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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1916
Page
2
French reports say 40 000 German troops attacked east of the Meuse from the river to Detaumont in waves but suffered heavy losses as French 75s and machine guns repelled them. The battlefront remained largely on the French side with sporadic gains at Chauffeur Wood.
Raids by two French aerial squadrons on the Saloniki front reported by Havas from Athens. One squadron bombed Bulgarian troops at Strumitsa station. the other attacked German positions at Bogdantze. Both squadrons returned undamaged.
On the Meuse front near Avecourt Wood and near Dead Man's Hill and Cumieres French positions endure heavy bombardment. French air units attacked German lines and rail targets while an airship bombarded a German ship in the North Sea. In Caucasus Russians press Turks and reach 11 miles from Trebizond. German assaults on Dvinsk intensify. An American was wounded when the Russian ship Imperator was sunk by an Austrian submarine. two Americans aboard the Easton City perished near Cardiff.
A Russian statement from Petrograd via London reports German artillery fire against the Ikskull bridgehead and Dvinsk positions with intense duels south of Dvinsk. It notes enemy planes bearing circles, repulsed attacks in Galicia, and Soviet advances in the Caucasus reaching Arsenekeleksi after occupying Surmenneh, with continued fighting in the upper Tchoruk basin.
Berlin reports no western front incidents with one enemy plane shot down near Perryse Flanders and a fifth British biplane downed northwest of Peronne by First Lieutenant Barthold. Russians active at the Dvinsk bridgehead. Balkan front quiet.
Washington April 17. President Wilson issued an executive order tightening passport issuance. State Department officials say while misuse complaints have abated the new rules will guard issuance further without undue applicant inconvenience.
French and Belgian reports describe heavy fighting along the Avre Oise and Meuse sectors with German assaults repelled despite a foothold near Chauffeur wood. Bombing raids targeted Nantrillons Brieulles Etain and Spincourt while French air forces struck Conflans Rombach Pagny Ars Haudremont.
Austro-Hungarian headquarters report limited actions on the Russian front with routine artillery. Italian coastland fighting described as moderate with heightened activity toward Doberdo Heights and a small engagement near Selz. Plock district shelling noted by Austro-Hungarian artillery units.
The entente allies have set up a naval base at Suda Bay on Crete's north coast, announced from Athens and Paris in mid-April. The move signals strengthened Allied naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean amid ongoing conflicts.
War Office says intense artillery activity along the front from the upper Degano to the upper But. The Sugana valley saw an enemy attack repulsed, with two officers and 60 men captured. Light activity on Isonzo and Carso fronts. artillery targeted enemy batteries near Zagomila in the Plava Zone.
London reports a British official statement noting heavy shelling around Voormezeele Dickebusch and the area between St. Hilaire and the Ypres Comines canal. It cites artillery actions near Hebuterne Carnoy Somme region, Souchez Noeux les Mines, mining in the Hohenzollern sector and near Vimy, plus notable aerial activity yesterday.
Major Howsee of the Eleventh Cavalry reported near Parral that the bandit and a small party had fled days ago toward Barja, near where unofficial Mexican reports place the body.
Washington officials weigh the possibility Villa is dead while noting the body’s reported location is two days by wagon from rail. Carranza authorities, U.S. acknowledgments, and recalls of troops hinge on confirmation amid Parral incidents and uncertain dispatches from Mexico City.
For the first time in municipal history 110 constables parade before the City Council Monday under a new rule requiring personal inspection for office. previously confirmations were filed as a mere formality.
Major General Frederick Funston and staff, lacking confirmation of Villa's death, reviewed the Parral incident reports cleared for Washington and resumed focus on the punitive expedition campaign.
More than 100 petitioners signed by about 2500 people appeared before Governor McCall urging reinstatement of Jane R. Bosfield a stenographer at Medfield Insane Hospital and demanding dismissal of Superintendent Dr Edward French. Emory T. Morris led the Equal Rights League delegation with other signers represented by Sherwin L. Cook John W. Schenck E P Benjamin and J M Crawford. A public hearing is set for Thursday at 10 o clock.
A bill to give Boston policemen one day off every eight received favorable committee support though the committee's chairman and three other senators and a representative dissented.
Newton painters plan a strike today seeking an hourly wage for a 44 hour week. Currently the men earn 46 1/2 cents per hour for a 44 hour week, affecting about 125 workers.
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