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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1917
Page
2
London dispatch reports Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst urging Premier Lloyd George to grant women self government now. She cites his March 7 Commons pledge to Irish self rule and asserts a government measure for women’s suffrage should be enacted during the war without delay.
Preparations for a long war accelerate with army navy and industrial plans moving swiftly. The President and Cabinet weigh steps ahead of an extra Congress session to be convened next Monday. Likely measures include a state of war, armed forces use, large government credit, censorship and espionage bills, and secret services. Senator Hitchcock cautions against war declaration, favoring armed neutrality and defense preparations. The National Defence Council weighs centralized purchasing and price control for wartime needs. Colonel E M House arrives at the White House for a few days.
A stolen touring car belonging to John McCarthy of Milton was taken by an unidentified man. In Medford near Tufts College station an automobile collided with a vegetable wagon driven by John Griffiths of Medford, badly injuring his horse which had to be killed. Griffiths escaped unharmed, and the thief fled.
Former President Taft accepted an invitation to be principal guest at the Insurance Society of Massachusetts meeting on April 21 at the City Club. He is slated to discuss the constitutional convention and propose important recommendations. Other speakers include Governor McCall Mayor Curley and Walton L. Crocker with George H. Spillane of Lowell presiding.
The Winthrop Lodge of Elks held a large preparedness meeting at their clubhouse with Major Ashburne of Fort Banks as speaker. The lodge backed universal training for 19 year olds and planned a home guard with officers from different forts to train members, aiming to form a large company.
About 7500 German naval officers and men seeking refuge in American waters were transported to Georgia on special trains and housed in stockades at Fort McPherson and Fort Orglethorpe under guard of the Seventeenth Infantry in Atlanta.
More than 40 men from Wilhelm and Bitel Friedrich are assigned to Fort McPherson and Fort Oglethorpe. Seventieth Infantry splits into two detachments to guard the two posts as marines accompany the voyage from Philadelphia Navy Yard. Captain Thierfeldt and eight German officers meet Col. Noyes upon arrival.
While troops prepared to retreat, Captain Thierfeldt interrupted Colonel Noyes to declare his men military and refuse pledges. Noyes warned future conditions would depend largely on individuals as the regimental band played the Star Spangled Banner and the flag began to lower.
Members of the Boston Teachers Club assembled at Kingsley Hall yesterday afternoon pledged to assist the government in the present crisis. The secretary was instructed to relay the pledge to Governor McCall and inquire how teachers may help.
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