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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
10
Senators from both parties move to curb filibuster with a cloture rule. Key Republicans Sherman and France opposed, while Owen signaled a speech but later paused. The plan limits debate time, requires a two thirds vote to end debate, and bars late amendments without prior reading.
A health ad pitches drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims relief from headaches cold symptoms foul breath and stomach acidity, enhances appetite and facial bloom, and promises quick overall wellbeing at little cost.
The Colorado Senate voted 17 to 16 against censuring 12 U S Senators named in despatches as responsible for killing the armed ships bill when requested by President Wilson. Some members said the move stemmed from mob sentiment.
The 1917 Official Catholic Directory reports 17,022,879 Catholics in the United States with 64 archdioceses and dioceses showing net increases in 1916, 4 declines, and 33 unchanged. The total Catholic population rose by 458,770 during 1916.
Joseph H. Meier, directory compiler, estimates the Catholic population in the United States at about 19 million, based on official figures and census intervals. Including possessions, total Catholics under the U S flag reach 25,486,136, with 17,022,879 in the continental states and 8,413,257 in foreign possessions. The 1917 Official Catholic Directory lists 14 archbishops, 96 bishops, and 19,983 clergy in the continental U S, with a special table on states exceeding 100,000 Catholics.
Governor McCall this afternoon submitted to the executive council the following reappointments Timothy Leary Boston medical examiner of Suffolk county William H. Watters Boston associate medical examiner of Suffolk county Adrian B. Smith Boston clerk of the Municipal Court South Boston district John F. Moors Boston director of the Collateral Loan Company Harrie D Handy Harwich medical examiner of Barnstable county
A son of Hon. J. O'Grady, MP, was wounded in France months ago. Surgeons cut off his arm, removed shattered bone, set the bone, and sewed the tendons before reattaching. The arm has healed and regained strength, though it is two inches shorter than the other.
New York March 7 The naval militia of this state has quietly prepared for a federal call to join the United States navy. Commodore R P Forshaw commander stated here tonight. Most militiamen in this city have guarded New York bridges and water front since the break with Germany.
Momentary pause in aerial and ground operations on the Ancre and Somme fronts as British forces gain ground at several points. Bombardments continue along the front held by the French and in regions where German positions are contested.
British and German forces exchange limited artillery duels with reconnoitering patrols. German machines downed and damaged. British machines felled and several missing. British push toward Ctesiphon narrows distance to Bagdad. Turks retreating with stores and guns abandoned. Russians seize Asadabad summit near Hamadan in Persia.
Havre France March 7 The German government through confidential agents is considering publishing peace terms. Belgium would be declared independent but under permanent German garrisons at Antwerp Liege and Namur and German control of ports and railways. Belgium would have no national army and be policed by a gendarmerie.
The Carmania, a Cunard steamship in New York, is the first to show the smoke screen apparatus recently invented by the British Admiralty. The ship also carries a naval six inch gun with an eight mile range, manned by three Royal Naval Reserve gunners, with one on duty.
Copenhagen March 7 Sir Ralph Spencer Paget British minister cabled to London seeking permission for a special Danish liner to sail directly to Halifax without calling at Kirkwall. The passport request follows an American delegation led by Dr Eastman of the Red Cross seeking to repatriate many Americans. Paget said the case looked favorable and would be referred to London.
In the Oise Aisne area French troops surprised German trenches at Queene vieres taking prisoners. In Argonne near Four de Paris they mined a crater and occupied it. On Asiago plateau Italian detachments penetrated lines at Mosciagh and seized booty. French night attack at Courieres Wood near Verdun repulsed. On Verdun front French guns shelled northern Malincourt Wood and Eparges Wood.
British cavalry moved within nine miles of Ctesiphon on the Tigris front. A British War Office update says they fought Turkish rear guards at Lajj and collected 88 guns and other matériel, with salvage under way. The advance since Kut el Amara on Feb 26 totals about 80 miles toward Baghdad.
The American legation in Copenhagen has been asked to obtain U S government permission to send a warship or American passenger liner for Americans stranded there. The legation has not yet agreed to make that request, though conditions for Americans living there grow more difficult and costly.
London march 7 nearly a hundred letters have been received at the American embassy here from Americans in England asking for steps the government plans to safeguard their return home. Some writers propose sailing passenger ships under convoy of American warships others favor armed American liners for the voyage home.
General von Bissing orders seizure of 60 article types across Belgium for removal to Germany when owners hold excess quantities or weights. Items include textiles, wool, fibres, and sanitary goods as the country is emptied to deny Germany vital supplies. Amsterdam reports near total Belgian industry stoppage due to coal and transport shortages, with widespread unemployment except approved exceptions.
William Kelly of Boston and Anthony Chireco of Buffalo confessed to fatally shooting Wesley B. Webster, night manager of a lunch car at North and Achilles streets, in Rochester. Both youths, held on murder charges, allegedly shot to rob the cash register after being fed.
Veteran announcer Wolfie Jacobs, known for announcing batteries at Boston parks, signs for the coming season. He has worked for the Red Sox Park since 196 and for the Braves' management since 1914.
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