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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
11
At Russell Field Cambridge Latin faces Boston English High in the annual football clash. Both teams are evenly matched in a likely close battle after a hard fought start to finish contest.
The governor spoke with Gen. Sweetser and Col. Willis Stover about filling the depot brigade of the 26th army division with men drafted from the state. The talks occurred yesterday to address enlistment and placement.
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Berlin Socialist paper Vorwaerts condemns the German government. It blames Chancellor Michaelis and ministers Helfferich von Stein and von Capelle for incapacity and fear to command abroad or at home. It argues a strong Socialist stand could have toppled the government by denying a supplementary budget.
In Flanders no large scale operations were attempted yesterday yet heavy reciprocal bombardments continued as big guns engaged. British troops conducted several raids inflicting severe casualties on the Germans and capturing prisoners and machine guns.
London report says the British armed mercantile cruiser Champagne sank with 56 dead and the mine-sweeper Begonia is overdue and presumed lost with all hands, per an official statement issued tonight.
After a two day pause heavy artillery clashes resumed between French and Germans on Verdun north of Hill 644 while Aisne also shows active bombardment. Austro Italian front readies for another major battle along Julian. In Brestovizza valley Austrian advances were repelled by Italian fire. skirmishes persist from Flondar to Adriatic head. Entente gains in Macedonia continue as Scottish troops raid Homondos near Seres, taking 143 prisoners and three machine guns.
Plymouth, Oct. 11. Benjamin C. Reed, 68, former Whitman town treasurer, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to larceny of 25000 dollars from the town. He was sentenced to two years in the house of correction after stating he never misused funds and had returned the money to overdue tax accounts to save neighbors’ homes.
Montevideo Oct 15 A presidential decree states neutrality rules will not apply to entente allied governments. Uruguay cut diplomatic relations with Germany on Oct 7.
His Majesty's mine sweeping sloop Begonia under Lieutenant-Commander Basils Noake is overdue and presumed lost with all hands. His Majesty's armed mercantile cruiser Champagne commanded by Acting Captain Fercy G. Brown was torpedoed and sunk with five officers and 51 men lost.
Hale and Tirrell were hurled from a car that left Main Street near Whitman’s Pond and smashed a fence before plunging down a embankment in Weymouth. McNamara was ejected. Hale and Tirrell escaped with injuries as rallies for Abington and nearby towns were canceled. Hale said the crash was a near miss that could have ended far worse.
Ralph A. Anderson of East Newton Street, formerly in the Boston Post mailing department, enlisted in the regular army medical corps as a private and has been advanced to first sergeant in charge of a company. His unit is ordered to Greenville, South Carolina, for further training after eight weeks at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont.
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