From The Lowell Sun, 28 August 1918 - John J. Ahearn, Mrs. Michael Carroll, and Miss Lina S. Parker, deceased; English actor Arthur Playfair, deceased; Mrs. Florence McDonald of Lowell detained by immigration officers in St. John, New Brunswick, barring her return after a visit to her native P.E.I.; Capt. George Hoban of Camp Devens arraigned at Fitchburg, charged with a statutory offense with Charlotte Scheurman, a 17-year-old girl, at Whalom; German U-boat sinks French steamer Lydiana off the north coast of Spain, rams and sinks lifeboats killing 38 passengers and crew. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/1918/AUG.html#28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Middlesex County Massachusetts Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.rootsweb.com/~mamidnws/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -