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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1918
Page
5
Children across Boston and neighboring towns eagerly contributed money to the Sacred Cow charity drive. The editor lists donations ranging from dollars to cents, showing broad support from locals and friends as the ten day fundraiser begins.
The Boston Post reports two Somerville children buying first pieces of two sacred cows for the zoo while readers donate to the fund. Contributors include Rose and William Picard and a long list from Roxbury East Weymouth Milwaukee and Portland, totaling $112.43. The Sacre Cow Editor will reveal more about the cows and their care as the plan unfolds.
Police raid at 105 Revere Street West End arrested Lee Porter a noted Back Bay decorator and Charles B. DuMoulin a Greenwich Conn millionaire. Both men were charged with a serious offense after the raid late Wednesday night. Two sailors were held as witnesses.
Police estimate fittings at Porter’s Revere Street home cost about 30000 dollars. Rugs draperies and expensive furniture filled rooms furnished by a Boston musician. The house under surveillance after Major Wright’s tip on naval crew visits. A Suffolk Superior Court grand jury has returned a secret indictment against two persons with more arrests possible.
Count Tisza former Hungarian premier was shot dead by a soldier while walking with his family in Copenhagen. A woman in the party was wounded. Tisza long led Hungarian politics and was blamed by some for pro German policy and for instigating Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination. He served as premier from 1903 to 1905 and 1913 to 1917. An earlier Budapest assassination attempt occurred in October.
The first field march of the entire 12th Division demonstrated immense American strength. About 20 000 soldiers marched on foot and by riding, accompanied by 8000 vehicles and a vast supply of horses and mules, as the unit moved between Camp Devens and Lancaster.
The two marching columns covered 2 percent miles and moved from reveille at 5 15 to retreat at 6 pm. Major-General McCain praised the appearance as Colonel A G Lott welded Plymouth Division into a formidable force. Brigadier General Hodges and Woodward led their units through the town with townspeople watching.
A German wireless dispatch reported by the British admiralty says the Austro Hungarian navy is handed to the South Slav National Council seated in Agram. The decree notes ownership remains unsettled but allows use of national emblems with the war flag. The Danube flotilla transfer to Hungary orders release of non Hungarian crew members.
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