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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1918
Page
14
Department of Justice agents say all equipment rejected in a Rosenwasser plant inspection was skimped. The jackets were too short and the puttees too short and narrow upon reinspection.
New York September 20. For alleged violations of the food control act and U S Food Administration rules the license of Bee & Schiott ship chandlers with extensive business in four Atlantic states has been revoked indefinitely the Federal Food Board announced tonight.
Private Ted Stanley of Camp Devens notes human nature stays the same even in the army. His latest cartoon will appear in next Sunday's Boston Post Magazine.
In Essex County Superior Court at Salem the case United States Drainage and Irrigation Co of New York v North Shore Association for the Extermination of Mosquitoes reveals that efforts to curb mosquito danger on millionaire estates along the north shore have failed. Interrogatories and answers filed outline the legal battle heading to trial.
The North Shore association contracted a New York firm to remove mosquito breeding from Beverly to Gloucester by 1917. They paid 24500 dollars, faced a further 4500 demanded, and may spend at least 10000 more. Estates including Caswell Beverly Montserrat Golf Club Basex Club Coolidge estate Carnegie estate Manchester bayside properties and others are cited as areas needing drainage and fill work.
C W Feigenspan president of the United States Brewers Association released a letter to Senator King admitting the association furnished Arthur Brisbane funds to buy the Washington Times. He says brewing interests maintain lobbyists in Washington and state capitals to defend the industry against opposition.
He vigorously denies disloyalty accusations and asks to face the subcommittee with no limits. Feigenspan defends the brewing industry’s lobbying role and asserts his patriotism, noting his own draft-age status, military family service, and substantial Liberty Bond purchases.
Italians in Boston marked the 48th anniversary of Rome becoming the Italian capital with a parade and patriotic meeting at Faneuil Hall. Rain did not dampen enthusiasm as the American and Italian flags flew together and the national anthems were sung. Speakers included A F Vaselli Miss Amy Bernardy Major Newman Raymond and Captain Alessandro Sapelli urging enduring friendship with the United States and allies and rejecting German peace talks.
Malden flier Ensign Clyde Palmer 21 and Ensign Frothingham of Portland Me died in a plane accident in France. Palmer buried in Calais military cemetery. Palmer's wife in government clerical course. Palmer told her of Alps patrol in August. Frothingham, son of Portland laundries proprietor, volunteered for naval aviation after Dartmouth two years.
The condition of Postmaster William F. Murray, hospitalized with the Spanish influenza, improved last night. He had a stable day with a drop in temperature.
President Wilson will fix the price of cotton and take over control of its distribution this year. The move aims to regulate a principal war commodity despite pressure from Southern States.
A conference with Senators and Representatives from cotton states disclosed the President’s plan to fix a cotton price or control distribution. Reported figures vary from 30 to 38 cents per pound with debate over a fair level given rising production costs and a 4 to 5 million bale shortfall.
In Washington on Sept 20 twelve French officers and 110 soldiers arrived as the first allied detachment to aid the fourth Liberty Loan campaign. About 60 from the settlement belonged to the famed Pel ti Legion and are fully equipped, with provisions for wounded soldiers and interpreters.
Representative George H. Carrick campaigns for the Republican nomination to reclaim the Cambridge Belmont Senate seat captured last year by Democrat William E. Russell who now serves in the army. Carrick, a Cambridge native, stresses a strong legislative record and work for local interests.
Washington September 20 a compromise substitute for the House provision granting the President power to regulate or prohibit transactions in Liberty bonds was agreed after Secretary McAdoo spoke to House and Senate conferees. The measure aims to stimulate Fourth Liberty Loan sales by exempting up to $30 000 from taxation as explained by the Senate finance committee.
Dr. Harris W. Price of 25 Hawthorne Street Malden a Harvard Tufts dental school graduate was yesterday ordered to Fort Warren where he has been commissioned a lieutenant in the medical reserve corps Price was born in Hartford Connecticut.
An ad promotes B. O. and G. G neuropathic drops as a remedy for Spanish influenza and grippe. The copy claims wide availability and targets severe symptoms with no medical guidance or evidence.
Philadelphia dispatch notes Hog Island shipyard produced 13 442 rivets on Wednesday, far below Submarine Boat Corp and Merchant Ship Building figures. Charles M. Schwab, director general of the Emergency Fleet Corp, cited 512 gangs at work vs 121, and promised removal of shirkers while deflecting calls for an immediate investigation.
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