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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1917
Page
3
Reports from Greater Boston bakers show a strong shift to darker breads after the food administrator urged wheat bread be avoided on Wednesdays and Thursdays to save supply. State officials announced that dark bread sales rose from 60 to 70 percent since the policy began.
In Niles Ohio Taft spoke at the dedication of the William McKinley memorial, urging that the Monroe Doctrine limits European action and that the United States must ally with the Allies to defeat militarism. He praised McKinley’s foresight and warned against delaying war to seek peace without victory.
Charles W. Rice a real estate dealer of Allston was found guilty by a federal jury of using the mails in a scheme to blackmail A. Blakely Smith a Back Bay clubman. The trial over several days featured the absence of witness Madame X Frances I Borowski and the court put sentencing on hold.
Two hundred seventy eight German officers and sailors interned since the war seizure left Gallup's Island camp under guard. They traveled to Hot Springs in four day coaches and three Pullmans aboard the government tug Executive. A guard of 21 civilians under Special Immigration Officer Roger O'Donnell accompanied them. Dr. Albert J. Nute accompanied two ill officers on the journey.
The town of Lexington will restore barge transport for children from outlying districts to schools. Judge Crosby dismissed a petition by citizens seeking a court order for suitable facilities. About 100 children are affected as barges resume the old transportation method amid prior community disruption concerns.
Upward of twenty male employees of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company arrived at Camp Devens in Ayer to join the 401st Telegraph Battalion. They bring extensive telecommunication experience to serve between headquarters and the base of supplies, formed from two companies originally created before the war. President Philip L. Spalding led mobilization efforts, yielding 140 volunteers. the Ayer units include Boston area workers in D Company and regional staff from Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Rhode Island in K Company.
Washington Oct 5 Representative Siegel's bill adding 20 army chaplains to offer services for Jews and other unrepresented faiths cleared the Senate and was sent to President Wilson who has signaled he will sign it.
Food Commissioner Henry B. Endicott announced a ruling yesterday that turkeys will be comparatively cheap this Thanksgiving and Christmas. The decision affects pricing expectations for consumers preparing holiday feasts.
State Board of Food Administration plans a near term cutback on stored poultry. Health Commissioner approval is needed for extensions. After talks with poultry dealers, Endicott set one month extensions for 5 percent of licenses and four months for 40 percent, likely releasing much poultry soon.
Miss Margaret Perkins Rice of Westwood will marry Arthur T. Lyman of Marlboro Street. Lyman, Harvard ’16, is stationed at the naval reserve station on Bumpkin Island. Rice belongs to the Vincent Club and Sewing Circles.
Reading juror Daniel T Canty on the Superior Court panel was found dead in the jurors retiring room toilet this morning in Lowell.
New York October 5. Local draft board members propose delaying the liability of married men under conscription until all available unmarried men have been drafted. The recommendations are addressed to the President, the Governor, the Provost Marshal General and the State Adjutant General as a plan to improve draft administration.
The resolutions argue that drafting married men without dependents harms public confidence in conscription as cases rise. It warns of the indefinite separation of husbands and wives and the ensuing moral and social dangers as a result.
A Boston based Building Trades Employers Association committee representing about 90 percent of Greater Boston builders offered to aid Secretary of the Navy Daniels in the navy building program. They proposed providing labor and even equipment to speed construction. Daniels and Admiral Taylor welcomed the offer and said the government would avail itself of the help. The committee members included William F. Kearns Charles Logue Walter M. Evatt and William R. Mahoney presented to Daniels by Congressman Peter I. Tague.
General Johnston announced at Northeast headquarters that Lieutenant Boist of the French army will train and lecture officers of the Depot Brigade of the Twenty-sixth Division. Col Azan and Lieutenant Maurice assisted in arranging the program for Harvard assignments.
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