10 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1917
Page
1
The New England Liberty Loan campaign aims to raise 500 million dollars for the U S government and must collect 464,454,900 within 17 days to meet the duty. Local districts face a tight deadline to mobilize support and funds for the national effort.
Refugees recount a two year flight from German advance as a weary mother and four sons reach North station seeking safety in Maine. Telegrams describe mutineers aiming to seize power via a delegate committee after fleeing through Poland and Russia toward relief and asylum.
Vice Admiral von Capelle told the Reichstag a large mutiny in the German fleet aimed to seize control and force peace. He said the mutineers were shot and the plot crushed by swift government action. He linked radicals to the plan, while Socialists pressed for proof before judgment.
Weeping skies postpone the World Series game for the New York Giants giving Slim Sallee a chance to stabilize the club after two straight defeats. McGraw believes the break restores confidence and could turn the series in favor of the National League champions.
At last night’s meeting the Everett Common Council refused to pass an order authorizing borrowing $100,000 in anticipation of taxes. This refusal likely leaves the city unable to meet obligations due the lith of the month after the Board of Aldermen had approved the order.
British and French forces press a major assault along the Ypres front and south of Dixmude. Field Marshal Haig drives the line east and northeast of Ypres while French troops join the British left wing to push the German wedge near Broodseinde toward parity.
The Deutsch Tages Zeitung reports on good authority that Germany and Austro Hungary may submit a new peace offer to the allies. The proposed plan would require no territorial gains, surrender of Belgium and French land, renunciation of future territorial acquisitions for money payments, and no indemnity from either side.
They were rescued and waited in Japan until funds arrived from the United States. They then sailed to San Francisco and traveled across the country to Boston.
Bulgarian forces invaded Serbia in 1915 while poets and military leaders marked notable anniversaries Edna Dean Proctor born 1858 and Colonel Robert Gould Shaw born 1837 reflecting wartime and literary history.
Washington reports New England weather with rain on Wednesday and partly cloudy conditions on Thursday. Northeast winds expected at moderate speeds across Boston and surrounding areas.
The Federal Food Administration announced tight control over staple food necessities starting November 1 under a presidential proclamation. Licenses will be required for manufacturers distributors wholesalers and retailers with sworn price reports and penalties up to license revocation. Luxuries remain unaffected.
Page 11 shows yesterday's temperatures with multiple readings from 3 p.m. including highs around 80 and lows near 44, and averages noted as 46 overall. Entries list several figures across times and dates with a mid afternoon high.
The Greater Boston event promises the largest collection of enclosed motor cars from top coach builders. Factories nationwide have focused on special show models for display during the event. Continued on Page 10-Fourth Col.
Nursing Sister Frances Elizabeth Lang of General Hospital No. 3 Boulogne France, who worked in Boston before the war, has been killed, per messages to her brother Corporal Lang. A second sister in the A M C died at Rouen France in May 1915.
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