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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
5
Hearings closed as House special committee investigates Frankford arsenal defects. Major J. E. Monroe, chief inspector, said 5,000,000 primers condemned since defect discovery and that production would restart with a new formula once dry house facilities are ready.
Burlington Route offers Personally Conducted Weekly Excursions to California with low cost and daylight sightseeing. A guided trip covers Denver, Colorado Springs, Royal Gorge, Salt Lake City, and the Sierra Nevada, in Pullman sleeping cars at reduced rates. Contact Riaz Stocks at 264 Washington Street Boston for an illustrated folder and details.
The ad touts Orrine as a cure for the drink habit praised by thousands of wives and mothers. It offers two forms No 1 secret treatment and No 2 voluntary treatment. Priced at one dollar per box and booklet available from Orrine Co Washington DC, with availability at Liggett's Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
A rediscovered letter from Cotton Mather to John Higginson details a 1682 plot to capture William Penn and enslave his Quaker crew for sale in Barbadoes. The sensational claim surfaced at a Hoover fundraiser event and drew wide admin response. The Provincetown Fund, aided by actress Madame Yorska and author W Donald Dutilly, plans October events to bolster relief for Provincetown families, with John J. Martin as treasurer.
The Provincetown relief effort gains a further donation as fisherfolk face a tragic blow. The sympathy fund offers new hope, with donors urged to continue gifts to ease the hardship in the sandy lanes village.
Mayor Cliff will lead a procession of Somerville societies escorting drafted men to a reception at the armory on Highland avenue this evening. The Boy Scouts Knights of the Sacred Heart and two State Guard companies join the parade leaving Union square at 6 45.
President Wilson and Secretaries Baker and Daniels authorize a national drive to raise about 3 750 000 for entertainment for the new army and navy near training camps. The War Camp Community Recreation Fund Committee will direct the effort with prominent local leaders.
The War and Navy Department commissions delegate amusements to communities near training camps to the Playground and Recreation Association of America. President Wilson letters Joseph Lee of Boston commending the association and urging local chamber support while pledging warm backing for their efforts.
Boston will send a full representation of men to the training camp at Ayer next Sunday afternoon. The appeal boards will certify 40 percent of the last local board quota and 1516 men will entrain from Boston. A farewell meeting in City Hall will send off the squad with Mayo r Adams’ good wishes as Melrose and Everett begin farewell events.
Re cruits from near Boston to join here on Friday will be sent to the 301st Light Field Artillery Regiment at Camp Devens. They will be assigned to batteries B C D E and F with divisions in Somerville Malden Lynn and Salem and towns including Arlington Belmont Concord Melrose Stoneham Peabody Waltham Medford Lynn Newtown Marblehead Beverly Winthrop and more as listed by headquarters.
Letter to the editor from Edwin A Hilton Frank S Reed and Chester P Greenwood Aldermen of Everett refute a Post report that the mayor ordered payment of aldermanic salaries. They state Hilton Reed and Greenwood left after adjournment and did not speak to the mayor, and that Hamlin was away in Framingham.
Federal agents seized the American schooner Goldfields off a Gulf port and arrested its crew on charges of aiding the enemy. All crew members, except the skipper, were said to be Spaniards. The ship was suspected of supplying oil to German submarines while en route from a southern European port to the United States. The vessel ran aground nearby late last week and was towed into the harbor. A preliminary crew examination was held with details undisclosed. A formal charge was filed against the crew later today.
Executives of Boston and Maine railroad and local Coal Hoisting Engineers Union 74 signed a wage and hours pact preventing a coal shipment tieup in New England. The agreement sets a nine hour day with Saturday work stoppage as part of the new terms.
The notice states work runs from November 1 to March 14 at 4 PM and resumes from that date until November 1 with noon cessation. Engineers will earn between 23 and 28 dollars per week.
Gen Korniloff, leader of the recent revolt, will be tried by court martial with a jury. The trial will be held at the front rather than Petrograd, following the request of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates and government agreement.
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