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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
9
A newspaper advertisement touts a freckle treatment promising a free trial if it fails. By purchasing an ounce of ethine double strength from any druggist, wearers can test the remedy with money back guarantee if freckles persist.
Seventy eight slackers from Rockford Illinois were sentenced to a year and a day each in the Chicago House of Correction for hard labor. Two more were jailed 30 days and one 90 days. Remaining about 150 on trial to be sentenced later. Judge Landis ordered each man to register.
Frank Morrison of the AFL denies union involvement in East St. Louis race riots. A telegram from Victor Olander of the Illinois Federation of Labor was released in response to a message from the Boston Equal Rights League. The AFL cites no evidence of union responsibility.
A Boston statement rejects claims linking trade unions to East St. Louis riots. It notes the Central Labor Council with Black members urged investigations that exposed exploitation of Southern Black migrants, and it accuses the league of silence on labor fraud while urging unity and better conditions in Illinois unions. The Illinois Federation of Labor denounces the charge as untrue.
Rochester article reports Rev Alexander Mann D D rector of Trinity Church Boston elected bishop of the Episcopal diocese of western New York by a large majority over Rev Craig Stewart and Rev David Lincoln Ferris. Voting exact totals not released. Mann born in Watkins New York, urged to accept call to diocese of his birth.
Dr Mann, summering on Cape Cod, again declined high church honors after being nominated for bishoprics in Washington and Newark. Trinity Church officials and parishioners praised his choice to remain in Boston, noting the financial and church opportunities of the posts.
The Senate readies for a prolonged liquor fight with the Gore plan and Robinson substitute shaping the debate on prohibition. Leaders push to extend government powers on supplies and coal, while some senators call for national prohibition later, citing revenue and public sentiment concerns.
Students and instructors of the Harvard Summer School of Arts and Sciences will be welcomed at a reception this evening in the Harvard Union. President and Mrs Lowell Dean and Mrs Ropes and Director and Mrs Webster will be in the receiving line.
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