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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
5
Telegrams from Bucharest quote Rome based Havas dispatch that Field Marshal von Mackensen is directing preparations for a major expedition against Egypt, signaling possible German move in the Egypt theater.
The Messaggero reports trains loaded with munition shipments toward Turkey, including a 25 flat car train carrying mortars and shells for artillery use, tied to an elevation campaign. Paris notes Germany may move on the Suez Canal and Egypt with Turks Germans and Austrians, with figures of 500 000 to 800 000 troops and a four track railway toward Suez.
Cairo dispatch reports Christmas Day operations on the western Egyptian front were completely successful. An Arab tribesmen force about 3000 strong was driven back with 200 killed. British ships supported with gunfire helping the British troops near Mersa Matruh.
Congressman Buchanan vows to claim congressional immunity if needed to resist arrest over New York indictment tied to Labor's National Peace Council. He says he would press impeachment charges against United States Attorney Marshall in the House Judiciary Committee, denying any wrongdoing. He claims to have worked for peace and disputes being charged with fomenting strikes.
A Malta dispatch to Reuters states the submarine surfaced near Crete after the Ville de la Ciotat was torpedoed and raised the Austrian flag. The report notes the event occurred near the island of Crete and qualified the flag as Austrian.
Survivors recount a Dec 24 explosion as a submarine flying Austrian flag torpedoed the liner off Crete. 263 aboard, mostly French with 13 children and 168 crew. Lifeboats released, one capsized with all aboard drowned. ship sank after water flooded the stern. Survivors later rescued by the steamer Meroe at Malta.
A Vienna despatch to the Tribune says Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will soon arrive with full peace terms to be discussed with Austrian Foreign Minister Baron von Burian. Germany proposes a first conference at The Hague and will officially present terms to the allies.
Captain Karl Boy-Ed, the recalled German naval attaché, Colonel Edward M. House, Wilson's emissary, and Brand Whitlock, American minister to Brussels, boarded the Rotterdam with minutes to sail. Boy-Ed issued a written statement denouncing press excess and warning the U.S. may curb such utterances in self defense.
Captain Boy-Ed, after two and a half years as naval attaché, thanked Americans for kindness and denied wars and espionage charges while urging mutual respect. He denounced hostile press coverage and recalled coal and provisions shipments to Dewey in 1898. He urged continued friendship between United States and Germany and bid farewell to friends in the United States.
A lighthearted comic color feature previews Hank leading Florida with his animal friends in a playful Sunday Post spread.
The Providence Journal fires back at Captain Karl Boy Ed aboard the Rotterdam, calling his farewell remarks a deliberate falsehood. It accuses him of forging links to plots against the U S and alleges offers to silence the paper with money for a press bureau. The note asserts government protection kept him from prison.
Boston’s Toy Theatre on Dartmouth street will be renamed the Copley Theatre today and shift from lessees to owner control led by M. Douglass Flattery. The inaugural performance on January 8 features Harry Lauder’s first play, with Lauder directing the cast.
Harry K. Thaw lands in New York from Pittsburgh and checks into the Waldorf Astoria with secretary H. J. Rice. Private detective Norman Fitzgerald says Thaw intends only shopping during this stop. he plans to depart for Pittsburgh within a day or two.
The Hamborn will be loaded likely with wheat and sent to England, then brought before the admiralty prize court for final disposition. Orson Lowell debuts a new series of Pictorial Sarcasms in the upcoming Sunday Post.
Misses' and Juniors' whipcard broadcloth suits in broken sizes and colors with fur or braid trim. Originally 29.50, now reduced. Fur trimmed broadcloth suits offered in several styles with coats and skirts in brown green navy and black. Originally 45.00. 95.
Catalog note lists taffeta silk in plain and changeable patters, pompadour and striped effects with flounce trimming, ruchings, and cords. Petticoats priced at $5.00 in silk and $3.95 for messaline and taffeta varieties.
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