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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1917
Page
3
The visit of the constitutional convention members to Beacon Hill highlighted the maneuvering between supporters and opponents of the initiative and referendum amendment. The minority of the committee met to discuss the report to the convention prepared by opponents of the Walker plan.
The American Newspaper Publishers' Association paper committee announces a contract with Lord Northcliffe's Newfoundland mill ensuring 80,000 tons of newsprint annually will be available without contract to small U.S. newspapers and others who paid high prices for print paper.
Representatives favoring the Walker plan press for a clear programme but the minority refuses to discuss. Both sides must file reports by August 1 with victories forecast on both sides. The convention adjourned amid debate on a sectarian amendment and a Supreme Court decision requirement.
Friends of Miss Marian Daly Miss Josephine Daly and Miss Annie Daly praised for first aid work after a motorcycle crash wounded 19 Ninth Regiment recruits Thursday night. Marian rushed injured to Stoneham Hospital Josephine helped transport wounded to Melrose Hospital Annie assisted at the scene.
Edward Driscoll, indicted by the Suffolk grand jury in March for desertion and non support of his wife Lena Driscoll and daughter Lena A. Driscoll under 16, was arrested in New York and brought back to Boston. He was committed to the Charles street jail to await trial by Judge Brown in the Superior Court.
A cablegram from Captain Joseph D. Sproul to Rogers & Webb states that the three masted Boston schooner William M. Crichett was driven ashore and totally wrecked on Bird Rock in Crooked Island Passage near the Cuban coast.
The Northcliffe and Albert E. Reed mills near Northcliffe plant output 100 tons daily. The committee lists 15 000 tons of newsprint 15 000 tons ground wood pulp and 5000 tons of sulphite in storage ready for shipment. They expect lower prices by increasing competition and restoring buyers market. Ships and carloads arranged with cash in advance pricing under $3 per hundred pounds f o b sea board. Conversion mills may benefit from cheaper inputs while larger publishers back financing through A G McIntyre.
U S S 8 Virginia sailors replaced six striking deckhands on the Boston Floating Hospital Ship. The vessel carried 127 patients and 68 mothers on day and night trips, with officials hopeful for crowding relief amid hot weather and dining guidance from a Red Cross nutrition discussion. Governor McCall's sympathies noted as Public Safety Committee moves to settle the dispute.
Lever Brothers Cambridge employees, about 700 workers, receive a 10 per cent co partnership dividend for shares held. The plan, active eight years, has paid out over 1 750 000 in dividends and prosperity sharing. Francis A Countway and Russell White led the meeting.
Mrs. Elbert A. Harvey dietitian of the Red Cross and Columbia University told the Women’s City Club that peevish children signal improper feeding. She linked quiet sleep and a good disposition to proper nutrition and noted fatigue and nerve strain in adults flag diet issues.
Warns against paring corns or calluses citing risk of blood poisoning. Recommends Ice Mint as a safe remedy from druggists to relieve pain and remove corn roots, claiming it promotes cool comfortable feet and endorsement by pharmacists.
Washington July 27. A new plan reorganizes the defence council to create a war industries board led by Frank Scott and a priority board to govern government contracts. Hoover is discussed as a possible priority-board member to oversee food shipments. The plan, to be announced by President Wilson, may take effect immediately after council approval.
John L. Ruggiero now of New York City and formerly of Somerville must pay Mary Palombo Ruggiero thirty dollars by September 1 for her counsel fees in defending a libel for divorce. Judge Brown ruled in the Superior Court equity motion session yesterday after the husband's attorney sought until October 15 to pay.
Washington July 27 The Ward liner Havana a 6391 ton vessel will be transformed into a navy hospital ship and head a fleet of three such ships plus several smaller ambulance ships. The other two names are not disclosed. After refit the Solace now the navy’s sole hospital ship will join the ambulance group as she is too small for hospital work.
The Roxbury resident Mrs Clara Hamilburg aged 75 died Thursday after a three day illness. Funeral from her home at 11 tomorrow will honor her long service to Jewish charitable organizations. She came from Amsterdam over 60 years ago and leaves three daughters Nettie Clara and Mrs Samuel Karnos and a son Louis J Hamilburg.
Washington announces a new war risk insurance rate of 12.5 percent for vessels and cargoes sailing from U.S. ports to Europe and for African ports on the Mediterranean. The Aug. 15 effective increase follows a 6 percent prior rate and aims to cover losses in the war zone.
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles, chairman of the Boston Public Safety Committee, asked Governor McCall to enroll six additional Boston companies into the State Home Guards. The delay stems from finances to support more than £ 000 men beyond the current quota.
War Department officials plan to issue commissions to successful candidates at the officers training camps after the first series ends August 15. More than 20,000 and perhaps 25,000 will receive papers, with assignments to regular army National Guard or an army to follow. Each commission must bear the signatures of the Secretary of War and the adjutant general.
William Sullivan, a former King’s Liverpool Regiment man with a blank mind, came to Boston to find his brother. He carried papers showing service from Pembroke Docks Hospital and tried to cash a J. P. Morgan Sr. check at Exchange Trust Company. Police sent him to Psychopathic Hospital.
The Norton Taunton and Attleboro Street Railway Company sought authority from the Public Service Commission to raise fares. Attorney J H Withington argued the line has never paid dividends and without higher income the road will crumble.
England and Wales show a 247 000 acre increase in wheat barley oats and potatoes, about 6 percent, per official returns. Small growers’ impact is not fully measured though gardens have expanded with more vegetables and fewer flowers, the report notes.
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