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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
2
New England pauses in war activities to honor heroes of 61 and pay tribute to 332 New Englanders who have sacrificed their lives for freedom from militarism and autocracy.
War Department released a casualty list of 30 names. Among them two Connecticut soldiers Sgt Eugene Sharkey Ansonia and Pvt Jesse King Meriden and two Vermonters Pvt Paul Lawton Bellows Falls and Lt Cholmondeley Thornton Bennington. Lawton died May 20 in France. Thornton was severely wounded and had joined the Fifth United States Field Artillery after serving with Norton Hargis.
The May 29 army casualty list shows 30 names: 5 killed in action, 56 died of wounds, 1 died of accident, 1 died of disease, 7 wounded severely, 7 missing in action. Officers include Lt Francis A. McIlvaine of Indianapolis killed, Maj John Frank Carmack of St. Louis wounded, Lt Cholmondeley Thornton of Bennington wounded, Lt Raymond W. Parker of Champaign missing, Lts Philip A. Hunter of York, D C, Franklin Bruche Pedrick of Washington D C, and Louis M. Edens of Cabool, Mo, listed as prisoners after previously missing.
Casualty list names New England servicemen with status including died of disease Lt Cholmondeley Thornton missing in action Sgt Eugene F Sharkey and Pvt Jesse M King both listed among infantry units along with Pvt Paul R Lawton severely wounded from Bellows Falls and Meriden Ansonia Bennington Connecticut and Vermont residents appear in the record as of this date
The notice lists soldiers by rank name and hometown including many privates and lieutenants from Indiana Illinois New York and other states with statuses such as Died of Accident Wounded Severely Missing in Action and Prisoners. It also notes changes like Private Louis Epstein reported missing then returned and multiple officers named with their postings.
The 1902 honorary Doctor of Laws conferred on Albert William Henry, Prince of Prussia and Kaiser’s brother, faces calls for revocation as Harvard undergraduates reject the title despite possible public response from the Lion of Brunswick in the Germanic Museum courtyard.
Providence fever over Count von Bernstorff’s honorary degree spread to Cambridge as Harvard undergraduates discuss petitioning the president and fellows. The issue concerns action by the college after his prominence as a German diplomat amid a broader anti German sentiment, with authority resting with the president and fellows and overseers.
Mrs Mary Parker wife of Rev Henry Ainsworth Parker an Episcopal clergyman died yesterday at her home 14 Ash Street Cambridge. She was born in New York City daughter of Rev Samuel Seabury D D a professor at General Theological Seminary. Her husband survives and has been retired for some years formerly pastor of the Church of the Ascension Cambridge.
Edwin S. Webster awarded silver cups to ward chairmen in Boston. William C. Maguire led East Boston to first prize with 84 156 in contributions out of 349 906 by 26 wards. The cup will be given to the East Boston Library for display.
Lieutenant Raymond T. Balch of the Canadian Flying Corps and city council member was killed in action in France. He is the first Newburyport native to die in the current war, following his uncle John P. Balch who died in the Spanish American War.
Mayor Oscar B. Marx said he would ask Director-General McAdoo to take over the Detroit United Railway as a war measure. He proposed delegating traction operation to the local street railway commission amid months of fare dispute between city and company.
Leominster residents Mrs. Mary Hill and Mrs. Elsie Jeffers were freed yesterday by United States Commissioner Hayes after being charged with violating the espionage act for circulating copies of the Kingdom News. The government found no intent to violate the law.
The president calls for national thrift day urging systematic investment in war savings and thrift stamps or other government securities to support the war effort.
The president calls for nationwide thrift to boost production and conserve materials for the war. He urges every citizen to invest savings in Liberty bonds and war savings stamps, pledging by June 28 to join the home front effort and end the special enlistment period.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce War Savings Stamp program will deploy 8000 women under Mrs. Philip L. Saltonstall to canvass the business district for 200000 pledges between June 7 and Thrift Stamp Day June 28. Aiming for 1000 War Savings societies by then, division manager S St John Morgan schedules mass meetings including June 4 at Westinghouse Co offices to recruit industrial supporters.
Advertisement touts Peptiron a wax iron tonic combining iron with celery pepsin and other tonics. It claims to correct anemia improve color tone nerves aid digestion and restore health and strength for daily duties with chocolated coated pills that druggists supply.
President Wilson announces the War Industries Board as a separate agency under his direction. The board inherits duties and powers informally conferred in March in a letter to Bernard M. Baruch, its chairman.
Article explains Chairman Baruch leads a wartime board with sweeping authority over industry. It can seize plants, allocate materials, curb non essentials, fix prices, direct allies purchases, and remove interdepartmental competition to speed war supply.
Lieutenant Gardiner Means of Brookline escaped serious injuries after his plane tumbled 1800 feet near Hazelhurst aviation field Mineola New York. He sustained head face cuts and body bruises and was unconscious when rushed to a hospital. In a formation flight with five others the aircraft went into a tail spin and Means was thrown clear, preserving his life.
Lieutenant Theodore Wyman, 4 Fitchburg native, serving with the British Royal Flying Corps, died in a Monday accident in France. His mother, Flora A. Wyman of 58 Summer Street, was notified by cable. A 1915 MIT graduate, he had joined the flying branch of the Canadian army a year earlier. He trained in Canada and England before being sent to France. No death details were released.
The Boston newsies held a large benefit ball at Horticultural Hall to aid the 58 newsboys now in federal service following a Liberty Loan drive in Newspaper Row that raised over 100 900 in bonds. About 350 couples attended, with performances by the William Filene's Sons Company Band and local theatre artists. Six young women from Franklin Square House served in reception and refreshments. S Rosenberg led the arranging committee.
The British government, citing religious and humane grounds, will refrain from daytime air raids on German cities not near the battle front tomorrow Corpus Christi day. The Vatican relay of a Cologne archbishop request prompted the decision to protect the Corpus Christi procession area.
Mrs. Jose hine Kimble of Portland Indiana says a displacement left her weak and unable to work. After trying physician treatments with no relief she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recovered, enabling her to do her own housework again. Thousands of American women report similar health improvements.
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