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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1917
Page
8
Amsterdam despatch to the Exchange Telegraph states Emperor William will travel back to Berlin tomorrow to mark the birthday of the German Empress. The report ties the anticipated return to the celebratory date in Berlin.
In the capital the Emperor will attend several political conferences with Prince von Buelow and Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg invited. Arrangements indicate a visit to German naval bases and a probable trip to Helgoland.
Emperor William praised Turkish forces at a Dolmabangtche palace banquet with Sultan Mohammed V and the Turkish cabinet present. He called Anafarta Ali Burnu and Sedd Ul Bahr glorious pages in Turkish history and vowed continued joint effort with Germany and Austria-Hungary.
A Sofia dispatch reports Emperor William arrived in Sofia from Constantinople and dined with King Ferdinand and the royal family at Castle Vrana near Sofia before resuming his journey to Germany at midnight Friday.
French forces attacked near Lake Ochrida on the Macedonian front yesterday. German officials report the assaults broke down under German and ally fire and counter thrusts.
British troops in Mesopotamia began an enveloping movement near the Persian frontier northwest of Bagdad and forced Turkish forces around Kizil Rabat to cross the Diala River.
A 9 o clock collision near a crossing at Lowell left Donald and Theodore Fletcher dead. The auto, a touring car owned by their father, burned after the fender struck the locomotive and exploded the gasoline tank. Miss Fletcher's body was largely uninjured beyond a head gash. witnesses said the train whistle was sounded and the crossing warning bell worked properly.
Citizens urged to support the war effort by purchasing bonds to fund military operations against the German forces. Campaign emphasizes collective duty and patriotic duty to back troops in Europe.
In Stamford on October 21 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt paused training to bolster his host Jack Cooper’s health camp. He planned speeches with Mayor Mitchel, gave views on ministers, and criticized others who announce acceptance then cancel engagements to appease disappointed audiences.
The visiting colonel ran a half mile to crowd support and spoke with townspeople including many with babies. He claimed a pound-a-day loss over 14 days as Mr. Cooper's guest, and discussed boxing star Barbour and John L Sullivan with reporters amid a Roosevelt related controversy.
The colonel notes steady weight loss of fourteen pounds since arrival and recounts past boxing injuries in Albany and at the White House. He plans to return home soon, then speak for Mr. Mitchel while answering pending mail and denies any confirmed Italian front move.
Geneva Oct 21 The Swiss government suspends half the passenger trains as coal supplies dwindle and trains will run unheated. Merchanise transport may be the only service kept. Americans and wealthy Swiss leave villas for hotels while the government aids about half the population with cost price food.
British naval aircraft raided Bruges docks and the Engel airdrome on October 19 and 20. A fire started and large quantities of explosives were dropped. All our machines are accounted for.
Six men from Haverhill were injured when a touring car they rode in overturned on the Lowell road near Stanley's bridge on the Merrimack River. Driver Louis Barboris of 43 Wilson street suffered a badly cut face and head. others listed including Samuel Goltz Samuel Sussman Samuel Fieldberg Max Vinecour and Maurice Sacorob were taken to Lowell Hospital or Lawrence General Hospital with arm and rib injuries and back injury.
United States Senator Boies Penrose issued a statement endorsing the town meeting party candidates and telling Philadelphia Republicans they are not bound to support the county and ward Republican tickets. The party formed after a mass meeting to protest factionalism in the Fifth Ward, tied to the killing of a policeman by New York gunmen on primary election day September 19. Mayor Smith and eight others remain under heavy bail after a two week hearing on conspiracy to murder charges.
Paris October 21 The ministerial fight in France remains uneasy as opposition to Alexander Ribot foreign minister in the Painleve cabinet persists.
Local transit of public notices urges residents to purchase Liberty bonds in support of national war financing. Officials outline campaign goals and dates, stressing civic duty and community contribution to the war effort.
Survivors from the Antilles reached France after the ship sank following a submarine explosion. Forty to fifty men were at the stern as it went down, many leaping into the sea or pulled under by suction. The wreck was unseen before and after the blast. High surf hindered rescue efforts. Some clung to debris for an hour before lifeboats found them.
Treasury officials announced that all hands who perished on the American transport Antilles will automatically receive $6000 in insurance payable to families in 20 years of $25 monthly installments. The act also provides additional compensation for widows, children, and dependents, with set amounts per case. Names and addresses of the three engine officers lost were released by the Navy.
British and French heavy artillery roars across Flanders while German forces reply on multiple sectors. No infantry clashes beyond recon. reports say heavy losses for both sides. In Petrograd, Premier Kerensky opens parliament vowing to fight for the country to save it. British ships bombarded Ostend, with German subs base. Berlin reports many houses damaged.
The report notes artillery duels in Champagne near Mont Carnillet and in Verdun with German infantry actions repelled west of Mont Carnillet. It cites brisk Italian Austrian clashes in Trentino and the Julian front, Entente and German-Turkish actions in Macedonia, and renewed fighting in East Africa where German forces were defeated near Nyangao before a subsequent German movement.
PETROGRAD October 21 German attempts to fraternize with Russians on the north western front near Lake Narooz and on the Rumanian front were repulsed. No German naval operations were seen in the Gulf of Riga by Russian scouts.
Italian and Austro Hungarian forces clashed in sharp actions on the Trentino battle front yesterday, according to an official Italian war office statement issued today in Rome.
Citizens rally to buy government bonds, emphasizing collective strength. Campaign highlights collective funding, with officials urging participation to support national projects and long term growth.
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