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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
4
Dense fumes from an overflowing storage tank hung over New Bedford causing discomfort and forcing the closure of two public schools. Officials said the air would not clear for several hours as wind remained light.
Nora Mahoney, a Cambridge store clerk, defended herself after a man attacked her with an empty bottle yesterday morning. She crashed through a window during the struggle as police search for the assailant, who remains at large.
A 24 year old clerk described a dawn assault at six yesterday when a stranger entered a store asked for bread and, after discovering it not arrived, lunged at her, hitting her with a bottle. They grappled, a plate glass window shattered, and the assailant fled. She was taken to her Franklin Street home with cuts and the loss of two teeth. The attacker wore a long overcoat and green cap, was about 24, dark complexioned, and unnamed.
A memorial service at St Martin's Church Trafalgar Square honored Mrs Mary Hoy and her daughter Miss Elizabeth Hoy of Chicago who died when the British steamer Laconia was sunk by a German sub. Attending were Robert P Skinner American consul general and a representative of the American embassy along with the American colony and friends of the Hoys.
Washington reports that Americans in Belgium are no longer detained by German military authorities. Minister Brand Whitlock in Brussels says several subordinates delayed exits after severance of relations due to unclear orders, but the situation is now resolved and Americans may come and go. Apart from 40 Belgian relief workers, few Americans remain in Belgium.
The New York Shipbuilding Corporation announced it will increase plant capacity by about 50 percent at Camden New Jersey and has begun constructing four standard freight steamships for its own account. Two vessels will be 5500 tons and the other two 4000 tons, with aims to complete within a year.
Governor McCall invites the governors of the six New England states and adjutants general to attend a regional conference at the state capitol to discuss mutual concerns and coordination. The meeting aims to strengthen inter-state cooperation among officials and agencies.
Governor McCall calls for a conference in Boston with adjutants general to discuss plans of common interest during unsettled times. He invites each governor and chief of staff to attend at 4 p m on Tuesday March 13 and to consider themselves guests of the Commonwealth. He notes the public safety committee is doing splendid work and warns of possible contingencies.
A Massachusetts safety and naval committee sub division reports strong enlistment offers following a State House meeting. The adjutant general notes militia strength is 4000 men short of war strength, prompting commanders to collect enlistment names and addresses for immediate call up if needed.
Washington reports quote Senator Stone saying he will not resign and will be retained as chairman of the foreign relations committee amid reorganization. Democratic leaders on the steering committee also indicated no plans to change committee chairmanship.
Dr. Roger I. Lee reports that about ten percent of Harvard applicants to the reserve officers training corps have been rejected for poor physical condition. Defective feet weak heart poor eye sight and impaired hearing are cited as the chief disqualifying factors among more than 100 candidates examined.
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