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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
14
British forces push farther along the front from the North Sea to the French border as heavy cannon fire continues. In the Messines area British troops keep German forces on the move, signaling likely infantry operations in Belgium and France.
British forces press gains north and southeast of Messines with trench captures and more German guns. In Italy King Victor Emmanuel’s forces seize Monte Ortigara and the Agnello Pass amid further Balkan artillery actions.
London reports from June 11 the Dover patrol says a drifter engaged five enemy seaplanes. One destroyed with the pilot captured after being towed. another enemy aircraft was also captured. The damaged machine sank before reaching harbor while three others escaped.
C S Day spoke to 100 women arranged by the Women's Municipal League at Gilchrist Company's yesterday. He demonstrated beef, lamb and veal cuts and explained why fat content and bone size affect value and yield, with specific guidance on rump, sirloin, tenderloin, tip roast, and crown roasts for lamb.
A large cement mixer on a flat car under a B. and M. bridge in East Somerville damaged a joist and wooden sidewalk fence and was thrown across the tracks, tying up traffic on the eastern division for about 30 minutes yesterday afternoon.
An advertisement touts a two tablet dose to stop stomach gas and sour stomach with rapid relief. It instructs purchase from druggists and notes the product as an advt.
Radical changes to the House war tax bill were approved by the Senate finance committee. The retroactive 1916 income tax and Lenroot fur tax amendments were struck from the bill, removing aims to raise about $174 million.
The committee spent the day on the income section with Penrose and Lodge proposing further reductions on incomes over 40 000. Amendments on corporate taxation stock dividends and subsidiary receipts were adopted. Stock dividends would be taxed per earnings distributed and double taxation avoided via holding company exemptions. War munitions tax reform was approved and excess profits tax likely to rise from 16 to at least 20 percent. Settlement for newspapers and magazines taxes may be delayed.
Fred Kneeland, superintendent of public buildings, asked to transfer 700 from the reserve fund to wash City Hall windows by contract labor. He said the regular janitors are advanced in years and the task is hazardous, but the council voted to proceed and let in the daylight.
Local soldiers bound for overseas units scramble after the janitor’s elevator timetable chaos forces the Kilties to relocate from 3 Tremont Row. They move to Sudbury Street near their old offices, with 100 awaiting transport north. Over 120 undergo U S Army medicals today as Canada’s patriotic society buttons go to applicants.
Northeastern College held its School of Commerce and Finance senior banquet at Youngs Hotel last night. Alfred L. Billings the class president, over 40, heads a New York bank as chief comptroller. Vice president George L. Hoffacker runs the Boston Clerical School at Roxbury Girls High.
In a Post interview Cambridge official Woodward Emery argues amendments proposed by the Constitutional Convention must pass two successive legislatures before being submitted to voters for final approval. The point challenges the belief that the convention can send measures directly to the electorate.
The author argues that the 1780 Constitution set a two legislative approval path for amendments, adopted through the 1821 nine articles, and that the ninth article restricts amendment to that process. He cites Supreme Judicial Court opinions to oppose any convention or alternative route, asserting stability and careful control over constitutional change.
The Boston Central Labor Union was told by Governor McCall to supply 25 representative labor men for local exemption boards. A board plan calls for one board per large ward with two small wards consolidated, and members must reside in their district.
London reports that Britain fully accepts President Wilson's war aims. The note sent to Petrograd states hearty approval of the principles in Wilson's message and says allied agreements generally conform to those standards.
The note argues Britain began to defend its existence and uphold international accords, then added a goal of liberating peoples under alien tyranny. It envisions liberation not only of Poland by Russia but also of the Polish regions within the Germanic empires.
Mayor Curley urged the City Council to approve a 75 000 loan for rebuilding ward buildings damaged by fire at City Hospital. He predicted up to 100 000 wounded American soldiers could be brought home for medical care within months and said existing space must be ready. The loan would fund 100 extra beds, costing far less than building new facilities. The council approved the loan order.
Ottawa reports total Canadian casualties at the French front from June 80, 1916, to June 5, 1917 amounting to 65,549 with 74,510 recruits. From Feb 1 to Apr 30, 1917 casualties were 17,645 and enlistments 19,584.
Miss Ann FE Dobbratz daughter of Mrs. Margaret A Dobbratz of 38 Allston Street marries Matthew W Mullen of 20 Bentley Street Brighton son of Sergeant Thomas Mullen of Brighton Police Station. The ceremony was at St Anthony's Church Alliston with Rev Hugh O Donnell officiating. The bride's cousin Haldine F Dobbratz attended and Frank Mullen, the groom's brother, was best man. A reception followed at the bride's mother's home.
June 11 report: James Ramsay MacDonald and Frederick W. Jowett keep their passports. government refuses to cancel them as they are blocked from sailing to Petrograd by the National Seamen's and Firemen's Union due to pacifist views.
The government said passports were issued at Russia's request after advice from Arthur Henderson and British ambassador Sir George Buchanan. Bonar Law warned of Russia's uncertain course but hoped a new Russia could aid the Allies. He noted freedom fighters in Russia and duty to ease their path, while MacDonald and Jowett were not tied to any specific British faction.
Floral tributes pour in at the Keet home as Paul O Day announces the first warrant charging direct complicity in Lloyd’s death. Dick Carter, 26, of Springfield is named for suffocating the infant with blankets. Federal, private and city police seek Carter and others as investigations widen across Missouri and beyond.
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a pure tonic that strengthens and builds new tissue. It claims the product is free from alcohol and dangerous drugs and targets the pale thin and run down.
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