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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1918
Page
2
British aviators used a football marked April Fool to terrorize German troops over Somme territory. An observer and pilot dropped the ball on a town square, prompting Germans to rush for shelter as the “terrible” weapon descended from above.
The account depicts a bomb hitting and bouncing nearly 100 feet, finally resting as Teutons approach with unromantic humor. A friend leaves after Bowies fire a rapid machine gun volley, then returns to tell the tale in whispers.
Pittsburg August 25 Lieutenant Harry Mellon called to a downtown corner to repossess an apparently abandoned auto encountered a large bald headed baboon chained to the vehicle. The animal scratched the officer and ripped his clothes before Mellon scrambled to safety. The car, with the baboon inside, was towed to the station.
Lieut. Alex Hewat, 21, son of R A Hewat of Clarksburg a prominent manufacturer, was killed in action with a Hun airman Aug 10, per a telegram to his father. Hewat served in the British Royal Flying Corps and was one of four brothers who joined either the British or Canadian forces.
A destroyer named Laub was launched at the Victory plant in Squantum with Miss Marjorie Mohun of Brooklyn christening the vessel. It is the third destroyer completed in weeks as crowds witnessed the ceremony and Dorchester Bay buzzed with activity. Another ship is to begin construction this morning, part of a rapid program of weekly launches.
Clergy from multiple naval and military posts attended a St Pauls Cathedral service titled Chaplains and What They Do. Speakers included Rev Edward L Sullivan and Chaplains H D McNair Norton Parker Bigbee Pettus Browne, with soldiers and sailors filling the crowded church.
The War Department announces Concentration of all ground school training for army aviators at four universities. Princeton, California, Illinois, and Texas will be retained. Cornell, Ohio State, and MIT will be abandoned with facilities redirected to other urgent work. Extensions on a large scale will be made at the four retained schools.
John A. P. Merrill, identified as the village’s oldest man and holder of the Post cane, died after a week of illness at age nine. He was a farmer and former sea captain, survived by two sons and three daughters.
Colonel Arthur Lynch and Captain James O Grady spoke to a large crowd outside recruiting offices urging Irish volunteers for Lynch s brigade on the western front. Sinn Fein supporters jeered throughout the hour long appeal and later cheered the leaders and sang their songs. Lynch told the AP many jeerers would join the colors before the campaign ends.
The yacht Vega of the New York Yacht Club was seized and brought into port by U S naval patrol craft with an armed guard aboard. An investigation into the status of several foreigners on board was semi-officially understood. The vessel later was allowed to proceed, but no details on crew holds were released.
The Vega left New London harbor about two months ago headed for Eastport, Maine, but was seized while authorities withheld full details. Naval officials cited stricter checks on craft with foreign born crew and avoided comment on the vessel’s recent whereabouts. Former owner Mrs. Alexander G. Pendleton of Fisher’s Island and her yacht’s history were noted, with the ship tied up for years before a short-lived plan for a fish concern and sea readiness at Shaw’s Cove.
A military action announced seeks the expulsion of Germans from Russian territory and the suppression by force of arms of the Brest-Litovsk treaty. The statement follows.
Lenine and Troetzky denounce the British French and American landing at Archangel as brigandage and urge Russians to fight traitors. They assert allies were invited by a legitimate northern government formed by Constituent Assembly representatives and Zemstvos, later overturned by the Bolshevik regime. The allies came to expel Germans and end Brest-Litovsk, under strict non intervention in internal Russia.
Massachusetts State Branch of the American Federation of Labor schedules a crucial convention starting September 9 at Convention Hall St Botolph with Governor McCall and Mayor Peters expected to greet delegates. A joint executive committee meeting will determine resolutions on wartime legislation and leadership ahead of the three to five day gathering. William A Nealey is seen as a leading candidate to succeed President George H Wrenn.
Private Stephen Christian of D Company 59th Infantry is reported dead in France while avenging the massacre of his family. The casualty is listed among soldiers who paid the ultimate price in the conflict on the European front.
Stephen St Christian a Smyrna born Greek who fled Turkey with Turkish aid to escape the war died as Private Christian of D Company 59th Infantry while fighting the Huns. He sought vengeance for his father mother and sisters massacred in 1917.
Boston city workers and Public Works Department Teamsters Union 149 demand wage rises for seasoned staff. They allege cost of living has more than doubled since before the war and criticize Mayor Peters for not raising pay from 3 to 8.50 dollars a day as urged by John J. Kearney of Waiters' Union 34.
Labor notes report Mayor Peters pushes for more government shipbuilding in Boston and a Waterfront Council slogan. A Boston rumor about a local committee visiting Postmaster Burleson is denied by Edward F. McGrady. Will deliver Labor Day addresses in Lawrence and Worcester. William F. Kelley promoted to top sergeant for bravery in France.
Aug 25 Budapest report says Jews were rounded up by government orders in Hungary. Streets were barricaded and Jews dragged to prison, with Galician Jews taxed and escorted to the frontier. Premier Wekerle defended the move as a tax and expulsion of undesirable foreigners.
Two cars slowed trolley service at the Sullivan Square terminal of the Boston Elevated last night. The incident tied up traffic for about 20 minutes during the evening rush as beachgoers returned home and the terminal became crowded.
Private Christian, a 27 year old Greek employed at Pittsfield General Electric, volunteered in March after learning his family was slaughtered by Turkish forces. His comrade Private Earl P Hoffman relayed that Christian died in the Marne salient while seeking vengeance for his parents and sisters. He had sent cards from camp and a telegram to Mrs. B Phelps before sailing.
William A. O'Hara of Lowell Massachusetts leaped from a moving train crossing the Saco River iron bridge last night, fell 35 feet and drowned. His body was recovered today as Mrs. O'Hara and their daughter exited at a station. he did not realize his stop and passengers urged him not to jump while he was on vacation.
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