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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1917
Page
5
Provincetown Fund totals now show $15 508 66 in hand. Deputy Collector Myrick C Atwood has not yet been added to the grand total. A major benefit at the Colonial Theatre in Boston is planned with many top acts donating services to support the Provincetown Fund.
Boston Post reports tickets for a Provincetown Fund benefit at the Colonial Theatre and Hotel Lenox for Saturday noon. Tickets priced mainly from 2 cents to 75 cents with offices at 21 Milk Street and 124 Boylston Street. Noted performers include Bert Leslie Helen Cantlon Joen Villasana West Avey Kate Elsmore Sam Williams and others as part of a Keith revue to aid bereft women and children.
The Provincetown families of lost fishermen receive further aid as the fund totals 15,503.66. Subscriptions may be sent to John J. Martin of Exchange Trust Company, Boston, with acknowledgments published in the Post. Names of contributors from across Massachusetts are listed alongside amounts.
Provincetown on September 4 reports the first day of school for children left fatherless by last month’s hurricane. Neighbors and New England donors supplied clothing and support, with M C Atwood managing cash payments to widowed mothers and careful family-by-family allotments. Contributions include items from Lawrence and New London, plus church proceeds totaling 231.60 dollars.
Boston artist Darius Cobb donated his painting Highland Light to the Provincetown Fund aiding widows and children of Provincetown fishermen. Cobb placed the work with Robey concn Livic on MLOTHNGIG Street, with the company framing it and auctioning to the highest bidder to benefit the fund.
A painting titled Provincetown Beacon captures the warning and welcome light from Cape Cod as waves dash high. The noon sun pierces clouds, filling the scene with translucent color and motion, according to Mr. Cobb.
The Reuters correspondent reports that around midnight Canadians attacked the outer shell of Lens in brilliant moonlight. A raiding party crossed from the front opposite Cite Sainte Elizabeth while another group advanced 600 yards along the south, establishing posts 250 yards ahead of their front line and taking a few prisoners from the Second Prussian Guard Reserve Regiment. Open ground between positions and Lens proper exceeds 300 yards in some areas.
Charles G Wood of the Massachusetts Board of Conciliation and Arbitration left Boston for Washington to confer with federal officials about the Boston and Maine railroad strike. The Railroad War Board and the Labor Department are examining the situation as both sides reject immediate state arbitration.
General Manager Pollock and Robert Fechner discuss the strike as federal mediation progresses. Governor McCall proposes Henry Endicott as arbitrator, but no action is taken. Judge James M. Morton Jr. is reported missing at sea, delaying court actions. James Hustis notes any wage increase requires court approval, highlighting the court's authority as the strike’s key issue.
Chicago's City Council voted 42 to 6 in a four hour special session to praise Governor Lowden for blocking the People's Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace from meeting in Illinois. It urged prevention of any future meetings deemed inimical to public safety or disloyal to the United States.
Alderman Toman's resolution gains strengthening amendments before final adoption. City Council convenes October 1 to adopt the aldermanic committee’s recommended measure due to insufficient quorum to suspend rules. Mayor Thompson presides amid police guard and faces strong opposition from his allies in council including two Socialist members.
Sergeant O Donnell and Special Officer Chisholm halted a wagon in the North End discovering barrels marked as oil. Inside each was a smaller barrel of whiskey destined for Lewiston garage. Driver Charles Abraham was arraigned in Municipal Court and case continued per police request.
Sept 4 reports say Grand Duke Michail Alexandrovitch and his wife have been placed under arrest in connection with a counter-revolutionary plot recently unearthed. Grand Duke Dmitri Paulovitch is also reported to have been arrested.
Joseph Tumulty Jr the son of President Wilson's private secretary visited the federal building yesterday. He has spent the summer as guest of Dr John W Coughlin Massachusetts Democratic national committeeman, and helped make hay on a Mt Hope farm where the doctor operates as host.
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