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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1917
Page
2
Samuel Shuman, brother of A. Shuman and longtime Boston philanthropist, has died. News reached Boston with details forthcoming.
Mr. Shuman died Saturday in Pasadena California where he had been spending the winter months. He was 72 years old and until his retirement three years ago was a partner with his brother in the firm of A Shuman & Co.
Mr. Shuman, lifelong quiet benefactor and trustee of Federated Jewish Charities, helped oversee Temple Israel’s construction. Survived by wife Julia, three daughters and two sons, with funeral arrangements pending and Mrs. Shuman in Pasadena preparing to return home Wednesday.
At Bowdoin Square Theatre last night an announcement urged all Ninth Regiment members to report. The moment prompted an immediate standing ovation as the orchestra played The Star Spangled Banner.
In Greater Boston relief groups long prepared for service received notice of the summons to the Ninth and Second Regiments. Mrs John J Sullivan, wife of Colonel Sullivan and president of the Ninth Regiment Relief Association, stated her committee is ready to deploy to Colonel Logan and be ready today with all necessities.
Miss Lavinia H. Newell announced the Boston Metropolitan Red Cross is fully prepared for immediate action if ordered. Three base hospitals from Massachusetts General, the City, and Peter Bent Brigham are outfitted at $25,000 each with $20 per bed, under Col J. C. R. Peabody. Mrs. Francis Gray said Home Auto Corps cars are ready for any service, and Mrs. Barrett Wendell noted the Special Aid Society’s work shifts to the Red Cross with the call to arms. Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears warned canteen work will expand once regiments move to mobilization camps, while the Massachusetts Navy League Auxiliary begins comfort kit production for naval reserve coast patrol crews. Ensign T. P. Harrison promotes coast defense recruiting, focusing on Portuguese colonies.
David H. Drummond a seasoned Portland attorney for 50 years died aged 78. Born in Waterville he studied at Colby College and public schools. He served as United States shipping commissioner under President Cleveland and later as federal pension agent. He is survived by his widow.
Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire is officially considering a major change to its curriculum. The plan envisions a three year course of continuous study instead of the current four year method in response to the likely passage of universal military service legislation.
President Hopkins urges immediate study by the board to test a plan for continuous work throughout the year and a possible three-year college program. He notes a six-month training period could be integrated, with students finishing in three years, and asks the faculty to investigate and report promptly.
At a Chelsea Armory gathering led by Major Edward E. Willard, 45 recruits were secured for the Chelsea company of the Coast Artillery Corps. Speakers included Senator John E. Beck and clergy figures R Perry Bush and Benjamin Seaboyer, along with local officials and Elks member Francis Tyrell.
The building department will serve A. M. Kidder, owner, with notice that steel beams must replace decayed timbers responsible for Saturday night collapse. The structure, at 169 Court Street, narrowly avoided serious injuries to 60 or 6 men.
Plans to recruit for the Greater Boston National Guard include erecting recruiting tents in several districts band concerts at armories and bonuses for recruits. Suburban meetings generated high enthusiasm and organizers target enlisting enough men to reach war strength. Patriotic meetings across cities formed home guard and public safety committees.
Massachusetts communities rush to arm and recruit for active service as two regiments are called out. First Corps Cadets open recruiting, tents rise in Malden Melrose and Everett, and Eighth and Fifth regiments seek 150 and 200 volunteers respectively. Public safety committees form in Dedham Norwood Acton and Cambridge veterans organize to back a home guard effort.
Endicott of the Public Safety committee believes mobilizing two regiments will stimulate recruiting and aid safety and relief efforts. He says systematizing relief work will improve efficiency and oversight. He notes the plan aims to strengthen community protection and timely response.
The Governor received a telegram from Secretary of War Newton D Baker, per President Wilson, asking to mobilize the Second and Ninth Regiments for guard duty at specified points. The Adjutant General issued mobilization orders promptly.
Regiments of the National Guard in the state are touted as a strong stimulus to recruiting as a major safety committee campaign to secure new enlistees is set to launch during the week. Mr. Endicott says the effort will rally public support and aid all organizations assisting relief work, with improved coordination for mobilization and home-front care. He emphasizes confidence in Acting Adjutant-General Sweetser to handle any crisis Massachusetts may face.
The war office says French forces advanced north of Grand Seraucourt toward St Quentin and on the Ailette east of Chauny while consolidating north of Soissons. They captured parts of trenches near Malancourt Wood and repulsed a German attack near Apremont. Prisoners counted from seven regiments. Heavy fighting reported from Castres Essigny le Grand area with large German losses.
Baltimore March 2 The National Child Labor Conference closed with a mass meeting where Owen R Lovejoy of New York general secretary of the child labor committee spoke on Safeguarding Children in Peace or War and Reverend Dr William J Kerby of the Catholic University also addressed the gathering.
Fifteen of seventeen recruits in F Company Fifth Regiment at Waltham passed yesterday under physical exam and were enrolled as soldiers.
Berne reports via Paris that Germany would offer to restore French territory except Briey in exchange for Calais or Dunkirk and a 15 billion franc indemnity. It also suggests restoring Belgium's sovereignty if Belgium renounces a national army and allows permanent German garrisons at Namur Liege and Antwerp with railroad and port control and favorable economic terms.
Reports outline French gains south of St Quentin and near the Oise and Soissons. Berlin acknowledges German retreat orders near Peronne but claims repulsed French assaults northeast of Soissons. Air combat prolific with losses noted on both sides. Bombing of Calais and Dunkirk. Russians report mobilization near Petrograd. In Romania, Russo Romanian and Teuton troops held by spring thaws. In Macedonia near Monastir artillery activity remains high. Austro Italian theatre sees ongoing duels and small actions.
London reports from British headquarters describe repelling an enemy bombing near Beaumetz le Cambr ai and Croisilles, entry into trenches north east of Loos with prisoners and machine guns, an ejected raiding party west of Hulluch, and air activity including bombed railway junctions. Eight enemy aircraft were shot down, four of ours missing.
The body of Sergeant J. R. McConnell, the American aviator killed last week in an engagement with two German aircraft, was found by French cavalry in the devastated zone of the German retreat. His machine wreckage lay with him. Identification was delayed as papers and identifying items had been removed.
The British schooner Percy Roy of 1110 tons gross from St Johns Newfoundland was torpedoed by a submarine in the Gulf of Lyons on February 18. Captain Dawe and his five man crew, rescued on arrival at a French port, said the ship was bound from Santa Pola Spain to Naples when attacked.
Official notes report near Beaumetz Roisel and east of the Crozat canal German troops repulsed after damaging the enemy then withdrew. In an engagement near Vregny northeast of Soissons French battalions suffered heavy losses. On the Russian Romanian and Macedonian fronts Saturday only artillery and raids were evident.
The London office of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium says an agreement with Germany allows American relief workers to leave via Switzerland when staying in occupied territory becomes impossible. Officials expect the agreement will be observed.
German rear guards engaged near Beaumetz Roisel and east of the Crozat canal but fell back according to orders after inflicting losses army headquarters announced today. French attack near Vregny northeast of Soissons was repulsed. The British and French lost 17 aircraft in the action.
Four more sections of the American field ambulance will be offered to the French army in April. The organization will have more than 600 cars at the front.
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