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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1917
Page
2
Worcester report says more than people evacuated beds as three lodging house fires broke out within 15 minutes. One person was seriously injured and hospitalized amid the frigid conditions.
A candle started a blaze in an Essex Street rooming house driving out 20 lodgers. While firemen battled it flames broke out at the German American Hotel on Mechanics Street. Lodger George Oney fell three stories after a rope ladder burned through. A cigarette stub sparked a waste paper fire. A further 25 room lodging house on Irwin Street caught fire from an overturned chafing dish. John Edrington escaped by leaping into a snow drift. Total property loss in all fires described as small.
William P. Willcox chairman of the Republican National Committee said in a letter to George W. Perkins and Everett Colby that a meeting of the national committee would likely be held in May or June. He argued it would be inopportune to convene now as events have brought the nation to the verge of war, and partisan discussion should be stifled to support the administration during the crisis.
In Pittsfield on February 11 the South Congregational Church announced a $5000 gift from unknown friends toward the parish house fund. The donation brings the total to $14,000 while $40,000 is sought for a modern brick parish house on South Street.
New London Conn Feb 11 Up to Jan 81 the German submarine Deutschland had not left its home port officials say. Eastern Forwarding Co declined to discuss another voyage to the U.S. reliable sources say no departure before crisis ends. Dean Rousmaniere urged actions aligned with faith rather than diplomacy.
The Norfolk County Branch of the Catholic Federation held its annual convention in the Cathedral School hall at Malden street and Harrigan avenue. Rev. James F. Stanton, rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception Stoughton and county chaplain, spoke on Catholic Charities as Carried on by the Diocesan Charitable Bureau. Also addressing were Rev. James A. Sheridan Holbrook Rev. Thomas McManus St Lawrence Brookline and David Dennison Stoughton.
Somerville resident J H W recounts decades of joint rheumatism from feet to neck and how taking Varneris restored health. He details initial disbelief, rapid improvement, and eventual return to activity and work. A booklet “A Word to Skeptics” is offered by W A Varney of Lynn Mass, with Boston and local druggists selling Var-ne-sis.
A large American flag was unfurled from the Cathedral Church porch at 3 39 pm in a brief outdoor dedication led by the dean. Several hundred attended as the hymn America opened the ceremony and the pledge followed. An evening patriotic service at 7 30 pm included prayers and national hymns.
A gathering at Franklin Union Hall in Massachusetts adopted a resolution urging the United States not to enter the war. Delegate James ONeal will present the protest at a Washington peace conference. Charles H. Matchett, Socialist Labor candidate in 1896, condemned the Monroe Doctrine and imperialism in his remarks.
Congressman Peter Tague announced an amendment to the House bill to allocate Boston navy yard machinery funding and a contract for one battleship. The bill provides 12 million dollars for upgrading yards to build first class ships, with Tague stating Secretary Daniels guaranteed Boston yard at least one such ship.
Soprano Helen Stanley and pianist Harold Bauer presented a joint concert yesterday afternoon. Stanley, new to Boston, praised for clear tonal beauty and strong technique. Bauer lauded for tone color, individuality, and versatility linking Beethoven, Gluck Alceste, Schubert, and Chopin across a varied program.
Dr. Charles Allen Porter argues for compulsory state health insurance while allowing patients to select their own physician. He outlines panel doctors, consulting specialists, hospital treatment, a medical referee, a disputes committee, and a medic member on the state commission as part of a practical but complex plan. He notes many cannot afford private insurance and warns delays in care can worsen illness.
Dr Katharine Bement Davis, commissioner of correction for New York City, urged that alcoholism and social evils can be eradicated only by education starting with children in public schools. She spoke yesterday at the Old South Meeting House Forum on the topic Public Morals.
A service in honor of Abraham Lincoln is set for 12 10 pm today at the Cathedral of St Paul with an address by Rev Lh W Rogers of Chestnut Hill. Dean Rousmaniere urges attendance to show love of country and willingness to serve. A pageant celebrating Congregationalism’s 400th anniversary follows tomorrow night at Union Congregational Church led by the Woman's Association. The new St James parish hall in West Somerville will open Monday Feb 19 with a reception for Rev William Henry Pettus marking four years as pastor.
A speaker argues that vice thrives where appetite exists and laws cannot curb public morals without changing sentiment. She calls for education beginning in public schools and continuing through churches and press to instill self control and reduce temptations for alcohol and other evils.
Delegates at a National Workmen's Committee on Jewish Rights convention in New York voted against U S involvement in the European war. The gathering aims to press for equal civil and political rights for Jews in belligerent nations at the postwar peace congress.
Harvard university professors have finally adopted the practice of using the one-arm lunch rooms for their noonday meals. The shift ends lingering pride as educators routinely dine in quick lunch settings, marking a notable change in campus eating habits.
The article notes Harvard leaders like Dean LeBaron R Briggs and Recorder George W Cram lunching in fast fashion in Harvard square. Professors Gustave Maynadier Whittem Johnston and Barrett Wendell are also described as sharing hurried meals, sometimes eating from chair arms.
One boy suffered a broken right leg and four others were bruised when a toboggan capsized on Belfry Hill in Lexington. Randolph Piper, son of Dr. and Mrs. Fred S. Piper, was taken to the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in Boston. hill conditions were icy and speed was high after the sled hit a lump of ice.
State Senator Roger Sherman Hoar told the Men's League of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Newton that he, though a pacifist, hopes the United States will be drawn into the European conflict. He argued it is better to fight now to shape a lasting peace than to wait to arm fully in the future.
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