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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1914
Page
9
Warnings rise as overseas censors widen to private mail opening and blotting causing complaints at post offices nationwide. Foreign correspondence faces scrutiny in key elements, raising concerns about privacy and processing delays.
The article notes strict wartime mail censorship by nations, especially Germany, with private unsealed letters common but risky. Foreign mail to Germany drops about 50 percent as routes shift via neutral countries, while England mail continues through Liverpool and London though reduced due to ships repurposed for military use.
Shorty serves as chaperon in Sewell Ford’s No Singles to Goober, a story teased for the upcoming Sunday Post Magazine. The piece promises humor and frontier wit from Ford.
A distinguished specialist warns that stomach acid irritates and inflames the stomach lining causing trouble. Ordinary medicines fail to address the acid source. A teaspoon of bisulated magnesia after meals neutralizes acid and prevents fermentation, allowing normal eating with this simple antacid kept at hand.
Boston journalist Arthur Sweetser's diary recounts his wartime travels from Paris to Lille by bicycle, capture by Germans and later French, and vivid notes on civilian suffering. He portrays German occupiers as capable of brutality but asserts many harms mirrored by both sides, with scenes of Belgian refugees and scenes of Valenciennes and Cateau.
An article recounts King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium as German by blood and ties, noting the monarchs' close relations with the Kaiser family. It describes German occupation scenes in France including abductions, looting, and arson, and follows an American journalist's perilous journey with German troops toward Paris.
The Western Union Telegraph Company said it will resume on October 1 its deferred fate service to North East South and West Africa Asia Australia Dutch East Indies and South America in cooperation with the Eastern and Central and South American Telegraph Companies. The service is already active with Great Britain Holland and Norway.
The armored cruiser Tennessee, at Falmouth, England, is ordered to proceed at once to Brindisi Italy. The Navy Department issued the order last night. The North Carolina is already in Mediterranean waters, despatched at Secretary Bryan's request after Morgenthau's Constantinople reports. The move is expected to have a salutary effect amid the regional tensions.
Registration opens tomorrow at Boston University Law School and runs this week as the school prepares one of its largest entering classes. Dean Homer Albers announces new faculty additions and lecture courses with Judge A K Cohen presiding over moot court and visiting justice involvement valued for students. John E Hannigan Harvey N Shepard Wilfred D Gray join as lecturers and staff, James N Carter becomes school librarian. Enrolment for the master’s program is unusually high.
Cardiff crowd hears David Lloyd George announce government plan to raise a Welsh army of 56 000 men. Glamorgan has 24 000 and Monmouthshire 14 000 already enlisted. He says volunteers can serve as well as conscripts, stressing hardships, wounds, and eventual glory.
The American steamer Foxton Hall was burned off Wattlings Island on Sept 23. Crew members except two missing have arrived in Nassau Bahama Islands. The ship registered in America since the European hostilities began after originally being British. She sailed from Colon Sept 19 for Perth Amboy New Jersey. Captain Stevenson commanded the 4247 ton vessel built in 1902.
A new recruiting song titled Your King and Country Want You has been published by Paul A. Rubens and is sung nightly in London theatres and halls. Women perform and households echo the tune as crowds join in, urging men to enlist to support the king and country.
Giuseppe Ballazzo and Franseisco Luigia, Framingham brothers, were arraigned in East Cambridge Superior Court on the murder charge of Pietro Titone in Framing Pel, and all three pleaded not guilty and were remanded without bail for further proceedings.
Two seven passenger touring cars collided at Central street and Randolph avenue Milton at 7 last evening injuring Mrs. John B D Dunnigan and Miss Elizabeth O'Donnell. Both were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. The other occupants escaped with minor injuries.
Australian papers received in Vancouver on the steamer Makura report that Australian troops sailed for Europe on August 17. It is believed the expedition proceeded through the Suez Canal.
Mayor Good declared that Friday night boxing planned by the University A C would not take place. He said the Commissioner of Public Safety and the State police have orders to halt the event, following a district attorney letter calling the matches illegal and warning against defiance. The outcome hinges on possible legal loopholes.
Despatch reports General Louis Botha in Bank Transvaal addressing about 5000 people emphasizing loyalty to the British Empire. He spoke in a speech carried by Reuters telegram from Cape Town.
General Botha declares neutrality useless amid German ambitions. He warns of a 5000 pound levy on Durban if neutrality persists and calls for loyalty or treason with no middle ground. He asserts Germany’s aim to glorify the Emperor and send surplus population to South Africa, which Boers cheer as a pledge of support.
London reports that Sir Charles Johnston became Lord Mayor today, succeeding Sir Thomas Bowater. Due to the war there is strong likelihood the annual street event and Guild Hall banquet on November 9 to mark the installation will be omitted.
A Sunday Post excerpt reveals a German spy recounting how his espionage targeted England's naval strength and contributed to his downfall. The piece centers on his methods and the impact on British defenses.
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