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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1917
Page
6
Washington Sept 19 Hearings ended before the special House committee on defective cartridges at Frankford arsenal Major J E Monros chief inspector said 2 000 000 primers were condemned since the defect was found and with a new formula production would resume as soon as extra dry house facilities are ready.
Burlington Route Personally Conducted Weekly Excursions to California offer low cost travel with daylight passes throughDenver Colorado Springs Pike's Peak Garden of the Gods Royal Gorge Salt Lake City and Sierra Nevada. Through Pullman sleeping cars at reduced rates guides accompany travelers from Boston contact Agent Rios Stocks New England Pass at 264 Washington Street Boston Tel Main 4387.
Advertisement touts Orrine as relief from the drink habit for wives and families. It offers two forms No 1 secret treatment and No 2 voluntary treatment. Each box costs $1.00 with a booklet available. Sold by Liggett's Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores. Orrine Co Washington DC.
A historic 1682 letter revealed at a Hoover banquet describes Cotton Mather urging a plan to capture William Penn and his Quaker crew and sell them as slaves in Barbadoes. The document stirs amusement in administration quarters while fundraising efforts for Provincetown families continue across Boston area.
Charity drive for Provincetown fishermen yields renewed hope after a tragic blow. Donors see their hum ble homes along sandy lanes as they provide financial relief and plan further contributions.
Mayor Cliff will lead Somerville societies in a procession to escort drafted men to a reception in 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 PM.
President Wilson and Secretaries Baker and Daniels authorize a national campaign to collect about 3 750 000 dollars for entertainment for soldiers and sailors at training camps. The War Camp Community Recreation Fund Committee will direct the effort with prominent leaders across the country.
President Wilson praises the Playground and Recreation Association of America for aiding War Department training camps. He commends the group’s work with camps and encourages local chambers of commerce to assist, pledging his warm support.
Boston will send 1516 men to the training camp at Ayer next Sunday afternoon. The city’s Appeal Board will certify 40 percent of the last local board quota, with 1516 men entraining for Ayer. Farewells and public sendoffs accompany the departure in Everett and Melrose as officials wish the drafted men success.
Recruits from near Boston headed here Friday will join the 301st Light Field Artillery Regiment at CAMP DEVENS. New assignments split recruits among Arlington Belmont A Battery Concord Melrose B Battery Stoneham Peabody C Battery Waltham B Battery Somerville divisions 1 2 D Battery division 3 Malden divisions E Medford F division 1 Lynn Supply Battery Headquarters E division 2 Lynn F B divisions 3 Lynn A C batteries Salem Marblehead Beverly Winthrop C E batteries Newton Headquarters.
A letter to the editor from Aldermen Edwin A. Hilton Franks Reed and Chester P. Greenwood challenges a Post report about a Sept 18 meeting. They state no aldermen acted with the mayor to have the treasurer pay salaries and say Hilton Reed and Greenwood left immediately after adjournment.
Federal agents seized the American schooner Goldfields near a Gulf port on September 19 and arrested its crew, mostly Spaniards, on charges of aiding the enemy. The vessel, accused of supplying oil to German submarines, had run aground nearby and was towed into harbor last Sunday. A preliminary exam was held with results not disclosed.
New England coal movement avoided a shutdown as Boston and Maine executives and Coal Hoisting Engineers Union 74 signing a wage and hours pact. Nine hours make a workday except Saturday when the shift ends earlier.
A notice states work runs from 4 o clock on November 1 to March 11 and from that date until November 1 with work ceasing at noon. Wages for engineers are set from 23 to 28 dollars per week.
Gen Korniloff, leader of the recent revolt, will be tried by court martial with a jury. The government agreed to hold the trial at the front instead of Petrograd, following the request of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates.
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