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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1915
Page
1
President invites conference of envoys from leading South and Central American nations with the State Department to craft a coordinated plan to restore order in the Republic. The meeting is set for Thursday to discuss security, governance, and regional stability.
Washington reports Great Britain defends its blockade of neutral commerce under the order in council in three notes to Secretary Lansing. Germany backs its Frye case interpretation of the 1828 treaty as the United States objected in two previous notes.
President Wilson proposes a hemispheric crisis policy with all Western Hemisphere nations excluding Canada and the United States forming a Pan American armed force if needed. Invitations have been sent to Central and South American diplomats to meet with Secretary Lansing to set the basis for possible action.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt announced at Oyster Bay that he will stand by the Progressive party in the coming campaigns and that reentering the Republican ranks would be impossible. He said anyone seeking his advice should enroll in the Progressive party.
After returning from a western trip Colonel Roosevelt issued a statement praising Progressives who plan to enroll as Republicans in New York. He said he will enroll as a Progressive and would advise others to do the same. Mrs Roosevelt accompanied him home. no truth to reports she was ill.
London dispatch reports the German trap closing on Russian armies around Warsaw as Austro German columns push eastward. Von Mackensen’s corps aim to cut off retreat toward Brest Litovsk while Russian defenses along the Narew River resist, threatening the Warsaw garrison’s escape.
Ex Governor Foss head of Becker Milling Machine Company did not meet a committee of strikers at the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration to discuss the 1000 machinists wage strike. His office said he could not attend due to an important engagement.
The notes discuss Allied efforts to curb trade with enemy and neutral states via European routes, citing U S Civil War precedents like blockades of Bermuda. They claim Supreme Court decisions support this right, including the Springbok case, while Matamoras is deemed inapplicable due to different governing conditions.
An Oklahoma farmer's wife, reading reports of a New Yorker sending $10,000 to the treasury, wrote to Secretary McAdoo asking for $1000. She said she needed the money worse than the government and would spend it on a cow, a Ford, and a set of false teeth.
Mrs. George S. Inman, wife of a United Fruit Company cashier suspected of embezzlement, voluntarily surrendered all possessions including horses jewels and stock in restitution. Her husband’s attorney Aaron J. Lyman believes much of the funds were lost in the stock market.
Mrs. Inman nears collapse as a warrant is issued for her husband over alleged misuse of United Fruit Company funds. She claims complete ignorance and has turned over property valued above $10,000 to the National Surety Company while the shortage grows beyond $120,000. Attorney Lyman advised restitution and handles the missing cash recovery.
The Democratic leaders anticipate Governor Walsh will formally announce his candidacy for re-election upon returning from the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. He is due in Chicago this morning, with sources close to him certain of the decision. Continued on Page 6-Sixth Column.
Tonight at the State Department an informal meeting is set for Thursday afternoon to discuss the Mexican situation. Attending will be ambassadors from Brazil Argentina and Chile and the ranking ministers of Bolivia Uruguay and Guatemala from the American republics.
Fragmentary line mentions Portland time stamps 24m 8h 88m and references Gloucester 26m and Newport. No clear event, person, or organization identified. insufficient context for full card.
Today tracks a Moon cycle with last quarter Aug 2 new moon Aug 10 first quarter Aug 17 full moon Aug 24 and trailing phases into Sept. It lists star visibility Saturn Venus and Jupiter with auto lamps times 7 33 and 8 03. Anniversary notes mark Columbus 1492 and 1804 Tripoli bombardment. One year ago England pledge to protect France.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Tuesday showers and likely Wednesday showers with moderate northeast winds. Washington reports New Reese forecast indicating showers Tuesday and probably Wednesday.
Average temperature yesterday was 69 degrees with 9 24. A year ago yesterday the average was 78 degrees with 21 24. The data lists multiple city or station readings including Wisconsin and Missouri entries.
A fire of probable incendiary origin destroyed an unoccupied three story tenement at 19 Hamburg Street South End early this morning. Twenty people including twelve children were driven to the street as firemen and police assisted in the evacuation.
A wooden building owned by Samuel Reich at 246 Harrison avenue burned, flames spreading from the front hall through the stairway to the roof. The adjacent tenements at 17 and 15 Hamburg street were evacuated as residents fled. Fire crews rescued families including the Barkers, Breens, Crowbacks, and McCarthy with minimal injuries. Beich house destroyed and others soaked by water. total loss around 1000 dollars.
Dr D H Kress of Stoneham at a Malden square meeting linked fresh meat and poor baked foods to quarrelsome moods and higher divorce rates. He blamed both men and women for rising divorces citing dietary influence on temperament and marital outcomes.
Henry W. Riley of Worcester fell from a motor boat in the Providence River and drowned while spending the summer at Commut Point with his daughter. The body was recovered.
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