Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1915 — NAVAL HONORS FOR TWO KILLED IN HAITI [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NAVAL HONORS FOR TWO KILLED IN HAITI

Boston accorded naval honors to William Gompers of Brooklyn, N. Yj, a nephew of Samuel Gompers, the president of the American Federation of Labor, and Carsdh Whitehurst of Norfolk, Va., both members of the crew of the U. S. S. Washington who were killed July 29, wbeiv some Haitian rebels resisted the landing of the American sailors at Port-au-Prince. The picture shows sailors firing a volley over the flag-draped coffins on the pier at Charlestown navy yard, Boston.