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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
4
An advertisement claims Poslam shortens eczema healing time by soothing inflamed skin and reducing disease daily. It promises rapid visible improvement and broad coverage with small amounts, and notes availability everywhere with a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
Jassy reports M. Thomas arriving as French munitions minister and Kerensky expected soon as Romania reopens Parliament. The Senate sends salutations to the U S Senate for united action in the war in support of nationalities with the Entente powers.
In Brockton tonight Arthur L. Thayer a market clerk fell into an elevator shaft while attempting to help a boy who had fallen into the same well. Thayer was instantly killed and the boy sustained only slight injuries.
A commission of finance trade industry and labor is under strain due to wide view differences between the finance minister and the new socialist labor minister. The rift echoes past failed reconciliation efforts and signals continued difficulty in reaching any peace agreement.
An investigation of Petrograd factory conditions shows labor demands threaten widespread closures within months. Workmen’s committees control production, wages have surged 100 to 150 percent, but output and raw materials shrink. Some plants may shut within a month as financing dries up and banks refuse credit.
The Park Theatre shows The Whip with detailed stage incidents. Also on bill are The Crimson Dove starring June Elvidge and Carlyle Blackwell, Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew in Nothing to Wear, a Metro Travelogue and the Pathe Weekly.
British forces seize a few German prisoners in a raid east of Vermilles with heavy artillery south of the Scarpe and in the Ypres sector. Champagne sees continued artillery and grenade fighting around Teton. Germans take a French trench line on Poehlberg and Keilberg near Maronvilliers. Russians repel two Turkish assaults south of Baneh on the Persian frontier. Italians cross the Timavo and seize San Giovanni near the Gulf of Trieste. Austrians claim repelling Italian attacks and 13 000 prisoners in 16 days.
Paris May 27 The Temps reports a Polish army in France is under way to unite many Polish elements in France and allied lands to fight under the Polish flag for the reestablishment of the Polish kingdom. The project, long considered, is nearing realization.
Italians push toward Trieste as part of a broader front line operation. In France operations are conducted mainly by small raiding parties along the British front. On the eastern front Russian artillery against Austria intensifies, signaling possible large scale hostilities.
Italian forces cross the Timayo River and seize the village of San Giovanni near Dutno with nine 6 inch guns, aiming them at Austrian positions. North near Jamiano they take fortified trenches as Julian front gains solidify. British airmen report heavy German air losses while Germany quotes mixed results. Brazil’s Congress act on joining the war remains pending and Spain’s tensions with Germany escalate.
In an open letter, former premier Clemenceau appeals to President Wilson to bring Colonel Roosevelt and his companions to the front. He argues Roosevelt's legendary American leadership could bolster intervention and notes the arrival of the first American unit.
Senate committee hears support for government ownership of Cape Cod canal to safeguard New England coastwise trade. Testimony from Senator Lodge, Secretary Redfield, Admiral Benson, Waterways Commission members, and business leaders across shipping and insurance sectors.
Leonard dominated from the third round, overwhelming champion Freddie Welsh with continuous lefts and rights to the face and head. Welsh fell twice more and was carried from the ring as Leonard was hailed by ringside supporters. Leonard, weighing 183 pounds to Welsh 186 3-4, becomes the new world lightweight champion and plans to enlist in the U S army after a Philadelphia bout.
Massachusetts National Guard officials announced state instruction schools for officers non commissioned officers and enlisted men. Units not yet under federal orders may be established and if the War Department does not authorize training camp soon General Sweetser says the Bay State troops are wasting valuable time waiting for the rest of the country to catch up.
London official statement says about 100 000 Americans will soon be in France serving in British and French armies and in units ordered to France. It notes the draft bill to raise a 2 000 000 man army and reports $750 000 000 already advanced to the Entente allies as loan prospects and allied support.
The plan calls for local exemption boards in each county and for cities, plus boards of review in federal districts. Civilians will compose all boards. Secretary Baker said the selection method is not yet fixed. married men may still serve and registrants aged 21 to 31 will be accepted, with exemptions based on dependents.
Property owners in New York appealed to federal authorities to decide if the selective draft act cancels tenant leases when tenants are drafted. John C. Knox said no law releases a soldier from liability and contracts would not be abrogated by draft. Owners reported tenants claiming drafts would release them from rent duties.
Nine indictments by a federal court in Texas target leaders of a plot to hinder army draft registration. Two arrests in Virginia on similar charges accompany the crackdown. Attorney General Gregory warns the department will relentlessly pursue anyone trying to obstruct draft enforcement.
Ten million men may be necessary the General Clarence R. Edwards said tonight at the Rotary Club Grand Army dinner in the Hotel Lenox. Veterans of 1861 watched as the olive-drab modern commander contrasted modern war with Civil War battles at Antietam and Gettysburg.
The text contemplates U S military manpower possible totals of 1 000 000 2 000 000 6 000 000 or even 10 000 000 men as the size of national armies the United States must raise.
General Edwards contrasts Civil War and World War I, noting Germany's 6,000,000 in trenches and the underground fighting. He cites Russia as a potential eastern front base and mentions the Siberian railroad, the Root Commission, and Russia's 30,000,000 unused manpower. He discusses Pacific submarine-free routes and Eastern front conditions.
Governor Brumbaugh sent a message to the Legislature urging passage of a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote for President. He noted a 1915 defeat of a prior equal suffrage amendment in a statewide election.
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