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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1914
Page
16
Governor Walsh will remain confined to his Clinton home for at least another week before return to the State House. His broken arm is healing but the wound causes pain and requires daily dressing, and doctors forbid him from going to the office.
Seventeen rallies in Greater Boston and surrounding towns closed the Anti Saloon League of America statewide campaign in Massachusetts. Halls and churches were filled with over 25 000 supporters urging national prohibition as a constitutional amendment.
The governor will tour every state section for three weeks likely with his arm in a sling. Excise board and Board of Health actions are postponed this week as McSweeney seeks to move McCoy or McLaughlin from the U S health service. Nearly 50 candidates seek the excise board, with thorough consideration planned. Progressives, Democrats and other parties outline preliminaries for a statewide campaign next week.
W A Davis of Ione probate reveals longtime estrangement with son John A Davis of Denver. John, cut off with 10 dollars, contests a 100000 dollar estate after the patriarch drowned in a water tank. The late father, a strict churchman, left most remains to two daughters and a son besides the ten dollars.
Congressman Hobson spoke at Tremont Temple and defense leaders hailed a statewide anti saloon drive. Readers heard figures claiming alcoholism threatens national survival and that 55 percent live under prohibition, with campaigns targeting youths and a letter from AF of L officials supporting nationwide prohibition.
A four week mission at Mission Church Roxbury opened with a 10 30 mass. Morning services filled the church and later the mission for married women began. Masses for four weeks will be at 5 and 8 am with 15 minute instructions after each.
Frances Kosga a 16 year old Polish girl was found roaming Roxbury streets and later identified. She was returned to her uncle’s home 11 Willard street West End. Mrs Aurelia Manoney court interpreter aided police in the reunification after placing her in care on Williams street.
A discussion on women's creative power in society contrasts past homemaking roles with modern life. It argues that industrial and educational shifts deprive women of at‑home creative work, fueling demand for rights and self expression as a response to sex oppression.
Patrolman Shorey found Herbert Nelson in an unconscious state aboard the yacht St. Louis III at Murray Trecurtha's wharf on First Street South Poston. A bottle near him appeared to contain wood alcohol. Nelson was taken to City Hospital and remained unconscious through the night.
Mrs. Clai borne Catlin argues that women seek new fields due to surplus energy once channeled at home. She tours the state advocating suffrage and cites modern life and necessity as factors limiting a woman's childbearing and opportunities.
Mrs Cathlin spoke at Pittsfield on the book Transition arguing women face a secret battle with men for a fuller relationship. She urged full freedom including the ballot as a sign of emancipation and warned of ongoing sex oppression until equality is achieved.
L D Mathews a 64 year old innkeeper was shot and killed in Hartland Maine after a hotel interview with George Hubbard and his wife Hubbard from Oakland was arrested and to have a hearing tomorrow. Officials say a quarrel over Hubbard trying to take his wife back to Oakland sparked the shooting.
American tourists observe a restrained British welcome as recruits march by. crowds around recruiting stations show little emotion and offer few tokens, while Americans instinctively donate to soldiers. The piece contrasts impersonal English customs with American generosity in wartime.
Medical officials note quick recovery of wounded troops due to prompt antiseptic treatment and advances in surgery. They attribute swift healing to antiseptic measures and the high velocity of modern rifle bullets reducing ragged wounds unless vital organs are hit.
The top mountain guide Glatz in Garmisch was summoned by mail to join military service. He received the order at night atop Zugspitze, the Giant mountains peak, and descended by alpine path to board a Weilheim train within five hours.
The war led London theatres to cut top stalls to two dollars and permit casual dress in the best seats. Elite houses under Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Sir George Alexander were early to drop formalities, while stalls usually priced at $2.50 now cost $2. The trend reflects wartime loosened conventions and a move toward accessibility.
England sees a 1300 member sportsmen battalion raised by Edward Cunliffe-Owen for war service. Gentlemen aged 40 to 45 with stable habits are invited, including fox hunters and grouse shooters, and golfers. Recruits may donate funds and cars as the unit prepares for front line duty upon WWI mobilization.
The steam yacht Liberty is converted into a hospital ship with Lord Tredegar in command after receiving a commission as lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve.
The German cargo ship Wildenfels was halted at Port Philip Heads near Melbourne by an armed guard after entering the examination zone. Captain Probst, unaware of wartime actions, learned the ship would be seized and wireless gear dismantled. The Hansa line vessel had sailed from New York June 29 with about 8000 tons of cargo. A second German steamer Berlin, arriving at Sydney from Hamburg, was also found without wireless.
The piece warns that if the war lasts through winter millions of soldiers may need new clothing as uniforms wear out. It recalls 1870 hardships when German troops trudged in mud barefoot and with wooden shoes, and even French red breeches appeared in Le Mans during the winter campaign.
The Schwerathletische Sport of Berlin mobilizes many strong lifters for defense. The largest Berlin club sent 54 active members to the front, including Franz Buchholz the Berlin champion weightlifter, Koeker and Paulini the world wrestling champions, and Koeher and Magsam the European champions.
The piece notes England’s growing familiarity with Allied flags beyond the Union Jack. It lists France Belgium Russia Servia Montenegro and Japan as tri color flags that English eyes find similar. It mentions a proposed multi ally banner deemed monstrous and not displayed.
Lieutenant Colonel W. Grant Morden, remount committee member in Ottawa, places Heatherden Hall in Buckinghamshire at Colonel Hughes's disposal as a convalescent home for Canadian soldiers.
Viscount Boyne proposes Brancepeth Castle in Durham as a naval or military hospital and will supply 60 beds in addition to donating 5000 dollars to the Prince of Wales Fund.
A London liquor trade writer denounces liquor dealers as loyal yet barred from serving the public in crisis, claiming licensed men are the only class excluded from imperial duty as special constables during the hour of need.
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