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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1918
Page
8
Field Marshal Haig says apart from aerial activity on both sides there is nothing to report from the British front. The update comes from British headquarters in France.
A vessel 70 miles off Maryland’s coast was reported sunk after a gun battle with U boats. A steamer believed to be a mother ship accompanied the attacked vessel and allegedly sank two more American ships. The downed ship carried 8,150,000 pounds of sugar for the American Sugar Refining Company in 25,000 bags and was bound for the port arriving yesterday.
Walter C B Burrows first assistant engineer of the Pinar del Rio recounts a 6000 gross ton ves sel with a single funnel sunk by a submarine after signaling Follow me. Survivors say the U boat fired six shots at the Rio before the crew fled in lifeboats as the sub and its consort departed in gray weathered craft.
American forces pressed German troops from Jeau wood northwest of Chateau Thierry. The Germans now hold only the northern fringe of the wood. Marines captured two minen werfer, the largest pieces taken by them.
Major Edward D. Cole leads the machine gun battalion as German stragglers are captured. The Syracuse Brigade including the 9th and 28th infantry regiments maintains the line near the capital, with the 23d and 6th assisting in machine gun captures.
An American transport fired five shots at a German submarine about seven miles off the Jersey coast after 10 am. The Brazilian captain who relayed the report said two shots came from the submarine’s opponents, followed by three more, but he could not judge if any hit. The Brazilian steamer continued toward this port.
Boston Harbor remained closed to outbound ships last night with orders to stay in port until morning. Only the Belfast sailed for New York through the Cape Cod canal at 5 oclock with passengers. The City of Gloucester was halted and sent back to its pier. The tug International and the Perth Amboy delayed departures with coal and barge cargoes.
Masters of vessels must not proceed to sea from ports on the Delaware without permission. Orders issued by the Fourth Naval Reserve in Philadelphia require captains to seek routing instructions from Captain Van Boskirk.
The unidentified nude woman, about 40, five feet five inches tall and 135 to 140 pounds, was found with a crushed skull and a cord about the neck. A raincoat used as a bag held three stones totaling 50 pounds. Autopsy suggested fracture and possible strangulation. drowning ruled out. Identification remains unsolved.
Secretary Baker told French Alpine Chasseurs at the Washington Monument base that 700000 U S troops are now in France. He noted a prior announcement of 500000 sailing for the battlefront, marking a steady expansion of American forces overseas.
The Alpine Chasseurs known as the Blue Devils of France visited the United States to support the third Liberty Loan. They were reviewed by the secretary of war before departing for New York and Boston en route home. Attendees included Ambassador Jusserand and government officials.
A Times despatch from The Hague cites a neutral report that black smallpox rages among Krupp plant workers in Essen with four to five deaths daily. Vaccination is being forced, and underfeeding plus unsanitary conditions are blamed for the outbreak.
President Samuel Gompers told the American Federation of Labor convention that workingmen will accept peace only if the German military machine is completely overthrown. He spoke at the opening session in St. Paul on June 10.
A speaker urged delegates to endure sacrifices and push maximum war production to secure the allied cause. He warned that losing would endanger world freedom and rights, pledging labor support for liberty and justice, and condemning peace by treaty as worthless while stressing crushing German autocracy.
The Volunteers of America plan to stage musical programmes at rallies on the Common to support a drive for 10 000 dollars. Soldiers and sailors offer their talents to promote a lodge for enlisted men with meals and beds, while Mrs Daisy Erd and her two daughters prepare a recital tomorrow night.
The Vienna correspondence bureau reports severe frost has damaged corn fruit potatoes maize crops and vineyards around Budapest and in several other Hungarian districts, causing substantial agricultural losses.
General Pershing's communique states a heavy enemy attack was repulsed near Bouresches with severe losses. Artillery fighting continues in the Chateau Thierry and nearby sectors.
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