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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
4
London reports a new German push northeast of Verdun capturing first line trenches between Hills 321 and 320 and the Thiaumont fort after bombardment. Paris confirms losses while German and Austro forces press west and southwest of Lutsk and in Volhynia. Russian advances in Bukowina continue to unfold.
The war office says in fine weather there was notable air activity along the front with 22 combats, mostly indecisive, two British planes shot down. Artillery scored direct hits on two hostile aircraft batteries, one battery’s ammunition exploding for 20 minutes. Last night the enemy released gas on a very small front southwest of the sector.
Vienna reports continued Russian movement toward Kuty with no overall change in Bukowina. In East Galicia there were strong Russian attacks around Radzivalov repulsed. Gorochow and Lokatchi advances halted. Stokhod and Styr river counter attacks failed. A seaplane squadron bombed Venice damaging Fort Nicolo and Alberoni gas works and arsenal.
The War Office states that Italian forces occupied new positions in the Arsa valley east of Romini and west of Monte Pasudio with enemy rifles ammunition and bombs seized. Artillery activity continues on the Posina Astico front and along the Asiago plateau with repulsed enemy detachments near Cataglia and Monte Spin. Explosions and fires were caused by Italian batteries along the enemy line in several sectors.
Adjutant-General Cole reported thirty applications from mothers sweethearts and wives seeking the release of militia members. Only one applicant has been successful. The push for outside aid for soldiers' dependents has tightened military service lines in the state.
Official dispatches describe German breakthroughs east of Verdun capturing trenches between Hills 32 and 321 and the Thiaumont works before a French counterattack halted further progress. Repeated assaults near Mont Tet?u and Hill 304 were repulsed with heavy fighting and artillery fire. Additional reports cite Russian advances near Radutz and Czernowitz with about eight hundred prisoners taken.
Berlin reports gains near the Beresina and around Lutsk with prisoners and captured weapons, while noting repulsed French attacks on Fort Vaux and air losses including nine enemy machines. Local bombardments and civilian casualties are mentioned with no overall dramatic damage to major cities.
Russian statement reports German attempts to advance north of Dvinsk failed. It notes continued Bukowina offensive with village gains at Gurahumora Straczia Sarach west of Radauts and Visnitz near Kuty, and 800 prisoners captured. Fighting along the Oginski canal near Logischin ongoing with air raids on Molodechno. Sigelmann wounded and Berghenstrole mortally wounded.
East Cambridge six year old Erville Cross drowned near his home after fishing with two companions at the Commercial avenue wharf on the Charles River Basin yesterday afternoon.
Paris reports fierce fighting northeast of Verdun with German forces seizing first line trenches between Hills 321 and 320 and at the Thiaumont works while repulsing a counter attack near Fleury. Heavy artillery duels persist on the Meuse and in the Woevre region as Allied aviation conducts bombing raids north of Verdun.
The Rev Harman van Allen of the Church of the Advent Boston will preach at St John’s Episcopal Winthrop on Friday night on The Real Presence and the Holy Communion The Theological School Cambridge hosts a weeklong retreat led by Dean Rousmaniere with lodging meals and a two dollar per man expense Troop 13 Boy Scouts join from Warren Avenue Baptist Church for the farewell service of Rev Federick B Heath Dean Hodges returns from sabbatical and stays with Prof Max Kellner
Ralph Spotts of the New York Athletic Club won day one at Paleface grounds Wellington amid 42 shooters. Top scratch scores were Spotts 191 Staples 187 Snow 186. Margaret Park was the sole woman in attendance with a 173. Spotts Jr. finished 31st after a gun kick damaged his cheek.
Babe Ruth, Red Sox pitcher, struck Thomas Cunningham a 60 year old East Cambridge resident at Cambridge and Fifth Street. Cunningham suffered a fractured hip and other injuries and was taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital. Police found no blame on Ruth. Cunningham stepped from the sidewalk into the path of the car. Ruth and his wife aided the injured man.
Gloucester June 23 Hasle Smith 65 a forestry worker for William D. Corliss & Co was struck and killed just before 6 pm by a jitney bus. Driver John McLean was arrested charged with manslaughter and released on $1500 bonds.
The Gilchrist Company will send six employees to Plattsburg with all expenses paid and salaries for the camp period. Militia members in their employ called up will receive wages for the time away and have their positions held until their return.
The National Shawmut Bank reports Boston's foreign trade for May at over 30 million dollars, up from 29 million in May 1915 and 37 million in April this year. Imports exceed 19 million dollars, up 15 percent, while exports are about 11 million, down 1 percent. The inward outward commerce ratio is returning toward normal times.
Advertised as the dependable liniment for backache lumbago rheumatism and sore hands and feet Minard's Liniment is sold by druggists everywhere It is described as pure stainless non burning and non blistering and claimed to soothe wounds bruises and heal healthfully Suggested to keep a bottle on hand for instant use and never be empty.
State Attorney Ralph J. Cady closed the evidence chain in the Marian Lambert case by presenting William Mather Lewis, Navy League secretary and Lake Forest mayor, who testified that Will Orpet confessed in Lake Forest police headquarters to witnessing Marian Lambert die in Helms Woods on February 9.
Attorney James H. Wilkerson argues to strike parts of Marian Lambert testimony as irrelevant and contends the case should end if those records are removed. The court rejects the motion and the defense resumes, detailing Orpet's statements about his Madison trip and Lake Forest meeting with Lambert.
In Newton Court on June 15, Grace Lavelle and Lyman C. Fisher faced fines for an alleged assault on Daisy Fisher after a June 14 backstage incident at the Newton Opera House. Lavelle paid 50 dollars while Fisher was fined 100 dollars. both cases continued for a week to allow bail for appeal.
Mrs Fisher testified she was struck and kicked by both defendants after leaving Miss Lavelle’s dressing room. A resident physician linked her three days in St Elizabeth's Hospital. Fisher and Lavelle denied the blows, saying she caused a disturbance and was intoxicated the prior night, while she denied drinking.
From Rome via Paris dated June 23, Pope Benedict is distressed by widespread warfare. The Vatican reports the Pontiff hopes Spain's intervention, backed by the Holy See, can avert hostilities between the United States and Mexico.
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