners with a sick inmate, noted foul air during booking and a prisoner with a fit. Councillor Kenny pressed Dr Cilley and the sheriff over the conditions.
Councillors Kenny Collins and Coleman inspected the jail yesterday and found a woman prisoner gravely ill on a bench. They say Dr. G Cilley claimed she had a cold and had been examined three days earlier, and they demanded a more thorough check.
Bell System announces an extra cash distribution totaling more than 6.9 million dollars to certain employees. The payment equals two to three weeks of pay, based on length of service and salary, to help workers meet higher living costs amid the current conditions. Not all employees will participate. criteria apply by salary tier and tenure.
State Commissioner Thure Hanson reports a statewide probe into prices and bread weighing practices. Findings cite wheat export, gold influx, and short weighting or false marking of bread as the three underlying causes. Prosecutions to follow.
Five bakers in the Boston area and 14 in Beverly plus 14 in New Bedford 6 in Greenfield 21 in Springfield 12 in Fitchburg 8 in Brockton and 20 in Worcester face charges. More than 12000 loaves were purchased by Hanson investigators for evidence hearings begin after New Year with show cause orders. Grocers statewide 800 to be summoned under the labeling law. Commissioner Hanson says city cases are few because large metropolitan bakers comply more fully.
Petrograd reports Russia officially rejects the German peace proposal. The foreign minister called it a lying proposal while the Duma votes unanimously against acceptance. Officials argue the Allies’ refusal will be used to justify domestic moral reform and deny cowardice among Russians.
The Duma unites to oppose allied entry into peace negotiations under present conditions. It rejects German proposals as weak and hypocritical, warns that premature peace risks renewed war, and calls for decisive victory and German renunciation of responsibility for the world war. Pokorovsky outlines Russia's firm position and allies' resistance to a separate peace.
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