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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1915

Page

16

Taft Explains Object of His League to Enforce Peace

More than 1300 people filled the Harvard Congregational Church in Brookline to hear former President William Howard Taft as he outlined the aim of the League to Enforce Peace, of which he serves as president. The talk, part of the Civic Forum winter series, drew crowding and strong applause for Williams, who presided.

Harvard Congregational Church Brookline William Howard Taft League Civic Forum Frederick H. Williams

Taft on Peace League Preamble and Arbitration

Taft explains the peace league preamble as constitutional and practical. He supports arbitration for international disputes except those involving national honor and notes treaties have not always been observed. He urges the US to act beyond isolation, despises war, recalls his failed arbitration treaties, and predicts postwar desire to avoid future conflict.

Taft League United States Peace League United State Senate Great Britain France

Women of State to Form Security League in Massachusetts

Governor Walsh announces a Massachusetts women’s security league to support national preparedness. The committee, led by Mrs. Brooks Adams and others from Boston and state, will organize fund raising and expand the society across towns, promoting military training in schools and urging Congress to act. A committee meeting is set for Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the State House.

Women OF State Security League Massachusetts Congress Boston State House David I. Walsh Commonwealth of Massachusetts Curtis Guild Women's Security League Committee Chickering Ter Hustis Curley Road State Board City Hall Chamber of Commerce Germany Bernstorff Wilson von Mach Walsh Walz

Two Men Arrested in Plot to Sink Ships

Police detained Fay, a 34 year old alleged German lieutenant, and Scholz, 31, after a 10 day investigation into a suspected plan to damage ships using dynamite and picric acid. Authorities say the pair owned a fast car and boat in Weehawken and were seen testing explosives near a grove before arrest.

Fay Weehawken Maine Scholz United States New York City Jersey Tunney

Striking Freight Handlers Rally for Arbitration

About 1600 workers on Boston area lines remain out as unions push for arbitration. Boston & Maine and New Haven negotiate with officials, while Knights of Labor and Brotherhood of Railway Clerks back the strikers. Police monitor picketing as a steamer houses 500 strike breakers in Boston Harbor.

New Haven C. M. Woodward Boston & Maine Freight Clerks’ Assembly Knights of Labor P. J. Hallissey Boston & Maine Power Plants Boston & Maine The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Quincy House Hibernian Hall Charlestown Boston & Albany Paine Memorial Hall New Haven Road Rhode Island Boston Newport Pier 4 Francis X. Mahoney Thomas B. Shea Block Island

German Alliance Opposed to Wilson Conference Weighs Neutrality

Professor Walz defends the National German Alliance against political aims, stressing neutrality and American constitutional rights. Speakers denounce McCall, Eliot, Bird, van Allen, and others while pledging loyalty to German Americans and urging neutrality, with Walsh and McCall support responses read.

Walz Edmund von Mach Boston Samuel W. McCall Charles S. Bird Charles W. Eliot William H. van Allen Church of the Advent Itter von Mach McCall Europe Union

Aged and Infirm Taken to Church in Autos

Elderly and infirm members of the First M. E. Church Chelsea and about 25 Civil War veterans from the Soldiers' Home were conveyed to the church yesterday in automobiles donated by local citizens. A special sermon by Rev. F. M. Estes and church choir music accompanied the service.

M. EK Chelsea F. M. Estes

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