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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1917
Page
5
A report from an American in England describes a coordinated torpedo assault by two German submarines on the American steamship Kroonland. Four torpedoes were fired as the liner neared the British coast, with two glancing blows that did not explode and two that struck the hull amid high speed and zigzag maneuvers.
Gunners aboard the Kroonland fired explosive shells at suspected submarine positions after torpedo launches, but no hits were recorded. The water was searched without visible success as the contact detonators did not detonate on impact.
Framingham will host two rookie training camps for 300 new enlistments from the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry. Colonel Warren E. Sweetser announced a site near Framingham Ashland, citing a better location than Concord as the reason for the shift.
An automobile owned by Walter Hughes and driven by his sister Dorothy Hughes went out of control on Brookline avenue near Riverway yesterday afternoon. It struck and knocked down Harry Thomas and Louis Thomas, both of 1146 Columbus avenue, who were hospitalized with back injuries at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
Boston Central Labor Union pushes for a federal draft law making noncitizen aliens age 21 to 30 subject to U S military service and barred from certain jobs. The group calls on unions and Samuel Gompers to refuse alien members and urges officials to restrict alien employment on public works.
Strikes may be ordered at two local lumber yards to enforce the Lumber Teamsters Union 369 wage agreement, while other yards operate under the new terms. A Boston Central Labor Union meeting also urged Governor McCall to appoint a union member to the Industrial Accident Board. Local 3 Photo Engravers sent John F. Maguire to the funeral of Louis A. Swartz, a leading figure in the printing trades.
Funeral services for Dr Holmes May hew Jernegan a prominent Boston physician and surgeon were held at his home 375 Commonwealth avenue. The body was cremated and the ashes will be taken to Martha's Vineyard for burial in Edgartown where he was born. The Rev J A Richards conducted the rites. A large gathering of medical colleagues and public figures attended. Floral offerings signified esteem for Dr Jernegan.
Funeral services for Mrs. Isabelle H. Waitt widow of Otis E. Waitt were held at her home in Malden. The Rev. William E. Dowty officiated. Burial followed at Salem Street Cemetery. She died Saturday in her 67th year after illness. She was a native of Dover New Hampshire. Survived by Paul Waitt of the Boston Post and Florence J. Waitt, a Malden teacher.
Philip J. Attridge formerly of East Boston dies in Dorchester on June 8. Richard H. Welsh husband of Ellen M. Welsh dies in Cambridge on June 8 with funeral from 99 Allston Street and a high mass at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Relatives invited.
Small white spaniel, very old with a hanging tongue on the right side, missing near Dartmouth Street by B B station. Large reward offered. Contact Hutchinson at Hotel Ludlow St James Ave.
Somerville furnishes more men and women workers to Boston than any other suburb, per Charles F. Gettemy of the State Bureau of Statistics. The day population of Boston is 845,054 vs 733,490 at night, with 358,786 workers across 38 towns. Somerville contributes 19,176 workers, including 4,624 women, as Cambridge and other suburbs send large numbers.
Willis Roberts of Wesley drowned while working on a jam of logs in the Machias River. The jam broke suddenly and the swift current carried him under the logs.
Miss Josephine Worth 24 a Lynn Hospital nurse rescued a child on Washington street Dorchester from an approaching electric car. She was struck and knocked unconscious, suffering facial lacerations and arm contusions. The child escaped injury and Miss Worth recovered at City Hospital.
Commencement week at the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy began with the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. R. Perry Bush D D of Chelsea delivering at the Church of the Ascension.
Dr. Bush was introduced by the Rev. Francis L. Beal D D, president of the college, during a ceremony in East Cambridge near the college buildings.
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