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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1916
Page
4
London reports a quiet front aside from artillery duels. Germans resume heavy shelling of Dead Man's Hill sector northwest of Verdun and the French second line positions east of the Meuse, with two days of bombardment after their assault.
The dispatch notes French, Italian, and Russian actions on multiple fronts. French guns bombard German points near Argonne and Pont-a-Mousson. Italy seizes Lobbia Alta from Austrians as Mizli and Monte Nero see fighting. Russians repel German assaults around Ikskull, Stripa, and Seslavino. Turks retreat after six days of heavy losses near Erzerum. A British steamer Inverlyon is sunk by a German sub, with 11 crewmen missing.
In the Argonne French batteries damaged German works near St Hubert and near Montfaucon and Malan court. West of the Meuse both sides traded gunnery near Dead Man's Hill. Germans bombarded French lines west of Hill 304 near Verdun. Austrian crest of Lobbia Alta stormed by Italian forces with prisoners. Meuse duels and French assaults on the left bank repulsed. Russian attacks near Dvinsk and south of Lake Narocz repulsed with heavy losses. Turks on the Tigris defeated by British and driven back. France provided Washington with submarine Sussex evidence. Russians take position in Stripa region and repulse attacks around the front.
British official statement reports mines exploded east of Vermelles damaging enemy positions and provoking heavy but ineffective artillery fire. It says early today bombardment near Souchez succeeded and a small night raid northwest of Lens killed some occupants and withdrew after completing its mission.
Berlin April 14 Emperor William attended a divine war service at the German main headquarters conducted by Cardinal Felix von Hartmann archbishop of Cologne according to an official statement from Berlin.
War office and Belgian communiques describe active French batteries in the Argonne near St Hubert and Montfaucon, with enemy roads targeted near Malancourt and Essey to Nonsard. The Meuse front saw heavy bombardments west of Hill No 304 and minor attacks south of Douaumont repulsed.
The Adamello zone action describes a stormy battle on Lobbia Alta where Italian detachments captured enemy positions by April 12. Reports note artilley activity in Trentino Carnia and the upper Fella, with continued fighting on Mizli Monte Nero and a final expulsion from contested trenches. Calm is reported on Gorizia Carso fronts.
London reports a British victory in Mesopotamia with Turkish lines forced back up to three miles along the Tigris. General Lake says forces on the right bank advanced one and a half to three miles aided by floods widening the front toward Kut-el-Amara.
A communication to Berlin stood as the sole unresolved point in an otherwise complete set of notes signaling a final warning to Germany. The document indicates a tense diplomatic moment with decisive language pending.
The Boston Opera House hosts Carmen with Farrar as Carmen and Martinelli as Don Jose in a largely favorable revival. Mason sings Micaela, De Luca depicts Escamillo as earnest though rough at times, and the chorus earns praise for strength and harmony. A second bill features Hansel and Gretel and Pagliacci with Cajatti and Caruso.
London reports that a prize court order releases a parcel post shipment of gloves from Germany to a New York importing house. This marks the first time goods of German origin have been released since the March 11 1915 orders in council.
The German statement notes minimal activity in the Western theatre with occasional artillery duels near the Meuse and failed assaults on the left bank. In the Eastern theatre minor enemy advances near Garbunowka and Narocz Lake were repulsed with losses. Balkan warfare cites artillery activity east of the Vardar with bombings on Gevgelija and Bogdance without damage.
Worcester April 14 There will be no compromise between Dean Lauress J Birney of the Boston University Theological School and Chancellor Franklin E Hamilton of the American University for bishopric honors at the general Methodist conference in Saratoga Springs next month The two were elected delegates to the general conference at a New England conference election today Chancellor Hamilton head of the New England delegation is supported by Birney loyalists in the factional split within the delegation
Delegates include Lemuel H. Murlin Boston University president and church leaders George B. Dean and E J Helms. lay electees include George Newhall of Lynn Everett Fiske Frank Dunn Silas Pierce Sarah Legg and Horace Moses. Boston University led by its president wins high honor as three Boston educators head to the general conference. Observers warn the divided Boston bloc may fail Dean Birney or Chancellor Hamilton in next month’s bishop vote. A loving cup for Bishop John W Hamilton moves him to tears as he retires. Tomorrow ministers pick alternates F D Luce C O Dorchester and E Bert Johnson.
Guarded by Sir Charles Allom the evidentiary material in the Sussex case arrives on the St Paul. It includes affidavits from survivors gathered by American embassies in Paris and London and fills 20 sacks of embassy mail. Edward H Huxley of Englewood New Jersey a passenger on the Sussex reports no ammunition aboard and notes a tale of torpedo wake. He plans to visit Washington to confer with State Department officials.
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