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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
16
A fragment notes the famed confessions sweeping Europe and soon expected to thrill American readers in the upcoming Sunday Post, highlighting a mysterious woman as central to the tale.
A dramatic account outlines a Russian leader swayed by German cash, with Duma operatives guiding a riven state. The Kaiser’s secret service backdrop frames intrigue, betrayal, and espionage across embassies and courts.
Washington September 6 The great war credits bill authorizing 11 538 945 460 in bonds and certificates passed the House unanimously. Senate action awaits the war tax bill disposition. No amendments were added. Rep Moore of Pennsylvania led Republicans in a futile bid for a war expenditures committee, cut off on a point of order.
Republicans fail to curb McAdoo’s bond control as Johnson’s push for $2.5 million in newspaper advertising is defeated. The measure authorizes $7.54 billion in convertible bonds plus up to $2 billion in certificates, with varying uses including a new allied loan and conversions. Debates court broader tax levies to fund war financing and warn of dangers if bond issuance continues without tax equalization.
Hearings on the Shipping Board bill to authorize the President to proclaim foreign vessels to engage in the American coastwise trade during the war opened before the House merchant marine committee. Alfred Huger urged it as a war measure to relieve traffic congestion. Edward C. Plummer argued the bill is too sweeping and could invite long term foreign competition.
The Senate military sub-committee majority favors confirming Colonel Carl Reichmann as brigadier general after reviewing charges of pro-German sentiment. Senators Fletcher and Weeks supported confirmation. Myers remains doubtful. The full committee will vote next week amid expected opposition.
A week long strike by union machinists at George Lawley & Son Neponset yard ends. Workers return to work this morning under an agreement announced by Boston Machinists Union 264 official John J. Connolly. Machinists will receive navy yard ratings as part of the settlement.
Reverend Edward T. Sullivan cited the United States entry into the war and the Marne battle as European turning points, likening them to Lafayette's aid that swayed America's course in history during yesterday's remarks at St Pauls Cathedral.
A meeting commemorates Lafayette linking his birth with the Marne victory and Americas debt to France. A prior song service on the Cathedral steps featured buglers and the choir as the congregation sang America Forward Christian Soldiers and The Marseillaise. Rev. Sullivan lauded Lafayette’s aid to the colonies and urged recognition of France’s role in American victory.
Godfrey L. Cabot of Boston, vice president of the Aero Club of America, funds $30,000 to Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske to advance torpedo plane experiments. The aim is a craft able to carry the heaviest torpedo from England to Kiel, Germany.
A field of candidates plans to oppose Mayor Mullen of Everett if their nominations hold through the upcoming primaries not yet set. Former Rep William B Weeks former Aldermen George Faulkner Clinton E Forbes and former Rep Frank B Rich yesterday announced their candidacies for the mayoral contest.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam reports the central powers will send their reply to Pope Benedict's peace note in two or three days. Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Count Czernin has arrived in Berlin to discuss the reply and the Polish question during his visit.
Two theories on Harold A. Whitman’s death were under police inquiry after his body was found dying on a Somerville dump last Sunday. Investigators pursued a possible Saturday night brawl near the dump, but no substantial evidence had been found by last night.
Assistant District Attorney Harvey notes blood inside Whitman's hat but no crushing marks. He argues the motive was not robbery and suggests a carefully staged frame-up. Harvey visited Nina Bull in Arlington after the funeral. she planned a divorce to marry Whitman but offered no new leads.
Two automobile crashes occurred within 20 minutes on Mystic Valley parkway yesterday afternoon. In Somerville George H. Hallowell lost control and struck a fence. his wife suffered a nervous shock and was taken for medical aid. In Arlington Mrs George W. Cronin drove her husband’s car into a machine owned by Charles C. Haigley. no injuries were reported.
In Chicago on September 6 federal officers with warrants raided four additional Socialist and I W W publishing offices, seizing literature and plates believed to have aided disinformation efforts against the wartime government.
Nationwide swoop hits Arbeiter Zeitung Social Demokraten Radnicka Straza Radical Press and other Socialist outlets. Federal officials say the evidence could take days to catalog as they curb antiwar agitation and I. W. W. activity amid mobilization efforts.
Paris reports Premier Ribot declares France will not compromise on recovering Alsace and Lorraine. He ties restoration to justice and lasting peace, urging reparations for devastation rather than fines for the aggressor.
In New York on September 6 a police magistrate sentenced two Irishmen to thirty days in the workhouse for tearing down a British recruiting poster featuring the Union Jack and the words Britishers Enlist Today. They claimed the act was for Irish freedom. The court stated such acts deny them American privileges and institutions and hinder a wartime ally.
A 72 page illustrated catalogue offers all expense tours to White Mountains Atlantic City Niagara Falls Hudson River Lake George Montreal Quebec Washington Colorado and California. Obtain copies from Beekman Tourist Co travel experts 288 Washington St Boston Mass.
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