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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1918
Page
8
Police begin a census of male idlers 18 to 50 under the Robinson anti loafing bill signed by Governor Whitman. Doomed loafers like tango dancers lounge lizards pool room and tramps face court fines or prison unless they prove they are or will be in a useful occupation. The drive includes idle migrants from New Jersey and aims to trap slackers as well.
The House voted to abolish eight United States sub-treasuries and sent the appropriation bill back to conference with a rider to eliminate Boston Chicago Cincinnati New Orleans New York Philadelphia St Louis and San Francisco sub-treasuries.
Three Lynn shoe shops gave in to wage demands by trimming and lining cutters, raising pay for over 700 workers in 30 shops. The 2 percent rise or $25 weekly rate matches outside cutters. A 10 member committee filed claims, not the union, and impacts remain outside the Lynn Shoe Manufacturers Association.
A summer trip to Revere Beach and nearby areas would cost at least 14 cents round trip if the Public Service Commission approves the Boston Revere Beach & Lynn railroad seven cent fare plan filed with the commission yesterday.
A Humble Yarmouthville, Maine soldier in Battery B, 4th Artillery, writes home in verse about awaiting battles with Kaiser Bill. He sends love, hopes to work with his father, praises his mother, laments ink and ribbon mishaps, and mentions Yankee dollars, souvenirs, and plans to exchange money for francs at the Y M C A.
Portland dispatch reports Supply Sergeant Chester B. Curtis of Battery B, 54th Regiment Artillery, writing a unique military letter home from abroad. The note blends experiences with army life and a verse about Kaiser Bill, created directly on a typewriter in quarters using three ink colors.
A Maine Coast Artillery veteran and North Yarmouth Academy graduate in the Fifth Company sends a letter from France dated April 13 1918. He describes grim duty and danger yet maintains morale, with songlike lines about home and the campaign to defeat the Germans while remaining hopeful for a return to the United States.
Sergeant-at-Arms Thomas F. Pedrick received a silver chest from the House of Representatives on the golden anniversary of his wedding. Speaker Cox announced visitors and a committee, then Pedrick led the committee to receive orders. He expressed gratitude as illness kept Mrs. Pedrick from attending.
The Dutch steamship Java, first of three carrying food under a Dutch German safe conduct, sailed from the port yesterday. She carried flour and corn and flew the Dutch flag on both bows. Under the agreement the U S will release three more ships to take their places despite warnings that German torpedo attacks may still occur.
In Searsmont Maine Ellen Cooper Pease, a young mother, was buried after funeral services from her parents’ home. The State accuses Roy L. Pease of murdering her in the early hours Saturday. Pease remains jailed in Belfast without bail awaiting the September term. An autopsy was performed Saturday afternoon by Dr. C.S. Vickery and County Attorney Walter A. Cowan.
The Senate was told by the committee on joint judiciary to refer to the next general court bills permitting the Ractan Mhont of Commerce to amend its charter and to establish a trust fund. The amendment concerns certificates of membership and compensation for chamber services.
More than 15000 children under five have been registered as the baby weighing and measuring campaign enters its final week. May 20 is set for station closings though one station per district will remain open to register stragglers and those from quarantine. Charlestown and South Boston report high demand. Columbus Day Nursery and Neighborhood House note busy activity with twin registrations.
Maine authorities will allow limited quantities of liquid bait whiskey for trout and salmon in Maine waters. Fishermen and traveling salesmen may carry two quarts. Deputy sheriffs have checked trains from Boston since last fall, forcing open suspicious luggage. The Franklin Foundation held its annual meeting reelecting the old board. Nathan Matthews presides, Charles T. Gallagher vice president, Henry L. Higginson treasurer, G F Swain secretary, and Charles H. Taylor plus Horace G. Allen named virtuous citizens by the Supreme Court. Walter B. Russell was named district educational director by the War Department. War work continues with 449 enlisted housed for technical education and women trained as reconstruction aides in military hospitals without interfering with regular school work.
The Senate tentatively approved a 100000 postal motor routes program to move food from agricultural districts to cities. Senators King and Gallinger opposed as unsuitable for war needs, while Bankhead and Hardwick defended the plan as already successful in other areas.
Strangler Ed Lewis, the heavyweight wrestler once set to face Ivan Linow at the Grand Opera House, has been ordered to report for draft and canceled all engagements. Waldek Zbyszko and Yousouf Has sane are booked as substitutes in the main bout.
Harvard varsity teams up against Harvard Radio School at Soldiers Field tomorrow afternoon in a first clash of the year. The Crimson freshmen defeated the sailors by a wide margin in an earlier game. Harvard 1921 will face Dean Academy on the freshman diamond.
Detroit May 13 two more arrests today nearly complete a state wide arson ring roundup. Police say sixteen arrested so far and seven men have confessed. There have been ninety incendiary fires in Detroit since January 1 with losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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