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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
5
The Conjurors Club of Boston holds its regular monthly meeting banquet and entertainment this evening at 6 o'clock at the Boston City Club. The organizing committee reports several novel features planned for the event.
Across the western front from the North to the Adriatic Sea heavy artillery duels rage as Teutonic forces prepare a major offensive before large American troop arrivals. British fronts at Ypres and Arras, sectors from St. Quentin to Alsace, Italian plains hills, and Piave River areas report big guns in continuous action.
Reports describe massive airship activity over battle lines with air battles and reconnaissance. Infantry action is limited to raids while German forces continually reinforce. A German train collision caused a great explosion killing several hundred soldiers amid troop movements.
Cambridge will start a major drive today to aid Halifax sufferers. Every resident will have a chance to personally help care for the homeless and rebuild the stricken city.
Cambridge residents mobilize to aid Halifax following the disaster with homes tents fuel and food needs. A city wide subscription drive is organized with a 10 member captain team per ward and committees led by General Bancroft and Mrs. Dunbar to coordinate fundraising and relief services. Mayor-elect Quinn supports securing theatre services and bank collections.
At rallies in Franklin schoolhouse Ward 6 and Ward 4 Charles Town last night Congressman Tague urged opponents to accept a proposal for joint debates if they are serious about discussing public records. He criticized remaining silent on issues and framed the idea as a test of earnestness.
A call to hold a public platform debate among the four mayoral candidates at Mechanics Hall next Saturday night is issued. The speaker touts his legislative and public service record while criticizing opponents for promises and past deeds. He says the district has a history of electing successful mayors and defends his own candidacy.
Lieutenant-Commander David Worth Bagley of the Jacob Jones was torpedoed in British waters and rescued by a crewman who later died from injuries and exposure. The seaman and six others swam toward a raft when they encountered a floating object mistaken for clothes but found Bagley with his fur collar wrapped around his head.
Report details the secret execution of twelve condemned Black soldiers at Camp Travis near Salado Creek. They rode to the scaffold singing a marchlike hymn, were executed at daybreak, and only small demonstrations occurred afterward among local Negro churches.
A seaman, in intense pain from injuries and cold water, pulled the commander to a raft with shipmates assistance. The rescued commander revived, but the seaman died hours later and was buried at sea. Before burial, mates lashed his blue shirt to oars as distress signals. Signals were seen by a British sloop at dawn as survivors renewed calls for help.
A regiment faced a fatal outcome as thirteen soldiers were executed for murder after violent rioting in city streets. Fifty-six others were sentenced to life or shorter terms, with five acquittals reported during the nighttime scaffold setup on a government reserve.
The report describes a morning hang in a military execution of condemned Black inmates. Army engineers built death traps and motor trucks moved bodies, enabling secrecy of the time and place. Bonfires lit the scene as guards and officers in khaki oversaw the execution before the official announcement.
An American steamship now unloading cargo at this port from Newfoundland was formerly an Austrian freighter. Taken over by the United States Shipping Board after the war declaration, it is consigned to David W. Simpson of 282 State Street. Simpson could not obtain a sailing vessel, so the board assigned the steamer to him for the trip. The ship will depart Friday for New York.
Winston Churchill speaking at Bedford warned that the war situation is more dangerous than reasonable three months ago expected. He noted the Allies must adopt stronger aims and strategies as the conflict continues.
Colonel Churchill warned that the country and the Allied effort were endangered and that the future of the British Empire and democratic civilization hung in the balance for a long period.
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