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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1918
Page
4
A Senate judiciary sub committee appointed by the judiciary committee to study the administration bill granting the President power to readjust government departments for better coordination of war making machinery. No discussion of the measure occurred at the hearing.
San Antonio Texas February 11 the third court martial for the Houston riot of August 23 next month begins February 18 at Fort Sam Houston. Forty members of the 2d Infantry face charges of mutiny and murder after two prior courts tried 78 men with thirteen hanged and five under death sentences.
Miss Marjorie Talbot of Brookline, a Smith College graduate, drives an Army auto truck eight miles behind the firing lines near Verdun. After earning a chauffeur license and studying French, she trained at an automobile school and, driven by the Lusitania sinking, joined the Red Cross three days weekly. Now she contributes to Smith College women’s efforts in France.
Street railway officials say the trolley line to the South Boston fish pier is nearly finished and cars will run this week. The 2 foot freight shed for electric freight cars of Boston & Worcester and Bay State street railways is complete and ready for use. The State funded tracks and freight shed, leased to the Boston Elevated, as part of wartime food distribution efforts.
Twenty Condit Electrical Manufacturing Company employees organized a union yesterday after a week long strike. They met at O Brien Hall and voted to join the American Federation of Labor. A committee was set to negotiate a 15 percent raise and a 50 hour workweek. They currently earn about 30 cents an hour for 53 hours weekly. The committee will report at 1 p.m. today.
Sixty Portland grocers including the city's largest signed a cash and carry agreement today. They agree to add a specified extra charge for delivery and another charge for carrying customers’ purchases on their books.
The first session of Food Conservation Week opened at the Guild House linked to St. Joseph's Church. Mrs Eugenia Hatch Schwind demonstrated meat wheat and sugar substitutes, including English monkey and corn muffins. Several booths displayed substitute foods under guild auspices with Miss Anna Fallon guiding the wheat table.
A government freight transport formerly an American coastwise steamship ran aground near an Atlantic port during a return trip from abroad. Navy and wrecking tugs assisted. officials said the ship was not in immediate danger and that all aboard were well. It was expected to be floated at the next high tide.
Brigadier-General Littell testified that the cost plus profit system for National Army cantonments saved money and sped completion. He said 16 camps cost 143 million dollars with contractor fees 2 to 3 percent, none over 6 percent, max 250 thousand. Secret Service monitored for overcharges. Major Starrett and Frederick Olmstead led the advisory committee.
Boston supporters of the soldiers entertainment drive report progress from Washington. A plan aims to have households supply a $1 smileage book each month for soldiers. Harold Braddock says the campaign is setting a record. The entertainment council has received many cancelled coupons from cantonment theatres. Over 60,000 new books of coupons are expected today.
Mrs. L. M. McMasters of Lowell Massachusetts credits a product named Varnesis with ending seven years of rheumatic pain. She describes severe joint stiffness and mobility loss, then reports walking stairs and performing light tasks after treatment. The ad urges readers to write to W A Varney Lynn Massachusetts for evidence and to obtain Var-nesis from druggists.
Camp Devens February 11 A whole battalion from this cantonment including infantry artillerymen and engineers was detailed to clear the main road from the Ayer depot to the camp gate. The mile and a half stretch was solid with over a foot of snow on ice with snowdrifts and deep ruts hindering traffic for hours.
Transfers from the cantonment cut the camp from second to third in war insurance standings. The total insurance deducted amounts to 35,739,000, leaving a camp total of 27,485,000 while the insured percentage rises to 963-10 percent.
Captain William Johnson and six officers and crew members of the Actaeon arrived at an Atlantic port after the sinking off Spain on Thanksgiving night. Thirty five crewmen remained in Spain awaiting transport home. Arthur B. Bordley of Baltimore, third officer, led a launch that reached the submarine and was questioned in English about U S naval forces. Bordley refused to answer and was released. his boat returned to the sinking ship.
Washington February 11 reports Republican Leader Mann returns to his House seat after months of treatment at a hospital. The public statement notes Mann's comeback and responsibilities ahead as he resumes duties.
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