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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
5
Judge Frederick P. Cabot, chairing the Boston Symphony Orchestra trustees, addressed the ensemble at their first rehearsal of the season. He introduced Pierre Monteux who will conduct the October concerts as the new season opens.
A Boston music board vows to sustain the orchestra's high standards as they welcome M. Monteaux to conduct opening concerts. They praise the musicians as artists and men, noting changes due to world events, and express pride in the ensemble's future collaborative strength.
Announcement by Major Kenneth D. Marlatt head of the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission in New England says the Boston headquarters at 44 Bromfield Street will close October 16. No enlistments after October 12, but recruits may be shipped to Canadian training camps until the 16th. Marlatt returns to Canada after the 16th. Captain T F Mac Mahon and Captain J L Breakey depart for England and France after brief leave.
American forces press the offensive northwest of Verdun as the enemy hardens its defence. Shell holes near Cierges have been fortified for nearly a mile, signaling intensified resistance in the line.
An American counterattack repelled a newly arrived enemy division after hours of fighting. Despite heavy losses, US troops held firm as observers reported German massing for a fresh assault. An American aviator deterred a recon plane and then scattered two attacking platoons with machine gun fire. Cavities of captured Russian 100 mm guns were employed by one battalion in defense.
Worcester police surgeon Dr. Richard J. Shanahan saved one week old Olga Zinkerck by removing a cog wheel three quarters of an inch in diameter from her throat. The clock part had been swallowed after her brother Anthony, three, played with it at the Foyle street home of Cyrian Zinkevek. The operation avoided tracheotomy as the doctor retrieved the object with forceps.
A chimney defect sparked a blaze on the Greylock Inn top floor in Williamstown causing about 40 000 in damage mostly from smoke and water. All 100 guests escaped unharmed. The fire was traced to a defective chimney.
Rousing call urging readers to buy Fourth Liberty Loan bonds now and continue purchasing to aid both themselves and the nation.
Mayor Peters said he would take no hand in the dispute over the Fitzgerald Tague recount in the 10th district after Congressman Peter F. Tague and attorney Joseph F. O Connell demanded removal of the election commission citing gross irregularities.
The Mayor backed the Election Board after Fitzgerald's victory by a reduced margin, while Congressman Tague pressed for an examination of all blanks and tally sheets. Tague accused the board of obstructions and demanded safeguards, with threats to remove the board and protests from allied supporters.
Trustees of the Boston Elevated Street Railway Company were in a weekly meeting at 101 Milk Street when a telegram from the National War Labor Board in Washington requested the company send representatives to confer at once.
Chairman Frothingham leads a Boston party to Washington on a 7:20 p m Federal Express with Neal Learned Dana Lindall as wage award from the War Labor Board on Boston Elevated workers nears. Brush on leave. Taft had promised a prompt ruling after talks with officials.
Fall River closes about 100 licensed saloons and liquor stores tonight at the request of the Board of Health to combat the Spanish influenza. Ice cream parlors soda fountains and bottled goods only in drugstores. Schools churches and theatres closed all week and funerals limited to immediate family.
Naval submarine chaser No. sank in a collision with the oil steamer S. W. Waller off New Jersey. Two crewmen, weehinist mate Walter H. Kluch and Seaman Martin A. Wilson, remain missing as patrols search. The crash occurred at 2:00 am. lights may have caused the incident.
A fire started in the machine room at the Great Northern Paper Company plant in Millinocket Me today destroying the roof and taking five paper machines out of service. The fire will cripple output for some time and the loss is covered by insurance.
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