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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
3
New York reports that the American Transatlantic Company saw its ships seized on the grounds of German ownership as the United States commandeered vessels for war use. The move reflects wartime measures affecting transatlantic shipping and German-owned assets in American port.
Francis P. Garvan asserts Richard G. Wagner of Milwaukee led an American fleet of 11 steamers bought with German gold and backed by German shipping interests. Wagner admitted under evidence that the venture, started after war began, sought to keep German commerce on the seas.
The era saw Wagner seeking to place 11 ships under American registry with neutral flags. The American Transatlantic Company faced close scrutiny as its vessels were commandeered by the Shipping Board. The Navy refused to hand confidential instructions to alien commanders, placing naval officers aboard to provide sailing directions.
Washington Sept 4 General March chief of staff ordered voluntary enlistments for the army halted except where Congress permits. Recruiting stations will close and enlisted men will be sent to depots for medical exam and reassignment. Only voluntary enlistments allowed are for men over 46 and under 56 for staff corps and departments.
Washington September 4 final action on the national prohibition bill failed again in the Senate. Amendments to the $12,000,000 emergency agricultural bill, to which the prohibition legislation is attached, prevented approval and delayed postwar enforcement.
Senator Jones predicts the Senate prohibition plan will be accepted by the House ensuring no changes in conference. Prohibition leaders claim a large House majority and say President Wilson will not object. Senator Bankhead proposes government purchase of bonded spirits on July 1 at a government‑set price with payment in bonds, via a presidentially appointed commission. amendment not acted on.
A blast at a federal building killed four people and wounded about seventy others. Police and federal agents swarmed the scene as authorities pursued the perpetrators with more than 1500 agents and the city police combing the area. A woman, unnamed, was arrested in a nearby building.
A bombing at the Federal Judge Landis building in Chicago killed a horse and injured many as 95 I W W leaders faced prison for obstructing the war effort. The blast, caused by nitro glycerine charges in a suitcase, tore through the eighth floor corridor and shattered windows across adjacent offices, with investigators questioning prisoners tied to the I W W.
President Wilson orders seven welfare societies aiding American soldiers to unite in a joint campaign to raise funds for the coming year. The move directs coordination of home and overseas relief efforts to support soldiers and their families.
The President directs Raymond Fosdick to launch a week long campaign starting Nov 11 to raise 170.5 million for Y M C A Y W C A National Catholic War Council Jewish Welfare Board American Library Association War Camp Community Service and Salvation Army. He urges cooperation while preserving each group’s autonomy.
The National Catholic War Council welcomed the return to a single drive for war welfare organizations. It praised uniting all societies on a common platform of American citizenship to provide recreational aid to troops at home and overseas.
Baron Forrest a three time treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia died at sea while traveling to England. Born in Western Australia in 1847 he was the first premier and treasurer of Western Australia in 1890 and later served as postmaster general in 1901 minister of home affairs in 1903 and treasurer in 1905 07 1909 10 and 1913 14.
Lawrence, Sept. 4. Mrs. Ross May Skeels told her fiancé Alfred J. Lundgren of Andover that she is a victim of persecution by a near relative of the Gay family. She spoke from Lawrence General Hospital where she is slowly recovering from a severe nervous shock. The government pursues evidence to prove she caused Miss Gay's death while attorney Daniel Daley seeks to prove her innocence. A letter from her brother William Wilkins of Bayonne, N. J., read to her, strengthens her resolve as he says he will spend his last cent to prove her innocent.
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