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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
4
Berlin dispatches report the Russo German armistice commission, led by Count von Mirbach, sailed to Petrograd to negotiate civilian prisoner exchanges and restore German Russian relations. The group includes foreign and war ministry officials.
In the lower Piave area today B Harvey Caroll Jr American consul at Venice distributed Red Cross gifts to Italian troops. Motor trucks delivered tobacco sweets handkerchiefs and other presents. Commanders and men expressed hearty thanks highlighting Italian friendship for America.
Major General John S. O'Ryan, commanding the New York National Guard at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina, testified before the Senate military committee on December 26 with firsthand details on equipment and training of American troops in France and in training camps from his recent observation tour abroad.
The committee resumed war preparations hearings and sent a War Department resolution urging prompt provision of heavier winter clothing for troops in camps. General O'Ryan testified three hours in private session, saying training is adequate but not fit for front duties and that two more months of training are needed before deployment. Major-Generals Wright and Greble to testify. Grace Hamiston to submit a written statement if she has new information.
London dispatch reports Lord Rhondda, the food controller, declaring tobacco a necessity not a luxury. He warns its loss would be a national misfortune, affecting both laborers and workers with brains, and notes tobacco deprivation would bring great discomfort. Some newspapers forecast tobacco rationing.
A lifeboat from the steamship Tuscarora, believed lost with all hands, was picked up today by the lightkeeper on St. Pauls Island off Halifax Nova Scotia. The event occurred on December 26.
New York reports the American steamship Tuscarora and its 35 crew members are believed lost at sea north of Cape Breton Island after a storm. The ship, once a lake vessel, was requisitioned by the Shipping Board and sailed from Montreal to New York on December 6. The crew included Americans and foreigners from Sweden, Denmark and Great Britain. The 2386 ton vessel was built in 1890.
Andrew Swornik of Rhinelander Wisconsin admitted being a German spy until a Madison federal officer investigated. An internment order arrived from Washington. Helmuth Topper of Darlington Wisconsin was also arrested and ordered interned.
Receiver Wallace B. Denham of the Bay State Street Railway Company warns coal supply issues threaten the line. He says the outlook is not encouraging and early cessation of service on some divisions is possible.
Miss Agnes Coakley of Brookline and Charles Lillis Murdock of Lafayette Ind plan to marry January 9 at St Columbkines Church. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel H Coakley with two sisters Eileen Mahoney and Jessie Coakley.
The Finance Commission turned over to District Attorney Pelletier a transcript from its hearing on the city's bonding and insurance business. Mayor Curley and associates were named in testimony. Special counsel Henry Hurlburt urged the DA to study the conflicts and then possibly present to a grand jury.
A letter to the editor requests broader columns on vaccination policy. The writer recalls exemptions for three children from a Boston physician, notes State Board of Health pressure for stricter rules, and questions compulsory vaccination, costs, and permanent exemptions amid a debate on germ theory and public health.
Mr Denham reports Boston coal arrivals totaling 325 tons by water and 245 tons by rail while needing about 600 tons daily. He lists supply gaps across Quincy Newport Portsmouth Lynn Chelsea Salem Lowell Lawrence Gloucester Hyde Park Haverhill Woburn Essex and Byfield with reserves insufficient to prevent shutdowns and delays.
An old ad promotes LAXATIVA BROMO QUININE tablets claiming they remove the cause of colds and headaches. The box bears the signature of PD W. GROVE and is priced at 30 cents.
A Belmont letter to the Post reports local boys sent to Forts Standish and Warren last Wednesday lack sweaters and blankets. They sleep on canvas cots with no pillows, while Boston's past generosity in supplying clothing is cited. The writer urges immediate civic action and notes many troops are without essentials.
Miss Dorothy Buell of Waltham aged teacher in Troy public schools married yesterday at noon to Consign Wester J. Guthrie a United States naval aviator. The ceremony was held at Immanuel Methodist Church by Rev Frank Jitter.
A neutral flag steamship arrived from South America and was seized by naval officials for hours amid rumors of a spy hunt. Guards blocked the gangplank and customs inspectors aboard were denied access while mail, papers, and crew lists were thoroughly checked.
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