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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
4
Major General F B Maurice, chief of military operations at the War Office, told the Associated Press that Germany appears ready to launch a vigorous offensive on the western front.
General Maurice cites two main factors in the battle outlook. First, steady German reinforcements from the eastern front. Second, American forces not yet ready for major operations. He warns of losses if the Germans attack and notes failed Cambrai raid as proof of shifting belligerent deployments.
General Maurice warns against quick advance in Palestine due to difficult Judean hills, unfavorable weather, and impassable roads. He notes the need for caution as transport constraints hinder any major movement there for some time.
More than 400 participants gathered at Ford Hall for a farewell to George W. Coleman who departs for England and France as a war front emissary. The event also marked the 10th anniversary of Ford Hall forums celebrating public discussion on Ashburton Place. Coleman, leader of the long running discussions, will study Allied camps and report conditions and carry a message of good cheer to Baptists on the other side.
A workman in Gloucester struck a frozen stick of dynamite with a pickaxe while unloading a carload of coarse salt in the Boston and Maine freight yards. No explosion occurred. Investigators from the Department of Justice and a Boston agent concluded the device was likely placed in the salt by accident.
London reports several German raids on British positions in Belgium and Arras last night. The War Department states all raiding parties were repulsed.
A vintage ad touts Cascarets as a candy like laxative that clears the head, cleans tongue and stomach, and freshens breath by morning. Boxes cost 10 or 25 cents at drug stores and claims to relieve headaches bilious spells indigestion and constipation. It also suggests giving Cascarets to irritable children as harmless and non-gripe.
Boston and suburbs endure record cold with bins empty and coal in short supply. Washington promises relief via Maybrook and Charlestown Navy Yard coal but officials report little movement to Boston. Fuel Administrator James J. Storrow stays in Washington while Howie coordinates aid to households, workers, and hospitals as crews bag coal for the poor and distribute it citywide.
Newport Rhode Island January 2 The coal shortage forced the school committee to close public schools for an indeterminate period. Naval tugs broke ice to deliver coal to a fort with empty bins while other tugs freed coal barges imprisoned by ice along the coast. A tug bound for Boston carried two crewmen and faced ice barriers.
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and facial cleanser substitute for calomel. It claims to cleanse the blood bowels and liver, improve skin and mood, and prevent bad breath with a vegetable formula sold in 10c and 25c boxes through all druggists.
Barges of coal that had been held here for a week due to fuel shortages for boilers departed the port today after receiving a small bunker coal supply, ending the stoppage.
Solid coal trains were ordered eastward ahead of all freight as conferences between the railroad director general and fuel administrator set plans to speed coal to New England and other short supply regions. Freight moves improved despite the weather with 10 trains carrying 600 coal cars reaching New Jersey terminals and some routed via tunnels or ferried to Brooklyn for transfer north.
Rear Admiral Bowles told the Senate investigating committee that under its contract the Emergency Fleet Corporation covers nearly all salaries at the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, with annual payments totaling about $150,000 not included.
Admiral Bowles describes the Sloane Ship Building Corp of Seattle as an instance where the government assumed control. The firm was reorganized while still paying former owner Sloane, now drawing 10000 annually, with 7600000 dollar contract for 16 wooden ships and 1700000 already advanced. Government mortgaged the plant and imposed new accounting methods amid questions of ties to Steel Corp and Joseph B. Cotton.
Boston sub committee of the New England fuel administration seeks motor truck owners to deliver coal to the poor in 100 pound lots. The Public Safety Committee at City Hall coordinates volunteers and may pay drivers if needed. Apply at City Hall to participate.
Professor William Z. Ripley of Newton, named to the Minimum Wage Commission, drew opposition from laundry owners and manufacturers groups as the Governor's Council debated his nomination. Governor McCall said Ripley initially refused the post before agreeing to serve.
The joint special committee on financing and budget procedure filed a preliminary report with the Legislature estimating the Massachusetts Commonwealth must raise 32,175,401.82 dollars to run state government for the coming year, a figure far higher than any previous Legislature.
A committee weighs a total budget of 26.56 million dollars excluding debt service and interest. It warns extending a ten dollar monthly pay to drafted Massachusetts men could reach 12 million in 1918 and urges grave legislative review against such a burden, noting federal pay changes and potential pay inequities.
Miss Agnes Gertrude Roche daughter of Mrs Ellen M Roche of 27 South Street Brighton wed Charles A Morgan of Oakview Terrace Jamaica Plain. The ceremony was performed by Rev Andrew White of St Columbkille Church Brighton after a nuptial high mass celebrated by Father White.
An advertisement promises quick relief from corns with Freezone, a cheap drop-on solution that stops pain and lets users remove corns with fingers. It touts a Cincinnati genius behind the product and urges readers to buy from their druggist.
In Ellensburg Washington Mrs O S Johnson credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from long illness after marriage and says it helped her health and brought a child home Her story promotes the remedy for women facing functional disorders hindering motherhood.
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