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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1918
Page
2
The pastor Rev Benjamin officiated last night in St Philip's Church basement as stations of the cross were installed and blessed by the church. Teeling museum records note the rites in progress.
London reports the British Eagle captured Jericho after Jerusalem fall. Forces push north and east with little Turkish resistance, aiming to reach the Damascus Mecca railway and sever Turkish lines to Arabia near the Dead Sea area northeast of Jerusalem.
German forces from Berlin report progress in Estonia capturing Hapsal on the coast near the Gulf of Finland entrance and moving beyond Rooneburg Walmar and Spandau. They entered Rieshitsa about 100 miles southeast of Riga amid public rejoicing and advanced to Louzin. Minsk was occupied as German columns neared Dubno near the Volhynian fortress.
Italian aviators report continued arrival of fresh enemy troops from the Russo Romanian front. General Boroevic, recently named supreme commander by Emperor Charles, aims an offensive between the Astico and Lake Garda.
New York February 22 The speech by Samuel Gompers and Navy Secretary Daniels at a patriotic mass meeting warned that American labor will not be stampeded by German propaganda. Daniels said labor will stay loyal to patriotic ideals and win its own fight after the war.
The speaker urges rapid ship production for navy and merchant service and condemns labor slackers as traitors. Union resolutions pledge cooperation in war work and affirm labor’s central role in defeating tyranny, sending greetings to wounded returning from France.
Five entente allied airmen flying over the Julian Alps bombed Innsbruck Tyrol on a surprise afternoon raid. They swooped to 300 yards and struck the railway station barracks and two munitions factories. Soldiers and civilians fled as the German consulate was hit and troops en route to the Trentino front came under machine gun fire.
American units moved into the Aisne front sector after a dark night march through shell wrecked towns. A New Englander reportedly captured a German soldier single handedly. French commander welcomed the Americans and cautioned patience as they join seasoned troops in the conflict.
A British official bulletin from London reports raids across the Piave with prisoners taken, successful counter battery fire, and air operations. It notes British airmen destroyed enemy dirigible sheds and downed 58 hostile aircraft since arrival, eight lost, with continued German air activity in night bombing.
A second explosion in two months at John Pedonti’s kitchen in 333 Maverick Street East Boston ripped plaster, shattered windows, and ignited a tenement fire. The range collapsed to twisted iron and damage tops $200. No one was in the kitchen. a prior blast on New Year’s Day had demolished the stove and damaged the room by more than $1.
Official dispatch to the Belgian legation reports further German commandeering of young Belgians for military work behind the lines. The Flemish deputy Louis Franck was executed and fined 10,000 marks for urging Flemish resistance to German political intrigues.
The despatch reports Franck faced a military tribunal and a possible deportation threat, which was not carried out. It notes German attempts to quell the Flemish movement and shows rising coercion as 360 youths were seized at Renaix, with others taken from Mons and Luxemburg for labor behind enemy lines.
A cablegram from Canton, China reports the death of Mrs. Frank N. Doubleday, wife of the publisher, in Canton. The Doubledays left Garden City in December for a Far East trip promoting the American Red Cross. no further details were provided.
The Rev Wilbur Crafts of Washington explained a new congressional bill for drafting able bodied unemployed men into a food army. It would train them in agricultural machinery and related skills in camps and aims to uplift the unemployed while benefiting the nation.
Canton Ohio resident Mrs Marie Boyd says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her female troubles and allowed her to avoid surgery. She notes two doctors recommended surgery but the remedy enabled her to do housework and urges other afflicted women to try it before operation.
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