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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
18
Andover March 1. At a mass meeting Phillips andover Academy students voted unanimously to accept a faculty proposal to substitute military training for compulsory athletics. About 350 students are expected to devote four hours weekly to drilling.
Amsterdam March 1 Secretary Zimmermann said in a statement that the German government regrets the January submarine attack on seven Dutch merchantmen. He argued Germany bore no blame, noting Dutch ship owners preferred earlier sailings despite warnings and that attempts to communicate orders to submarines failed. The sinking is attributed to a German submarine, though a full report is not yet received.
Lenten devotions occur weekly at St Peter's Church on Meeting House Hill with rosary sermon and benediction on Wednesdays and stations and benediction on Fridays. Adult films have been suspended during Lent. children’s shows move to Rowan Memorial Hall on Saturdays. Boy Scout formation approved with eligibility tied to Junior Holy Name Society. The Cathedral parish women’s mission closes Sunday afternoon March 4 with rosary sermon baptismal vows and Papal blessing. Redemptorist missions for men begin Sunday night. First Friday mass of exposition observed citywide with Cathedral Holy Cross at 1 a.m. and perpetual exposition. Girls from Cathedral Sunday School will march to a shrine of the Blessed Virgin on Sunday night.
Harvard senior J H Spitz wrote to the Crimson defending the Harvard Union for American Neutrality after critics called neutrals cowards and traitors. Spitz urged respect for differing opinions and asked others to forgo epithets in service of the neutrality cause.
Officials of the state income tax division will begin at once to ferret out tax dodgers under the income tax law and enforce full penalties. Deputy Tax Commissioner Henry Bond, in charge, said about 160,000 to 175,000 statements had been filed by filing deadline. He noted 400,000 cards on file indicating persons who should be taxed, with some duplicates, and warned that many dodgers in the state face trouble.
Herbert A. Stevens of Cambridge has been transferred to the immigration force at this port after years with headquarters in Washington as private secretary to Louis Post, Assistant Secretary of Labor. He will handle government free employment bureau work.
Six National Guardsmen had manned the Eighth Regiment armory in Cambridge since February 2. They were released from duty yesterday by orders from Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Perry as Sergeant William J. Talbot remains temporarily to supervise the armory.
Actress Sarah Bernhardt plans a tea for hundreds of Back Bay women at the Boston Opera House stage tomorrow. She will sell statuettes marked by the French president for The Mutilated of the War and for Relief of French Artists. She will greet guests in French and discuss with those who speak it. Invitations were mailed last evening.
Friends of ex-Congressman John A. Keliher campaign for his nomination to the constitutional convention from the Eleventh District. Keliher, a two-term congressman and longtime state legislator, chaired the State House Building Commission. Supporters plan a vigorous campaign. Alma Gluck's favorite songwords and music published next Sunday Post. A worthy addition to music lovers’ collection.
A federal grand jury investigating high prices joined the fish strike disrupting vessels in Boston and Gloucester. The 340 Boston fishermen and more than 250 Gloucester fishermen joined the stoppage begun yesterday. William H. Brown of the New England Coast Fishermen's Union was summoned by the U S District Attorney, delaying a 10 o'clock conference. Both sides reportedly will seek action before the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, with the Fishing Masters' Association open to state intervention.
A throng of women crowded the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for mission services last night. Rev. William Treanor led the rosary and gave instruction, followed by a sermon on Hell by Rev. John P. Conway of St. Joseph's Retreat Atlantic City New Jersey.
Friends of Miss Mary Fagan, superintendent of the Morgan Memorial day nursery, honored her 32nd anniversary with a presentation that included a box of potatoes a half peck a $32 check and a bouquet of roses at a gathering last night.
Secretary Lansing after a March 1 talk with Dr. Paul Ritter Swiss minister here absolves the minister of all blame for charges of undue German propaganda in his role handling German interests. He says Ritter acted properly and regrets attacks in the press, noting no feeling against a man faithfully serving his duties.
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