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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
6
The Portland Equal Franchise League at its annual meeting voted to exclude from membership all women connected with the National Woman's Party or Congressional Union.
News of an oversubscribed Liberty Bond issue cheers soldiers in France and urges readers to contribute today, framing the effort as vital support for servicemen overseas. The message emphasizes patriotic duty and collective fundraising.
Concord observes the Thoreau centennial birth anniversary with a public meeting at the town hall this evening. Dr Edward W Emerson will share recollections of Thoreau and Herbert W Gleason will speak with a stereopticon display of Concord woods and fields.
General Pershing accompanied General Franchet d'Esperey as far as the second German line during the French attack on the Aisne front. He entered the trenches with the French, observed the action, and later reported to General Petain. The notice urges Liberty Bond purchases to support the troops.
A Burlington Personally Conducted Westward tour features trained guides who entertain and assist travelers. Daylight views include Denver Pike's Peak Royal Gorge Colorado Rockies Salt Lake City Sierra Nevadas. Travel in Pullman sleeping cars with no extra service charges. Request an illustrated folder by mail. Alex Stocks New England Pass Agent Boston address and phone.
Premier Kerensky addressed the preliminary Parliament in Petrograd urging a revived war spirit and individual responsibility at the front and rear. He deplored the army’s current demoralization and called for renewed unity after the July offensive.
Premier Kerensky delivers an hour long speech urging an honorable peace with Russia's survival as priority. He notes army demoralization, praise for brave units on Dago and Oesel Islands, and defends the government against monarchical plots while hinting at reforms including regimental disciplinary tribunals to curb lax discipline.
Premier reports Russian front in Galicia within days of Ka lusez and Tarnopol excesses recalling Kishinev pogroms. He says military officials pressed for harsher measures and that a national defence committee of 41 members has been appointed to organize and coordinate units to halt the enemy offensive.
Reports say French troops hold gains after a major offensive with tanks and heavy guns. Prisoners exceed 8000, with 70 cannon 30 mine throwers and 80 machine guns captured. Allied forces renew attacks in Champagne Meuse Verdun and Flanders while Austro Italian fronts show heavy fighting and gas shell use.
Pleasant A. Stovall, minister to Switzerland, told President Wilson there is no immediate prospect of peace as Germany's morale weakens. He warned the German people are realizing the war is a total failure and that growing food and economic hardship could trigger some form of revolution.
A World War I dispatch notes that the Kaiser fears the Allied Liberty Loan campaigns more than any weapons. It emphasizes home front morale and financial pressure to sustain anti-German efforts.
A severe gale and heavy rain disrupted Boston area transit and streets. John J. Hill was killed at State Street L platform. Thomas O Neil died in Malden after a live wire entanglement. Several others injured, buildings and signs damaged, and widespread flooding reported.
The Food Administration plans a controlled sugar distribution with refiners selling at 8.35 cents to wholesalers, 8.60 at the retail level, and consumer price near nine cents now, dropping to about eight cents by year end. Shipment orders cover 100 million pounds to Philadelphia Boston and New York refineries as retailers face licenses and profit restrictions.
Food Administrator Endicott expands the program to lower milk costs. Despite rain and crowds, women led the rush at depots as lines formed across the city. New stations are listed in Dorchester Roxbury Dorchester Charlestown and other neighborhoods. Loan your dollars to back soldiers with Liberty Bonds.
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