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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1918
Page
4
The third in a series by T. P. O'Connor the Irish leader is published in the Boston Post and Philadelphia Public Ledger. His weekly cable letters will continue to appear in the Post each Monday morning until further notice.
A dramatic career arc follows Sir James Campbell from loyal Dublin Castle officer and ardent Ulster anti home rule advocate to lord chancellor of Ireland. His rise under a Liberal coalition ends with a famed champagne celebration and later censure amid Sinn Fein era tensions. Campbell’s shift toward home rule signals a broader shift in British policy and Irish politics.
Funeral services for Captain Clarence Borden who died in the Revere Beach fire were held at the Elks Home in Revere. The procession included police, Revere Fire Department, and Elks, with Hose 4 in honor. Burial took place at Glenwood Cemetery.
A country fair at Miss Gertrude Waon’s Onata farm in Pittsfield features farmerettes selling flooded stock at auction to benefit the Women’s Land Army. Local events include dancing, a gypsy tent, games, and college girls from Brookline and other Eastern cities joining the observance of Labor Day.
Striking Middlesex and Boston street railway workers plan to operate a line of jitneys to replace those cars in service. They will seek permits to run the rival service and avoid participating in Labor Day events due to uniform shortages.
Fractured efforts for a peace pact between the 400 strikers and the company persist as arbitration remains distant. Virginia-based statements aside, 15 cars ran yesterday while over 300 strikers met at Hibernian Hall Waltham and considered a jitney line. The War Labor Board role is highlighted by attorney James H Vahey and union officials pledging support pending Middlesex Boston arbitration.
Sergeant S. B. Leschinsky of Milwaukee led 14 men in a bold push near Juvigny on the Aisne front. Straying from his unit, he halted two German captains who then surrendered with a marching detachment of 30 Germans. The sergeant and his men returned to headquarters with 30 prisoners. the fate of the two officers is reported as presumably shot.
Official Russian wireless bulletins report Nikolai Lenine in good general condition and out of immediate danger after Saturday evening messages. No complications are noted.
Pleasure seekers swerved from cars to canoes as thousands gathered along the Chartes River yesterday. They poured into boat houses at Waltham Auburndale and Riverside and spent the day gliding on the smooth water in trail craft.
Fred Toney notes he has shed 15 pounds after joining the New York Giants and takes quiet pride in nearing his proper weight. He avoids boasting about the games he has lost since becoming a Broadway star.
A small runabout carrying Catagoro Grachetto 26 and two companions was struck by the Rockport express engine at Everett avenue crossing in Chelsea. Grachetto suffered scalp and neck injuries with abrasions but is expected to recover. The two others, seven year old Charles Insaleo and 21 year old Peter Russo, were treated and sent home. Russo injured his legs and Insaleo had scalp wounds.
After an all night inquiry, officers arrested three men on Haverhill street for complicity in a $350 auto tire store break and larceny and recovered 15 tires. Charles Christoforo of Thatcher street is charged with the break while Joseph Batagna of Bunker Hill street and Carmillo Lupo of Moulton Street are accused of receiving the goods.
Binghamton split with Baltimore 4 11 in the first game and 2 0 in the second. Newark defeated Jersey City 7 2 in both games. Hamilton beat Rochester 5 2 in the first game while Rochester rebounded 7 1 in the second.
Washington reports Congress opens its 10th month with an $8.2 billion war revenue bill as main task for Senate and House. Prohibition and water power measures also in play as lawmakers plan to press revenue legislation this session. Ways and Means reports the bill for House debate to start soon with passage expected by mid September. Senate finance committee to begin hearings to speed action.
Paris reports Herbert C. Hoover, United States Food Administrator, awarded the Audiffret prize of 3000 dollars by the French Academy of Moral and Political Science for his services as food administrator in Belgium and the conquered French territories.
A Turkish official report says a British cockpit crewed aircraft was shot down in flames during a raid on Constantinople last Tuesday. The British captain was wounded and captured.
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