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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
4
Boston Elevated Railway trustees report need to raise gross revenue by about 6.2 million dollars next year to cover rising costs. A seven to nine cent fare increase is suggested as most likely, with eight to nine cent increases becoming plausible if passenger declines occur.
A Bastile Day celebration will be held at St. Paul’s Cathedral tomorrow evening as part of city and national festivities. The Navy Yard Band will play patriotic hymns from 7 pm on the cathedral porch. French consul J S Fla mand will attend with the official flag, and Rev. Edward T Sullivan will give an address on France the Joan of the Arc of the Nations.
Continued From First Page reports a competition win against all the rest of New England, highlighting a top placement amid regional rivals.
The state leader sails aboard the U S S Aztec to Gay Head for McCall Shield of Honor Day. A large coastal parade, naval escorts, and a state reception mark the six town celebration honoring Gay Head soldiers and the island’s wartime service.
The Boston Post notes a no-return policy since March 17, 1817 and asks readers to place advance orders with news dealers to help gauge demand and ensure regular delivery of posts.
Serbian press reports a serious mutiny by Austrian troops in Kragujevac district Serbia. The garrison at Kragujevac rebelled over food, many officers were killed, and the mutiny was suppressed after a battle with machine guns and artillery.
An uncensored letter dated June 18 and smuggled from Smyrna claims a Turkish vilayet regiment mutinied after being ordered to Mesopotamia and killed German officers. Rebels reportedly gained support from suppression regiments. amnesty was granted by Talaat Pasha with promises they would not be sent east. The note also says tobacco prices rose as nonfood cultivation was restricted to staples.
Geneva July 11 The Tribune de Geneve critic reports a German officer says Germany bars mentioning American military matters except prisoners yet fears the American invasion of Europe and major aid to the Entente is rattling the imperial headquarters.
General Pershing's communique states five American airplanes taking part in a bombing expedition have failed to return from the mission. Berlin reported that five American planes were in German hands yesterday.
Brigadier General Merch B. Stewart will represent the United States and France as guest of honor in Bastile Day celebrations at Devens camp on Sunday. Officials expect more than 15 000 attendees as officers and privates prepare to entertain guests during the holiday event.
Brigadier General Stewart departs for Camp Dodge Iowa to join the 88th division to which he is assigned. The ceremony includes the Marseillaise and Star Spangled Banner while Rev Thomas L McKenna will give benediction and Chaplain CG V Smith the invocation.
Amsterdam July 12 General Baron Friedrich von Falkenhausen the German governor general of Belgium has reportedly decided Belgium shall be turned into a federal state like Austria Flanders and Walloon will live separately under one ruler or a German controlled president according to the Hamburger Nachrichten
Turkey informs the United States via the Swedish foreign office that the true facts about the reported seizure of the American consulate and sack of an American hospital in Tabriz Persia have not been ascertained yet but will be determined at the earliest moment.
Geneva reports Spanish grip spreading in Switzerland with 6800 cases in the Swiss army and interned troops as of July 9. Death rate described as comparatively small.
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