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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1917
Page
2
Masses celebrated the new legal holiday with statewide observances after voters approved adding January 1 to Bay State holidays by a large margin._events ranged from hotel receptions to open house at the Boston Y.M.C.A. and community entertainments for children.
In Greater Boston the first observance of the new holiday mirrors past unofficial New Year celebrations. Saloons close but hotels plan delayed revelry for tonight 24 hours after Sunday. Ten o'clock marks the general welcome in hotels and cafes with elaborate events. Various organizations hold day and evening observances. Daughters of the American Revolution are involved.
A dense schedule of New Year events across Boston and nearby towns includes a Toy Town Winter Carnival in Winchendon for Carriers' Association members, New Year’s receptions at Hotel Westminster and the Y M C A, several charity entertainments, and inaugural ceremonies for local governments. Notables include Lt Governor Coolidge speaking, the Women’s City Club event, and civic inaugurations in Medford and Everett.
Dr Hamilton Wright Mabie associate editor of the Outlook died at his Summit New Jersey home at age seventy He was born in Cold Spring New York in 1839 survived by his wife and daughter and had been influential educator writer and lecturer with works including Norse Stories Nature in New England and Life of Shakespeare He studied at Williams College Columbia Law School practiced law before joining the Outlook in 1879 He traveled widely and was honored by Japan during a lecture tour He led the New York Kindergarten Association served as secretary of the American Institute of Arts and Letters and belonged to the Century Association and other groups.
Aside from Romania, little front activity shows beyond artillery duels. On the Moldavia Transylvania front the Teutonic allies, reinforced, continue to push gains against Romanian forces.
The drive aims at a junction as troops move north into Moldavia. Russian and Romanian positions fall in the Ostug, Putna, and Zabala valleys while Mackensen pushes toward the Danube. Braila bridgehead retreats? Teutonic line near Matchin. Athens reports ministers call for Greek force cuts and releases.
West Acton hosts the annual dance of the West Acton Tennis Club in Odd Fellows Hall on New Year’s Eve night. Event features members from local clubs and community members in West Acton.
Reports relay French attack south of Chilly with prisoners. Violent artillery fight along La Bassee canal and Somme areas. German long range guns set fire to depots on Ancre south bank. Berlin officials note German Austro Hungarian gains near Braila, Matchin, and Oituz valley. Russo Romanian positions shift as Teutonic forces enter Rimnik area. Bulgarians advance toward Matchin in Dobrudja.
Boston Mayor James M Curley declares he will seek re election. He defends a three year record of honesty, promises further public works in 1917 and notes a projected surplus and job opportunities for Boston workers amid wartime uncertainties.
A Paris dispatch reports that on December 31 ministers from France Great Britain and Russia signed a note to be presented to the Greek government demanding guarantees and reparations. The telegraph notes the move follows tensions in the region and outlines the terms proposed by the three powers.
A translated note outlines three guarantees to reduce Greek forces outside Peloponnesus to police needs, ban reservist meetings north of Corinth Isthmus, and reestablish allies control. Reparations demand release of political detainees, dismissal of the First Army Corps commandant, and official apologies in Athens. Allies reserve action if Greece remains unsatisfied.
Publication of the Spanish note reveals the first public hint that copies of the President's peace proposals were sent to neutrals with a hint that U S support was expected. German and Spanish reactions diverge. neutrals propose joint action while the United States has opposed such entente cooperation.
Catholic churches across Greater Boston filled for annual Te Deum services on New Year’s Eve. Cardinal O Connell presided at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross where over 3000 attended as choirs sang. Large crowds also gathered at the Church of the Immaculate Conception and St Joseph’s Roxbury for solemn vespers and benediction.
Lynn police seized 200 quarts of champagne 75 quarts of wine and 30 quarts of whiskey in a raid on a drug store at 446 Union Street. Arthur B Reed identified himself as proprietor but no arrests were made.
Grace Colbert Roberts, 23, an art model dubbed a perfect woman, was found dead in her apartment at Fifteenth and Poplar streets. Police suspect involvement of a dozen or more prominent local men but have no definite clue to the killer, who struck with a flatiron, then strangled her with silk stockings.
Detectives guard a dozen photographs found in Grace Roberts's boudoir as they search for links between the widow and her male visitors. Captain James Tate says the murder likely was a one-man job, with a tense struggle indicated by overturned furniture and broken glass. A bloodstained blue striped shirt, Arrow collar, and a finger print on the collar are among the few tangible clues. marks of identification have been removed from the shirt and buttons.
King Constantine of Greece summoned the American minister Garrett Crumpers and conveyed a message aligning Greece with President Wilson’s peace proposals. The king praised the U.S. initiative, expressed Greece’s longing for peace, and noted Greece’s trials in the war while supporting a negotiated end to the world conflict. The Greek government will issue a formal reply joining Wilson’s proposals.
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