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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
15
Mayor Curley appeals to the Women’s Municipal League to back a five year street plan. He asks for 1 150 000 dollars yearly for four years plus 150 000 from new economies to fund granolithic walks and downtown and outer city streets.
Mayor Curley ruled bare toes may be seen while bare shins are not allowed after protests over near-nudity of Russian ballet performers at the Boston Opera House. He instructed the licensing chief to require promoters to cover legs from the ankles up, while bare feet remain permitted.
Rome reports in the Lagarina valley enemy attacks northeast of Mort were repelled. Small detachments in Sugana valley were surprised and overcome. Italian guns shelled an enemy column from Mariottini to San Martino and raided a trench southwest of San Martino, fifty bombs wrecking the trench.
Berlin reports Western theatre: enemy artillery active in Champagne and east of St Die. Lens shelled again. a French aeroplane shot down near Chauny, occupants wounded and captured. Eastern theatre: German reconquestors wipe out a Russian detachment near Wiesielucha. Balkan theatre: fires observed in Saloniki from airship attacks.
Austrian official communique reports Russians forced from foremost trenches by mine attacks near Kuscieczko on the Dniester Bukowina border. Patrol clashes noted on the northeast front. Italian battalion attacks west of Rocegno in Lugana valley repulsed. Col di Tana slope saps blown up after hand to hand fighting. Isonzo artillery duels occur. Balkan vanguards reach southern bank of the Matia River in Albania without fighting.
London reports the war office correction on January 31 air raid effects. Deaths rise to 20 women and 83 men with 6 children killed, while 48 women and 51 men are newly injured. Bombs found exceed 300. damage includes churches, chapels, houses, and railway property.
War office report details mine fighting in Artois and champagne bombardments near Louain. It notes casualties among civilians and soldiers after a Zeppelin raid on Saloniki and the capture of two aviators.
President Wilson spoke before a large crowd, urging citizens to back government action and a stronger national defence. He warned against complacency, noted munitions plants along the Atlantic, and urged enlistment and support to uphold the nation’s honor. The audience cheered as he pressed for immediate steps this month.
A Kansas City speech laments the U S navy ranking fourth and calls for rapid naval expansion to defend both coasts. The speaker warns that the Mexican border lacks enough troops and urges Congress to fund a peacetime army adequate for current needs.
In Topeka Kansas President Wilson defends a modest army increase arguing it sustains constitutional duty and national rights. He asserts America will defend international law rights of citizens and sell farm products abroad while upholding the Monroe Doctrine through moral and physical force.
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