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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1917
Page
9
A blaze at the Kansas City stockyards in Missouri on October 16 destroyed a large portion of the facilities and killed about 11,000 cattle and 3,300 hogs. Officials from the yard's owning corporation questioned an incendiary cause, though the theory persisted in reports.
Secretary Redfield described a postwar shift in global trade at the Southern Commercial Congress in New York on October 16. He spoke of Germany severing its foreign commerce and America and its allies waking to the risk of relying on foreign or unfriendly suppliers for their industries.
Insurance adjusters and stock yards officials estimate total losses around 750000 with heavy coverage on buildings and livestock. Investigations by J E Marvin fire warden and Kansas City fire chief John Egner suggest arson unlikely but area too ruined to show clear signs. Lieutenant Bischoff reported three fires 2000 yards apart while Collett cites natural causes and windborne sparks. private detectives probe incendiary rumors.
The secretary warns that postwar trade will be a strange, hard path. He notes Germany’s dyestuff and potash industries lose global dominance and that Allied nations will seek new partners. Embargoes and enemy trading limits will fade, reshaping expectations for American merchants and international markets.
About 36 to 40 men linked to labor groups were ordered off the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation grounds in Squantum. They were haranguing workers and attempting clandestine union organizing. They departed without incident.
Captain Charles W. Griffin of Everett and his four masted schooner Carl F. Cressy were sunk by a German submarine during a storm Aug 23 about 400 miles off the French coast. He arrived at the South station last evening greeted by his wife and their 3 year old daughter Cynthia.
The Cressy captain recounts the 1916 torpedo strike that sank the fine schooner. He notes steel cotton and oil cargo delivered to France, a storm that thwarted attackers, and an all night chase by a submarine. Russell Griffin, 22, was second mate and survived with eight crew members.
A crew recounts being sighted by a submarine at night and losing their mainsail to shrapnel. The boat was torpedoed below the waterline, forcing lifeboat drift. They were rescued by the French bark Quivery, given clothing, and reached the French coast after a storm then waited for transport to New York.
Mrs Schuyler F. Herron vice chairman of Massachusetts women’s food conservation committee will address the Women’s City Club at noon on Patriotic Service for Women in the Present Food Situation. The talk will be held at the Food Facts Bureau 69 Bedford Street and the public is invited.
John Doyle of 667 Saratoga Street East Boston announces as an independent candidate for Senator in the first Suffolk district. His opponent is incumbent Senator John Beck seeking re election. Doyle has resided in East Boston for 44 years.
Sablefish praised as one of the richest American fish with a distinct black cod nickname. Deputy Commissioner H F Moore notes its rich flavor and flaky meat requiring careful cooking. Frozen Pacific coast stock should thaw in cold water before use and pairs well with green vegetables.
The excerpt lists multiple pork cooking methods described by Mr Moore. It mentions battering and frying in pork drippings, broiling without proximity to flame, steaming with onions and cream sauce, baking with vinegar, and serving with milk.
The opening rally of a coast to coast holiness campaign at the First M. H. Church featured Rev. W. H. Huff proclaiming love as supreme. He tied love to joy, peace, and the fruits of the spirit, calling God love and urging service to humanity as a measure of faith.
A well known authority warns backache and dull kidney pain signal too much meat. sluggish kidneys clog and cause headaches, dizziness, sour stomach, and rheumatic aches. Jad Salts or four ounces of rad Salts in water before breakfast can restore kidney action.
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