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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1917
Page
8
London reports eight killed and 21 injured in a German air raid last night per an official British War Department statement. Lord French notes total casualties across districts, minimal material damage, no harm to naval or military sites, and many British planes returning safely.
A full length portrait of General Pershing by Micheline Resco is shown at a Paris exhibition of contemporary artists opened today. Albert Dalimier toured the gallery with Pershing, followed by American artists Ridgway Knight and Henry Harrison, each with three paintings in the show. Pershing praised the portrait but said it was too flattering.
The Public Utilities Commission declared an emergency justifying a rate rise for Maine Central Railroad and Portland Terminal Company. Mileage book tickets may be increased to 2 1 2 cents per mile and local one way tickets to 2 3 4 cents per mile.
Augusta Me November 1 Robert H Bean and Charles H Payson of Portland and Franklin W Cram of Bangor were appointed by Governor Milliken as delegates to attend the conference on financing the war in Philadelphia tomorrow and Saturday under the American Academy of Political and Social Science sponsors.
Federal officers investigating thefts of costly metals and fixtures from German liners being converted at the port report loot valued over $50,000. Last night authorities said much of the stolen property was loaded into wagons and driven out through the main navy yard gate.
Federal authorities reveal a large scale theft operation involving copper iron beds and paints with arrests already made and more expected. A key suspect connected to a charitable organization promised to surrender as bail is arranged. Loot was moved via lighter and harbor routes near the navy yard, with property traced to 1910s Boston sites.
The funeral for Ladderman William J. Dolan of Ladder 81, who died Monday, will start at 9 am from his home at 203 Parsons Street, Brighton. Services follow at St Columbkine Church at Market and Arlington Streets with 16 firefighters under District Chief Henry A. Fox acting as escort.
The men chosen for the Monday drawing will be sent to cantonments near San Juan for preliminary training, not to Camps Jackson and Upton. Lieutenant Colonel Orval P. Townshend, who just returned from the United States, announced the decision.
Rocco Bentnati, finishing an 18 month term at the State prison, was arrested on release and sent to Boston police to face a second degree murder charge. He is accused of fatally wounding Filipo Mucelli during an argument over a card game in January 1916.
Approximately 4 million dollars worth of German products piled at Rotterdam will be allowed to move to America. The State Department has secured from the British foreign office permission to ship merchandise consigned to American importers and paid for before the United States entered the war.
The transport Finland, torpedoed while returning from foreign waters, sustained slight damage and then made port under its own steam. It was escorted, no submarine or torpedo sighted, and it carried a crew of about 257. Built in Philadelphia in 1902, its home port is New York.
Emery E. Chaput was arrested in Lewiston Maine on November 1 charged with desertion from the 25th Regiment.
Chaput claims he was under enlistment age as the unit failed to report for the July mobilization at Fort McKinley and the Coast Artillery Corps.
James F. Dolan 24, a touring hotel porter, was arrested by Inspectors Haggerty and Dorsey while seeking work at the Copley Mla za Hotel. He is charged with a $600 jewelry theft at Mansion House Poland Springs, last month. Jewelry including rings necklaces and brooches were found in his Colum bus avenue room, once home for two weeks. The pieces belong to Mrs. Roger Birnie. Police say he obtains hotel jobs to facilitate robberies.
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