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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
5
Strikers at the General Electric Company in Lynn assaulted two men who had refused to strike. One man was taken to Lynn Hospital with injuries while the other suffered bruises. Police arrested striker John Gerconus, charging him with assault. a hearing was set for this morning.
Leonard Johnson and Jules Cousins, both workers, were attacked by a crowd of strikers near the River works between 5 and 6:20 PM. Johnson, struck with a bottle, required seven stitches. Cousins suffered facial injuries. One assailant named Gerconus was arrested after police intervened. The State Board of Arbitration meets today to fix strike responsibility as General Electric plans a Monday full schedule.
Brockton July 26. Mayor William L. Gleason resigns as president of Local 35 Boot and Shoe Workers Union and seeks withdrawal to aid settlement of the Brockton shoe strike involving about 9000 workers. Whitman and Rockland locals vote to return to work and seek wage increases, signaling possible progress toward settlement.
British officials report repulsing a morning attack on posts in Aveluy wood north of Albert. A night raid near Vieux Berquin was driven off with losses. A small number of prisoners were taken as the enemy failed to seize Metern positions.
Advertisement warns against ammonia in hair washing and alcohol in tonics, claiming these cause gray, thinning hair and root damage. It promotes Birt's Head Wash with glycerin coconut oil white of eggs and salicylic acid as a safe, non ammonia product that leaves hair soft glossy and free of scales and dandruff.
Colonel Hamilton Smith of the United States Army died July 22 after a machine gun wound below the heart. He had been observing after a morning attack as American positions near Soissons, south of Missy au Bois, were being reinforced.
Lieutenant Colonel Clark Elliott was killed by machine gun fire while inspecting front lines. Major McCloud died after being wounded leading his men near the Soissons-Arras road. Captain Lodar and several captains fell in similar actions. Colonel Smith, mortally wounded, was carried to safety and died en route to a field hospital, later buried at Orry-la-Ville near Luzarches. Private Aug aided Smith during the evacuation.
Colonel Hamilton A. Smith and Lieutenant-Colonel Clark R. Elliott, killed in action in France, were long serving officers. Smith, a Wisconsin native and West Pointer, rose to colonel after 1912 reforms and died at 49. Elliott, born in Ohio in 1872, began as a trooper in the Third Cavalry and served in the Spanish War with the 15th Minnesota Infantry.
Providence July 26 Charles E Ue Black of 3 Munroe Avenue Riverside Rhode Island says a telegram announcing his son Edgar P Black Battery A 108d Field Artillery died of meningitis May 3 is a mistake He received a letter dated June 8 and heard from him June 19 and has asked the War Department to investigate.
The Kaiser warns the hard part of the war lies ahead as the enemy gathers strength for a decisive defense and counteroffensive. Hindenburg adds that home patience is lacking and the German people must supply strong men who can return from the trenches to peaceful tasks.
Stockholm reports that Germany has issued serious representations to Finland, threatening a monarchy backed by a German military governor if the Finnish Landtag rejects it. Berlin argues a monarchy preserves order within its sphere and counters entente influence.
On the Aisne-Marne front July 26, weather hampered air operations but two American pilots succeeded. Lieutenant Avery forced a German captain with 16 prior victories to land alive inside American lines. Another American near Villeneuve brought down a German plane.
Paris reports that more than 500 Bangkok pilots from Siam have completed training in Siam and are prepared to join France for active service. Prince Vaidyakara, Siamese legation secretary, said the contribution may seem modest but reflects a people’s high regard for France.
Antwerp has been fined a million francs and burgomaster Jan Devos has been deposed by German authorities after recent events. Activists celebrating July eleventh were beaten and anti-Belgian propaganda led to the deportation of several prisoners of war and medical staff.
The Ukrainian government officially abandons its claim to Bessarabia, per Bucharest dispatch via the German press through the Zurich correspondent of the Mafin. Diplomatic relations between Romania and Ukraine are resumed. The central powers treaty ceded Bessarabia to Romania in exchange for Dobrudja and other lands.
London dispatch reports German forces on the Champagne front have used 65 divisions and exhausted the crown prince’s reserves. Fewer than 30 divisions remain under Prince Rupprecht, with German plans shifting from retirement to trying to hold positions while Allies press the salient.
American troops along the Marne report hundreds of German dead amid retreat fire. Initial estimates place German losses around 2000 at a single horseshoe position as the river and fields bear the toll. Peasants flee with possessions in two wheeled carts. homes crushed by shelling. farms left scarred and harvests endangered by war.
Berlin flags Allied counterattacks as repulsed while German reconnoitering detachments advance on many front parts. Enemy attacks north of Ourchy le Chateau repulsed. Ourcq fights continue. Viet Vincelles and Forest de Ris secured. southwest of Rheims wooded area west of Vrigny cleared. Suippes Souain defense holds. aerial war claims 28 enemy planes and one captured.
French peasants head back toward homes east of Chateau Thierry with belongings piled on carts and wagons as Franco American forces push their line northeast of Chateau Thierry. German fire and gas shells strain Allied progress while U S lines advance and tear apart German machine gun nests clinging to hills and woods.
Allied forces press with heavy artillery into German positions in the forests around Fere and Ris as they advance at dawn. German defenses mount a stiff resistance with machine guns and gas shells as the push continues toward Saponay and Fere en Tardenois. Western advances include Oulchy le Chateau capture and German withdrawal along the Marne front.
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London reports a fierce week of air combat with 76 enemy planes shot down and 15 driven out of control while 51 British aircraft are missing. Bombing totaled 154 tons in 35 German raids marking the war’s heaviest long range attacks.
German forces on the Marne face British pressure while in Flanders local operations occur near Bucquoy and Hebuterne. New Zealanders repelled a night German attack, inflicting heavy losses and taking 30 prisoners. Artillery fire shows the German troops were nervous along the line.
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