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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1918
Page
1
A Navy family father told a Post reporter that his son's death is the fortune of war and that other families may suffer more. He declared his duty to honor his memory by backing the government and working harder to help win the war, praising American resolve.
A plan to wage guerrilla warfare against advancing German forces in Petrograd and the Baltic provinces is reportedly being considered by Berlin. German authorities arrest suspected Red envoys while union leaders deny any breach of agreement. Officials call hints of a threatened strike a planted ruse. A public advisory denies a real crisis and road officials declare the raised fare concerns unfounded.
The Boston Carmen's Union accuses the Elevated of proposing wage increases, a claim Brush denies in a detailed reply. Engineer 263 business agent Herman M. Comerford vows six day weeks and warns a strike if demands are not met, even as platform men dispute continues.
Americans in France report a patrol action on the Aisne front where units in the Chemin des Dames area killed one German and captured another. One American was slightly wounded. The move confirms a new American sector on the Aisne front. Continued on Page 2 Fifth Column.
In France on February 22 the Associated Press reports a trench mortar projectile struck an American trench northwest of Toul. Three soldiers were killed and four were wounded, with three additional American artillerymen wounded in the shell exchange.
Dispatches report no pause in the German invasion as Berlin aims to control Petrograd and the Baltic provinces. A Petrograd despatch notes Bolshevik envoys returning in an armed car after accepting German peace terms were stopped by a German patrol.
Bolshevik leaders urge the country to arm for guerrilla warfare as a defense against invaders. The move comes amid doubt that temporary Teuton gains can be checked, with Petrograd and Russia’s authority over its armies in question after a sweeping army debacle.
Director General McAdoo assured that there is no danger of a serious Eastern food shortage and pledged to move stocks for the allies to seaboard once Hoover provides definite locations of supplies. The exchange follows Hoover's warning that grain and meat movements must rise within 60 days to avert a shortage.
The railroad administration released figures indicating concurrent data on traffic, freight volume, and passenger counts. Officials emphasized trends in utilization and projected capacity adjustments for the coming quarter.
A New England soldier on patrol in No Man's Land along the Aisne front stumbled into a shell hole and grappled a German fighter. He overpowered the captive and brought the prisoner into American lines marking the first unharmed German taken in the war.
The Peabody police under Medical Examiner Horace Foster and Police Chief Michael Grady will search the fire ruins on the West Lynnfield and Peabody line to recover four Miller family members believed dead in the fire that killed five others early yesterday morning.
Police report five charred bodies recovered from the Miller home as Reu ben Miller, 19, who tended a farm two miles away, remains missing since Thursday night. Investigators theorize coal gas preceded the fire with Mrs. Miller’s coal fire noted before the blaze.
A fire allegedly caused by dampers and a red hot stove killed Morris Miller his wife Sadie and seven children while they slept. Two horses and three cows burned. a dog escaped. The victims include Rosie 15 Minnie 12 Samuel 8 Harry 5 Esther 2 and a two month old baby girl awaiting a christening today.
The Wisconsin Legislature’s upper house passed a resolution to blot from view the German imperial insignia on a figure in a painting hanging in the Senate chamber, marking action on the controversial artwork.
Forecast for northern New Fingland calls for snow Saturday with Sunday fair and warmer. Southern New England expects a wintry Saturday and a warmer Sunday with clearing skies.
A limousine skidded and overturned at Everett avenue and Revere Beach Parkway Chelsea injuring six. Five women and one man suffered cuts and bruises. Mrs. Rose Gordon of 347 Thornton street Revere and Miss May Gordon of 332 Beckman avenue New York city were most seriously hurt and admitted to Frost Hospital Chelsea.
In a crash near Poston a car skidded after crossing tracks and overturned onto the curb. Chauffeur Abraham Sherman escaped with minor injuries while passengers Samuel Sevel, Miss Mary Blunsazitson, and Miss Pauline Aloff suffered cuts and bruises. Bystanders rushed them to a hospital as the slippery road blamed for the accident.
Worcester February 22. In view of concessions the company is expected to make the threatened strike by Worcester telephone operators will be averted.
Gray Co announces a mid-winter sale featuring men s high-class suits including blue serges fancy worsteds blacks blues and browns. Any $18 and $20 suit available at $9.90 with location at Washington Cor Hanover Street.
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