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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1917
Page
8
Seventy five waiters at the U S Military Academy cadet mess went on strike. Cavalry detachment members were ordered to fill their places by Captain Dixon.
Message urges readers to buy Liberty Bonds to fund food and coal for the war effort. It frames each bond as a direct contribution to reducing costs and supporting victory through wartime provisioning.
Newton's Liberty Loan drive expands with three automobile parades across the city ending at Claflin Field Newtonville. Senator Weeks leads as principal speaker while local banks host booths and clerks to sign subscriptions to the second Liberty Loan.
Officials of the Boston and Maine railroad seek a 24 hour extension to reach concessions after a wage standstill with the Council of Railroad Clerks and Employees. The union demands 75 cents more per day, while management offers 25 cents more and optional arbitration. If no agreement is reached, a strike vote may go into effect.
William Wright, 3, of 6 Gardner Street Newton, was arrested for drunkenness after riding a hearse owned by Henry Cate, a West Newton undertaker. Police say the child climbed aboard the vehicle and drove the team for over a mile before detention.
Liam Mellowes, a Sinn Fein leader from the 1916 Easter uprising, and Baron Dr. Max von Reichlighausen, a German subject, were taken into custody in New York. The arrest was announced by William J. Flynn as London planned a reveal on a new arms landing plot for Ireland.
The report details Irish unrest tied to Sinn Fein with arrests of Mellowes and Von Reichlinghausen in the U S. It describes secret service findings of funds to France and German support for Irish rebels, plus movements of Dr Patrick McCarton and others.
British authorities notified by the United States secret service that McCarton has been apprehended. A secret service agent is en route to Halifax to assist in prosecuting him as a fugitive from justice for his alleged Dublin riots involvement and activities in America since early this year.
In a House of Commons address Premier Lloyd George said the government will press to legislate the Irish convention's conclusions and that Britain will not grant sovereign independence to Ireland under any circumstances.
Prime Minister and Asquith urged restraint amid debates on Ireland. Government seeks a constitutional settlement while avoiding arrests to prevent fueling secessionist propaganda. Ex-Premier Asquith hopes Parliament soon sees a workable Irish government scheme with broad Irish support.
French forces halted the German crown prince army two miles from Verdun along a six mile front from Vauxaillon to Pargny Filain. Rainy conditions, but troops advanced taking over 7500 prisoners and 25 guns with support from low altitude aviators piercing German lines for up to two and a fifth miles.
Paris official account describes a morning assault under rain and mist that shattered German lines north of the Aisne. French troops seized Fruty and Bohery quarries, Malmaison fort, Mont-Parnasse, Allemant, Vaudesson, and Chavignon with three and a half kilometer depth reached. Over 7500 enemy soldiers captured and 25 heavy and field guns taken.
Reports describe French aviators pushing audaciously under bad weather and 60 metres above lines. French and British gains hold near Ypres with a German counterattack at Houtholst forest. Naval actions in the Gulf of Riga erupt as Russians claim German losses. Austro Italian fronts see intense artillery and an Austrian infantry attack repulsed in Cadore.
Fire broke out at Camp Wheeler base hospital in Macon Georgia late tonight and the Macon fire department responded with aid to the military firefighting unit. The camp serves Georgia Alabama and Florida troops.
Tina Watson aged 50 of 2 Cross Street East Boston collapsed while clearing a supper table at 2 Decatur Street East Boston and died en route to East Boston Relief Hospital. Medical Examiner Magrath to perform autopsy to determine cause of death.
A wartime call urges Americans to support the war effort by purchasing Liberty bonds to fund national defense. It contrasts domestic insurance with national security and calls for financial participation to protect homes in peace and lives in war.
An advertisement promotes Fruit-a-tives as a fruit juice medicine claimed to relieve stomach liver blood kidney and skin troubles and various pains. It touts cleansing healing powers to tone and invigorate the system with pricing at 50c a box six for 2.50 and a 25c trial size, available from Fruit-a-tives Limited in Ogdensburg New York or dealers.
The Boston Automobile Dealers' Association begins a campaign to eliminate electric lights and signs to conserve coal. The move follows a Fuel Commission suggestion and starts today.
Washington Oct 28 contracts for 10000 heavy duty war auto trucks will be placed by Nov 1 under plans of the quartermaster department. First delivery is expected in January and the entire order must be completed by the latter part of next June.
A wartime appeal calls on American mothers to protect families by purchasing bonds. The message urges immediate action to secure financial support and national defense through bond buying.
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