Mystery surrounds Roxbury officer Brennan at City Hospital
Michael J. Brennan, reserve officer at Dudley Street station, lay dying at City Hospital after being found unconscious in an alley behind 314 Warren Street Roxbury about 8 30 AM on the Fourth. Police from Station 9 said they are mystified and have no clue to the cause of his skull fracture.
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Michael J. Brennan
Dudley Street
Warren Street
Roxbury
City Hospital
Station 9
Gun Found In Backyard After Officer Missing
Police searched for a fellow officer after he failed to report at 3 am. They recovered a gun in the back yard of 306 Warren Street, with a helmet in the basement and a coat and club in a vacant store at the same address. Andrew Wright saw a man unconscious in the back alley and alerted authorities.
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Warren Street
Andrew Wright
AMERICAN FORCES ON Toul Front Press Front Line Activity
July 5 report from France notes increased activity on the Toul front. American artillery shelled the enemy with gas projectiles while German bombardments continued. Rifle fire varied along the line as American airmen conducted reconnoitering missions and fought two German planes, returning safely.
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France
Associated Press
Toul
No Man's Land
Home Rule For India Urged In Montagu Chelmsford Report
London reports a government released document by Edwin Montagu and Lord Chelmsford proposing limited home rule for India. It urges a two chamber vice regal legislature, an Indian Privy Council, a council of princes, and periodic inquiries to transfer additional subjects to popular control.
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London
India
Edwin Samuel Montagu
Baron Chelmsford
Simla
Montagu
Indian Council
Council of State
Ragan Passed Draft Age As Braves Pitcher
Pat Ragan of the Boston Braves was summoned before District Draft Board 2 in Brighton to verify his draft status but was ruled ineligible as he is 32 years old. Judge Thomas Connelly said other Braves players will have hearings later this month.
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Pat” Ragan
Boston Braves
Brighton
Thomas Connelly
Braves
British Capture Over One Thousand Five Hundred Prisoners on Somme
London reports the capture on the Somme yesterday and in subsequent German counterattacks now exceeds 1600 prisoners, including 40 officers. Except for artillery activity near Scherpenberg southwest of Ypres, there is nothing of special interest to report per the War Office statement.
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Somme
London
War Office
Scherpenberg
Yprs
War Council Holds Seventh Session in Versailles
The supreme allied war council met in Versailles with premiers Clemenceau Lloyd George and Orlando present along with foreign ministers and military leaders from multiple nations. Comments praised the Italian victory over Austria Hungary and acknowledged services of British dominions troops on battlefields.
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Paris
Supreme Allied War Council
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Stephen Pichon
A. J. Balfour
Viscount Milner
Baron Sonnino
Generalissimo Foch
Haig
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Soldier Vote Hard to Poll in Massachusetts Absentee System
Federal secrecy about service members location hinders absentee voting efforts in Massachusetts. Adjutant-General Stevens cites 125 000 servicemen while lacking rank and residence details. Attorney General Attwill rules that the register deadline falls 12 months prior to the election, not a 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 announced for nation wide reporting
Washington July 5 The fuel administration requires all coal dealers in the United States to file weekly reports on receipts and deliveries beginning this week. The order goes to dealers early next week and follows several weeks of the program in New England. About 750 New England dealers were told their coal supply would be cut off if reports are not submitted by July 10.
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Washington
United States
The
Fuel Administration
New England
Italians Making Steady Progress on the Piave
Italian forces report gains along the lower Piave with extended lines southeast of Chiesanuova and north of Cavazuccherina. They say 419 prisoners were taken, a battery of six 105 mm howitzers and numerous machine guns seized, plus several enemy posts in Calcino valley. A British detachment destroyed a nearby enemy post near Canove and 10 enemy aircraft along with two captive balloons were downed in air combat.
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Piave
War Office
Calcino
Chiesanuova
Cavazuccherina
Monte Grappa
Porte di Salton Heights
Asiago
Monte Cornone
Sasso Rosso
Canove
Wind saves powder plant from blowup at Kenvil
Fire damaged the Hercules Powder Company plant at Kenvil New Jersey this afternoon. Investigation found no employees killed or injured. Officials say a cigarette may have started the fire. wind carried flames away from a structure storing 7000 pounds of TNT and 6000 pounds of smokeless powder.
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New York
Hercules Powder Company
Kenvil
N. J
Mystery in the Kentucky Night Riders Tale
Jack Westlake seeks an evening adventure in a Kentucky town and is guided by a mysterious woman. They evade pursuers and hide as rumors of Night Riders threaten him. He learns she believes him to be someone else and tries to explain but faces a tangled web of mistaken identity and family ties.
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Jack Westlake
Doc
Kentucky
Garden of Eden
Jack
Pine Street
Mary
Uncle
Snead
Escape Plan In Jeopardy Echoes In The Lawn Pursuit
Jack learns his presumed fiancée Mary may be involved in a deception as three large men rush him on the lawn. The scene builds toward a dramatic confrontation as a possible escape is proposed. Tomorrow's Sunday Post concludes the excerpt from Red Book.
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Mary
Jack
Transport Covington Torpedoed Off France
Crew members listed include Ambrose C. Ford from Mountain Lake New Jersey fireman 32 Mount Vernon street Somerville Massachusetts William Henry Lynch Jr fireman 1260 Brown avenue Manchester New Hampshire Albert S Payne seaman 35 Bennett avenue West New Brighton Staten Island New York Lloyd H Silvernail seaman Bainbridge New York
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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 torpedoed in convoy sinks off coast with losses
The Covington former Hamburg American liner Cincinnati laid up at Boston and seized at war onset was torpedoed at 9 17 P M while in a convoy headed for port. Despite attempts to tow her she sank with several sailors missing, while others were rescued. The sinking follows two other seized liners also lost in the war zone.
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Navy Department
Covington
Sims
Hamburg
President Lincoln
Ireland
England
Two Lexington Boys Survive U S Covington Sinking
Survivors from the U S S Covington include Lexington youths Stuart F. Crowther and James W. Broderick. Crowther served in the commissary department on his sixth voyage since enlisting last September. Broderick was a fireman aboard. Crowther’s parents live at 10 Hancock Avenue and Broderick resided at 6 Utica Street.
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Lexington
Covington
Stuart F. Crowther
James W. Broderick
Crowther
Navy
William T. Crowther
Hancock Avenue
Broderick
Lynn Fireman Ernest Anderson Listed Missing on Covington
Ernest C. Anderson 24, first class fireman of the US transport Covington, is officially missing. A stout swimmer, his mother hopes he will be rescued. He enlisted July 2, 1917 after working as a painter. Two brothers also serve: Herman on the cruiser Salem and Frank with heavy artillery at Bass Point Na hant.
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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 One Month Ago in Portland
Lieutenant Warren B. King of the transport Covington who sank in the war zone is reported uninjured by a Washington despatch to his father H. H. King of Portland. This is his sixth trip in the transport service and he was married in Portland about a month ago.
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King
Portland
Warren B. King
Covington
Washington
H. H. King
Transport Service
Hamburg American liner Cincinnati returns as Covington at Boston harbor
The Cincinnati later renamed Covington, seized by the United States, had engines wrecked by German crew in Boston harbor. Restored quickly, she served as an army transport to France before resuming status as a Hamburg American liner. The vessel welcomed crowds at Commonwealth Pier during May 1913 celebrations led by Ex Mayor Fitzgerald as officials celebrated Boston’s transatlantic service.
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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
Massachusetts
Fitzgerald
Commonwealth Docks
General Bancroft
Schaarschmit
Missing Navy Fireman Lynch Named From Manchester
William Henry Lynch Jr. of Manchester, 20, a fireman on the torpedoed transport Covington, was reported missing by the Navy Department. He enlisted May 20, 1917, educated in Manchester schools and Bryant & Stratton, home at 1260 Brown Ave. He formerly worked with his father at the Boston & Maine rail road round house.
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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 Navy Guard from Somerville
Ambrose C. Ford, former Somerville High School football star, reported missing from the transport Covington. Ford, 20, son of Mrs. Elizabeth G. Ford, had completed his sixth overseas voyage since enlisting in the Naval Reserves a year ago. A letter to his mother last Monday said he arrived 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 Second Engineer on Covington
Charles H. Burke of 31 Garfield Avenue Woburn served as second engineer on the transport Covington amid a roster of Greater Boston men.
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Greater Boston
Covington
Charles H. Burke
Garfield Avenue
Woburn
Arlington and Somerville Sailors Named on Covington Crew
From Arlington and Somerville three boys are named as crew members of the Covington. Ensign Elmer C. Steinhart of 16 Milton Street Arlington Yeoman Joseph M. Cooper 105 Willow avenue West Somerville Seaman Arthur C W Peterson 8 Sydney street Somerville are listed among the crew.
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Arlington
Somerville
The
Covington
Elmer C. Steinhart
Milton Street
Joseph M. Cooper
Willow Avenue
Arthur C. W. Peterson
Sydney Street
Electrician Charles Garvey Aboard Covington
Charles Garvey of 25 Main street Woburn son of Mr and Mrs John Garvey served as a first class electrician aboard the Covington. He enlisted in the navy about a year ago and was among the ship's crew to escape.
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Charles Garvey
John Garvey
Main Street
Woburn
Covington
Garvey
Navy
CALL FOR MORE SHIPBUILDERS RISES IN BOSTON
The United States urged more copper smiths boilermakers and outside machinists to join the war effort after a new Yankee fleet of U boat defeaters was launched on July 4. A recruitment drive is set in Boston with signups at 63 Canal Street 128 Federal Street and the cottage on the Common at the head of West Street. Employers are asked to release workers for government service to build more ships.
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Uncle Sam
Boston
Canal Street
Federal Street
West Street
Texas League Pitchers Face Selective Service Orders
Dallas Texas July 5 Pitchers Irving Compere and Sam Lewis of the Dallas league club were ordered by a Dallas exemption board to engage in a productive occupation or be placed in class 1 of the selective service. Compere plans to resign and take a useful occupation while Lewis will appeal to Provost Marshal General Crowder.
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Dallas
Texas
Irving Compere
Sam Lewis
Compere
Lewis
Crowder
Ed French Chases Film Career Amid Family Rift
Ed French and wife Tot consider entering motion pictures after a disrupted marriage. His mother and grandmother disapprove of the union while a sister Lydia Geraghty plans a reunion dinner. The couple anticipates work to support themselves despite family estrangement.
Mass Airman Dies At Wright Field In Fall
Lieutenant John W. Bradley, 27, an aviator at the Wilbur Wright aviation school, died of injuries from a 500 foot fall with an airplane. Cadet Fred Hargrave witnessed the accident. Bradley's mother had just arrived from Massachusetts to see him. The body will be shipped home tomorrow for military service at the field.
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Dayton
John W. Bradley
Wilbur Wright Aviation School
Fred Hargrave
Bradley
Massachusetts
Marblehead Honors Chaplain Rollins
Fifteen hundred people crowded Abbott Hall Marblehead tonight for a reception to Chaplain Rollins veteran officer of the 101st U S Infantry A E B F The chaplain received a gold watch and a Masonic charm from the townspeople Lt Governor Coolidge spoke William Trefry presided Judge E B O Brien Marblehead presented the gifts
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Marblehead
Abbott Hall
Rollins
101St U. S. Infantry
Coolidge
William Dpd. T. Trefry
E. B. O’brien
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