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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
1
A Vienna forecast notes the United States demands are published and attacked point by point. It claims the American note is challenged and questions official knowledge of German notes. The report signals mounting pressure on Austria to comply with Allied terms.
President Wilson secured his marriage license from the DC clerk's office at 2 30 pm to wed Edith Bolling Galt. It marks only the second DC license issued to a U S president, the first being Grover Cleveland in 1886. Irving H Hoover, White House usher, obtained the license and returned with it.
Washington reports an ultimatum to Austria-Hungary will be sent within 48 hours. Non compliance would rupture diplomatic relations with Vienna, as negotiations over the Ancona case fail to satisfy U S demands. Cipher dispatches from Ambassador Penfield in Vienna confirm the poor Austrian reply.
London reports the engagement of Earl Kitchener of Khartoum to the Dowager Countess of Minto. The countess has been a widow for almost two years since the death of the late Earl of Minto on February 28, 1914. He was viceroy of India succeeding Lord Curzon, who resigned after home government backed Kitchener in a dispute over army reorganization. Earl Minto had been governor-general of Canada for six years before going to India.
The Countess of Minto, daughter of the late General Charles Grey and first cousin of the present Earl Grey, is noted as a highly talented English noblewoman. She has five children, the eldest born in 1884, and the present Earl of Minto born in 1891. Her three daughters are married. The marriage of Earl Kitchener, long linked to remaining dedicated to military life, will draw immense public interest.
Former Tylose secretary Miss Alice Freeman testified at a Finance Commission hearing about a plan to hide profits by falsifying books. She claimed city contract costs were inflated and that Tylose charged the city more than private individuals for the same items.
In testimony she described Edward E. Savory of the contracting firm drafting new contracts then tearing them up and telling her in a confidential talk that he would not do the dirty work.
Councillor James J. Storrow spoke privately to Councillor Jerry Watson in the city council lobby. He gave no other remarks that day and the exchange left a strong impression as Watson answered with a brief compliment.
Councillor Watson accuses Councillor Storrow of spending 50000 to secure Citizens' candidates election to the City Council. Watson had previously warned he would sue Councillor Hagan and the Post and Herald after a letter claimed Hagan wrote it and called Watson a knave.
A basement fire at the Marine Hospital in Chelsea forced 63 patients to be moved to safety. An attendant was overcome as smoke filled the building. the blaze, due to crossed wires, was confined to the basement.
Commandant Dr. BE Brown woke to smoke at 11 and triggered the alarm. Attendants evacuated patients from the upper wards while others fought the blaze in the basement. James F. Flannery was overcome but revived. Chelsea firemen confined the fire to two basement rooms. losses about 1000 dollars.
Noted Boston lawyer Robert M. Morse was honored with a complimentary dinner at the Hotel Somerset last night by leading members of his profession. The occasion featured a portrait by Oppenheim of the famous attorney on the menus.
After Mr Hoover received the Presidents license and paid a $1 fee Colonel W A Kroll the license clerk sent his sincere wishes for a happy and prosperous future to the President and Mrs Galt. The President is listed as 69 and Mrs Galt as 43. Both are noted as having been married before. Colonel Kroll had bought a new gold pen for the occasion.
Captain Ivory R. Allen age 74 of Chelsea collapsed and died at 9:30 p.m. after delivering a speech to Post 25 G A R in G A R Hall. Medical examiner cites heart disease. Born Waterboro Maine he served in the First Maine Cavalry from 1861 to 1865 and was a former Post 35 commander and 14 year chairman of the Chelsea Board of Assessors.
The House approved a joint resolution extending the emergency revenue tax until December 31 1916 by 205 to 189. The Senate is expected to pass soon. Administration leaders anticipate about 82 million dollars in revenue annually.
Robert M. Morse dean of the Massachusetts bar was honored at a complimentary dinner by the Boston University Law School Association. More than 400 leaders of the judiciary and legal profession gathered at the Hotel Somerset to pay tribute in words and song.
At a Boston dinner 17 women members of the Boston bar sat in attendance with Mrs Morse and her four daughters plus a daughter-in-law. The event featured Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg delivering the keynote as the gathered hosts were accorded equal status.
Officials say the reply to the U S note was not surprising and rumors indicate Austria would not yield fully. Washington officials have long anticipated a possible break and have prepared for it for several days.
The page lists moon phases from Dec 29 to Jan 27 and planetary risings, with moon rise and set times and planetary positions. It also notes war day counts, winter progress, and anniversary reminders for John Greenleaf Whittier Julian Edwards and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Unsettled forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for rain or snow with a warming trend by Friday. Washington reports northern New England cloudy Friday with likely rain or snow at night and Saturday, while Southern New England expects rain or snow and warmer temperatures Friday and Saturday.
Average yesterday’s temperature reported as 29 degrees with a prior year average of 24 degrees. Data appears from a dated spa bulletin with unclear text but includes numeric temperature values and a general daily reading.
Two armed yeggmen were captured after a deadly duel in Portland. They had shot station agent Ernest Winslow at West Falmouth during an attempt to crack a safe in his office yesterday.
Portland police captured Peter Petropolus of Lowell Massachusetts and Louis J Palouse of Augusta Maine in woods near Riverton Park after they shot and killed Patrolman Charles McIntosh and station agent Edward E Winslow at West Falmouth while attempting to crack a station safe. The wounded suspects said they were bound for Boston after the incident.
Hundreds of officers and citizens combed 12 miles of woods between Portland and Falmouth to stop the robbers. The fugitives were nabbed after fleeing from Riverton Park toward a freight train at Deering Junction following a chase that began at North Deering where Patrolman McIntosh and Winslow cornered them. Winslow, station agent for Maine Central at West Falmouth, was killed earlier.
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