Reading to Direct War Activities
British high commissioner named to oversee the embassy in Washington as part of war directing duties.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1918
Page
15
Earl Reading Named British High Commissioner to United States
London reports Earl Reading lord chief justice has been named British high commissioner to the United States. He will head the British embassy in Washington and oversee the war mission and its outlets in New York and Washington. He serves as direct representative of the British war cabinet with ambassadorial title, while war activities stay under a chargé d affaires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
London
Earl Reading
New York
Daily Express
Hart Reading Named Ambassador in War Time Move
Official circles say Hart Reading will handle mainly financial and general business matters while reducing everyday ambassadorial duties. Colonel E D Swinton will accompany the lord chief justice as attache. Viscount Northcliffe may not return as head of the permanent mission, though he will direct U S mission offices from Crewe House Mayfair loaned by Lord Crewe for the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Swinton
War Cabinet
Hart Reading
Viscount Northcliffe
United States
Lord Northcliffe
England
Crewe House
Mayfair
Lord Crewe
Reading to Combine Separate Functions in Washington Ambassadorship
Washington Jan 7 Harl Reading is named British ambassador in Washington to unite diplomatic financial and war supplies functions previously handled by three separate agencies. He succeeds Cecil Spring Rice as the government notes overlapping efforts among the Northcliffe war mission and the embassy bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harl Reading
Bic
Cecil Spring Rice
Northcliffe
State Department
War and Navy Departments
Treasury Department
Marine Guard at Conley Funeral
Sixty Marines from Charlestown Navy Yard formed a guard of honor for Sergeant-Major Patrick L. Conley at his funeral from his brother's home 72 Dimock Street Somerville. A requiem high mass was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church by Rev. David W. Fitzgerald. As the funeral cortege moved through Union Square to Calvary Cemetery Woburn the guard stood at attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown Mavy Yard
Patrick L. Conley
Marine Corps
Dimock Street
Somerville
St. Joseph’s Church
David W. Fitzgerald
Union Square
Calvary Cemetery
Woburn
Marine Guard
Quick Relief from Constipation with Olive Tablets
Advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle laxative alternative to calomel. It claims they ease constipation and torpid liver without forcing action and touts two small doses nightly, 10c and 25c per box, available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Cape Harbor Adequacy Says Harbor Line Should Not Move
In a special report to the Legislature the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands opposes changing the Province Town harbor line. It notes nine of fifteen fish weirs lie outside the harbor line and contends the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners lacked authority to license them in 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Commission On Waterways and Public Lands
Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners
Provincetown Harbor
John N. Cole
Jesse B. Baxter
Willam
McNary
Provincetown harbor line study delays eight hour farm claim
The report from the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands urges preserving the current Provincetown Harbor line and rejects changing it. It notes maps from 1867 and 1877 show lines far from shore, with fish weirs mostly beyond the harbor line and several licenses issued for pile wharves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Second Appeal to Conserve Wheat in Massachusetts
Massachusetts will issue further instructions on conserving wheat to women in the state through the Women's Council of National Defence. Food Administrator Hoover receives strong cooperation from Massachusetts, announced by Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer at a State House conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Women's Council of National Defence
Hoover
Nathaniel Thayer
State House
Thayer
Supreme Court Upholds Selective Draft Act
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds the selective draft act as constitutional. Chief Justice White states Congress has power to declare war and to raise and support armies, justifying authority to draft and deploy troops wherever needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
White
Congress
Chief Justice Remarks on Constitution and Army Power
The chief justice rejects the idea that the Constitution forbids providing for an army, calling such objections frivolous. The court then resolves numerous issues from counsel for convicted defendants whose appeals challenged the law. No action was taken on pending conspiracy cases, including appeals of Berkman, Gieldman, Kramer, and Becker from New York, which may later receive a separate opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Berkman
Emma Gieldman
Louis Kramer
Morris Becker
New York
Goethals Chosen to Direct War Department Transportation
Washington Jan 7 Major General George W Goethals acting quartermaster general was named director of War Department transportation and storage. The move centralizes functions from five bureaus and signals possible central control of army purchasing. Goethals will supervise transportation of ordnance engineer signal corps aviation coast artillery material and quartermaster supplies and troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
War Council
Baker
George W. Goethals
War Department Transportation and Storage
Goebels
Engineer Signal Corps
Aviation Service
Coast Artillery
Miss Walsh Weds Arthur Cullen at St Thomas Church
Miss Helen K Walsh married Arthur V Cullen yesterday at St Thomas Church Jami ca Plain. The Rev Louis H Kell eher officiated and a reception followed at the bride’s sister Mrs Daniel J Henley’s home 199 Asticou read Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen K. Walsh
St. Thomas’ Church
Jamica Plain
Louis H. Kelleher
Arthur V. Cullen
Daniel J. Henley
Asticou Read, Forest
Attacks Begin on Government Rail Control Bill
Washington January 7 The administration railway bill faced its first attacks in the Capitol with Senate resolutions proposing to end indefinite government management and restore private control after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Senate
Senate Hearing Questions Basis of Railroad Earnings
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of Southern Pacific, challenged the earnings basis for the three years ending June 30 and proposed using July 1 1915 to Dec 31 1917 instead, contending 1915 earnings were below normal. The House committee begins hearings tomorrow with Interstate Commerce Commissioner Anderson and Director General McAdoo expected to testify later. The railroad administration seeks to ease Eastern congestion and urges a nationwide Freight Moving Week from Jan 14 to 21 to unload cars and improve operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Julius Kruttschnitt
The
Southern Pacific
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce
Anderson
McAdoo
United States
Public Utilities Commissioners
State Councils of National Defence
Chambers of Commerce
Coal Profits Rise Under Government Price Fixing
Senate hearing shows Middle West coal operators profited from government price controls. Clifford Thorne and David L. Wing blame shortages on excessive Northwest shipments, price holds, surging demand and distribution limits. Relief urged via government mine operation or full national output purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle West
Senate
Clifford Thorne
David L. Wing
Federal Trade Commission
Thorne
Ilinois
Peavey Aims to Relieve Boston Coal Congestion
H R Peavey transportation agent for the New England and Boston fuel administrations says coal car congestion at Maybrook will be addressed. He is directing railroad transport of coal to Boston and New England points to ease the bottleneck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Peavey
New England
Boston
Maybrook
Coal Is Pouring Into Boston Amid Rail and Water Deliveries
Coal shipments accelerate to Boston as trains and ships haul 22 566 tons with 9 trains 441 cars about 18 000 tons en route. U S navy moves ice bound vessels to open channels. Storrow's program prioritizes lodging houses and schools while liquor dealers wait for coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
City
Washington
James J. Storrow
New England
Storrow
New York
New Haven
Maybrook
Quincy
East Boston
Milton
Harrison Square
Forest Hills
Neponset
South Boston
Quincy Point
East Cambridge
Boston & Albany
Lawrence
Pittsfield
Springfield
Wellesley
Newton
Spencer
North Adams
Connecticut
Bight
Newton Lower Falls
Newton Centre
Boston & Maine
East Somerville
Mystic Junction
Everett
Charlestown
Wakefield
Chelsea
Newburyport
Exeter
N. H
Greenfield
Shelburn Falls
Northampton
Chicopee Falls
Merrimac
Haverhill
Amesbury
Lynn
Holyoke
Brookline
Brighton
New York Central
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Lehigh & New England Coal and Navigation Company
Roxbury
Mattapan
Mt. Hope
West Roxbury
Methuen
Bell Rock
Maplewood
Medford
Melrose
Waltham
Belmont
North Andover
Winchester
Black Mountain
Liquor men reassure Fuel Administrator Storrow on coal access
Liquor trade representatives from Win throp met with Fuel Administrator Storrow to deny any plan to deny coal to breweries. William E Weld stated the liquor men offered cooperation in case of distress, while no fuel request was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Storrow
Storrow
William E. Weld
Winthrop
Mquor
Stores Shorten Hours to Save Fuel in Boston Area
Prominent firms in Boston agree to open half an hour later and close half an hour earlier. The move, requested by the fuel administration, aims to conserve energy as part of broader rationing and wartime measures affecting commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fuel Administration of
Boston
Wood Prices Rise Sharply Amid Fuel Shortage
The Boston Fuel Company reports wood sells at 16 a cord and 2.25 a foot, nearly double prewar levels. A Metropolitan Coal Company official notes wholesale prices reach 12 to 14 per cord, with New Hampshire cars at 10.50, while no fuel commissioner regulates wood prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Fuel Company
Métropolitan Coal Company
New Hampshire
Berkshire St Car Service Cut Down in Sleet Storm
Pittsfield January 7. Owing to severe sleet and fuel shortage the Berkshire Street Railway Company will run cars on Berkshire lines only when possible to conserve power for workers. Several lines had service canceled today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire ST
Pittsfield
Berkshire Street Railway Company Today
Berkshire County
Mrs Gifford Injures Arm Delivering Coal
Mrs Adam Gifford wife of Colonel Gifford Salvation Army commander in Boston sprained her arm when the wheel came off the automobile truck she drove while delivering coal to the South End at Washington and Dover streets yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Gifford
Colonel Gifford
Salvation Army
Boston
South End
Washington
Dover Streets
Canvass of British Patriots Aims Recruitment in Boston
With a view to aiding British and Canadian army recruitment women will visit homes of all British subjects of military age in Boston this week. The effort seeks 500 recruits in New England and will have eight men touring the city for the same purpose. Refusers will be reported to American exemption boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
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