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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
5
President Lowell of Harvard was named state chairman of the Massachusetts Branch of the League to Enforce Peace at a meeting held yesterday in the World Peace Foundation rooms. Former President Taft was chosen president of the national body.
The executive committee includes James Mott Hallowell as chairman Samuel Jd Elder Herbert Parker and Williams College president H A Garfield. Over 100 charter members join as the league plans a Boston public meeting and statewide city and town committees. Noted supporters include Richard Olney Samuel W McCall William Roscoe Thayer Moorfield Storey Mrs J Malcolm Forbes Rev William Lawrence and others. The league aims to prevent future wars by fostering an international body the belligerents may join after the current conflict.
Advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a quick digestion aid for indigestion sour stomach belching gas and loss of appetite. Claims include worldwide endorsement and a free trial offer via mailing coupon or 50 cent box from a druggist.
Leading medical experts note obesity shortens life by ten to forty years and raises risks of heart liver kidney and digestive ailments. Dr Brough promises a painless weight loss method with no drastic rules or drugs, offering a free Proof Treatment by mail from New York.
Edward H. Crosby notes Roi Cooper Megrue's play Under Fire shown at Park Square Theatre Boston depicts modern warfare carnage beyond news reports. The piece uses graphic scenes to evoke eye-witness intensity and comment on public fascination with war.
A wartime stage piece blends romance with war action as Captain Redmond allied with English secret service battles Streetman, a turncoat toward the Teutonic side. Trench warfare and a ruined church finale hinge on daring escapes, betrayals, and a dramatic trench scene praised for realism.
The second scene unfolds in a church turned hospital where lovers reunite amid continual thrills. William Courtney as hero Redmond commands sympathy with a capable, physically demanding role while Violet Heming as Ethel Willoughby offers charm though limited opportunities. Frank Javen provides a rare comic interlude as a newspaper correspondent.
The Devotion of the Forty Hours begins Friday at the Church of the Sacred Heart Ipswich and the Chapel of Mt St Joseph Academy Brighton. St Peter's School Alumni plan a dancing party next Monday at Rowan Memorial Hall with officers elected January 14. A sacred concert at Boston College High School James Street South End Sunday January 9 raises funds for Daly Industrial School Dorchester directed by Miss Anna M Manion. Diocesan Total Abstinence Society hosts whist and dancing party January 10 at the Catholic Union hall with Rev Maurice J O Connor in charge. Maurice Dineen Hibernian Total Abstinence Society chairing arrangements.
Former Kansas Governor W S Stubbs preached at Billy Sunday Tabernacle in Trenton praising the evangelist. Sunday introduced Stubbs as the man who made Kansas clean, law abiding and prosperous. Stubbs urged support for the Billy Sunday type Christianity and asked Trenton to back Sunday.
A fumed oak settee original 29.50 now 19.75. Mahogany chair with tapestry original 68.00 now 55.00. Mahogany sofa with tapestry original 138.00 now 119.00. Mahogany chair with leather original 75.00 now 55.00.
Thousands fill the tabernacle as Billy Sunday warns church members in Trenton and surrounding areas that their inactivity hinders Christian revival. He condemns lax morals, calls for action, and criticizes namby pamby religion while ex governor Stubbs endorses Sunday and urges backing with funds and support.
District Chief William Coulter of the Mason street fire battalion and driver Aaron A. Tapp were in a fire auto that collided with a South Boston River street Cambridge trolley car at Boylston and Charles streets last night. The auto and trolley vestibule were damaged and both men were shaken up. Chief Coulter was returning from a $1000 fire at the Ford Auto Company salesroom, 565 567 Boylston Street.
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