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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1918
Page
4
A first person diary style account from 1918 Berlin details police corruption profiteering and looting during wartime. It describes burglaries by soldiers and locals, ineffectual police corruption, and factory unrest as workers demand higher wages amid food shortages.
Copyright notice from 1918 McClure Newspaper Syndicate states continuation in tomorrow's Sunday Post and later in the daily Post.
Manager Nat Butler has assembled a strong program at the Revere cycle track featuring a 40 mile team race with Wiley and Smart facing Madonna and Corry plus New England professional sprint championships semi finals and finals. Babe Ruth of the Red Sox is expected to start tomorrow night in the motor race along with amateur and professional events. The card also previews the International Cycling Derby next week with the four riders among the starters.
Washington reports that Secretary Baker will urge a delay in enforcing work or fight rules for players in the world series to Sept 15 to permit the games. Chicago’s Cubs lead the National League with a decisive edge as 14 games remain in the schedule, shaping the pennant race and potential series duration.
Two accidents mar the Grand Circuit meet in Poughkeepsie New York on August 23. Gentry driven by Geers fell in the 2 08 trot injuring the driver operator Opera Express sulky wheel and Bell Stanford collided with Fleming others uninjured. Opera Express won the final heat beating Lord Stout by a head. Lu Princeton defeated St Frisco in the free for all trot in a neck margin setting a first time beat of St Frisco in three years.
Tommie Shea of New Haven won a decision over Johnnie Tynan of Philadelphia in the feature bout last evening. Tynan’s inexperience cost him. Shea showed slow judgment and distance. Girard defeated Sammie Diamond in the semi final over the full 10 rounds. Joe Flynn beat Louis Strona in five. Bob Josephs finished Sammie White in two.
Marshal Foch tells an Associated Press correspondent that French soldiers fight without respite and that American troops seek nothing but to go to their death. He notes Haig’s British forces advancing bravely in the burning heat, urging restraint if needed.
William Tilden and Vincent Richards advance to the national doubles final in Southampton New York after defeating Sergeant Harold Throckmorton and Walter Merrill Hall 6 3 1 4. Western champions Walter Hayes and Ralph Burdick win their semi against Murray and Pell 2 4 6 4 7 5. Finals set for tomorrow.
London reports that the Central Powers Economic Gazette urges Germans in neutral countries to use commercial camouflage after the war. It says German trade will go through neutral nations and that marks of German origin must be removed from wares, ignoring international morality.
The list notes Lieut Colonel George A. Roberts of Springfeld as slightly wounded and mentions his prior service in K Company, 104th Infantry and the Croix de Guerre. The press lists include 260 names with 32 dead in action. New England adds 39 with 12 previously reported.
Yesterday's official and unofficial lists include several New England officers and enlisted men. Lt Henry P Reynolds of Uxbridge and Cpl Elner Simmons of Hanover were once reported killed but are now listed as wounded from gas exposure. Four members of the 101st Infantry are listed as killed in action, with two from A Company and two from C and G Companies. Casualties from late July and August begin to appear, often from regular army units.
The Verdier brothers Lieutenant Louis Verdier once led the Lafayette Flying Squadron and Paul Verdier of San Francisco were reported killed in action with the American Army on the Vesle front. No further details were given.
Roll of names from New England and nearby states listed as casualties. Soldiers from multiple companies and divisions including 101st Inf 102d Inf and 103d Inf named with towns across New Hampshire Maine Massachusetts Connecticut and Massachusetts. Includes sergeants privates lieutenants and cooks with hometowns such as Claremont NH South Penobscot ME Mattapan MA Somerville Hyde Park Newton Centre Worcester Waltham Everett Everett and New Britain CT.
Capt Joseph D. Murray of Concord with the 43d Company in the 6th Regiment U.S. Marine Corps is listed alongside Roxbury resident Pt George H. Riley of 10 Williams Street in the 18th Company of the ith Regiment U.S. Marine Corps.
War Department notified relatives of casualties. list includes names and addresses of many soldiers from various companies and battalions. Entries mention several Died of Wounds cases and previously missing personnel across Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut and Maine units.
A compiled roster lists officers and soldiers by name and home address across several units including the 166th Infantry 101st Engineers and 38th Infantry. Items reference Lt Louis W Ross Lt Alfred Chapman Pt Ira A Moody and others with hometowns Bartlett Arlington Holbrook Waltham Ware Waterbury Thomaston Portland Uxbridge Hanover Newton and Newton squads.
Three men are reported lost in the sinking of the West Bridge. The Culture crew suffers no fatalities. Names listed include Jens P. Nielsen Denmark fireman. William I. Porter Portland Oregon fireman. Robert J. McConkey Mount Vernon Washington fireman. West Bridge and Culture were homeward bound when sunk.
The British freighter Diomed was shelled and torpedoed by a German submarine at sunrise Wednesday about 1.5 miles east of New York. Two crew members were killed and many wounded. 10 survivors were rescued and brought to safety.
A German submarine commander who captured the steam trawler Triumph and used it as a raider on fishing banks says the American cruiser San Diego was torpedoed not mined. He also claims to have sunk the tank steamer O B Jennings and to hold its captain as a prisoner on the sub.
German submarines sought to block a French port used by American troop convoys but were defeated by the American destroyer flotilla off the coast. The plan aimed to sink the largest ships of the convoy and disrupt the harbor, but the U boats were foiled as American escorts acted swiftly.
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