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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1918
Page
6
A column answers reader questions on draft law and exemptions. It covers eligibility for immigrants, British subjects, age records, and classes of service, with guidance on evidence, authority, and possible outcomes for various family and health situations.
The Constitution wharf, north of the North East Boston ferry on Commercial Street, is taken over by the government likely for the war. Formerly used by Merchants and Miners Transport Co, it has since served mainly as storage. It is leased to Quincy Market Cold Storage, notified of commandeering by the United States.
Amsterdam reports Telegraaf says 70 people who planned to sail on the Nieuw Amsterdam for the United States have had their passports withdrawn. The Telegraaf does not provide a reason for the cancellations.
Boston faces a severe coal shortage with buildings shutting and empty bins. 1400 tons from Camp Devens will mostly go to Everett Chelsea Revere Melrose Woburn and Cambridge while icebound barges delay supplies. Officials urge soft coal use and new shipments by water and rail to avert further closures.
Cambridge tenants face coal shortages as fuel rules bar apartment residents from purchasing fuel. Heat is limited and elevators halted, while distribution efforts at City Hall and Albany and Southampton yards aid hundreds daily. Trucks and barges struggle to deliver coal to North End and Lynn amid widespread scarcity.
The Boston school committee orders all public day and evening schools closed until Monday Jan 14 due to an inability to obtain sufficient coal. Judge Sullivan chaired the meeting as Joseph Lee was away. The decision relies on fuel administration to supply coal promptly for reopening.
Medford citizens may obtain wood today at the city wood lot near Wrights Pond. About 30 city employees and a Boy Scout troop will assist, cutting and loading wood for families unable to work. No limit on wood. families supply transport.
Washington reports new railway movement measures include 500 additional cars daily for bituminous and anthracite mines chiefly in Pennsylvania. Aimed at speeding coal and freight, the orders align with legislative and labor aspects of the railway drive.
New Jersey fuel officials refuse ferry coal loads to New York enhancing a severe shortage. City offices may close as 17 percent of supply is blocked. ice and tug shortages hinder shipments while tunnels offer limited relief and damaged docks complicate access.
The Lynn school committee voted to defer the return to classes to January fourteenth, extending the Christmas break by a week. Steam pipes in nearly every school caused the postponement and prompted plans for repairs and safety checks.
Hazleton Penn Jan 4 There will be no nine hour day working shift in the anthracite coal fields. International President Hayes of the United Mine Workers of America signified his opposition to the plan to leaders of the miners. Lack of cars and supplies hindered eight hour work in many areas. Buildings in the city froze and pipes burst during the cold spell. repairs will take days.
On January 4 the Worcester school committee voted to suspend openings for an extra month due to a coal shortage. City fuel commissioner requested the delay. Factories and stores may shut if coal shipments are not received soon. A new hours system was adopted with stores opening at 9 AM and closing at 6 30 PM to conserve coal.
The Supreme Court is expected to grant the government's request to postpone argument of key anti trust suits when decisions are handed down next Monday. Some corporations oppose the delay, but the government seeks postponement to avoid forcing corporate refinancing that could affect war financing.
In New Haven on January 4, the will of Mrs. Evelyn McCurdy Salsbury, widow of a Yale professor, leaves 100000 to Yale University with 50000 set for an anthropology professorship. Fifty thousand is also left to Connecticut College for Women at New London for a professorship. The estate is valued around 250000.
Frank H. Spillsbury a 30 year Cambridge street Boston merchant died at his home after a Dec 28 collision as his wagon was struck by a car while en route to Everett to fetch coal for the poor of his district.
Oil cans have become rare across Greater Boston as households turn to oil for heating after coal shortages. Major stores report long waits, with one to five gallon cans selling quickly. Standard Oil curtails can supply and lists only filled cans in exchange, while heaters also run low amid a price rise and forecasted increase next week.
Edward Sanger aged 13 died in a hospital after a knife wound said to be inflicted by Simon Lacy during a mill quarrel. Lacy, found in Lawrence Massachusetts, is held without bail after being brought to Stafford Springs Connecticut.
A fragmented bulletin lists numerous playgrounds including Pierce Field William Eustis Playground Orient Heights Jamaica Pond Neponset Good Brookline and Charlestown areas with streets such as Norfolk Street Columbus Avenue Cottage Street and First Street. The text references public gardens and play areas across Boston neighborhoods.
Frankie Britt of New Bedford defeated Howard McRae of Cambridge in a 15 round bout in Manchester New Hampshire to aid the Navy Relief Society. McRae nearly fell in the final round as the bell prevented a stoppage. Exhibitions followed featuring Flynn Nelson Woods Cavanaugh and others with local boxers and officials in attendance.
Governor McCall appoints Captain Frank E. Gray of the State Guard Reading unit and former Sixth Regiment captain to serve as aide on his staff. Gray is a member of the Piks Eagles Odd Fellows United Spanish War Veterans and serves as Reading postmaster.
Final arguments were heard in a habeas corpus case in the U S District Court for Theodore Hiller Adolph Yanger and John T Dunn. They are at Fort Warren serving 20 year terms for desertion after failing to register on June 6. The defense claims they were never in the army and cannot be tried by military court until civil sentences are served. Judge Morton took the cases under advisement.
New disclosures show Germany taking a domineering stance at Brest-Litovsk while Austria Bulgaria and Turkey favored conciliation. German Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann and General Hoffmann openly clashed as Berlin pressed a conqueror role. allies urged peace and compromise.
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