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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1918
Page
7
The piece notes continued five day plant shutdowns, a four day February inactive span, and Washington's Birthday and Lincoln's Birthday affecting work. It covers embargo decisions by Director-General McAdoo, a rejected request for longer store hours, new food sale rules, and mixed Senate reactions.
Labor delegates pressed for earlier openings and later closing times for barber shops cigarmakers saloons and dances at a conference with fuel administrator James J. Storrow in the State House. Storrow promised immediate consideration and a quick decision within a day or two.
The Philharmonic Society of New York announced that the Philharmonic Orchestra will not perform any compositions by living German composers for the duration of the war. The city press report notes the wartime policy was disclosed tonight.
A winter care guide notes wind and temperature changes damage the skin and recommends mercorized wax to cleanse and renew a weather beaten complexion. One ounce cures set, applied like cold cream overnight, plus astringent saxolite lotion to prevent wrinkles.
The Bos fuel committee raised coal in 100 pound lots from 60 to 70 cents citing higher handling costs. Protests were voiced at City Hall yesterday and Mayor Curley ordered 100 teams and 300 paving department workers to assist the fuel committee.
Robert B. Stone the Boston fuel conservator announced extended hours for barbers bootblacks and cobblers turning opening to 8 a m and closing to 7 p m daily with Saturday until 10 p m Lighting rules were also adjusted allowing night lighting of shop windows on Saturdays if stores stay open until 10 p m
New York reports coal supplies arriving for bunkering ships reshipment to New England and city use are 25 000 to 30 000 tons short of the minimum daily need as stated by Mr Wiggin to the federal administrator.
The American gunboat Monocacy was fired on by Chinese forces 50 miles above Yoohow on the Yangtse Kiang. A sailor named O'Brien was killed and two other sailors wounded. The attack lasted about thirty minutes and is believed to have been a detachment of southern revolutionary forces.
Across Austria Hungary the crisis worsens as general strikes and worker demands for peace collide with severe food shortages. Vienna bans most newspapers, issuing only a single sheet detailing strikes and Brest Litovsk talks. Hungary seeks peace without annexations while Alsace Lorraine remains off the table. Trotzky travels to Petrograd as Brest Litovsk negotiations continue.
The White House issued a sharp statement from the President vowing to defend war policies and oppose any meddling by Congress. Officials expect a pause in anti administration attacks, but warn that Senate proponents of a war cabinet and a director of munitions may trigger a strong presidential fight with all available force.
The President denounces Chamberlain as presenting an astonishing distortion of the truth after a telephone exchange about a Saturday speech. He praises Secretary Baker as one of the ablest officials and vows to oppose the war cabinet plan, while Chamberlain pledges to continue the fight in Congress amid expected defeats.
The record notes that gold production in the last 25 years matches the total output of the prior 400 years, while silver mined since 1878 equals the earlier four centuries.
Senator Chamberlain said his New York speech was extemporaneous and aimed at the military establishment not the entire government. He defended bills for a war cabinet and director of munitions as lawful, urged stronger war policy and supply control, and pledged to press the legislation despite administration opposition.
Adam Maurer of 171 Wachusett Street Jamaica Plain was found overcome by gas in his tailoring shop at 47 Court Street last night. The incident occurred in a commercial district and authorities are investigating the cause.
London January 21 A bitter attack on the war office and army command by the Daily Mail causes a national stir. Coinciding is the resignation of Colonel Repington, Times military correspondent. Both papers run under Lord Northcliffe, tying the two events together in public discourse.
Colonel Repington, England's leading military critic, said in interviews he resigned on public grounds and denounced politicians for waging intrigues against the army. He declared the government has lost the nation’s confidence and refuses to face army blunders, accusing officials of shifting responsibility to soldiers. He cited a memorandum the government ignored and warned of damage to both military and naval services.
Louis Parmenter 37 of Shirley was arraigned in District Court on charges of mistreating his 11 year old daughter Stella. State police arrested him Saturday night after a lengthy investigation. He was held for the grand jury.
In Petrograd at the Marine Hospital two former Kerensky officials, Finance Minister A I Shingaroff and State Comptroller F F Kokoshkine, were slain in their beds by armed assailants. The pair, once hospitalised from the St Peter and St Paul fortress, were prominent Constitutional Democratic figures opposed by the Bolsheviks.
A brief report notes the death of M. Shingaroff and Professor Kokosh under mysterious its details are limited in the fragment.
The national fuel administration orders Boston theatres closed on Tuesdays as part of the heatless campaign. After a busy Monday, managers accept the restriction and turn to home amusements while radiators stay off in most venues.
Director General McAdoo urged the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that postwar railroad operation under government control requires comprehensive legislation. He warned it would be injurious to stockholders to privatize immediately after the war and said hearings would finish by Saturday. He denied involvement with the fuel restriction order and endorsed it as beneficial.
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