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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1917
Page
8
Tense sessions address measures to curb high living costs as Mayor Curley proposes two relief plans. One creates city run food stores. the other offers rice at four cents a pound. Lawmakers clash over embargoes, federal power, and a proposed five member food commission with sweeping seizure and distribution powers.
The piece praises Quincy cigars as a trusted choice drawing mass support from smokers. It argues the habit goes beyond preference, tapping into a deep instinct to secure the best value even for small amounts.
The City Council voted to empower the Mayor to appoint 25 citizens to assist in drafting preparedness plans and reducing living costs. An amendment aligned the group with Governor McCall’s preparedness commission. A separate embargo proposal on foodstuffs and war supplies was defeated amid debate on patriotism and national administration.
Mayor Curley announced two strategies to ease high food costs. One would empower cities to run stores for sale and distribution of food. The other would sell 1,000,000 pounds of rice at 4 cents a pound, raising funds through donors and a bank loan.
Eva L. Hoffman president of the West End Women's Club plans to ask the school committee to require teachers to count pupils arriving without breakfast. If confirmed, an appeal will go to Mayor Curley for a program to provide free breakfasts.
Senator Borah introduces a resolution to appropriate six million dollars to aid local authorities. Car service men report better conditions as relief efforts move through Congress. Washington dispatch notes ongoing federal relief tied to the food situation.
The Laconia carried 26 Americans including Mrs. Mary E. Hoy of Chicago and her daughter Elizabeth Hoy. Thirteen people were reported missing after the sinking, with fears of drownings among passengers and crew. Hospital cases were mentioned as preparations were made for the injured. about 270 survivors reportedly reached Queenstown.
The Cunard liner Laconia carrying 26 Americans including six cabin passengers and 20 crew members from New York to Liverpool was torpedoed Sunday night with 75 passengers aboard. One casualty confirmed. Cargo included 1000 bars of silver and 2843 bales of cotton among war supplies. no explosives on board. The ship, armed with one stern gun, sank after being hit.
The sinking of the Cunarder Laconia with 26 Americans aboard alarms Washington as a major disregard of American rights amid the German submarine campaign. Government officials weigh diplomatic mail loss and potential casualties.
Consul Frost at Queenstown reports the sinking and one death with 267 survivors due tonight. Officials weigh whether Americans were among the dead, while note the incident worsens already tense Germany relations and involves shifting diplomatic mail from the St Louis to the Laconia.
A filed list of 40 American crew members on the Laconia is recorded in New York. Names include W. Wrong H. Smith H. Shugled J. T. Williams F. Smith J. Bumpines J. D. Brall Z. Lewar J. Bowman D. Adamson H. Shepherd J. Johnson H. Young L. Donnell B. Carter T. Coffey A. Dwyver among others with city affiliations such as Louisville New York Brooklyn Mesburg.
Ex attorney general Pillsbury seeks divorce in Norfolk county. The couple, married in Edinburgh about a decade ago, have not lived together for approximately three years. Mrs Pillsbury, a noted civic worker, resided at 175 Bay State Road but neighbors say neither has lived there since separation. Pillsbury, 68, and his wife, 37, are raising two minor children in Wellesley. He is a former Massachusetts Senate president and a Harvard Law School authority.
Chicago report confirms Mrs Mary J Hoy and her daughter Elizabeth were aboard the torpedoed Laconia. The Hoy family, long based in Chicago, now has husband Dr Albert S Hoy and son Austin in London where the son works for an American firm. The family previously lived in Washington DC.
Tremont Temple began a week long engagement of The Battle Cry of Peace yesterday afternoon. The pictorial arraignment of pacifists shows renewed potency amid national stress. Based on Hiram Maxim's Defenseless America the film uses the book as a scenario. Two showings daily.
Shipping notices list multiple steamers and tugs arriving and sailing to New York Norfolk and Portland. Vessels include Fagernes Jorgensen City of Atlanta and Bay State with various routes to Colombo Piraeus Nantucket and Baltimore along with towing tugs Murrell and John Scully and barges Biwabik Eugenia Hooper Hawthorne and Riverside.
An advertisement touts Adamsons Balsam as a sure cure for a rasping graveyard cough. It presents bold health claims to persuade readers to buy the remedy.
Receipts of groundfish at the Fish Pier passed the one million pound mark as 22 vessels arrived since Saturday. Haddock, scrod and cod led the catch with hundreds of thousands of pounds, while wholesale prices shifted for haddock and cod varieties. A new steamship Fagernes arrived from Calcutta and Colombo via St Vincent, carrying East Indian goods. An engineer from the Eddie recounted a January harbor torpedo attack by a German submarine. two Portuguese torpedo boats sank the submersible. A banana boat delivered 295000 bananas from Port Limon, with oranges and coffee aboard. potato shipments rotted in Havana due to island conditions. The San Juan brought 19000 bags of sugar from Guanica, P R, and Isabela was en route with a large cargo.
Fenway Theatre features Alice Joyce and Harry Morey in The Courage of Silence with Patria on the same bill by Mrs Vernon Castle. Miss Ann Murdock appears in Where Love Is and The Great Secret with Francis X Bushman and Beverly Bayne. Scollay Square Olympia shows The Seven Deadly Sins with Envy, The Darling of Paris starring Theda Bara, and a vaudeville sketch Po White Trash Jinny by Lillian Mortimer company. Washington Theatre presents Jim Bludsoe with Wilfred Lucas and The Great Secret. remaining week to feature The Crab with Frank Keenan and The Secret Kingdom with Charles Richman.
The Globe Theatre presents Henry Walthall in His Truant Soul today. Betty Shade stars Wednesday in The Reward of the Faithness, Dorothy Bernard Thursday in The Accomplice, Alice Brady Friday in The Hungry Heart, and Mary Pickford headlines Saturday in The Pride of the Clan.
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