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...proclamation of President Wilson drawn up on the same day, all men who have reached the age of 21 since June 5, 1917, are required to register tomorrow between 7 A. M. and 9 P. M. at the office of the local board having jurisdiction of the area wherein he permanently resides, or at such other place as shall be designated by such local board. The place for registration here in Cambridge is either the City Hall or the City Building in Brattle Square...
...person who expects to be absent on the day designated for registration from the jurisdiction of the board in which he permanently resides may register by mail, but his registration card must reach the local board having jurisdiction of the area wherein he permanently resides by the day herein named for registration. Any uch person should apply as soon as practicable at the office of a local board for instructions as to how he may register by mail...
...have come to a crisis in the prosecution of the war. When a great confiagration breaks out, it is no time to train carpenters for rebuilding the devastated area. In the same way all men must discard thoughts of the future when they may turn their energies to the present. When those who are of real potential aid to their country have enlisted their lives in its service, they will have assured the future as no college training can ever do. The duty of every red-blooded man is clear. When Harvard enrolment is drained to but a spectre...
...nearly as can be made out from the newspaper accounts, the completely ruined area is the poorer, northern section of Halifax, called Richmond, lying along the Narrows for a mile and a quarter, and extending inland half a mile. But for a half mile further south--toward the centre of the town--and inland, the destruction is only less complete. And still another three-quarters of a mile of wharves and warehouses is badly shattered. The waterfront laid waste is equal in extent to that of Boston from the South Station around to the North Station, and across Charlestown...
...connection with the use of this species of weapon is, of course, out of the question. As regards the employment of her submarines, Germany, instead of withholding her threat until the moment of capture, as is the British practice, gives warning in advance that any vessel entering the prescribed area does so at its own risk. At the same time she mitigates the rigor of this decree by providing a restricted sea-lane which may be used by American passenger vessels with impunity. This restriction constitutes, to be sure, a decided handicap; but one can only ask: "What regard...