101st Boys Battle on the Marne Casualties Reported
War Department reports heavy losses among New England troops of the 26th Division on the Marne front July 15. Sergeant John F. Donovan is listed killed in action. Lieutenant Kendrick J. Ralph severely wounded. Total American losses reached 225 with several missing in action. Requiem high mass planned for next Wednesday for Donovan.
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New England
War Department
Marne
101St Infantry
Boston
John F. Donovan
47Th Infantry
Greater Boston
New
Kendrick J. Ralph
6Th Engineers
A. J. Ralph
Mt. Carmel
Conn
Sheffield School
Yale
Ralph
Plattsburg
Beacon Street
Back Bay
J. H. Donovan
Dorchester
Dorchester High School
Boston Latin
France
E Company
Charles Donovan
120Th Aero Corps
St. Peter's Church
Army Casualty List Summaries July 28
Washington casualty report lists 225 total with 88 killed in action 11 died of wounds 13 died of disease 8 died of accident and other causes 119 severely wounded 1 wounded degree undetermined and 35 missing. Names include Captains Newell Fiske William Shaw Lieutenants Crandall Jauss Sergents Carrick Donovan Kattenhorn corporals Boyd Carlson Felden Maloy Mentzer. Privates Aloise Anderson Armstrong Cerullo Chmezanevicz Clifton Coe Conrad Cunningham Davis Ferguson Forero Grady Hall Jamison Keller Kowalski Lyle McCune Kennedy Kowalski Lyle Bradford Mamoul Pickford Rife Wasser.
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Washington
Newell R. Fiske
Crawford
N. J
William T. Shaw
Tatum
D. C
Robert O. Crandall
Stamford
Conn
Raymond B. Jauss
West Eightieth Street
New York
John W. Carrick
Monongahela
Penn
John F. Donovan
Beacon Street
Boston
Frank Downer
Rockland Avenue
Pittsburg
George Christian Kattenhorn
Wallingford
Clyde Mummey
Kenton
John W. Boyd
Hazzard
Edward Martin Carlson
Princeton
Ill
Hyman Felden
Broome Street
Raymond J. Maloy
Scottdale
Charlesa Mentzer Nitterhouse
Chambersburg
Joe M. Aloise
White Plains
N. Y
Ross D. Anderson
New Brighton
Clarence David Armstrong
Frederick
Lewis Cerullo
Altoona
Nicolai Chmezanevicz
Steubenville
Fred Clifton
Surgoinsville
Tenn
Earl Coe
Alma
W. Va
Donald Ross Conrad
Towanda
Kerr Andrew Cunningham
Canonsburg
Walter Davis
Portsmouth
George Ferguson
Lancaster
Gonzalo Forero
New
Walter Pickford
Sunnyside
Elza Rife
Middleport
Levy N. Wasser
Greenville
Try This Tongue for Stomach Ills Toner Claims Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for stubborn stomach trouble and indigestion. It cites Mr Albert J Snell of Bemus Point New York detailing prior weakness appetite insomnia and jaundiced appearance improved after using the pills. The ad urges readers to obtain the free booklet What to Eat and How to Eat and to purchase pills for 50 cents a box from Schenectady NY based Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Albert J. Snell
Bemus Point
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Pink
Dr. Wiliams
Tort Hand Tight in Six Weeks Falkey Co mercial College
Legal notice reports a six week deadline in a tort hand action involving Falkey Company and a mercial college. The document outlines court action, venue, and required responses.
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Falkey Co Mercial College
New England soldiers listed on casualty roster
A long list of New England servicemen, including Sgt. John F. Donovan and Lt. Arthur McCormick, are named on a casualty roster with hometowns from Boston, Cambridge, and Lowell among others. Also noted are prisoners and a reported dead from wounds later confirmed as with his company.
Liner reports battles with U boat and possible American sub
Passengers aboard a British liner arriving at Atlantic port say the ship engaged a German U boat 750 miles off the New Jersey coast last Friday and fired three shots at an American submarine last night neither hit. The liner convoyed with the Justicia which was torpedoed north of Ireland on July 20.
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Atlantic
New Jersey
Justicia
Mr. Butt
Butt recalls three encounters with submarines in Titanic voyage
Augusta Ga resident E H Butt, brother of Major Archibald Butt, recounts Titanic’s three submarine encounters. He cites July 19 near a British port, a mid Atlantic exchange with a super submarine, and a near miss at 750 miles off the New Jersey coast, with gunners firing at a distant sub. Passengers include Captain John H Pratt and 37 crew from the George L Eaton.
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E. H. Butt
Augusta Ga
Archibald Butt
Taft
Butt
Mr. Butt
John H. Pratt
George L. Eaton
Boston Labor Rally Seeks Wilson Action on Mooney Case
A 1500 person assembly on Boston Common urged President Wilson to transfer Thomas J. Mooney's death sentence from California courts to federal jurisdiction as a war measure. Speakers included John D. Barry C F Foley Bla Reeve Bloor and Boston Central Labor Union president John F Stevens.
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Boston Common
Wilson
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
California
Mooney
America
Boston Central Labor Union
John D. Barry
Personnel notices list missing and a return to duty
The record names multiple service members with home towns across Connecticut Massachusetts New York and beyond. It notes Private Alton Lager of Sulphur Louisiana is listed in the same notice and mentions a previously reported missing serviceman has now returned to duty.
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Mont
Seymour Nottingham
Washington, D. C
Raymond Palbicka
Webster
Mass
Joseph Paravate
East Saugus
Hugh F. Riley
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles A. Stevenson
Sterling
Ervine Taylor
Watertown
John J. Turano
Westerly
R. I
Alton Lager
Sulphur
Marine Corps Casualty List Narrows With Two Names
Washington July 28 The Marine Corps casualty list reports two deaths Private Roy G Halstead Blair Nebraska killed in action and Private Oscar C Snover Katy Texas died of disease. It also shows changes for seven other men including injuries and duty status updates.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Roy G. Halstead
Blair
Neb
Oscar C. Snover
Katy
Tex
Christian Boehm
Irvington
N. J
Leslie J. Harris
Detroit
Mich
Bernard J. Kearnay
Spokane
Wash
David J. Milligan
Jersey City
Robert Law
Homestead
Penn
Garry Nagle
Newark
John E. Sawyer
Yakima
Golf match nets $10 000 for Red Cross
Pat Doyle of Deal Golf Club New Jersey sank a birdie 3 on the 19th hole at Ridgemore Country Club to win a Red Cross golf match with Tom Boyd of Fox Hills against Jock Hutchinson and Bob McDonald. Auction of autographed balls and prior pledges pushed the Red Cross total to nearly $19 000.
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Chicago
Pat Doyle
Deal Golf Club
New Jersey
Ridgemore Country Club
Red Cross
Tom Boyd
Fox Hills
N. S
Jock Hutchinson
Bob McDonald
Indian Hill
Army Gas Masks Help Firemen Out
Stamford Connecticut July 28 More than twenty firemen were overcome by smoke fighting a fire at the Acker Merrill Condit Co grocery store. The Edgewood Arsenal commanding officer ordered soldiers to assist using gas masks and carry supplies to the scene.
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Stamford, Conn
Acker, Merrill & Condit Company
Edgewood Arsenal
East Weymouth Boy Drowns at Idlewell
John R. Ratcliffe aged 16 son of Mr and Mrs John H Ratcliffe of 352 Broad Street East Weymouth drowned yesterday at Idlewell while swimming in salt water. He went beyond his depth and sank while two companions witnessed the accident.
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John R. Ratcliffe
John H. Ratcliffe
Broad Street
East Weymouth
Idlewell
Casualty Totals Rise as Aisne Marne Fighting Proceeds
Washington July 28 heavy fighting along the Aisne and Marne with American troops shows in the casualty lists issued by the War Department Today's list of 225 names is the longest released since American units joined the front It is believed the casualties reflect recent German offensives rather than the allied counter stroke now in progress.
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Washington
Aisne
Marne
War Department
Army and Marines sustain record overseas casualties this week
Total overseas casualties rise by 1050 to 13766 as army and Marine lists add 22 and 2. Deaths reach 5493 army 4783 Marines 710 with 291 at sea. Wounded 7532 6340 Marines 1192. Missing 741 army 84 Marines. Army totals 11780. Marines 1986 with officers included in the Marine tally.
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Army
Marine Corps
De Palma Breaks Two Auto Records at Chicago Speed Event
Ralph De Palma led a sprint program at Chicago Speedway winning three of four races and setting two world records. He clocked 5:24.9 for 10 miles at 109.24 mph breaking Dario Resta’s mark and posted 10:50.5 for 20 miles at 110.51 mph. He also won the 30 mile race at 106.51 mph. Dario Resta won the opening two mile race. Louis Chevrolet placed second and De Palma third.
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Chicago
Ralph de Palma
Chicago Speedway
Brooklyn
Dario Resta
de Palma
Louis Chevrolet
French Socialists Praise Americans
Paris July 28 The radical Socialist party executive committee passed a resolution praising the allied troops and especially lauding the young American army for its glorious beginning.
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Paris
Radical Socialist Party
Malden Lt Kyle Promoted to Captain in Army
First Lieutenant George A. Kyle on furlough from Camp Wadsworth received a telegram announcing his advancement to captain. He served 18 years in the National Guard and was an officer in the Eighth Regiment for nine years.
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George A. Kyle
Malden
Camp Wadsworth
US. C
Sweetser
National Guard
Eighth Regiment
Baseball and war time anxieties mix with curious tales
A wary columnist skewers baseball power brokers as war measures loom. Dan O’Leary in his 177th stride faces a rival in Ireland’s historic eight mile match. Tennis stars court Aug 26 at Forest Hills while Cincinnati Reds face puzzling double headers.
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Dan O'Leary
Ireland
Dan
Clonakilty
Rosecarberry
Cork
Pat O'Mahoney
Clonakilties
O'Mahoney
Chicago
O'Leary
O’mahoney, Jr
O'Mahoney, Jr
Young O'Mahoney
Forest Hills
L. I
R. N. Williams
W. M. Johnston
Williams
France
Johnston
Big Pond
G. M. Church
R. L. Murray
Ichyia Kumagas
Church
Texas
Murray
Cincinnati Reds
Finnegan
Agin
Cruelty of German Submarine Sinks Two Trawlers
Survivors of two trawlers say German submarine torpedoed and sank both ships after ransacking the crews. A father and son aboard the Belgian craft perished, three Englishmen died, only two English sailors survived. German youths, led by a 26 year old commander, dominated the raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Emperor William painting vandalized in Oyster Bay incident
A life sized portrait once given by Emperor William to Theodore Roosevelt was damaged when a visiting party demanded the painting from Mrs. C. H. Pollitz. The object had hung at the public library before being stored in a cellar after Lusitania’s sinking. A fight ensued as locals pressed the claim, a sailor stomped the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Emperor William
Theodore Roosevelt
C. H. Pollitz
Quentin Roosevelt
Pollitz
Gen A H Embler Dies in New Haven
General Andrew H Embler former treasurer of the Southern New England Telephone Company and Civil War veteran died at his New Haven home in his 84th year. Born in New York City in 1834 he enlisted as a private at the war outbreak and rose to brigadier general of the Second Regiment Connecticut National Guard in 1890.
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New Haven
Conn
Andrew H. Embler
Southern New England Telephone Company
New York City
Connecticut National Guard
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Meriden, Conn
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