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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1918
Page
14
Francis E. Mallett, former U S consul general, discusses Russia's future in Petrograd and the roles of Kerensky Trotzky Kollonti and Kropotkin. He recalls his arrest in 1915 and his escape aided by a Russian court official's daughter whom he later married.
Vernon Stiles resigns as director of music at Camp Devens. Dr Archibald T Davison of Cambridge takes over all music and singing duties at the cantonment, with officials citing no reasons for the abrupt change and remaining tight lipped.
Details remain undisclosed as Stiles faces probation and forced resignation reports linked to his camp absence and a disputed pay claim with Miss Constance Train. Controversy grows over his parody song and alleged commercial exploitation of soldiers, followed by trips with 301st and 303d units and plans for Boston appearances.
Henry Morris, 51, of 521 Bennington Street East Boston, died at East Boston Relief Hospital from injuries after an outward-bound Orient Heights tunnel car struck him in East Boston yesterday. He was waving to his wife in their window when struck, suffering a compound skull fracture and being thrown to the sidewalk.
Henry Sterling of the State AFL challenged a bill for a legal holiday on February 12 Lincoln’s birthday. He argued the state is fed up with holidays and suggested a state election day instead as the preferred observance.
The committee on military affairs reported favorably to the Senate yesterday on Wellesley’s petition to pay the cost of insuring the lives of its residents in war service.
Four Boston artists voiced preferences on beauty types in interviews yesterday. Three favored brunettes as characteristically American while one preferred blondes, amid talks by the Soldiers and Sailors Council in Washington to select the most beautiful American girl to pose for war insurance posters.
Boston and New England beauties vie in a national contest to select a model for an inseparable service to American soldiers. Portrait painters at 120 Tremont street and others discuss blonde versus brunette appeal while Miss Margaret Kelley of Roslindale, a notable entrant, gains attention as entrants prepare photos for The Post.
The text alleges attempts to persuade Miss Kelley to enter a contest and even hints at taking action if she fails to send her photograph to the Soldiers and Sailors Council at Tenth and B streets Washington DC. The report notes aggressive tactics used to compel compliance.
Boston postal officials consider placing an advertisement offering a cure for absentmindedness after two recent finds of money in letter boxes. About $60 was found downtown before Christmas, and yesterday roughly $380 was recovered from a Back Bay box in a blank envelope.
General Pershing reported Corporal Walter Roberts of the infantry killed in action on January 2. No details of the engagement were released. His mother, Mrs. Kate Roberts, lives at Hartline, Washington.
Petrograd dispatch reports that the Brest-Litovsk peace talks are postponed for several days. Foreign Minister Trotzky returns to Petrograd and, according to evening newspapers, is drafting a new note to the Entente allies.
William Denman former Shipping Board chairman told the Senate Commerce Committee his position on wooden ships was misrepresented. He denied the row with Major General Goethals blocked commandeering 15 vessels for foreign account, noting Congress delay hindered taking over 18 similar ships.
Mr. Denman testified before the committee stating his goal to add tonnage by building wooden ships, not to devalue steel vessels. He cited a past statement predicting German submarine losses and world production through early 1917 to illustrate Allied supply challenges.
E C Fogg, managing director of the Copley Plaza Hotel, was elected president yesterday of the City of Boston Hotel Men's Association. He leads a prominent local hospitality group.
At the annual meeting in the Colonial building Boston officers were elected for the coming year Edward C. Fogg was named president and managing director of the Cop ley Plaza Hotel J J McCarthy of Quincy House became vice president Thomas C Paige of Brunswick was secretary and Charles P Costello of Hotel Puritan was treasurer.
An advertisement sells Stuart’s Drysenensia Tablets as the best remedy for indigestion or dyspepsia. It claims tablets digest food, relieve sour rises and gas, and improve breathing, with a 50 cent box available at drug stores in the United States and Canada.
Mr Mallett a former U S consul general now living in a Maine town speaks from twenty years in the consular service and from contacts in Budapest He predicts Trotzky factions will unite into a coalition government and Germans will be beaten despite organization He recalls entertaining revolutionary leaders in New York and at his cottage colony as he rests after hauling lumber from his farm
Count Karl von Luxburg, former German minister, moved from the German hospital in Buenos Aires to a quieter suburb due to his ongoing mental condition.
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