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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1917
Page
14
Secretary of the Navy Daniels calls for U S Navy support through Liberty bonds in a Treasury Department statement. The appeal follows a broader drive to fund naval strength and wartime needs.
The article urges citizens to buy Liberty bonds to fund a rapidly expanding navy. It cites totals, vessel counts, and personnel increases since war began, noting billions spent on ships, weapons, yards, and training camps. It calls on servicemen to lead by example in the second Liberty Loan.
New Bedford October 21 Word arrives that the schooner Pythian commanded by Captain George Fred Tilton bound from Hudson Bay to New Bedford with furs was struck by a steamer en route to New York off Newfoundland and nearly sunk The Pythian reached harbor in Newfoundland and Tilton reported traces of the A T Gifford from Hudson Bay via wireless last July
In New York on October 21 Bishop John Newton McCormick of Western Michigan announced portable altars will be sent to France for field services for General Pershing's troops. He said the altars will be popular with soldiers in the trenches and arranged to help them feel at home in a foreign land.
Clarence Houghton Esty longtime Brookline resident will have his funeral at 2 PM tomorrow from his home 97 Addington Road Brookline He was born October 18 1854 in Ithaca New York son of Senator Edward S Esty and descendant of Mary wife of Isaac Esty of Salem witchcraft fame He studied law at Columbia while working in the family leather business and was admitted to the New York bar in 1884 but continued in the E S Esty & Sons leather firm.
In Rome during the first week’s session, Deputy Canepa urged martial law to regulate national provisions and proposed government takeover of issuing all food tickets. He claimed sugar and meat consumption had fallen 50 percent without harming public health.
The Federal Council of Churches in America urges its 50 member denominations to observe the 400th anniversary of the Reformation on Wednesday October 31 with Sunday November 4 as an alternative if needed.
A patriotic message urges every citizen to back the war effort by purchasing a bond. It emphasizes wholehearted endorsement and asks readers if they have demonstrated loyalty through bond buying.
Mr. Frank Bennett of 239 South State Street Adams Massachusetts reports gaining fifteen pounds while taking Father John's Medicine. Mrs. T F Gaines of 921 South Second Street Cedar Rapids Iowa says she gives Father John's Medicine to her children and it keeps them well and strong.
The 11th Regiment and 800 men from Charlestown and surrounding towns drilled at Braves Field before Major General Butler Ames and a crowd over 2000. Colonel Pfaff led the unit, gifts included a national and state flag from Mrs Pfaff, with Major Walter L. Pratt conducting guard mount.
Reverend Cortland Myers at Tremont Temple criticizes women working in public places in men's clothes saying it undermines home and civilization. He concedes partial agreement with the mayor but argues Red Cross and knitting should not distract from family responsibilities. He warns knitting has become a fad and could lead to men adopting makeshift fashion to aid soldiers.
A call to action urges the public to participate in a large bond sale by emphasizing collective strength. The message frames bond purchases as a shared achievement and a sign of national resolve.
Charles A. Winchester of Ward 18 Dorchester dedicates his year 1917 salary of 1000 dollars as a public official to Liberty bonds. He becomes the first public figure to invest his whole salary, waives exemption claims, and remains undivorced and near 31 on registration day. He was renominated on the Democratic ticket though draft status complicates exemption.
At Munson Crossing Shirley a freight train struck the Halliday auto as Mr and Mrs Samuel Halliday returned from Boston. Mrs Halliday suffered a broken nose a fractured jaw and other injuries while both were thrown to either side of the track. The collision dragged the car 1.5 feet uprooting ties and occurred about 9 43 tonight.
London report says heavy fighting continues in German East Africa with British and German forces clashing near Nyangao. The British occupation of Nyangao on October 17 followed by renewed combat west of the station caused significant casualties on both sides.
The British column from Mbemkuru valley moved to Rupondo on Oct 11 and settled at Lukeledi on Oct 17 as German forces retreated east. Enemy rear guards fell back to Mahiwa and Nyangao, with sharp fighting around the Nyangao area. Belgian units moved south in Mahenge as British units pressed from the west, and at Ringoli in the Luwegu valley a strong detachment resisted before being driven away.
Paris on October 21 Lecoin a notorious anarchist was arrested as he entered the Socialist newspaper La Victoire edited by Gustave Herve He had threatened to kill Herve and was found bearing a loaded revolver.
The Dutch foreign office reports two proposals to the United States to resolve the shipping dispute. One would allocate Dutch ships in American waters between Holland and the Belgian Relief Commission. The other would place a certain number of Dutch ships under Belgian Relief Commission service.
The first of seven sailing vessels chartered by Boston merchants to carry wool from South Africa to this port arrived yesterday with a cargo valued over 1 million dollars. The Norwegian bark was nearly a week overdue on the voyage.
Secretary Daniels names sixteen prominent women to head the Red Cross navy auxiliaries advisory committee. The group will oversee local auxiliaries aiding comfort and relief for sailors and marines, with gifts to be sent through the Red Cross only.
The War Trade Board issued a new export list adding items restricted to licenses only when aiding war prosecution. Included are metals and chemicals such as chromium, copper, nickel, tin, tungsten alloys, ferro alloys, graphite electrodes, hydrofluoric acid, and various machinery and materials with military use.
Methodist pastors across Boston and Lynn swapped pulpits to promote a drive for 188000 dollars, the section’s share of the endowment for retired ministers. Over 125 churches hosted visiting ministers who urged congregations to support the pension fund as a matter of justice to aging clergymen. The exchange program was arranged by Rev. W. P. Odell and Rev. W. H. Powell.
Merchants on New York's East Side meet to curb street disturbances by students who refuse school. Harry Schlacht, chair of the East Side Protective Association, claims youths are coached by Socialist candidates to hold seditious talks and plan a school bombardment in coming days, with DA and police to be pressed for action.
Mrs. Annie Hawkins of 100 Fremont Street Winthrop granted permission for her four sons Harry W Edward J William F and Charles W to enlist with the Winthrop Machine Gun Company now in South Framingham. The youths aged 23 21 19 and 18 passed examinations and enlisted for the rest of the war. Mrs. Hawkins is a widow.
A coroner's inquest opens in New Haven into the death of Yale junior Fred eric Magee Scaife after an automobile crash on the Milford turnpike. Yale freshman William W. Blair Jr. is held by police for driving without a Connecticut license. bail is set at 500 dollars.
Miss Ethel Darlington of Dorchester married Private Clarence C. Strange of Fort Revere Hull yesterday at St Peter’s Church Dorchester. They left for a wedding trip and will reside in Hull after returning.
Washington reports preliminary war crop census shows American housewives must conserve wheat carefully to keep European allies from going breadless. Chief Charles D. Brand of the USDA Division of Markets delivers the warning.
Brand cites 185000 answers from 400000 queries to crop experts and says wheat is short while corn and cereals can fill the gap. He urges housewives to save bread per person daily and use cornbread, promoting conservation and careful handling of all supplies during and beyond Food Pledge Week.
Funeral services for Miss Eliza F. Barrett of 47 East Concord street will be held at the Cathedral at 9 o clock this morning. She died Friday night of pneumonia within hours of her sister Mrs Ellen C Dempsey of Chestnut street Charlestown who also died of pneumonia. Mrs Dempsey's funeral was held Saturday.
An editorial urges citizens to sacrifice luxuries, buy Liberty Bonds, and support the war by funding U S efforts. The piece frames bond purchases as a direct, practical path to ending the conflict and achieving victory.
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