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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
14
German submarine captures the Triumph from Portland Maine after a voyage to western banks. 16 crew armed the vessel and engaged nearby fishing craft, while the fleet faces renewed danger as raiders target schooners and the allied fishing fleets watch for further strikes.
Gloucester residents hear of the U boat raid affecting the Quincy Gloucester Nova Scotia and French fleets. The sinking of the Andrew near Quero bank shows the raid targets productive fishing grounds around Sable Island and Georges Bank where Boston Gloucester and Nova Scotia vessels operate. Fishermen fear heavy losses and disruption to the seasonal fishing trade.
Navy Department officials awaited a wireless dispatch on the capture or destruction of the trawler Triumph seized by a German submarine. The raid aimed at Grand Banks fishing smacks, with patrol lines tightened and cautions issued. A Boston district message confirmed Triumph’s captain and crew landed, while authorities said force levels are sufficient to guard all ships.
Admiral Benson argues Germany cannot ready the Triumph as a raider within the time, listing crew and armament limits. He notes three submarines active in American waters, warns against overestimating sub losses, and references the Penistone incident and a British sunk-sub claim.
Miss Willa Wilson reports two men in blue uniforms with linen dusters and white visored caps halted her on Campobello near Eastport Maine. They demanded information and threatened to shoot if she talked, asking about Eastport post office banks and the four masted auxiliary schooner David Cohen. An armed Canadian fishing party searched the area but found nothing.
Captain Sven Marcussen and crew of the Norwegian schooner Nordhav, torpedoed off Cape Henry, were rescued after 36 hours adrift in two open boats. The four master sank after a submarine fired on her, taking cargo of linseed and provisions before bombs destroyed the vessel.
Report states a plan to take Smith and companions to Portsmouth for examination, triggering an arrest after signaling flashes.
Deputy sheriff says Smith confessed to sending signals from the highest New England point to Portland Harbor using powerful flashlights. Smith, president of Portable Electric Flashlight Co of Boston, claimed innocence and that experiments were underway.
The New Jersey Federation of Labor adopted a unanimous resolution at its closing session urging the President to consider whether Postmaster General Burleson is serving national interests. The action was reported from Perth Amboy New Jersey dated August 21.
A historical editorial argues the Allies should back Russian leaders like Nicholas Tchaikovsky Catherine Breshkovsky Peter Kropotkin and Kerensky rather than Bolsheviks. It condemns Bolshevik oppression and urges U S intervention to support a representative government and freedom for Russia.
A witness testifies the wife feared a hall incident. An autopsy may be performed tomorrow by Medical Examiners Charles F. Traynor of York County and John A. MacDonald of Washington County.
Autopsy pending after claims of beating in Wells Maine as Frances Hall, 14, daughter of the accused minister, recounts fear and abuse. She says Hall pursued Grace Gerow while Mrs Hall resisted, and the mother warned investigators before dying. Authorities move to disinter the body for full autopsy.
Navy officials reject reports that an American tanker sank a German submarine off the coast. Captain Kivans of the steamer Penistone identified the submarine as the one he was detained aboard after his ship was sunk.
Washington August 21 Congress rushes to debate the man power bill extending the draft to all Americans aged 18 to 45. House and Senate plan immediate action with passage expected this week. Controversies center on the work or fight clause and postponement for 18 and 19 year olds.
Dorothy Benjamin's romance with opera star Enrico Caruso unfolds with her father absent from the wedding. Friends recount Caruso courting Dorothy through performances and visits to the Benjamin home, while Dorothy’s mother had died years earlier and her father was away at Spring Lake, New Jersey.
British losses for the week ending today total 8111 with figures: killed or died of wounds officers 210 and men 1307. wounded or missing officers 685 and men 6204. Last week’s total was 8620.
A Milwaukee company advertises a free trial of a tape worm remedy claiming quick relief from all stomach troubles. The Schoenherr Co. guarantees removal of any worm head within an hour with no pain or dieting and promises to refund if ineffective. Write Dept 28.
Report says Lassigny captured and Noyon about to fall after a push along a ten mile front. Troops gained villages, prisoners and guns, with heavy enemy losses. Front likely to realign as Vesle sector near Soissons to Rheims grows risky for Germans.
British forces push east along a four mile front near Armentieres while French troops liberate villages northwest of Soissons and seize positions on both sides of the Oise. Noyon is reportedly outflanked, with Sempigny held and Lassigny captured as Mangin guns threaten a key Noyon railway. Haig advances near Albert and Arras as German counterattacks fail. overall impact uncertain along the 120 mile Ypres to Soissons line.
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a safe tonic and flesh builder for the family. It claims six times more nourishing than milk and urges use after meals and at bedtime to gain flesh and strength, warning against harmful drugs or alcohol.
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