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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1917
Page
2
Withdrawal of Dr Frederick L Bogan as a candidate for re election to the Boston school committee is announced by his brother Charles F Bogan who says the doctor writes that his Major duties with West U S Infantry in France require his full attention to the war effort and the welfare of the boys.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on November 9 the H. C. Frick Coke Company announced a wage increase for its 20 000 employees ranging from 10 to 20 percent effective tomorrow. This marks the second rise in two months and the sixth in two years.
Election officials reported more than 4000 names filed on Mayor Curley’s nomination papers for re election though 8000 are required. Certification progress is limited to about 200, leaving a long task ahead for the mayor’s campaign. Other candidates acknowledge the workload and vow to handle their filings later.
Lehman Pickert a longtime fish merchant and authority on salted fish died yesterday after an operation. He was 74 and lived on Chestnut Hill Brookline. He served with the Chamber of Commerce Boston Fish Bureau and the New England Fish Exchange and once operated on New Street East Boston.
Dr Thomas Chalmers headmaster of the Allen School for Boys Newton was attached for 2000 by Miss May A Chadbourne formerly a housekeeper at the school in a suit over alleged false arrest Chadbourne was arrested in Newton on Oct 25 on trespass charges arraigned in Newton District Court before Judge Bacon case placed on file counsel Alfred B McCleary says his client endured humiliation from the arrest
Massachusetts Governor McCall visited the White House to pay respects to President Wilson during his Washington trip for the Lincoln Memorial Association annual meeting.
Boston campaign crews push to finish the War Camp Community Fund drive with $170,651 raised of a $200,000 target. Volunteers pledge to double efforts as the final push continues.
The report details a strong public response to a wartime fund drive with thousands of small subscriptions pushing past $21 000 on a single day and a $8 000 pledge from a couple. It notes a rally at Liberty Bridge with speakers including state officials and highlights the new munitions act uniting employers and unions to mobilize labor for war needs while protecting wages and preventing labor shortages.
Government war films shown in Boston at Symphony Hall this afternoon and tonight to raise funds for the War Camp Community Fund. Highlights include America's Submarines in Action, Our Torpedo Boat Flotilla, The 1917 Recruit, Soldiers of the Sea, cavalry training, bayonet drills, Marines in trenches, plus British films and US troops in London. George Creel sent the official pictures.
A letter to the editor urges support for the War Camp Recreation Fund. It emphasizes national reach beyond Boston and Ayer, noting funds will aid about 80 training camps nationwide and that Boston boys will go to southern camps. The writer stresses sending goodwill through subscriptions.
New York November 9 members of the British ministry of munitions special mission met with oil leather and rubber manufacturers to discuss how Britain has handled labor since the war began The conference the first in a series in New York aims to cover all industry sectors Sir Stephenson Kent head of the mission conceded Britain erred by rushing many skilled workers to the front at the war’s start.
The Christian Science board forms the Christian Science War Relief Committee and Comforts Forwarding Committees to expand aid to soldiers and families. Previously relief work operated in Europe and other regions. now it extends to the United States. Past contributions by regional committees total about half a million dollars. Offices will be in Boston at 236 Huntington Avenue and 191 Huntington Avenue.
In Portland on November 9 stockholders of the Boston & Maine met to affiliate with the Minority Stockholders Protective Association. Conrad W. Crooker, attorney for the association, said the goal is to reorganize the road without assessments.
Campaigners say New York City will become dry as women voters gain influence. Opponents plan to begin petitions at New Year’s Eve church services calling for a local option referendum next April, with 25 percent of qualified voters needed to trigger the measure. New York State women become voters Jan. 1.
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