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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1915
Page
1
Foreign secretary Grey states Britain will not abandon neutral port blockade and asserts changed warfare conditions justify extreme measures. Britain declares the right to intercept belligerent commerce cannot be limited and sets out wartime policy.
Russian forces stubbornly retain Warsaw with even fewer signs of abandoning the city. Military reports indicate supply levels and shell expenditure affect German progress, while Austro-German flanks push east toward Brest Litovsk and Vilna, the Warsaw front remaining largely stalled.
Erie Pennsylvania reports twenty five dead and millions in damage after a cloudburst floods streets up to five feet deep and reaches second story windows. Dams south of the city burst flooding the town and darkening Erie as the electric system and papers suffer losses. Communication lines were crippled as water swamped conduits and telegraph service struggled to resume.
Continued on page five column A M P M lists moon phases from last quarter Aug two to full moon Aug 24 with quarter dates Aug 10 17 and Sept 1. Provides yearly full moon dates Sept 23 Oct 22 Nov 21 Dec 21 and day length 14 hours 24 minutes. Also notes morning stars Saturn Venus Jupiter and announces auto lamps times.
Forecast shows lingering rain and unsettled weather in Boston with a likely sharp northeast to east flow. Washington reports rain on Wednesday and Thursday with unsettled temperatures and variable conditions.
In a National League doubleheader Boston defeated Pittsburg 5 to 4 and again 7 to 2 while all other NL games were postponed due to rain. In the New England League Worcester edged Lawrence 4 to 3 and Portland beat Lowell 7 to 5 and 6 to 1 with Lynn over Lewiston 4 to 2 and Manchester 2, Fitchburg 0.
Boston wins the closing game 2 to 1 as Ernie Shore shines with strong pitching. Jack Barry and Duffy Lewis deliver timely hits to seal the contest and keep Boston atop the percentage column. The Jungaleers struggle despite two fewer hits.
Washington reports a definite plan to halt Mexico's internal conflict. Allied American republics will notify all warring Mexican factions to meet by a fixed date, form a provisional government, and begin steps toward a free election for a permanent regime recognized by the Americas.
Federal conciliator John B. Moffitt arrived in Boston to mediate a mass strike at Becker Milling Machine Company led by ex governor Foss. The State Arbitration Board has failed to arrange a meeting, and union leaders threaten a sympathy walkout at Sturtevant Blower Works within 24 hours if no definite proposal is offered.
The alternative to accepting the ultimatum is clear the Pan American forces will enter Mexico probably at Vera Cruz and move to the capital seize government powers subdue revolutions and govern until Mexicans lay down arms. Continued on Page 8 Seventh Col.
Military observers say Grand Duke Nicholas has refined his retreat strategy after abandoning Warsaw. The Russian front holds firm against German pressure with orderly, costly withdrawals and no sign of collapse, as forces trade positions along prepared lines.
Waldo S. Ford aged 57 of 12 Carmen Street Dorchester died after being struck crossing Washington Street near Norwell Street to board a car. Frank W. Lincoln aged 44 of 44 Norwell Street Dorchester was badly cut and bruised. They were hit by an automobile driven by an unidentified man returning from a repair shop of Alvin E. Werzburg of 59 Southern Avenue Dorchester.
Ford died at City Hospital from a fractured skull and internal hemorrhages after an auto struck the pedestrians and knocked them down on Washington street near Norwell street. Lincoln suffered head and body injuries and was treated by Dr. Max Stromach before returning home. Arthur Freeman, 20, of 695 Washington street Dorchester, was arrested in connection with the fatal accident and awaits arraignment.
The sloop Genevieve owned by Commodore John Barneson of the San Francisco Yacht Club won the Seattle to San Francisco race announced today in San Francisco California.
Great Britain rejects the charge that orders in council are illegal and argues the blockade is lawful under international law. The British reply invites the United States to submit to international arbitration any cases where U S dissatisfaction with prize courts arises while promising to avoid harming neutrals where possible.
Britain releases two notes and supplemental remarks detailing new warfare principles and a seven thousand word correspondence. The Neches case is included, showing seizure of German-origin goods bound for the United States. The British justify the blockade by asserting belligerents may cut off enemy sea-borne commerce by effective means citing submarines airships and alleged Belgian atrocities.
The $15000 alienation suit of Mrs. Hattie T. Batchelder against her husband Judge Clark A. Batchelder has stirred Fitchburg society. Batchelder has left the judge and now works at a Bon Toon lunch counter. Miss Bernice Hartley, once the judge's stenographer, is said to return from California to aid the suit. A sensational trial is anticipated.
Mrs Batchelder a widow by first marriage now charges her husband Judge Batchelder head of the police court with improper relations with Miss Hartley on July 11 and 12 of last year. The judge is twenty years her senior and a member of the Worcester County Bar Association. Continued on Page 16 First Col.
Athens despatch says a German submarine sank the British transport Ameuron and most of the crew were drowned. Overseas News Agency released the despatch via Sayville, Long Island.
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