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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1917
Page
1
Secretary Lansing is expected to release another installment of the Teutonic intrigue story. The public awaits more amazing developments as details of German plots are disclosed.
Voters head to the polls today in the state primaries with attention focused on the Republican race for governor between Governor McCall and Grafton D. Cushing. The campaign has been quiet as public interest centers on wartime leadership and party patronage issues on Beacon Hill.
An article notes efforts to inject race and religious prejudice into the campaign by many supporters. The report suggests this tactic has sparked controversy and continued discussion on political influence.
Nearly 100 recruits for the British army were secured by officers and men of the Black Watch the Fifth Royal Highlanders of Canada yesterday, the first day of their three weeks in Boston. The campaign closed with a brilliant meeting in the Boston Arena last night.
Charlie Chaplin signs a contract with First National Exhibitors' circuit for 1 million dollars to produce eight two reel pictures over 18 months. He receives a 75000 dollar signing bonus to seal the deal.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt said at a Kansas City luncheon that if he were a U S senator he would find a method to deprive Senator La Follette of his seat. He claimed La Follette’s presence disgraces the chamber during the Middle Western patriotic celebration in the city.
At Devens Massachusetts on September 24 Major General Hodges ordered officers and recruits on duty to be granted furloughs to vote in the state primaries. Men may leave at noon tomorrow and must return before nightfall. Automobiles of candidates may transport troops to polling places.
Staff Correspondent reports at CAMP DEVENS on September 24 Major Reginald Barlow urges recruits to be relentless fighters. He stresses bayonet technique and advancing without stopping, warning those who hesitate face death as training continues.
Air raids by hostile planes hit Kent and Essex targets, some following the Thames toward London. Official reports say six people killed and about 20 injured with bombs dropped at multiple points along the southeast coast and in London.
Early morning hostile airships appeared off the coast of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. An official statement says the raid is in progress with no details yet. British airmen engaged the raiders though results are unknown. German planes also attacked southeast London around 8 to 9:30. Torpedoes were used. star shells lit the defense guns, and torpedo screams pierced the air.
Rumors spread that the State Department holds a vast collection of German propaganda documents from the past three years. Officials believe the von Igel papers are only a fragment of the stored records signaling nationwide panic among politicians and officials.
Two trunkfuls of papers were investigated and copied as von Papen and Boyed, the German military and naval attaches, were expelled from the United States. Another mass of documents reportedly went to Britain when Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, departed.
Former Senator James A. McGeough of Brookline was killed last night at Beacon and Park streets when an auto driven by Frank S Lawrence struck him as he stepped from a street car and moved toward Park street. Dr. Samuel J Mixter of Brookline owned the car.
The notice lists moonrise and moonset times for the day including moon at 12 11 a m, daylight events at 6 07. It also cites historic anniversaries such as British Indian troops landing at Marseilles in 1914 and Balboa discovering the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
Forecast for southern New England calls for rain in the extreme southeast Tuesday then fair and warmer inland. Wednesday brings fair weather and warmth with diminished northeast winds. Northern New England also expects fair skies and rising temperatures through Tuesday and Wednesday.
In the American League Boston defeated Chicago 3 0 and Detroit beat Washington 38 3 in the first game. In the second Washington beat Detroit 2 0. Cleveland edged Philadelphia 5 4. In the National League Boston and Cincinnati tied 2 2 after 12 innings. Philadelphia won 2 0 over Pittsburg. Chicago won 4 2 against Brooklyn while New York beat St. Louis 2 1.
Paris despatch notes German newspapers say the Pope will propose King Alfonso of Spain as arbitrator in the war and Berlin backs the move. The German press views this as shifting tactics after Vatican efforts faltered and placing Spain’s king at the center of peace diplomacy. Maximilian Harden comments that tradition binds nations, especially Germany, in reacting to the peace note.
Captain Laureati of Italy and an observer completed a nonstop Turin to London flight covering 656 miles in 7 hours and 12 minutes. He earlier set a world long distance record on August 29 by flying from Turin to Naples and back, about 900 miles.
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