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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1918
Page
5
The city calls every resident to join a two week cleanliness campaign. Inspectors survey alleys yards and vacant lots to locate rubbish. Householders must containerize ashes and rubbish leaving four inches at the top for easy collection.
The true name bill authorizing state licensing inspection and regulation of hotels and lodging houses for registering all entrants with their proper names was passed to engrossment in the House in concurrence with the Senate.
Leonard J. Shore of Roxbury was beaten and handed to federal authorities after shouting anti bond slogans during a Liberty Loan rally at Hanover and Blackstone streets Saturday, police report.
Sixty eight present and former Harvard Reserve Officers' Training Corps members were chosen for the fourth series of government training camps starting May 15. Major Flynn, commandant, picked them from a large candidate list for military qualifications. The list includes A. P. Archer, Cass Canfield, J. H. Bailey, W. H. Mitchell, Bruno Schlack, and Thomas Worcester among others.
James J. Storrow was selected by the City Council as the representative on a five member street investigation board. The group will report to Mayor Peters on construction and repair needs and determine street work funding from the tax limit increase. Mayor Peters and three organizations the Boston Real Estate Exchange the Chamber of Commerce and the Boston Central Labor Union will each name one member.
A quirky ad describes transforming beans with tomato sauce bananas and maple syrup then finishing with a dash of Al Sauce. The creator claims the dish became a regular menu item and praises the mysterious seasoning as a miracle-working flavor that turns leftovers into bliss.
Unrest in Slovenian districts of Austria grows daily and mutiny spreads rapidly. A Serbian source cited by Reuters reports a recent clash between Germans and Slovenians ended in bloodshed.
A clash occurred at the Windischgraetz railway station with Slovenian women taking part. Several wounded were taken to a hospital. Reports also recount a St Jean gathering convoked by Slovenian deputies to spur peasant support for Slovenian independence and opposition to Austria, leading to fighting and bloodshed as pro Jugoslav sentiments clashed with German loyalists.
James H. Vahey presented a portrait of the late General Patrick A. Collins former Boston mayor to the Boston City Club. The gift came from scores of prominent citizens in a ceremony yesterday.
Canadian forces extend from Hill 70 to Gavrelle southwest of Arras, taking trenches near Neuville Vitasse Mercatel and Bois le St Mare. Saskatchewan troops led a light-cost raid on the Arras road with about 100 enemy dead, seven prisoners and four machine guns captured. Ontario troops later raided Neuville Vitasse, taking 10 prisoners and four machine guns, with Canadians in enemy lines for 20 minutes before returning.
Nine killed or missing marksive in a report on minor activity. An Ontario company officer acted on his own initiative to organize a counter attack and clear half the trench. English troops from the south completed the clearance before the enemy’s later assault was repelled by artillery, rifle and machine gun fire.
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung reports that General Skoropauski established a dictatorship in Ukraine as Hetman after the Rada government era. The April 23 Kiev peasants congress allegedly backed a strong government, with Skoropauski in Circassian uniform declaring himself Hetman and seeking oath support.
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