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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1917
Page
2
Ambassador Francis reports to the State Department that reverses in the Russian army have greatly empowered the government in Petrograd. Soldiers' committees lose influence as calls for stronger discipline spread, signaling a pivotal shift in control of the forces backing the government.
Despatches to the Russian embassy indicate conservative figures such as Rodzianko Igna tiev and Pekhanoff are reemerging to shape a more experienced government while Bolshevik and Red Guard arrests continue. Premier Kerensky calls for an emergency national council, and food fears ease with strong harvests across Russia.
British forces captured La Bassée Ville near the Belgian border then withdrew after a German counterattack. Romanian front retreats reported under Archduke Joseph while Romanian gains around the Suchitza and upper Putna are noted. German advances around the Dniester and Sereth bridgehead are reported with Kolomea captured and Romanian progress near the Suchitza. Russian cavalry repels Austro German infantry near Monasterzyska. In Champagne German attacks near Moronvilliers are repelled by French fire. Romanian villages occupied as Austro German forces retreat in disorder.
A Russian offensive aimed at destroying a wedge 20 miles deep and forcing the retirement of General Korniloft’s 800,000 men failed as two more divisions were rushed to the line without achieving success.
In San Jose on July 27, El Imparcial the pro German newspaper was seized by order of President Tinoco after an investigation showed it was government owned and paid from the treasury during the Gonzalez administration. Public opinion supports the seizure as ending German propaganda in the country.
Amsterdam July 27 Philip Heineken director of the North German Lloyd says high freight rates will persist two to three years after the war due to reduced tonnage from submarine warfare. He predicts Germany will restrict imports to essentials and believes government support could restore lost ground.
German submarines sank two Japanese freighters in the Atlantic on July 20. The Kagoshima Maru, 4566 tons gross, was en route from an American port to Europe and went down about 70 miles off the French coast. the Shigozan Maru, 2827 tons gross, was returning to the United States from Genoa. Both crews were saved.
Vienna says in the evening papers that Russians are evacuating Czernowitz the capital of Bukowina as of July 27 reported from Copenhagen.
A German submarine was destroyed on the French coast west of Calais. The submarine went ashore and, unable to free her, her crew opened the gasoline tanks and set fire to the vessel. The crew reached the shore and were captured.
London July 27 three hundred British merchant vessels already have been armed and many more are being equipped each week. Financial Secretary T J Macnamara told the House of Commons the government is making strong efforts to arm as many merchantmen as possible at the earliest date.
Paris reports that France Britain and Italy will end military occupations in ancient Greece Thessaly and Epirus as soon as possible. A provisional security triangle near Santi Quaranta road will stay under guard while civil administration is reestablished by a commissioner of Greece. Corfu base remains under Greek sovereignty. The Macedonian front operations continue.
Washington reports that negotiations for sending American troops to Russia are flatly contradicted. It is stated that Russia has more men than it needs and America's opportunity lies in sending munition shipments including railroad materials to assist Russia.
Recruiting surged with record enlistment applications for Army Navy and Marine Corps nationwide. Massachusetts stations in Lawrence Lowell and Haverhill saw heavy traffic as applicants competed for limited apprentice seaman roles and infantry positions. Final selections included four men who needed birth certificates before joining the Navy and Army units prepared to ship to Fort Slocum and Syracuse for training.
The 19 Chicago railroads threaten a strike at dawn affecting 2500 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen switchmen. Embargo notices on livestock and perishable freight will be sent through Chicago for the strike duration, ending only with a peace agreement. Officials seek protection from Mayor Thompson, the sheriff, and the police.
Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham formerly Mrs. Henry M. Flagler died at her Louisville home after a two week illness from an acute heart disturbance. She married Judge R. W. Bingham in November and was previously married to a renowned Florida railroad builder and developer.
Frederico Rosario of East Boston will face Central Court charged with stabbing Blah Kaplan a Washington Street tailor in the face and chest with tailor shop shears during a quarrel over a suit’s fit.
The New England National Guard will not be sent south for a fort night. Headquarters in the Department of the Southeast says the Charlotte camp ground will not be ready to receive them yet. When General Wood is ready, permission will be sought from the War Department to move troops from six states without delay.
General Edwards announced ongoing transport work and more Pullman cars to move Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut and Vermont troops southward. He praised mobilization across New England, noting swift response and clear post assignments as the Eighth Infantry concentrated at Lynnfield amid large crowds. Massachusetts towns sent troopers to Lynn Cambridge Everett and others as Colonel Perry and Colonel Sherburne led camp setup and artillery units mobilized at Boxford.
Fourteen year old Adeline Gentile who vanished two weeks ago and 21 year old Giacomo Caristia are to be married with Probate Court consent. The cases of complicity against the groom were postponed until next Tuesday at Pemberton Square.
Advertisement for men’s straw hats priced under $2.50 at Wolf’s My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets. Sale touts markdowns on fashionable straw headwear and legal stamps at reduced cost.
Brother Giuseppe and Gaspare Salpie, friends of all involved, were dropped after an all round agreement. They talked too much during the search for the girl and offered to mediate and bring everyone home. They demanded written consent from the girl's family to marry. This led to their court appearance.
Deserters from the German army abroad are invited to return without punishment and with a fair chance of pardon if they stay faithful to the Kaiser for the rest of the war. The notice appears in Dutch newspapers in Holland.
Madison Elgene Bedard of 558 Main Street Springfield Mass testifies that after a long struggle with exhaustion and faintness following her ninth pregnancy she used Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and regained strength enabling her to resume her housework. The advertisement promotes the product as a tonic with tannic roots and herbs that aid the female system and claims widespread testimony of its curative influence.
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