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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
13
Washington reports Attorney General Gregory has assumed full responsibility for recent slacker raids in New York and nearby cities. He promises continued round ups but will not use soldiers sailors or members of the American Protective Association to make arrests.
The attorney-general defended widespread raids on suspected draft dodgers as necessary and lawful, arguing millions could not be prosecuted individually. He cited 50 277 apprehensions in ten days, with 1301 inducted into service and 35 015 delinquent with local boards, noting New York and New Jersey results and public support for the plan.
More preliminary singles matches are set at the Arlington Heights Tennis Club next Saturday with play likely reaching the second round. The finals are scheduled for Columbus Day October 12 in a single class tournament.
At Fenway Park during the World Series game between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, carrier pigeons were released with each inning’s score to reach Camp Devens in Ayer. Sergeant B.E. Harrison, Sergeant Joe Parkinson, and Corporal Dan Murphy accompanied the pigeons. The 38 mile aerial route delivered messages about 30 minutes after release, marking an early use of pigeons to convey game results to the army cantonment.
About two thousand cycling fans witnessed George Wiley, an American motorpace rider, finish the 40-mile event a half lap ahead of Frank Corry. Victor Smart and Clarence Carman placed third and fourth, more than two miles back, in 58 minutes 12 3 5 seconds.
Camp Devens announces a new camp laundry to employ 300 women on completion next month. The cement-based one story building will be 170 by 270 feet with strong light and air. Construction begins today under the reclamation department.
Passengers aboard a recently sailed British liner report that the troop transport Missonabie of 2469 tons register, serving the British admiralty, was sunk by a submarine in European waters. The incident is dated September 11 and comes from information conveyed by travelers from a British port.
Through the generosity of A H Woods and Selwyn Company a company of wounded soldiers with nurses will attend the matinee at Park Square Theatre Saturday afternoon.
Florence Moore and her company plan a special afternoon performance for wounded war heroes recuperating in Boston. The stage boxes and orchestra seating will be set aside to honor the young soldiers, with the cast and management eager to entertain despite small attendance.
Charles P. Rowan, recently arrested in Florida, faced charges of breaking and entering after skipping bail. He pleaded guilty to breaking into the O. Elliot Smith store in North Cambridge last October and stealing clothing. Judge Dubuque sentenced him to two and a half to three and a half years in state prison at hard labor in Middlesex Superior Court East Cambridge.
Private Ted Stanley stars in a Boston Post Magazine feature titled Keeping 'em Straight. The cartoon humor depicts camp life at Devens with Stanley’s familiar flair.
Early returns from the statewide primary show Medill McCormick defeating Mayor William Hale Thompson for the Republican nomination for United States Senator. Chicago figures favored Thompson at 9 pm, while statewide counts favored McCormick. Foss trailed in third as Democratic nomination went to Senator James Hamilton Lewis.
Five thousand union machinists from Bridgeport munitions plants heard a message from William H. Johnston urging a 48 hour return to work, then voted unanimously to continue the strike.
An inspired London despatch says Allied naval circles fear German submarines will renew attacks on troop ships to hinder American overseas reinforcement. Navy officials offer no explanation for the article but expect continued submarine threats as American convoy defenses grow stronger. The record shows over 1,600,000 American soldiers sailed overseas with 291 lost, a miracle attributed to the convoy system.
A blaze at the New York Shipbuilding Company yard in Camden New Jersey damaged the plate and angle shop and the power house estimated losses at about 150000 dollars. The main plant area remained intact. The fire spread to a concrete way housing a destroyer with minor damage. Officials say the start was accidental and may have occurred in an oil storage area.
The Rev James P Sherry of St Thomas Church Jamaica Plain has been named U S army chaplain with rank of lieutenant and assigned to the 102d Infantry He was born in Peabody educated there St Charles College Ellicott City Md St Johns Seminary Brighton and served at St Patricks Roxbury before St Thomas ministry He also played college football and baseball and was unofficially Red Sox chaplain under Bill Carrigan.
Willie Hoppe the billiard champion had his draft classification adjusted by the New York district board overturning a 4A ruling. The board restored him to Class 1-A after he appealed the work or fight rule citing billiard playing as non essential. Hoppe will begin an exhibition tour for the Red Cross.
Thrills run high as readers are drawn to the tale Clock the Vanishing Cracksman in the Boston Post Sunday magazine. Next Sunday promises the continuation with The Purple Shadow mystery preview.
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