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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
3
Official reports confirm that Czech-Slovak bands have taken over Vladivostok after a battle with Bolsheviks, creating a Siberian nucleus for various revolted elements. The move draws entente attention and prompts diplomatic conferencing on the strategic development.
London dispatch notes that Britons mostly view the American Fourth of July as minor, equating it to Trafalgar Day for Americans. The piece says in British history the American Revolution is a brief incident with George III and George Washington as notable figures.
A notice references the largest Fourth of July celebration in Eng and notes continuation in the Fifth Column on page six. The fragment implies an extensive local festival coverage with details carried to a later page.
General Pershing wires a message to Americans on July 4 pledging loyalty to the cause and country. He cites forefathers resolve for freedom, sympathy for an invaded people, and united American support.
Chairman Dent presented Secretary Baker's review to the House detailing 15 months of war. The report cites 160,400 officers and 2,010,000 enlisted men now available and ships advancing for deployment to France.
Terrific bombardment forecasts mark a major effort to retake positions lost at Vaux as American gunners engage in a fierce exchange. Aviators monitor the scene while news of Babe Ruth quitting the Red Sox and plans by Frazee to defend the pitcher emerge from Boston. The owner vows to halt contract breaking.
President Frazee of the Boston club announced Ruth telegrammed from Baltimore that he would report to the Red Sox tomorrow morning in time for the game with the Athletics.
Edward Tuck French of Newport and his bride Miss Lillian M Harrington of Manchester reconciled after a five day marriage. She had borrowed carfare and fled Fall River to Boston by train Tuesday night. French pursued by car and the couple promised not to fuss or fight any more.
The German artillery intensified fire in the Vaux region as Allied guns replied shot for shot. American gunners, stripped to the waist, manned pits and emplacements in the face of heavy bombardment as fresh attempts to break American lines loom.
Philadelphia July 3 Babe Ruth quit the Boston Red Sox in a temper tantrum and agreed to enlist with Bethlehem Steel Company following Joe Jackson and others as the steel plant unit gains a baseball talent for wartime service.
Ruth stated he will enter the shipyard at Chester Pennsylvania and agreed to meet in Philadelphia on a yet unspecified date.
Washington July 3 The House interstate commerce committee ordered a favorable report on a resolution authorizing, if the President deems it necessary, government control of telegraph, telephone, cable and radio systems as a war measure. Congressional leaders plan a July August recess while disposing of pending appropriations.
Unofficial reports say four German aircraft were destroyed in daylight air combat over Vaux. Among the American fliers was Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Colonel Roosevelt, flying a Nieuport in the battle zone.
Today's anniversaries list events and names including Nathaniel Hawthorne born in 1804, the Bourgoyne steamer sinking in 1898, and 1915 Turkish forces driven back at Dardanelles, with Mediation offers noted for 1916. A German air raid on Harwich a year ago is recorded with casualties and losses.
Fair and warmer conditions expected in Boston and vicinity with moderate east to southeast winds. Forecast notes fair weather for south and north New England Thursday and Friday with warmer mainland temperatures.
National League Philadelphia defeated Boston 5 to 0 and New York beat Brooklyn 9 to 4 in a doubleheader split with New York 1 Brooklyn 0 in the first game. American League Philadelphia shut out Boston 6 to 0 while Chicago and Detroit posted wins. Washington beat New York and St. Louis topped Cleveland, with St Louis 6 to 2 over Cleveland.
Henry B. Endicott has been chosen by Lowell textile strikers to arbitrate a wage dispute that has left more than 12 000 workers idle and crippled major cotton mills in the city. The decision came after a Lowell Textile Council conference with international Textile Workers Union officers, preceding a possible settlement by Taft era or national war labor board channels.
Field agents of the organization were in town as strikers delegates decided to seek the earpieces of Mr. Endicott. They spoke with John Golden, head of the group, about the next steps in the dispute.
Chicago advertiser Fred W Wolf of Dept 27 321 N Wells St offers a device to provide electricity in every home for under five cents a day. He seeks local distributors and offers a free option on an agency contract with each $100 demonstrating outfit. Details mailed free to interested parties.
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