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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
6
Leo Caruso 33 of 15 Cook Terrace Dorchester died after a .22 revolver discharged while he examined it in the rear of his grocery at 802 Norfolk Street Dorchester last evening about 7 15. He died before a physician arrived.
London reports from British headquarters in France state that during April 19 343 German prisoners were captured including 393 officers. The capture included 257 guns and howitzers with 98 heavy pieces and 227 trench mortars and 470 machine guns. Air activity yielded eight German planes shot down, nine driven down out of control, one destroyed. nine Allied planes are missing.
The Hamburg America Line ships Pola and Clara Mennig at New York were turned over by the American government for Entente use. One vessel will be sent to France and the other to Italy.
Eighteen Vacuum survivors arrived in Liverpool. Among them three American naval gunners George Wilson New York Frank Lesher Elgin Ill and John Nichola Passaic N J said Captain Harris commander of the steamer Lieutenant Thomas in charge of the gunners the chief engineer and several gunners perished.
George Wilson and fellow gunners survived after the Vacuum was torpedoed on Saturday the 28th. Only the lifeboat carrying the third mate and several gunners was swamped with all aboard drowned. Oscar Gailes and the other lifeboat reached shore after a 150 mile row.
In Washington on May 1 the Senate rejected by viva voce vote an amendment by Senator Weeks to the army bill. The amendment would authorize the President to accept for foreign service a company of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston.
Washington May 1 The House Ways and Means Committee began redrafting the war revenue bill. After two sessions the full committee rejected the subcommittee plan to cut the revenue from 1.8 billion to 1.4 billion and favored raising income tax increases in the bill.
A full committee tentatively increases rates on incomes above ten thousand and argues that half of all incomes over five hundred thousand would go to the government. Critics say the sub committee plan greatly overdid the rise and threaten to discard it. Democrats and Republicans alike complain of insufficient consultation as leadership seeks a compromise. Treasury cites potential shortfalls and protests the proposed $1.4 billion total.
In Epernay France on May 1 General Ragueneau presented the Legion of Honor to A Piatt Andrew inspector general of the American Field Ambulance. The ceremony occurred in a country house courtyard near Rheims with General Carnot and other high officers present as artillery roared nearby.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, told the National Cloth Hat and Cap Makers' Union of America in New York that workers must unite for permanent peace. He warned that Jewish press influence and disputes with the United Hatters of America could lead to AFL charter withdrawal.
Six French war heroes aiding Harvard trained officers in Boston called for immediate U S troops to France at a banquet of the Commercial Club. Rear Admiral Bowles urged carrying the flag to France at once as General Sweetser announced rapid National Guard mobilization. French officers thanked supporters and leaders praised Franco American unity.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt was able to sit up unassisted at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York May 1 for the first time since illness. Doctors said the regained strength makes the outlook more favorable after she underwent an operation and remains under care.
North Cambridge woman Alice Forbes credits Plant Juice with curing severe dye poisoning from decades ago. She describes prior stomach distress, sleeplessness, and hospital visits, claiming recovery and renewed vitality after using the remedy sold by Houghton & Dutton in Boston.
A historical home remedy advises hot water before meals with bisulated magnesia to wash mucus from the stomach and reduce acidity. Taken after meals it acts as a safe antacid, neutralizing excess acid and aiding digestion. The guidance cautions choosing Bisulated Magnesia for stomach acidity.
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