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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1915
Page
6
Russian communique reports victories on the Hungarian frontier with heavy Austrian losses and over 2,000 Austrian prisoners captured. Separate success in Bessarabia follows a failed Austrian invasion, while sea actions include two merchant vessel sinkings.
Russian dispatch reports German cavalry routed by Polish front near Suwalki with pursuit under way. Carpathian sector sees substantial gains north of Bartfeld and between Mezalaborcz and Lutoviska, with over 2000 prisoners and three guns captured. Austrians repelled at Saleszitrow. Crete frontier retreat to their line. Odessa Gulf: Ottoman cruiser Medjidieh hits mine and sinks.
A Petrograd report relayed by Reuters states the Turkish armored cruiser Medjidieh hit a mine off the Russian coast and sank during the night. The semi official Sebastopol dispatch confirms the loss.
Vienna April 4 retreat of Austrian forces in the Beskid region of the Carpathians was announced as large Russian reinforcements from Przemysl forced a withdrawal. The report notes ongoing battles north of Uzsok Pass and claims 2020 prisoners captured. no other fronts report changes.
Berlin reports on the Yser canal south of Dixmude that German troops occupied the village Drei Grachten on the western bank. French charges in the Forest of Le Pretre were repulsed and Russian attacks near Augustowo were defeated.
Paris reports that French troops gained control of Regnieville in the Woevre district and continued progress on the front. The war office note says calm overall with the village captured two and a half kilometers west of Fayen-Haye, which they occupied on April 1.
Vienna reports Austrian troops retreating in the Beskid ranges as Russian forces advance. Serbia protests Bulgarian raid on the frontier and seeks punishment. The City of Bremen sunk by a German submarine off Land’s End. Russian attacks on the Niemen front repulsed by Germans. French charges in Le Pretre Forest repulsed by Germans. Germans capture Drei Grachten on the Yser canal south of Dixmude. Medjidieh sunk by a mine in the Black Sea. French progress in Woevre district with Regnieville taken. An Austrian steamer carrying war supplies to Turkey blown up in the Danube. German steamer Grete Hemsoth sunk by a mine in the Baltic.
Paris reports 35 crewmen drowned when an Austrian steamer blew up after striking a mine near Ritopek on March 30. The wreck, possibly armor plated and carrying munitions for Turkey, was later bombarded by Serbian artillery and sank after a second explosion. The captain allegedly urged the crew to complete their mission and paid each sailor a 100 franc bonus.
The Medjidieh, a Turkish Black Sea fleet ship, and the cruiser Midirli were spotted near Samsoon by the Russian fleet on January 21 but escaped after a prolonged chase. Built in Philadelphia in 1908, the American designed vessel measured 831 feet in length with 42 feet beam and displaced 3482 tons. It carried two six inch guns, eight 4.7 inch guns, six three pounders, six one pounders, and two torpedo tubes with a crew of 3802.
In Norwich on April 4 the Independent Labour party delegates gathered at the Labor Institute after failing to rent a hall large enough for a demonstration before their annual meeting. A crowd sang the national anthems as Frederick W. Jowett and James Keir Hardie urged that workers bear the war’s burden and defended the working class against claims they overly drink.
An Easter service for the Chelsea Masons was held yesterday afternoon at the Mt Bellingham M E Church Chelsea. Rev Arthur N Hows pastor delivered a sermon with the text Masons and the World Task.
The Beskid range marks the Hungary Galicia boundary as part of the Carpathians. Fierce winter fighting has raged on mountain heights and passes. Russian officials claim strong advances. Vienna had not yet corroborated the reports.
A National Zeitung dispatch describes brutal Russian offensives in the Carpathians facing Austrian units. Terrain forces guerilla like warfare. Dukla and Lupkow Uzsok passes see heavy combat as Russians push amid casualties. Strumitsa station, Bulgarian border actions, and Serbian losses detailed.
The Petit Journal reports Serbia protested to Bulgaria over an invasion of Serbian territory by irregular Bulgarian forces. The note requests arrest and imprisonment of those responsible, though the tone remains moderate.
Bulgarian minister M Rizov in Rome blamed Macedonian revolutionists in Serbia for the border clash and urged neutrality. Serbian minister M Ristich contested the claim, suggesting Bulgaria’s control of the Vardar left bank could sever Serbia's supply lines to Salonika, noting telegraph and telephone cuts.
The Austrian Hungarian embassy released a denial from Foreign Minister Burian rejecting Morning Post reports of overtures to Russia for a separate peace. The minister said no peace offer was made and called the Morning Post story an invention.
Scores of passengers were stalled in the East Boston tunnel when a inbound trolley feed wire snapped leaving cars dark. An emergency circuit lit the tube and passengers were unharmed. After an hour and 15 minutes a wrecking crew cleared the scene and traffic resumed.
A New York report states Frank Chance turned down a three year offer worth 25000 dollars with a 25000 dollar advance to manage a Federal league club.
A Reuters report from Stockholm states the German steamer Grete Hemsoth, 1550 tons, struck a mine in the Baltic and sank with 25 crew lost. The City of Bremen of Dublin was sunk by a German submarine off Land’s End in the English Channel. four crew members drowned and twelve survivors arrived in Penzance. Shipping records do not list the City of Bremen of Dublin.
More than 15,000 men and women climbed Mount Rubidoux at dawn and knelt at the crest of a huge cross to pray for peace. A chorus led by nationally known singers sang master anthems as the sun rose over the San Bernardino range. Hundreds of visitors from the East attended.
Dr. Brainerd F. Conley a Tufts Medical School graduate and former Boston journalist married yesterday afternoon in St. Cecilia rectory Boston. His bride is Mrs Florence D. Byrnes of New York.
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