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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
14
Messines Ridge is described as the key to the Ypres sector and its possession will give the British strategic leverage in the area near Bailleul. The report notes the ridge as a crucial objective in ongoing operations north of the town.
Advice urges flushing kidneys with Jad Salts or similar lithia water drink to cleanse the urinary tract. Recommends four ounces of Rad Salts in water before breakfast for several days, plus high water intake, to relieve backache and bladder weakness.
German forces gain a commanding position with successful daytime attacks on the northern front threatening British lines at Ypres and Hazebrouck. British counter actions are expected as Germans push toward lowlands while French and American fronts report mixed combat activity and strategic stakes rise. Ten German trawlers sunk in Kattegat by British fleet. survivors rescued.
London April 16 Field Marshal Haig sent a telegram thanking the French government for encouragement. He said the same spirit that carried the army through 1914 sustains Britain now against overwhelming odds.
Haig reports continued heavy fighting along a front from Meteren to Wytschaete and Spanbroekmolen with German troops taking Wytschaete Spanbroekmolen and Meteren foothold while Allied counterattacks and artillery activity increase near Boyelles Arras and La Basse Canal. The rest of the British front remained unchanged.
A Reuters despatch from Ulenborg reports three days of fighting before Helsinginfos was captured. German forces push along the Rikhimayaka Lakhti Kotka railway toward Viborg as the campaign progresses.
A Swiss dispatch outlines three possible successors to Count Czernin as political ties shift. Potential picks include Count Menzdorff Pouilly, ex-ambassador to London. Mr. Pfalzer, ex-head of the imperial civil cabinet. and Count Andrassy, favored by Germans and Magyars. Andrassy’s nomination would please Berlin but provoke Slavs.
London dispatch reports that on the Lys battlefield Allied forces achieved decisive gains. Generals claim the Wytschaete mine craters and Wulverghem positions were captured in surprise attacks. English counterattacks repelled by the enemy failed to hold. Troops reportedly seized heights between Neuve Chapelle and Bailleul in close combat.
War secretary Baker returns from Europe confident in Allied plans led by General Foch. He toured England France and Italy and witnessed frontline action including German shell bursts near his car and a view from a ruined building as missiles struck nearby. He reports vast American war material buildup and rapid supply logistics from Washington to New York.
Lloyd George argues self-government for Ireland is essential to the war effort and to maintain American backing for Britain. He says failure to pass home rule risks war leadership and unity, while conscription politics hinge on Irish policy. He cites generals Plumer and Foch as confident despite losses, stressing that Britain must keep its army intact.
The appeal calls on British readers to buy Liberty bonds to aid troops standing in Flanders with their backs to the wall. It emphasizes the bonds as essential war financing and patriotic support for the front lines.
Citizens are urged to participate in a national bond campaign requiring purchases of 120 million dollars daily from now until May 4 to meet the minimum goal. The message asks if individuals have signed up to contribute their share.
Lewis Sears, 26, of 14 Carroll Street Chelsea, resisted arrest on a default warrant, slipping from his coat and leaping a veranda rail before fleeing toward Eastern Avenue. Patrolman Joseph Leverone fired several shots as Sears led a pursuit through Chelsea streets, finally subdued with assist from other officers after a tense struggle on Stockton Street.
American forces northwest of Toul regain No Man's Land by Apremont forest after a week of desertion due to heavy shelling. Two patrols found a reported machine gun nest empty and met no Germans at the front wire. The enemy halted attempts on the American third line after defeats last week. Rainy weather reduced visibility and slowed artillery.
British forces report vigorous German attacks in the Meteren sector and heavy shelling from La Bassee to Robecq. At Boyelle south of Arras the enemy broke the front line trench but a counter attack drove him back, according to a Reuters dispatch from French headquarters.
At Camp Logan in Houston 89 soldiers captured after escaping in protest against new assignments. The mutiny began with a transfer order sending 18 men from military police and ammunition trains to various units. 100 slipped through guards overnight, and after an all night search 89 were rounded up. Thirty-two of the soldiers were from Chicago. Responsibility and possible action rest with company commanders of the receiving units.
Mrs Sidney Drew delivered a patriotic address at Jordan Marsh to boost the third Liberty Loan. So inspired was a prominent unnamed man that he sold over $2000 in bonds by nightfall. The drive echoed past Patriot’s Day Memorial Day and Fourth of July appeals.
Buchanan County Iowa resident Mrs. E. H. Boots promotes a home recipe to darken gray or faded hair. Mix water Bay rum Barbo Compound and glycerine then apply every other day. Claims it darkens hair without coloring scalp or rubbing off and makes a person look 10 to 20 years younger.
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