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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
5
Walter Uhde testifies in federal court in New York that he met Karl Schimmel and others tied to a conspiracy to place fire bombs on outgoing steam ships. Uhde is one of 15 Germans including Kanz von Rintelen involved in the case, linked to meetings at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum.
Uhde faces government charges for taking fire bomb packages from the Labor Lyceum to Schimmel's Manhattan office. He denied telling police he knew about bombs and claimed he signed at headquarters involuntarily. He testified in April 1915 he met Schimmel who introduced two men, Water Schimmel and Reisler, and discussed punishment for any German at munitions plants.
Mrs Mary M Collins of Roxbury leads the Boston area in the longest hair contest with 59 inches of light hair. She is mother to six children, with daughters Anna and Hileen assisting in hair care. Banker Warner Marshall chairs the New England drive with five governors and their wives.
Salvation Army to start a nationwide drive at Tremont Temple Sunday evening led by Commander Evangeline Booth with Attorney General Henry C. Attwill as chair. The event features a 60 piece band and free admission, with Booth later addressing 2000 business men at the City Club to relay a war message from the trenches urging support for troop recruitment.
Emma Goodwin, a blind worker at 70 plus, serves across Columbus Avenue in Boston. She measures, cuts, and ties tape for surgical shirts in the Boston Metropolitan Chapter while directing others in Berkeley Street's sewing room.
Representative John Donovan indicates a minority stance in a Boston dispute over trolley service costs. He seeks to shrink Public Service Commission powers, shift authority to the Legislature, and push a five cent fare for Boston proper. He notes the majority report is circulating nationwide and announces his position.
Edmund Billings, collector of the port, has rested at his Jamaica Plain home due to a lamed side from wartime overwork. He is not seriously ill and is expected to be back at his desk next week.
The Rev Charles W Lyons rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and president of Boston College turned 60 yesterday.
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