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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
3
Washington June 17 The sundry civil bill includes $1 761 701 050 for shipbuilding $50 000 000 for the President s emergency war fund and $1 250 000 for the Committee on Public Information passed by the House without a record vote and now goes to the Senate.
The measure totals about 2.915 billion dollars with 52 million added by the House including funds for the President and information committee. The House amended the bill to bar information funds from paying salaries to men of draft age unless disqualified. Shipping board funds fuel shipbuilding abroad and at home, plus 87 million for shipyards and 60 million for operating ships. Additional allocations cover food and fuel administrations, labor, aeronautics, and defense councils.
The funeral for Thomas A Luke, former Post staff photographer, was held yesterday from his sister Mrs Edward Malone's home at 66 Eastern Avenue Revere. High mass followed at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at 9 o'clock conducted by Rev Francis J Walsh. Pallbearers included four cousins George Harry J John and Thomas Harding and others William J Lynch and George E Murray. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery.
Harvard stages Phi Beta Kappa day with a business meeting and elections. President Henry O. Taylor of New York re-elected. Ivy ovation moved to Sever Quadrangle for 13 years of tradition. Seniors prepare for yard events, confetti battle, and the long night of dances with lanterns and bands.
The Harvard Society honors five honorary members including Copeland Wigmore Frame Morize and Tuttle. At the noon exercises Professor Barrett Wendell delivers The Conflict of Idola tries, critiquing German and American ideals and noting Allied roles in World War I. Stuart P. Sherman reads an original poem. Several undergraduates are elected to the chapter, and John Jay Chapman campaigns to bar German names from Harvard’s proposed list.
Directors of the Old Schoolboys' Association of Boston vote to omit the regular summer reunion at Nantasket due to present war conditions.
Brigadier General Thomas Q. Donaldson led a formal inspection of four infantry regiments of the 76th Division at Devens on June 17. Morning drills covered the Boston and Old Colony regiments of the 151st Brigade commanded by Brigadier General F. H. Albright. afternoon sessions inspected the New York and Connecticut regiments of the 152d Brigade under Brigadier General I. D. Evans.
Soldiers undergo company and platoon training in squads right manual of arms calisthenics and tent pitching while inspectors praise readiness. Boston officers command units and a Washington official lauds military police here. Federal judges prepare naturalization for about 5000 aliens as debates over conscientious objectors continue.
A solemn high mass at St. Francis de Sales Church Roxbury honored Rev. Michael J O'Connor chaplain of the 11th Infantry in France and parish youths in national service. The service led by Right Rev Denis J O'Farrell praised service members and offered tribute to the nation's armed forces.
A group of 206 graduates from the Class of 1893 will donate Liberty bonds and checks totaling 100000 to Harvard University. Major Howard Caswell Smith, class treasurer and inspector-general of the New York Guard, announced the gift. The presentation occurs at the commencement exercises Thursday.
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