Brennan Dying at City Hospital After Roxbury Incident
Michael Brennan, a reserve officer at Dudley Street station, was found in an alley behind 314 Warren Street Roxbury around 8:30 AM on the Fourth. He lies at the City Hospital in critical condition with a fracture at the base of the skull. Police from Station 9 say they have no clues yet.
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Michael Gs Brennan
Dudley Street
Warren Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
Station 9
Gun Found After Officer Missing in Back Yard
Police traced the missing officer after a search failed to locate helmet, gun, coat, and club from the fellow officer. The gun was recovered in the back yard of 306 Warren Street while other items were found in a basement and a vacant store at the same address. Andrew Wright of 312 Warren Street witnessed a man in the alley and later found the officer unconscious, prompting police to respond.
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Warren Street
Andrew Wright
Activity on Stoul Front with the American Army in France
On July 5 the Toul front saw renewed action. American artillery shelled with gas projectiles, while German bombardment continued. American airmen conducted recon missions, photographed the sector, and repelled incoming German aircraft. A German raid was beaten off in No Man's Land with patrols routed and no American casualties reported.
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France
Associated Press
Toul
No Man's Land
Home Rule for India Urged in Montagu Chelmsford Report
A published government report urges limited home rule for India and a two chamber vice-regal legislature with a Council of State. It calls for an Indian Privy Council and a council of princes and periodic inquiries to transfer more subjects to popular control.
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London
India
Edwin Samuel Montagu
Baron Chelmsford
Simla
Montagu
Indian Council
Council of State
Ragan Past Draft Age in Braves War Service Case
The case of Pat Ragan pitcher for the Boston Braves before District Draft Board 25 Brighton concluded that he is two years past the draft age, clearing him. Other Braves members' draft cases will be heard later in the month, per Judge Thomas Connelly.
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Pat” Ragan
Boston Braves
Brighton
Bard
Thomas Connelly
Braves
British Take Over 1500 Prisoners on the Somme
British forces captured more than 1500 enemies yesterday on the Somme and in subsequent German counter attacks, including 40 officers, according to a war office statement. Apart from some artillery fire near Scherpenberg southwest of Ypres, no other notable action was reported.
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Somme
London
War Office
Scherpenberg
Ypres
War Council Holds Seventh Session At Versailles
The supreme allied war council completed its seventh session in Versailles with major decisions on the war. Attending were premiers Clemenceau and Orlando, Lloyd George, Orlando, Pichon, Milner, Sonnino, Foch, Haig, Wilson, Pershing, Guillain, and other allied representatives. Canada Australia and New Zealand premiers were present and the council thanked dominion troops for their battlefield services.
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Paris
Supreme Allied War Council
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Stephen Pichon
A. J. Balfour
Viscount Milner
Baron Sonnino
Genéralissimo Foch
Haig
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Soldier Vote Hard to Poll in Massachusetts Absentee Plan
Secrecy on service members locations hinders absentee voting under a Massachusetts act. Adjutant General Stevens can list 125000 Massachusetts men in the service but lacks status details. Attorney General Attwill clarifies that the absent voter must register within the 12 months before the election, not the calendar year.
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Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Stevens
Massachusetts
France
Texas
United States
Canada
Attwill
Keep Tabs on Coal Dealers Reports Begin Nationwide
Washington July 5 The Fuel Administration orders weekly receipts and deliveries reports from all coal dealers in the United States. The system already operates in New England where 750 dealers were notified that coal supplies will be cut off if reports are not submitted by July 10.
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Washington
United States
The
Fuel Administration
New England
Italians Advancing on Piave Front In World War I Update
Italian forces push in the lowlands near the Piave and hold gains in the Calcino Valley. They report capturing 419 prisoners, six 105 millimetre howitzers, and many machine guns, with additional gains northeast of Monte Grappa. About 380 more prisoners and five machine guns taken, and a British detachment destroyed an enemy post near Canove. Ten enemy aircraft and two captive balloons downed recently.
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Piave
Rome
War Office
Calcino
Chiesanuova
Cavazuccherina
Monte Grappa
Porte di Salton
Asiago
Monte Cornone
Sasso Rosso
Canove
Wind Saves Powder Plant From Blowup
Fire damaged the Hercules Powder Company plant at Kenvil New Jersey today. Investigation found no fatalities or injuries among employees. Officials say a cigarette may have started the blaze, with wind directing flames away from a neighboring building storing 7000 pounds of TNT and 6000 pounds of smokeless powder.
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New York
Hercules Powder Company
Kenvil
N. J
One Night in Kentucky Mystery Sparks Ye
Jack Westlake seeks an escape in Kentucky and meets a mysterious girl who warns of armed watchers. They hide as night riders threaten him while his feelings collide with unspoken pasts and a name Mary.
Not the man you think I am in the hedge confrontation
Jack fights a bigger man to protect a frightened woman. He reveals he deceived her and is not the person she believed, while the woman and her relative consider the situation and urge explanations. The clash ends with Jack about to explain his true identity to Mary’s sister.
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Mary
Uncle
Snead
Jack
Escape or confront betrayal in a tense pursuit
Jack realizes a painful truth about Mary and a planned escape is plotted. Three large pursuers rush across the lawn as he resists and tries to reason, while the others close in to capture him without questioning. The scene hinges on fear, loyalty, and the urge to flee.
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Mary
Jack
Tomorrow's Sunday Post Concludes Red Book Feature
Concluding note indicates the Red Book feature in tomorrow's Sunday Post with copyright acknowledgement. The item signals the wrap of a planned weekly column and hints at ongoing literary or cultural content in the upcoming edition.
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Sunday Post
Red Book
Transport Covington Torpedoed Off France
Names of several crew members listed with home towns and addresses for the vessel Transport Covington torpedoed off France. Firemen Ambrose C. Ford and William Henry Lynch Jr. plus seamen Albert S. Payne Lloyd H. Silvernail cited with residences in New Jersey Massachusetts New Hampshire New York and Staten Island.
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Man
Mountain Lake
N. J
Ambrose C. Ford
Mount Vernon Street
Somerville
Mass
William Henry Lynch, Jr
Brown Avenue
Manchester
N. H
Albert S. Payne
Seaman
Bennett Avenue
New Brighton
Staten Island
N. Y
Lloyd H. Silvernail
Bainbridge N. Y
Covington sunk in convoy torpedo attack off war zone
The Covington formerly the Hamburg American liner Cincinnati, 668 feet, 16 339 gross tons, 16 12 knots, was torpedoed at 9 17 PM while in a convoy escorted by destroyers. It sank after tow attempts failed. six men are missing. The incident follows other seized German liners sunk while homeward bound.
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Cincinnati
Boston
United States
Germany
Lincoln
Antilles
Hamburg
President Lincoln
Ireland
England
Two Lexington Sailors Survive S S Covington Sinking
Two Lexington youths among Covington survivors are Stuart F. Crowther and James W. Broderick. Crowther served in the commissary and had his sixth voyage, after enlisting last September. Broderick was a fireman aboard the torpedoed ship.
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T Lexington
S&s. S. Covington
Stuart F. Crowther
James W. Broderick
Crowther
Navy
William T. Crowther
Hancock Avenue
Broderick
Utica Street
Woburn
Covington
Lexington
Anderson Fireman Ernest C Anderson Missing At Sea
Ernest C Anderson 24, son of Mrs J H Hamm of 54 Winthrop St Lynn, listed as first class fireman on the US transport Covington. Missing after telegram reports he may be among rescued. he is a stout swimmer. Enlisted July 2 1917. formerly a painter. Two brothers in service Herman 20 on cruiser Salem and Frank 30 with heavy artillery 24th company Bass Point Nahant.
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Ernest C. Anderson
J. H. Hamm
Winthrop Street
Lynn
United States
Covington
Navy
Herman Anderson
Salem
Frank Anderson
24Th Company
Bass Point
Nahant
Lieutenant King Married in Portland Before War Zone Sinking
Lieutenant Warren B. King U S N of the transport Covington, reported uninjured after the sinking in the war zone, had just married in Portland a month earlier. The despatch to his father H H King confirms his sixth trip in the transport service.
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King
Portland
Warren B. King
Covington
Washington
H. H. King
Transport Service
Cincinnati Hamburg American liner Covington opens Boston port
The Cincinnati later Covington, first to dock at Commonwealth Pier, faced engine wrecking by a German crew while tied up in Boston harbor. Repaired and renamed, she served as an army transport to France before being held during the war. Boston officials and residents celebrated her May 1913 arrival and the opening of Commonwealth Pier.
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United States
Covington
Cincinnati
Boston
United States Service
R. D. Hasbrouck
Charlestown
France
Belgium
Army Transport Service
Cleveland
Danzig
Germany
Hamburg-American Line
Commonwealth Pier
Massachusetts
Fitzgerald
Commonwealth Docks
General Bancroft
Schaarschmit
Commonwealth Docks Motorship Reaches Naval Facilities
The vessel was docked at Commonwealth facilities, transferred to East Boston, and later moved to the Charlestown navy yard for further processing.
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Commonwealth Docks
East Boston
Charlestown Navy Yard
Lynch a Fireman Enlisted From Manchester
William Henry Lynch Jr. of Manchester enlisted May 20 1917 and was reported missing by the Navy Department. A 20 year old fireman on the Covington torpedoed transport, he was educated in Manchester schools and Bryant & Stratton, and lived at 1260 Brown Avenue.
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Manchester
N. H
William Henry Lynch
W. H. Lynch
Navy Department
Lynch
Covington
Navy
Bryant & Stratton
Brown Avenue
Boston & Maine Railroad Round House
Ford's Sixth Trip Missing Varsity Star Guard
Ambrose C. Ford, former Somerville High School football star guard, is listed among the Covington transport crew missing in action. A 20 year old son of Elizabeth G. Ford of 87 Radcliffe Road, he had completed six overseas trips since enlisting in the Naval Reserves a year earlier. A letter last Monday said he had reached overseas safely and expected to return home in about 16 days.
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Covington
Ambrose C. Ford
Somerville
Elizabeth G. Ford
Radcliffe Road
Winter Hill
Ford
Naval
Woburn Man Charles Burke Serves as Second Engineer
Charles H. Burke of 31 Garfield Avenue Woburn is listed as a second engineer aboard the transport Covington in the Greater Boston roster. The item identifies him among the Connecticut region's personnel and notes his post on the ship.
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Greater Boston
Covington
Charles H. Burke
Garfield Avenue
Woburn
Arlington and Somerville Boys Named on Covington Crew
From Arlington and Somerville one Arlington and two Somerville boys are known to be members of the crew of the Covington. They are Ensign Elmer C. Steinhart of 16 Milton Street Arlington Yeoman Joseph M. Cooper 105 Willow Avenue West Somerville Seaman Arthur G W Peterson 8 Sydney Street Somerville.
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Arlington
Somerville
The
Covington
Elmer C. Steinhart
Milton Street
Joseph M. Cooper
Willow Avenue
Arthur G. W. Peterson
Sydney Street
Garvey of Woburn An Electrician On Board
Charles Garvey of 25 Main Street Woburn served as a first class electrician on the Covington. He joined the navy about a year ago and was among the crew that escaped.
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Garvey OF
Woburn
Charles Garvey
John Garvey
Main Street
Covington
Garvey
Navy
More Men Sought To Build Ships In Boston Drive
Uncle Sam issued a fresh call for copper smiths boilermakers and outside machinists to join the shipbuilding effort after the July 4 fleet announcement. Sign up locations include 63 Canal Street 128 Federal Street and the cottage on the Common at the head of West Street. Employers with workers in these trades are urged to release them for government service.
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Uncle Sam
Boston
Canal Street
Federal Street
West Street
Dallas Pitchers Ordered to Work or Fight in Draft
Texas League players Irv ing Compere and Sam Lewis were ordered by a Dallas exemption board to select a productive occupation or be classified as 1-A for military service. Compere will resign to take a useful job, while Lewis plans to appeal to Provost Marshall General Crowder.
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Dallas
Texas
Irving Compere
Sam Lewis
Compere
Lewis
Crowder
Ed French in Fistic Combat and Moving Picture Plans
The wedding of Ed French and Tot is described with family disapproval and plans to work. They discuss a move into the movie field after a morning walk and a Manchester trip. Relatives arrange a reunion dinner while Ed vows to prove himself despite parental disapproval.
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French
Manchester
Mass Airman Dies After 500‑Foot Fall
Lieutenant John W. Bradley 27 an aviator at Wilbur Wright aviation school died from injuries after a 500 foot fall with an airplane last Monday Cadet Fred Hargrave was aboard. Bradley's mother arrived from Massachusetts to see him but found him dead. The body will be sent home tomorrow with military services at the field.
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Dayton
John W. Bradley
Wilbur Wright Aviation School
Fred Hargrave
Bradley
Massachusetts
Marblehead Honors Chaplain Rollins
In Marblehead on July 5 a crowd of about 1500 taxed Abbott Hall for a reception to Chaplain Rollins of the 101st U S Infantry A EF. The chaplain received a gold watch and a Masonic charm from townspeople as Lt Gov Coolidge spoke and Judge O Brien presented the gifts. William D Trefry led the event.
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Marblehead
Abbott Hall
Rollins
101St U. S. Infantry
A. FE. F
Coolidge
William D. T. Trefry
BR. B. O’brien
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