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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1917
Page
16
Washington March 27 preliminary conferences of House leaders showed broad opposition to Republican Leader Mann's plan. He would withdraw from the speakership race in favor of Speaker Clark and push bipartisan or nonpartisan committee organization at the start of the extra session next Monday.
Wisconsin Representative Lenroot a Progressive Republican said the Mann proposal would admit that Republicans would weaken the country if they control the House. Speaker Clark, after talks with Democrats, found only one supporter of the plan and urged a party contest unless one side proves it cannot win. California’s Randall, a Prohibitionist independent, will meet independents Thursday after stating four of five independents will back Speaker Clark.
Twenty people are reported dead after a storm swept Crenshaw Hale and Pike counties in Alabama early today. Many others are believed injured and there was considerable property damage.
Advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for gas sour risings lump in throat biliousness and bitter morning taste. It promises quick relief for overworked stomachs especially after banquet meals and offers a free trial by mail via a coupon.
Harvard students opposed to pacifism disrupted plans to invite David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford University to speak. About twenty students hurled eggs at the pacifist Harvard Union for American Neutrality, deriding them as Nincompoops and preventing Jordan from appearing at the university campus.
Harvard Union for American Neutrality met at R H Garrison's Cambridge rooms to invite Mr Jordan. An egg assault erupted as 20 non pacifists confronted 20 pacifists, scattering eggs on carpet and at Hallowell Davis, ending with Jordan not coming to Harvard.
Gloucester March 27 An effort by Mayor Stoddart and the City Council to arbitrate the fishermen strike failed as union members refused to discuss demands when an attorney for the owners said he had no authority to bind them. Union leaders warned that unless owners answered by Saturday they would seek sympathetic action from other unions in the city.
P Harry Jennings president of the Boston Central Labor Union will appoint a 25 member committee of local labor men and women to act as a labor war conference to care for organized labor interests if war is declared. The authority was given at a joint meeting of the union’s executive board and past presidents. First meeting notice will be sent out within a few days.
Pauline Paul Parthenae known as the world's champion Holstein cow, owned by R. J. Schaefer of Clayton, Wisconsin, died after a post mortem showed she swallowed a darning needle that traveled to the heart. At 13, she produced 2888 pounds of butter in 12 months two years ago. Schaefer valued her irreplaceable for breeding and refused sale.
A city budget session report from the Finance Commission says the office of penal institutions commissioner David B. Shaw is overloaded with unnecessary staff. It also claims Edward K. L. McGee is on the payroll illegally after being discharged from Deer Island by James H. Burke.
The Finance Commission reports no record of McGee's transfer or discharge by the Civil Service Commission and urges removal. Commissioner Shaw defends his department, says all employees are essential to penal institutions and "100 per cent efficient." Budget talks reference an auto once owned by Councillor Watson sold to the penal institutions department. Shaw says the car runs and is in good shape. Chairman Hagan quips about taking the auto as a memento, while Ballantyne notes junk prices.
Mayor Curley announced plans for the Ronan Park dedication on June 3. Monsignor Peter Ronan Governor McCall and Curley will deliver addresses as part of the programme.
The Shipping Board extended the time American ships in South American waters may be chartered to foreigners for return voyages to the United States to May 1, from the original April 1 deadline set in February.
Herman E. Miille of Somerville seeks a receiver for his wife Ottilie his daughter Laura A. Miille and William Grieve in a heated equity motion before Judge Fox. Miille claims he bought land on Eastman terrace Somerville on April 20 1904 for 1056 with his own funds.
Millie claims a wife deserted after a half interest in a property was given to their daughter Laura A. A house costing 3550 housed the couple. He alleges the wife and daughter receive rent from William Grieve and seeks an accounting, injunctions, a receiver, and wife’s conveyance of her share. Court to complete pleadings by April 3 and set merit list for April 9. The wife and daughter agreed not to convey their interests.
London dispatch reports Athens presenting a note to Italy demanding the withdrawal of Italian troops from Epirus to Aviona. The note emphasizes Greece's insistence on immediate redeployment as part of wartime tensions.
The House of Representatives turned down Sunday baseball after a lengthy debate with 158 voting against and 67 for the measure. Other actions included passage to be engrossed a chiropodist registration bill and rejection of a Natick area improvement bill. The Senate passed a Methuen incorporation bill and accepted an adverse report on a subway station project.
An old advertisement notes Father John’s Medicine with sixty years of use in Chicago. The fragment mentions remedies for coughs and the appeal to caregivers, signed by Frek iede of W. gand street. The tone evokes a patent medicine pitch aimed at families and children.
New York March 27 Rear Admiral Bradley A Fiske retired said in an approved address that if Germany is beaten the war’s danger passes for the moment yet he believes the chances are even that Germany will not be beaten. He warned that even after peace she may be better situated than before the war and could potentially send her fleet to this side. He noted Germany’s fleet power and superior trained personnel at the war’s start and its greater organization and skill.
Representatives of New England commercial bodies and shippers met with the Boston Chamber of Commerce and backed railroad plans to raise car demurrage rates starting May 1. The conference also approved a 5 percent rise in rail and lake freight charges between New England and Chicago as not excessive.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce convened to address New England transportation problems and to deter proposed increases in car demurrage and the hold privilege. Amos L. Hathaway presided as resolutions urged ICC to establish demurrage bureaus and officers to monitor fair application and prevent carrier delays.
The estate of the late Thomas A. Griffin founder of Griffin Wheel Company valued at 9,192,119.33 seeks to change the will to pay grandchildren in 1936 and 1939 instead of an indefinite arrangement. A petition to compromise the will has been filed in the Supreme Judicial Court.
Chattanooga Tenn March 27 383 sailors Fort Oglethorpe quota of interned Germans from German war ships at Philadelphia arrived this afternoon. The special train not brought to station. transfer made in a suburban yard and the sailors detrained at the fort.
Rear Admiral Don Louis Gomez Carren o of Chillan was honored at the Charlestown navy yard yesterday afternoon. The marine band and guard were out for the occasion as he met with Commandant Rush after arriving shortly after 4 o clock for a semi official call.
Washington March 27 Secretary Houston urged American farmers to join agricultural preparedness efforts to prevent food shortages amid the international crisis. He stressed eliminating waste conserving surplus and maximizing crop returns as essential for strengthening resources. He urged cooperation with county agents state colleges and the Department of Agriculture and called for self help through crop diversification and careful seed selection and land preparation to avert waste.
Timothy E. Byrnes former vice president of the New Haven railroad told the Traffic Club at City Club last night that every man in the United States will be lined up to do his duty when needed. His talk centered on railroads and suggested internal trouble on the nation’s rail system would not be evident if war arises.
An ad notes Corega powder relieves denture gum swelling and loosening plates. It promises a firm, comfortable fit and improved mouth hygiene. Priced 25 cents at drug stores and dental supply houses with free samples from Corega Chemical Co, Cleveland, Ohio.
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