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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1918
Page
5
More than 26 soldiers and sailors, guests of the Volunteers of America, found shelter last night as Colonel Lindsay closed the chapel at 39 Howard Street and hosted an open house for boys in uniform wandering the West End in cold.
Buenos Aires reports from February 5 say the Argentinian consul in Barcelona telegraphed details to the foreign office after an interview with the captain of the Ministro Irriendo which was sunk in the Mediterranean on January 26. The captain claims a mine collision and Buenos Aires seeks fuller details while remaining silent publicly.
An advertisement promises relief from heartburn and gas with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims the tablets digest food, increase gastric juice flow, prevent the lump of lead sensation, and improve strength and appearance after meals. A 50 cent box is urged for purchase from any druggist.
An ad copy urges readers to take quick doses of a product to strengthen digestive organs and improve stomach tone, promising relief from ongoing discomfort and distress after meals. The claim emphasizes rapid, sure results.
Secretary of War Baker will testify again before the Senate military committee tomorrow, with anticipated disclosures about the government’s war program. The episode may pause the Senate debate on war efficiency briefly as discussions widen to include a proposed war cabinet and a munitions director.
Secretary Baker is set for a long session before the committee as questions focus on his claim that half a million troops would be in France soon and a million more ready to go. Senators oppose, debate to stretch into next week with talks on reorganization, ordnance, aviation, and war planning.
German travellers report a Berlin conference where Field Marshal von Hindenburg told 36 editors the food situation will worsen and that by next April he expects to be in Paris. The remark followed discussion of Germany’s looming food shortages with editors.
Cincinnati barber Frank Harbaugh offers a home mixture to darken gray hair and improve shine. Mix half a pint water with one ounce bay rum a small box of Barbo Compound and four ounces glycerine. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade is reached.
An Australian monkey named Jerry was officially approved as a member of the Malden fire department. Miss Nellie Henderson donated him from Australia six years ago, with Clarence Needham and Fred Pitman chosen as his sponsors. Jerry has a private room, rubber boots, a fireman’s hat, and a custom uniform being made.
Luciano A. Cucci a Lynn banker with offices at 137 Pleasant street was arrested at 39 South Elm street charged with assault with intent to murder Joseph P Delatenna of 268 South Common street. Cucci admitted shooting Delatenna twice in the back and once in the head as he left a meeting of the Italian Benevolent association. Delatenna is on the dangerous list at Lynn hospital.
Frank J. Carens, treasurer of the Reiser Fund, reports total contributions to date. Names listed include James F. Farley Jr, David Hoffman, Gerald J. Savage, TE. BP. Russell, and others with small gifts.
General Bliss, the US representative at the Supreme War Council sessions, and British officials discuss channeling American battalions through British training to spearhead frontline work in Flanders. A concrete proposal envisions 150 battalions undergoing this training program.
Discourse suggests routing certain units through British ports and transport systems to train and deploy them with General Pershing's army sooner. Proposals note offers from British and French ships to carry American troops and imply limited use of British transports already.
General Pershing received a silk American flag embroidered by Mile Genevieve Vix of the Chicago Opera Company. Vix, who would come to Boston February 18, crafted the flag. Pershing left Paris for the front before its completion and returned after Vix left for America. he wrote her a strong letter of appreciation.
The entire Boston College senior class attended the funeral of Francis K. Quinn a cadet in the 167th Aero Squadron at Mineola who died Thursday of pneumonia A solemn high mass was held at St Theresa s Church West Roxbury and burial followed at Holyhood Brookline
The Telegraaf frontier correspondent reports German officials harshly punishing strike leaders, causing widespread soldier discontent in Flanders. Soldiers have urged Belgian laborers forced to work to join strikes, intensifying tensions.
The Rev. M. J. OConnor, chaplain of the 101st Infantry, writes from France to James J. Phelan that soldiers’ moral conditions are excellent and alleges that rumors of immorality are untrue and unfounded.
In Paris last week Father O'Connor says reports of immoral conditions among U S soldiers in France are false. He cites a minister’s visit and a censored letter to the Pilot denying the allegations and urging newspapers to publish it.
The government speeds victory by enrolling workers in the United States Public Service Reserve. Boston hosts a 1 PM City Hall meeting led by Victor A. Heath to plan local registration and meet an 8000 person city quota. Transit is rerouted due to a Chelsea drawbridge failure with shuttle links between Chelsea, City Square, and naval facilities to minimize delays.
Federal warrants were issued today for 27 I W W members charged with conspiracy and espionage act violations after a raid on their meeting place in St. Louis. It is alleged the group advocated sabotage.
Harvard University says its annual engineering camp at Squam Lake New Hampshire will be abandoned this summer due to a drop in enrollment caused by the war. The camp was cancelled last summer for the same reason.
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