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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
2
Congress settles on 21 to 30 as the draft age, excluding married men and opening exemptions rules. The Roosevelt volunteer plan is dropped, liquor prohibition at posts approved, tribunals set for exemptions, and penalties for false returns defined as the vast conscription apparatus nears activation.
Provost Marshal General Crowder says county and city boards cannot favor soldiers under the selective service act due to explicit law terms. He warns officials that favoritism would be easily detected and punished with heavy penalties. The law is self executing and requires all men within age limits to register, with evasion penalties extending to colluding board members.
President will likely appoint Hoover to direct emergency food measures as Congress advances a food control bill. Secretary Houston urged swift passage to coordinate war efforts with allies and boost production while prohibiting hoarding and market manipulation.
A speaker urged that with proper control flour prices could drop 40 to 50 percent while treating producers fairly. without control prices might reach 20 dollars a barrel within the year. President Wilson pressed immediate passage of food bills and discussed an emergency agency to manage distribution and price fixing during the war.
Herbert C. Hoover, returning from London to advise on Europe food, says without control flour could reach 20 dollars a barrel this year. He argues broad control would lower prices while keeping producers' gains, and would help allies with surplus supplies after meeting domestic needs.
In remarks urging government intervention, Hoover warns that unrestricted competition could drive flour to 20 a barrel and wheat to 5 a bushel. He argues for decisive authority to curb a small minority in trade and enable producers to meet needs and aid allies. He clarifies he does not seek the food controller role, only advice on efficient food control.
Strangler Ed Lewis defeated Karl Lemle in the Grand Opera House wrestling tourney main event last night. He secured the first fall in 17 minutes 22 seconds with a head lock and flying fall and the second in 7 minutes 5 seconds with a wrist lock and body force. Goulet took the Rouett match by second and third falls after Rouett won the first. Rees vs Carlonias lasted 1 hour 10 minutes without a fall.
The South Longford result pits Sinn Feiner Joseph McGuinness, jailed, against a Nationalist, signaling a heavy blow to Redmondite home rule. Papers call it a turning point, linked to Sinn Fein wins in North Roscommon and rising Catholic anti-partition sentiment. Archbishop Walsh's Dublin letter on partition is seen as influencing McKenna's defeat.
The Somerville Board of Aldermen passed a measure by a 17 to 3 vote last evening amid debate on the so called bone day. The decision sets policy changes affecting local services and city operations.
The notice states the council plans to grant 16 license holders the right to withdraw their 1917 license applications. Somerville is designated to become bone dry, signaling a broader push toward prohibition.
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