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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1915
Page
8
London reports that if enlistments do not surge next week, the Earl of Derby may conclude the voluntary system fails to supply essential recruits. Derby faces disappointment as efforts to boost recruiting meet limited enthusiasm from labor groups. The outcome alarms British interests in the East due to potential military setbacks.
Amid pressure for universal conscription and rising demands for manpower, European and Balkan fronts shift as Greece and the Entente seek firm declarations. Townshend s Mesopotamian setback dampens British optimism while French and Belgian artillery engage in intensified actions.
Vienna dispatch reports sporadic artillery on the Russian Front and brisque activity on the Tyrol front at Ladara. Italian actions on the Isonzo were limited to artillery and isolated night attacks repulsed. Montenegrin clashes near Celebric and Plevije yield captured war materiel including one million infantry cartridges and one hundred artillery caissons. Sixty prisoners taken south of Novipazar.
Rome reports via London a dated official communique stating only artillery engagements and small detachments fighting occurred with no events worthy of mention along the entire front.
Official war office statement from Petrograd via London reports calm on both the Western and Caucasus fronts yesterday.
London cites failing volunteer recruitment and hints at Dec 11 conscription. British forces pull back in Mesopotamia as Turkish forces pursue, while Belgian and French actions stiffen on the western front. Montenegrin counterattacks are repulsed and prisoners are taken as Bulgarians pressure Serbia and Montenegro.
Berlin reports Serbian troops were overtaken and defeated by Bulgarian forces near the Albanian border. Monastir is occupied by German and Bulgarian detachments. Several hundred prisoners taken in battles near Plevije and northeast of Ipek. Over 100 cannon and large war materials captured, including 200 automobiles. Serbian rear guards repulsed in the Yama mountains and between Kreova and Ocarida. No war news from the eastern or western fronts.
A dispatch from Constantinople, received in London, states Turkish forces pursued the retreating enemy in Mesopotamia. They captured an enemy tug and a vessel with provisions and war material. At the Dardanelles a transport was stranded after being hit, a torpedo boat fled, and an armored vessel was struck by four shells. An enemy aeroplane was shot down near Seddul Bahr by a military aircraft dropping bombs on an armored ship.
The five governments Britain France Italy Japan and Russia pledge not to seek separate peace during the present war. They declare that when peace terms are discussed no ally will demand terms without prior agreement from all others.
Paris reports a Franco-British conference at Calais attended by key leaders including Asquith Balfour Kitchener Briand Galliani Joffre and Pelle. The talks began at 2:30 pm and ran until 6 pm with major current questions addressed. English delegates returned to London and French to Paris during the night.
Paris reports the Quadruple Entente ministers in Athens met with Grecian premier M. Skouloudis for a cabinet discussion and a royal audience. Entente sources say Greece’s reply to representations will be found satisfactory after consultations with French and British ministers.
A proposed program argues for a German led peace based on a unified nation excluding expansionist aims. It envisions buffers against Russia, Balkans and Asia Minor control, and constabulary influence over Turkey while preserving Belgium and preventing a British threat via strengthened fortifications at Suez.
Mischa Elman, violinist, appeared yesterday in Symphony Hall for the first time in two seasons. After study and seclusion last winter, his playing showed broader, simpler interpretation with confident technique. He performed works by Vivaldi, Ernst, Mozart, Bach, Sarasate, and others to widespread applause, adding encore numbers on request.
The Somerset Outing Club of Charlestown passed a no license resolution at its regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon. Thirty-two of about half the hundred members attended and voted unanimously, announced club president William Sinnott.
A Sunday crash left one dead and sixteen injured. Gallerani was arrested by Reading police for manslaughter and later released on $2000 bail furnished by his father. Riessle, a Reading High School freshman and St. Agnes Church altar boy, is mentioned in connection with the incident.
Valentine Grundman captain of De Paul Academy and Coach James Paupau were among five injured when their auto collided with another on Loring avenue near Marblehead. Others treated included Father F F Gorman Charles Rackliffe and Fred Robinson. All were taken to hospitals then to Chicago.
A collision on Pond Street in Sharon involved two autos and a carriage. John Clasby and Miss Margaret O'Brien were thrown out, Clasby dragged by the horse but both suffered only bruises and can return home. The carriage was destroyed, one auto damaged, another undamaged.
One person was seriously injured and four more hurt when Edwin Seabury’s touring car collided head on with a DPD Carellio Co. truck on Main Street Wakefield. Daniel Savage suffered severe cuts and bruises and was taken to Melrose Hospital in critical condition. seven passengers in Seabury’s car escaped with minor injuries.
Antonio Russo of Norfolk Downs was knocked from his bicycle on Newport Street by a car driven by Charles C. Cook of Rawson Road Quincy. Cook attempted to pass on the left. Russo swerved into the path. Russo was taken to Quincy Hospital in non serious condition.
Boston and nearby organized labor plan a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall to protest the New Haven and Boston and Maine railroads stance on the freight handlers strike. More than a thousand strikers will parade to the hall and hear speakers led by Harry P. Jennings Frederick W Mansfield and other AFL leaders.
Boston Central Labor Union adopted resolutions protesting the transfer of Common land to widen Boylston Tremont and Park streets. Robert Wood and ex Representative Pierce urged preservation of Boston Common. union vote urged for license, claiming no license would oust 10,000 workers. Waitresses' Union 112 wage scale endorsed with meals, nights, and travel allowances. Leather Handlers' Union support urged for better conditions.
The Curley ticket and license were endorsed by two unions yesterday at Wells Memorial building. The Electrical Workers Union 104 plans initiation of 100 plus members and raises its initiation fee from 10 to 25 after Jan 1. Bay State Lodge officers F N Burns and others were elected at 995 Washington st. Moving Picture Operators Union 3080 named officers. Plumbers Union 12 annual election set tonight with contests for most offices. Printing Pressmen vote to keep donations to striking freight handlers. Executive board meets Wednesday at 28 School street. Bunker Hill Lodge addressed by A Donovan on an eight hour campaign. Charlestown Longshoremen paid $85 sick benefits. two new members obligated. Boston Coal Teamsters plan election Sunday 1 to 4 pm. Vaudeville actors to organize 100 percent by New Year’s Day. White Rats union reorganizes Boston branch. initiation fee lowered.
Walter McLeary of Saugus announced a large munitions plant may be built on part of Franklin Park land. He said agents of a corporation were negotiating for 10 acres, but he refused to reveal the company name or further details.
Alphonso Berenson aged 75 caretaker of 128 Endicott avenue Beachmont was found dead in bed yesterday afternoon by Lieutenant Tappan and Patrolman Harrigan. He had been missing five days and police see no foul play, attributing death to natural causes.
The Ladies' Kennel Association of Massachusetts will hold its monthly meeting next Monday afternoon December 13 at the Hotel Touraine Boston. Mrs Henry S Bush of Brookline chairs as president.
The wage schedule committee of the Boston Telephone Operators Union will meet Wednesday night at the Old South building to finish the wage scale the union plans to vote on next Friday night.
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