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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1917
Page
4
New York March 23. Prominent Socialists meeting in New York protested the executive committee manifesto on war with Germany and passed resolutions endorsing President Wilson and pledging support to the country.
The resolutions condemn refusing to resist international crime as unworthy of socialism and urge support for the government in defense of international law. They affirm a balance between peace and necessary sacrifice, rejecting cowardice and bondage. Subscribers include Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William English Walling, Upton Sinclair, and others.
Dartmouth President Hopkins announced that George W. Wickersham former U S attorney general will speak in Hanover Monday afternoon on preparedness. The college plans a great ovation to show patriotic fervor and boost enrollment in the voluntary regiment being formed. Since Monday enlistment has reached 170 men.
Famous actress Sarah Bernhardt captivates audiences with enduring vitality despite age and illness. She credits Johann Hoff's Malt Extract with health benefits that strengthen and aid blood formation, taken on her physician's advice to maintain performance stamina.
Thousands of women visited the spring flower show at Horticultural Hall by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Exhibitors earned cash and medal prizes, with notable wins by Mrs. C. G. Weld, Earnest B. Dane, Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears, A. Mathews, and Robert Saitonstall. The Julius Roehrs orchid collection drew much attention as Easter lilies, violets, pansies, and rose varieties were displayed. The show closes Sunday night with hours 1 pm to 10 pm.
The special committee on commissions recorded opposition to the convent inspection bill. The measure would have allowed state authorities to inspect charitable religious and reformatory institutions. An adverse report was also submitted on the East Boston Armory bill. A teachers retirement act amendment protecting infirm teachers before retirement age was reported favorably.
High school girl Effie Barnes of Mohawk New York is missing after train arrival in Boston at 445 PM on March 14. Parents notify Police Superintendent Crowley reporting she was seen with an elderly man who patted her shoulder and a younger man who spoke with them.
Funeral services for Wilbur R. Alley retired Boston police patrolman were conducted at his Mattapan home on Morton Street. Rev C P Hutchinson led the service with patrolmen from the station where Alley began and ended his career as pallbearers.
Review highlights Stephen Graham on Russia in 1916 noting war glimpses from Ekaterina to Petrograd and a sympathetic eye for ordinary Russians. Also covers A D McLaren on Germanism, Madeline Doty on Berlin unrest, W H Hudson Idle Days in Patagonia, and Frederick McCormick The Menace of Japan with US potential conflict.
Two Englishmen named W. H. Hudson are making waves with American audiences. One writes memorable books about nature and human life, while the other focuses on authors, though his latest volume includes a work titled France.
James Freeson, in charge of all letter boxes in the Boston postal district, saw a man drop a parcel wrapped in a newspaper into the engine room doorway from a basement window. Freeson retrieved it and found only six empty beer bottles, while the text promotes Adamson's Balsam as the safest cough remedy.
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