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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
7
London telegram from Tientsin dated yesterday reports Pekin enclosed by about 60,000 republican forces with 70 heavy guns. General Chang Hsun’s imperialist capital defense holds in the Imperial City as mediators fail to secure terms before the dispatch.
New York July 12 Telegraphic connection between Tien Tsin and Pekin is wholly interrupted. Messages from Pekin are posted from Tien Tsin, but train service is unreliable.
Russian forces push south of the Dniester tearing a wedge into the Austro German line near Katusz and Halicz. A successful crossing toward Lemberg could force a general retreat, while Stanislau battles slow in the Carpathian foothills. In France, British and air units repel raiding near Queant Arras with several German planes shot down.
Lord Robert Cecil announced in the House of Commons that Britain has informed Russia of willingness to discuss possible revision of the Entente war aims.
A mother of six urges Dr True's Worm Elixir as a cure after her baby recovered. The ad lists worm symptoms such as deranged stomach sore breath pale face and itching and claims the elixir plus family laxative expeller keeps her home worm free. Price marks show 85c 60c and 100. Signed by Mrs B N Gile West Newbury Massachusetts.
German official statement reports air squadrons dropping bombs on Zerel and Arensburg harbors on Oesel near Riga. British trenches near Monchy were stormed on Wednesday with a large number of prisoners taken.
Continuous efforts push to move a train load of deported I. W. W. members out of Bisbee amid hurried preparations and security concerns.
In Bisbee two men die amid a tense sweep as Sheriff Wheeler deputizes 1200 men to arrest alleged IWW foes. Guns blaze and prisoners are marched to cattle cars for deportation with workers held for further checks.
Thomas W. Lawson says he left Winchester in January 1916 after paying a 1916 personal tax of 5520. Officials claim he remains a Winchester resident and will seek arrest if Judge Brown does not grant an injunction. The case centers on tax liability and residency.
A state of political crisis deepens in Germany as ministers resigns and Kaiser struggles over leadership. The crown council met with the crown prince, debates over credits and policy heighten tensions between Junkers militarists and liberal Reichstag factions.
A convention committee favors a bone dry reform adding biennial governor terms and enhanced executive power. The plan shifts pardons to the governor, requires hearings for officers removal, and lets vetoed executive bills go to voters for final decision.
Chemist D. J. Lane of 532 Lane Building St Marys Kansas claims a simple home remedy cures asthma and hay fever. He will mail a $1 bottle postpaid to test subjects who report results within ten days. No money needed just name and address on a postal card.
The plan uses red ink numbered cards across 4550 exemption districts. Numbers drawn publicly decide order of liability, with districts having 187 to 7000 registrants. The process may occur in the War Department and involve gelatin capsules, the President and Secretary Baker, to determine the first army enlistment sequence.
The article explains a national draft plan where 9.8 million men registered will be sequestered into 7000 sealed capsules. Numbers 1 to 7000 are drawn to assign first, second, and subsequent groups in each district. Exemptions and second and later drafts will follow until quotas are met, with men informed of their status by red ink numbers.
The War Department will accompany each exemption certificate with a bronze badge engraved Exempted U. S. It aims to reassure the exempted and deter suspicion of slackers. Exemptions are not permanent unless the cause persists and boards will reassess status before the second call.
Reports from across the country indicate conditions resemble Massachusetts with the red ink list of registered men possibly not ready until July 21 or later. Consequently the actual drawing is unlikely to occur before August 1.
Walter L. Smith of 33 Walnut Street Everett was named lieutenant in the Naval Reserve Class 2 after serving as second mate on the Standard Oil Tanker Archbold torpedoed 70 miles west of Brest by a German submarine June 15 yesterday.
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