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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1915
Page
1
Mayor says tunnel tolls will not be abolished on January 1 despite resident expectations. City Council failure to replace toll funds used for tunnel bond interest and sinking fund needs cited as reason for keeping tolls.
The report states a commander will be punished for sinking the Ancona and pay indemnity for American lives lost. It also notes a pledge to stop torpedoing merchant ships until passenger and crew safety is guaranteed, signaling a pledge of complete victory for the president.
Wholesale changes in Deer Island penal institutions department posts were announced with attaches to come under Civil Service on January 1 1916. Officials say Commissioner Shaw aims to replace staff with supporters of Mayor Curley while removing opponents or neutrals. Neither the Mayor nor Shaw could confirm or deny the allegation when pressed.
In Concord New Hampshire Judge Oliver W Branch ruled that a Portland detectives confession is admissible as evidence in the Morrison H Peaslee murder trial The defence announced new evidence a cache of shotgun shells of peculiar manufacture tied to Cortus McGee and a suspect with access to the shells Shirley Peaslee the accuseds brother found the shells in Henni ker Tuesday The Boston Post reported the lead as an important clue
Coperation Counsel John A. Sullivan says the appropriation cannot be made before February 1916 the start of the new fiscal year Representative Giblin of East Boston disagrees arguing funds should be ready for toll discontinuation on New Year’s Day Giblin says the council accepted the toll abolition act last spring and money should have been provided The mayor could call a special session to address the funding decision.
John Bebbington a 24 year old engineer draughtsman and chemistry student appeared as a witness before the Finance Commission at the resumed public inquiry into the purchase of floor preservatives by city department officials.
The Finance Commission learned little about Tylose ingredients and manufacture, leaving the inquiry report sparse on technical details and timeline.
Leopold M. Goulston repeatedly declined to answer questions from the Finance Commission's counsel Michael J. Sughrue, despite reminders by Chairman Murphy that the commission could seek a court order. He argued the inquiry touched private business affairs and should not be public.
Within 48 hours several officers and nurses have been discharged and more are slated for today. All changes must be completed with the payroll placed in Mayor Curley’s hands for approval by 6.
A despatch to the Times from Saloniki reports that the consuls of Germany Austria Turkey and Bulgaria with their staffs and families have been arrested by order of French General Sarrail and taken aboard a French warship. Their consulates are now occupied by allied troops.
The third suspect joins Eugene Wood and Morrison Peaslee in the ongoing murder investigation. Wood previously faced arrest on a murder charge linked to Howard Peaslee, while Morrison Peaslee now stands charged. The new development broadens the case’s scope and potential defendants.
Albany December 30 Thomas Mott Osborne tonight relinquished his duties as warden of Sing Sing prison while indictments charging neglect of duty and immoral conduct are determined. George W Kirchwey former dean of Columbia Law School was appointed acting warden during the interim.
The report notes a 1778 action where American troops repelled forces at Quebec and General Montgomery was killed. It also recalls German air raids on Dunkirk one year earlier.
Vienna attributes the deaths of American citizens aboard the Ancona to panic and difficult disembarkation. It says the submarine commander was punished for not adequately accounting for this panic. The note offers to indemnify damages if U S evidence is lacking, while denying responsibility for damage from justifiable firing or capsizing boats prior to torpedo fire.
Vienna forwards to Amsterdam via Reuter’s Telegram a note agreeing with Washington that humane laws must guide wartime actions. It contends enemy private vessels not fleeing or resisting should not be destroyed until passengers are secured and notes US value on maintaining good relations.
In Blakely Georgia on December 30 two Black men Mike and Ulysses Goolsby were roasted to death inside a cabin after being pursued by a posse led by Sheriff Howell who fired on the getaway shelter. Four other Black people including Grandison Goolsby Early Hightower James Burton and an unidentified person were struck by return fire as white men were wounded in the ongoing clashes.
Reports say a plantation overseer Henry Villipique was killed last night, and the ensuing fighting and deaths followed from his murder.
Evening stars Venus and Jupiter set after 6:50 p.m. Mars rises around 8 p.m. Saturn follows sunset and becomes evening star by January. Moon phases list first quarter January 11 and full moon January 20 with related seasonal notes.
Washington reports fair weather for New England with clear Friday and likely Saturday. Temperatures rise notably by Saturday as winds remain moderately variable across the region.
Reading from Thompson's Spa includes scattered figures and times such as 14 15 Pep 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 41 24 9 p.m. 45 27 112 mid. 4 and averages for yesterday and last year. The text combines incomplete numbers with references to periods and temperatures without clear context.
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