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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
2
Today starts Boston's major drive on dirt with 100000 multilingual posters handed to residents. The clean-up committee proclaims Clean up and help win the war as the first propaganda effort in the crusade.
The city urges efficiency and cleanliness as war economy. Households must separate ashes and garbage into two cans, with servants instructed to follow the rule. Mayor Peters orders city departments to sweep alleys and remove rubbish for two weeks, at seven cents per barrel for business rubbish.
The British and Canadian recruiting mission launches a recruiting bus tour in Massachusetts led by Captain T. F. MacMahon of the Irish Guards. Officers, a piper and drummer accompany the mission as routes visit Lynn Salem Beverly Gloucester Haverhill Lawrence Andover Billerica Lowell Waltham Reading Melrose Stoneham Malden and Scollay Square Boston.
Horace Campbell Woodworth 18, chief radio officer on the steamship Florence H., died in a hospital Friday after the ship was blown up at a French port. He had been reported saved with burns. he was buried with military honors after graduating from Hyde Park High School last June in navy uniform.
Four persons were injured when a touring car and a runabout were forced off the road by a large touring car coming from the opposite direction causing the two smaller cars to interlock wheels near the Colonial Farm on the Boston turnpike in Plainville. Injured are Charles Starkey North Attleboro with a broken collar bone and internal injuries Hazel Cook Wrentham with a broken leg and internal injuries Dr Carlos Mata Wal tham bruises and cuts Mrs Carlos Mata Waltham with cuts and bruises. The Starkey and Mata cars were traveling toward North Attleboro.
The Rev. S C Beane of Channing Church Dorchester delivered a vigorous reply to Dr Cortland Myers attack on Warren Avenue Baptist Church and Dr Herbert Johnson in a morning sermon. He contrasted Tremont Temple leadership with the Warren Avenue pastor and urged unity within American Baptists calling Myers church narrow and bigoted.
The Post corrects yesterday’s report: William Goins died after an in restaurant wrestling incident. Henry Goddard was the partner, not Fred Shepard. Associate Medical Examiner J. J. Kelly concluded death came from a broken neck.
Sixteen conscientious objectors will be tried by general court-martial at Camp Devens tomorrow afternoon. All are soldiers drafted since last September and under arrest for weeks. It is the first such camp trial in the nation. A board of officers including Colonels Tompkins and others will hear disobedience charges.
The report covers discipline issues among conscientious objectors and their treatment, a ferry accident on the Nashua River where five soldiers were crossing and one drowned, a first military wedding at the camp, an English class for aliens, and a leadership reshuffle with Colonel Perry’s transfer while General Hodges prepares to speak in Lincoln.
Washington cablegram reports Maddin Summers United States consul general at Moscow collapsed from strain of long overwork and was ill only one day before his death.
A service flag was dedicated during Dorchester Aerie events at Hancock Hall Dorchester. Speakers included Major Charles Hall of the British Recruiting Mission and Worthy President Fred Schultz of the agency. Nine members of the organization are now in the service.
Waterville Maine veteran Sergeant Arthur Deblois of the Canadian battalion who enlisted in 1914 arrived on furlough to visit his mother. He wears three medals for valor in France the Distinguished Conduct Medal the Military Medal and the Medaille Militaire. His mother had believed him dead after long casualty list gaps. Deblois is now with the British recruiting mission in Maine and will rejoin his battalion in France after the assignment.
Lieutenant Governor Coolidge dedicates a 35 star service flag for Pequossette Aerie of Eagles in Watertown. William Walsh and John Loynd lead the program, with focus on home front contribution to national service.
Lieutenant Gordon B. Greenough who died Thursday in Washington was buried yesterday afternoon at Greenlawn Cemetery Salem. Attended by Massachusetts State Guard members the funeral was from his Malden home at 76 Rockland Avenue. He was attached to the ordnance department in Washington.
Colonel Reginald W. K. Applin of the British army will address the Harvard Reserve Officers' Training Corps this evening at the new lecture hall. He is a veteran of the Syed and Mat Salleh Rebellions and the South African war and served in Flanders, speaking on his experiences and officerly duties. Lieutenant Morize of the French Military Mission will speak to the corps Wednesday evening.
An unidentified man was found dead in Fort Point Channel near Dover Street Bridge. Sergeant Ryan of the Watchman located the body early yesterday after it was spotted by Thomas Clovey of 39 Tonawanda Street.
Government guidance from the Office of Information promotes potatoes as a lean energy source for war effort. It states potatoes supply energy for hard work, help avoid fat storage, and encourages plenty of potatoes with strenuous activity to keep citizens fit and ready.
Fire destroyed the livery stable of Grafton A. Kirwin on Main Street Waltham last night. Two alarms sounded, losses estimated at 6000 dollars. Five horses were saved, cause unknown. Sparks from the blaze set several Lexington Street houses afire but were extinguished by chemicals.
A war service flag was dedicated at Colonial Hall Maynard in a large public gathering led by Assabet Aerie F O E. Major Thomas Walsh of Clinton gave the principal address. The Ammunition Train Band from Camp Devens Ayer performed a concert as aerie members marched to the hall.
City officials announce a new week of the baby weighing campaign after a strong first week. They plan to double the number of babies weighed over the next six days as residents respond well and Saturday showed good progress.
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