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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
4
Lieutenant Charles P. Flamand of the Fifth French Field Artillery, a Cambridge boy, has returned home after serving since the outbreak of the European war. The French government honors his valor with the military cross.
Lieutenant Flamand has been invalided home from Cham pagne after wounds suffered in action where he earned the military cross. His bravery has led to a recommendation to President Poincare for the cross of the Legion of Honor. He is the son of J C Joseph Flamand, French consul at Boston, and arrived with his father at 17 Shepard Street Cambridge.
Thousands of men's trousers from wholesale stock in worsteds serges cheviots and English stripes. Every pair guaranteed. Great markdown sale at Harrison Company's store 662 672 Washington Street corner Beach Street.
Boston shoppers seek value as Harrison Company's mark-down sale trims prices on men’s coats. The offer features $20 overcoats for $9.75 across Scotch, kersey, heather, tweed and melton fabrics, including Chesterfields and balmorals. Located at 662 672 Washington Street near Beach.
Store offers every $18.00 men’s suit for 9.75. Variety includes pencil stripes fancy worsteds banjo stripes plain blues browns and blacks. Location 662 672 Washington street corner Beach.
The report notes he was wounded once near Nancy and again at Ypres. After returning to the front he sustained a leg wound that returned him home. His left leg is temporarily paralyzed from the bullet wound.
French and Belgian official communiques report heavy artillery duels along the Verdun and Meuse sector with German trench organizations shattered west of Pont a Mousson and no infantry actions at Verdun. Allied guns bombard German positions in Alsace and the Woevre as Belgian front shows little change.
French report no infantry action near Verdun with bombardments west of the Meuse and east of it near Vaux and Damloup. German offensive operations are limited to artillery. a detachment failed east of Rheims. French guns shattered German positions near St Mihiel and Thiacourt while Italians extend gains west of Marmolada. Russian and British air actions and battles are noted in multiple theaters with several aircraft losses.
In Alsace our batteries targeted enemy routes of communication. Near Cernay in the Thur valley a French plane with twin motors defeated a German aircraft, which fell at La Bassee into its trenches and caught fire.
Berlin reports great artillery activity on the western front with the Allies firing to vent disappointment. The Yser region Cham pagne and Meuse Moselle sectors saw limited Allied attempts, while German anti air guns downed two French biplanes near Soissons and Veraon ia. An aerial clash near Menin captured the British crew. Eastern and Balkan fronts are silent.
A Vienna despatch says King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, visiting Vienna, is ill with bronchitis and confined to bed. The note was received in Amsterdam via London on March 1.
The Lapland Baltic and Adriatic will serve as freight ships until at least April 12 removing steerage, adding about 2000 tons cargo space per ship. Ship sailings move from New York in March and total 58 000 tons dead weight across the three voyages with no passengers aboard to carry ammunition and war supplies.
Hon Samuel J Elder told the Military Order of the Loyal Legion that lasting peace must be international and upheld with American citizenship. About 200 members attended the New American House dinner with Captain Alexander M Ferris presiding and Captain Charles W C Rhoades assisting. Elder outlined the aims of the League to Enforce Peace and will speak at its inaugural Sym phony Hall meeting next Wednesday.
The Norwegian steamer Anita from Baltimore with grain and the Danish Oscar III from New York to Copenhagen, plus the Norwegian tank Conrad Mohr from New York to Bergen, were detained at Kirkwall. Others including Platuria, Gudrun, and Hogland were held and then released.
Official headquarters note says German planes bombed and strafed northwest of Friedrichstadt and Dvinsk while Russian artillery forced German troops to retreat. It also reports destruction of a German detachment in Lake Swenten and ongoing Turkish pursuit with two guns captured near Kermanshah.
London dispatch cites twenty air encounters yesterday with enemy losses reported. A reconnaissance plane failed to return. North of the Somme infantry and machine guns repelled an enemy party attempting to advance under bombardment. Ypres area showed notable activity while today remained generally quiet.
More than 250 people attended the eleventh annual banquet of the Ladies' Auxiliary No. 4 A O H of East Boston. The event took place in the two main dining rooms of the Quincy House last evening.
The Petrolite crew affidavits refute Vienna’s account of the Mediterranean attack by an Austrian submarine. They assert the ship was fired on without warning, one engine room sailor injured, a crewman held as a hostage, and provisions taken, contrary to the Austrian claim that the master offered supplies.
The official communication states Italian detachments extended and consolidated the position west of Mt Marmolada after difficult terrain. Montenegro patrols conducted a bold reconnaissance toward Mrzli, throwing grenades to disrupt the enemy. Heavy artillery actions occurred in the Gorizia zone with damage but no casualties, while Italian artillery targeted enemy shelters posts and marching troops.
Three vessels arrived at the new fish pier yesterday and dealers raised prices due to the shortage. Haddock 7 1 2 cents, steak cod 18 cents, market cod 7 1 2 cents, steak cod 8 1 4 cents. Vessels Crest Long Island and Evelyn Sears carried haddock cod scrod and pollock. others sailed for New York and Piraeus. Immigration and port activity noted with several ships and cargoes.
Shipping news reports arrivals and movements including steamers Monadnock of London, Ohic, Murchie bound for Huelva Spain, Josey Dan Kurtzhall Matanzas Grecian Page Philadelphia Middlesex Runkle Norfolk Nantucket McDorman Baltimore via Newport News and Norfolk Malden Brown Baltimore to Portsmouth towing barges Nos 10 toward Gloucester and 18 Sewalls Point toward Lynn.
Agents said no evidence linked Richard von Arend and Rudolph von Kracht to an international situation. Maps of New York and Philadelphia were found but did not implicate them in a larger scheme. The two German graduates and Army lieutenants were held on 5000 bail each for a hearing Saturday, with possible bond reduction if no extra charges emerge.
The American relief kitchen in Berlin, run by the American Chamber of Commerce, reopened today after a fundraising drive. American women prepared and served meals in the southeastern city section, serving about two hundred poor on opening day.
The Rosine Co of Washington, D C authorizes Riker Jaynes Drug Stores to sell Kosine for epilepsy with a dollar fifty price and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Ten years of reported success by lay and professional users are cited through letters of relief and health restoration.
District Attorney Corcoran of Middlesex County is conducting an investigation of the New England Manufacturing Company plant in North Woburn after a big explosion Tuesday morning. The Middlesex grand jury reports for its next sitting Monday morning.
Medical Examiner Keleher and district police inspectors join the district attorney in examining plant conditions after the recent explosion. The inquiry will address overall plant safety and deaths of employees, with evidence possibly not yet going to a grand jury. Harry Lake explosive expert led the detailed probe starting yesterday amid limited progress. State Chemist Walter Wedger and Deputy Chief Neal assisted with Chief McDermott and Keleher in the visiting team.
Official notice states the French auxiliary cruiser La Provence II was sunk in the Mediterranean on the 26th while transporting troops to Saloniki. Two hundred ninety six survivors were rescued at Malta and about four hundred remain unaccounted. No evidence indicates a submarine caused the loss.
French and British patrol vessels were summoned by wireless to Melos. New signs of a submarine were reported but not confirmed. La Provence carried five 15 cm guns, two 87 mm guns, and four 47 mm guns. The French ministry later estimated 870 survivors.
London March 1 Germany has sent an ultimatum to Portugal demanding the restoration within 48 hours of German ships seized by Portugal a Madrid dispatch to Reuters Telegram Company reports Germany warns of further action if the ships are not returned and cites the urgency of the matter.
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