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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1918
Page
13
The federal suffrage amendment, which fell short of a two thirds majority in the Senate last Tuesday, was returned to the calendar for further action. By a viva voce vote the motion by Chairman Wes of the suffrage committee for reconsideration was adopted.
A terse public notice proclaims pursuit of a target nicknamed The Hun. It urges action, urging supporters to buy four bonds to fund the chase and enforcement efforts.
Old age starts with your kidneys and the ad promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy to stimulate kidney action, remove poisons, renew life and strength, and prevent disease. It urges buying from druggists with money back if ineffective, in sealed packages.
The 2500 International Railway Company workers halted all city and interurban streetcar service. The strike was brought to court this afternoon to seek relief and resolution.
The court process could take at least four days and street car traffic remained paralyzed as Public Service Commission Chief Counsel Ledyard P. Hale argued the city’s need for car service under the International franchise. The company says bond obligations and wage scales threaten bankruptcy without fare increases. Thousands walked or used an improvised jitney service while war industries faced little impact.
Richard H. Long will campaign with a personal committee while Michael A. OLeary and the Democratic State committee coordinate from now to election day. All regular campaign funds will be disbursed by the State committee treasurer, a plan supported by campaign manager Martin Hall of Natick. A conference of party leaders at 4 PM in State Street will decide future activities for Long and his personal committee.
Frank H. Pope, state supervisor of loan agencies, says war reduced loan business as many borrowers join the armed forces or wart industries. Stenographers and clerks keep wages low, borrowers fall, and lenders struggle. Soldiers at Camp Devens face immunity from wage collection, with one lender recalling a soldier telling him to save postage stamps instead of paying.
Lorenzo Bianco age 34 of Gladstone street East Boston died at home Wednesday night after a long life in the Orient Heights and North End. Survived by wife Carolina and four sons including Dr. Joseph A. Bianco. Funeral from St. Lazarus Church Orient Heights Sunday morning.
Formal transfer of the Commonwealth Armory Emergency Hospital to the War Department by the State occurred yesterday in the State House executive offices. General Ormsby represented the federal government, with Governor McCall Adjutant General Jesse F Stevens and other Commonwealth officials in attendance.
The War Department announced that during the week ending Sept. 27, 654 sick and wounded American Expeditionary Forces soldiers were landed in the United States from Europe.
Dominick Fracci a West End painter with a habit of buying an eight cent pint of milk clashed with Barnett Cayless a Wall Street grocer. A store incident left Fracci bound over for six months on failure to pay a fifteen dollar fine due to his influenza struck family.
Readers are urged to support the war effort by purchasing Liberty Bonds as a means to help fight the enemy, with the idea that financial contributions become a modern form of armed resistance for those unable to serve in person.
Naomi Barnet a 20 year old Brockton girl died while tending her fiancé Private Jacob Julian 24 of the 2nd Depot Brigade at Camp Upton Long Island The couple had journeyed to the camp to nurse Julian who fell ill with influenza the disease spreading to Miss Barnet as she cared for him News of their deaths came to their relatives late today
Augusta Maine October 3 A Maine committee on public safety issued an urgent call for a thorough canvass of every city and town to recruit female nurses and men to act as nurses and orderlies. No nurses will be sent out of the State at present.
Washington reports two women will be added to every State advisory committee of the United States Employment Service and two to every Community board, increasing total members from five to seven. They will ensure women are not steered into unsuitable or unfit work and will oversee fair employment conditions.
A wartime urging message calls for buying bonds to support national effort and prevent defeat, urging citizens to contribute financially to sustain the war effort and avoid a decisive setback.
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