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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1918
Page
8
Seven men and women were arrested at the Hotel Savoy on Columbus avenue during a midweek police raid by multiple station units. They face arraignment on charges of violating the true name hotel registering law after questioning and detainment at Station 5. Police checked other downtown hotels with no violations found.
Basel dispatch reports Berlin says the Conservative Reichstag faction seeks immediate convocation to discuss President Wilsons reply to the imperial chancellors peace plan.
The document outlines President Wilson's peace proposals as echoed by Prince Maximilian and notes that Germany awaits the official text. It cites Fehrenbach's Reichstag speech of October 5 affirming the peace offer and questions whether the imperial chancellor speaks for the people or only the authorities, implying Reichstag subservience to the ruling group.
Rousing appeal emphasizes war financing as the primary business and urges citizens to participate and get in line with the Liberty Loan effort.
Advertisement recounts a North Adams case of long term anemia with sick headaches and nervousness. It credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring color, reducing headaches and stomach upset after eight boxes, and promotes the booklet Building Up the Blood along with mail order details.
An old advertisement promotes Pep Tan O tablets to stop stomach pain gas sourness and weakness. It claims quick relief after three tablets with hot water and warns to use genuine tablets only. It notes Mason Co Newton Highlands Massachusetts and Boston druggists stock the product.
German writers accuse former Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg of deceiving the public and misleading Germany, arguing his government provoked intensified submarine warfare and thwarted hopes for a peace without winners or losers urged by President Wilson in 1917.
Bernhard asserts the German foreign office falsified reports on peace steps by Count von Bernstorff in late 1916 and early 1917. He argues Berlin hid Wilson von Bernstorff communications and Germany’s peace conditions while submarine warfare raged. He blames Bethmann for silence to avoid opposition.
Walter R. Johnson of Boston sues Loren H. Nauss of Gloucester for 350000 damages claiming Nauss caused his wife Kathryn S. Johnson to abandon him. Nauss, partner in L. B. Nauss & Sons lumber firm, lives in Gloucester. Suit filed in Essex County Superior Court at Salem. attorney William J. Selly of Boston.
Lord Shaughnessy steps down from the presidency of Canadian Pacific at a directors meeting in Montreal on October 10. He will remain as chairman of the board and is succeeded by E. W. Beatty, with Sir George Bury retiring and Grant Hall named vice president in charge of western lines.
Carl Dreyfus, who three months ago joined the governments Quartermaster's Department, has been named supervisor of purchasing methods. The Boston businessman with Jacob Dreyfus & Sons will unify the purchasing system for all goods in the department's manufacturing branch in New York.
A spirited appeal urges readers to back a Liberty can subscription, insisting support will energize a community, echoing a football crowd's rallying cry to hit the Germon line hard.
Lieutenant Charles Russell Codman of the United States Aviation Service has been a prisoner of the Germans since Sept. 16 and is held at Camp Rastatt in Baden. A cable to his father says Codman is slightly wounded in the left thigh but otherwise well.
A Liberty Loan button serves as the insignia of the Sons of Freedom urging readers to buy a bond. The call to action emphasizes supporting the fund drive through bond purchases.
Baroness Jane W. Zollner of New York, wife of an Austrian army officer, has been ordered interned for the duration of the war. She is held in New York and will be moved to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, for confinement.
As the influenza outbreak wanes, residents plan to travel southward seeking milder weather and renewed activities. Local officials note decreased case numbers and warn to stay vigilant for potential resurgences.
Portland Providence and Worcester recruiting stations will close. Boston at 22 Tremont Row becomes the New England station under Captain B J Doherty. Most staff will be released. six of eighteen will stay. Three female reservists will assist with clerical duties.
Washington reports a new credit of five million dollars to Belgium, raising its U S loan quota to 171,020,000 and pushing allied governments' total credit to 7,220,476,666.
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