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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1915
Page
1
Mrs Henry Clarke Coe Jr says a tailor who made her husband’s fur coat holds key clues. The Standard Oil salesman is missing and ill in bed, and catching the tailor could clarify the case if the coat is recovered.
Passengers aboard the Lusitania assert the captain received official command, while the United States contemplates seeking explanations from Great Britain. Washington authorities insist that using the neutral flag to deceive the enemy is lawful under international law.
The Build Now campaign by the Boston Post wins support from major New England newspapers across Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine and Vermont. Editors commend the plan to improve business conditions restore optimism in markets create jobs and position New England for rapid growth over the coming five years under the guidance of Boston Industrial Development Board chair John N. Cole.
Four masked men boarded the Palm Beach limited at Stuart early tonight and robbed male passengers on the observation platform of money and jewelry. They forced entry to the car, then fled after forcing the brakeman to stop the train as revolvers were leveled.
Three hundred German officers and crew of the Kronprinzess Cecilie attended a special service at Maverick Church East Boston. German hymns and music were sung and war zone pictures shown followed by a reception in the vestry arranged by Rev Albert R Williams.
The Ryan Mansfield heart balm suit, known as the Toodles case, resumes this morning after a postponement due to juror illness. Juror Peter J. Freeley has recovered enough to return to duty, and expected testimony may reappear as the trial proceeds. Principal witnesses Elizabeth Ryan and Mr Mansfield may be recalled before verdict.
The Allan line steamer Mongolian was seriously damaged after hitting a shoal while entering St John’s harbor. Bow plates indented, ship to dock for extensive repairs after arriving from Philadelphia and before heading to Liverpool. Ice floes forced a return voyage.
Copenhagen by Daily Mail dispatch reports the Kaiser arrived at Czestochowa today and will stay there for an extended period. The move signals renewed German attention to Polish affairs as of February 7.
Coe left home on January 30 promising to retrieve his coat. A $300 plus muskrat fur lined coat was last with a tailor. detectives trace tailors downtown and along 1200 Commonwealth Avenue and 59 Congress Street but have no result. Mrs Coe hopes the tailor who received the coat is located. two witnesses report seeing a man in a long dark overcoat.
Three South Boston boys aged 11 and 9 are charged with taking part in a daring night burglary at 147 Federal Street. Two entered by breaking a window and climbing in while a third kept watch outside. Police recovered a jack knife as the known loot. full inventory had not yet been made.
Patrolmen Bell and Gleason arrested three youths near City Hall avenue station after a store window was broken and items found disarranged. The trio were taken to the station house and later turned over to parents. One offender had prior arrests and will face Juvenile Court.
Editorial letters and appeals describe widespread Belgian hunger as 3,000,000 women and children starve. The Belgian relief effort, led by the Belgian Commission for Relief, sails steamships from the United States. The New England Belgian Relief Committee plans another shipment by March 1 from 426 Boylston Street Boston, with Joseph H. O’Neil as treasurer.
The body of Alonzo G. Gardner of Baltimore was found in a dense palmetto thicket along Raft Creek near Georgetown Florida. He died from a shot wound to the back of the head. Gardner had been missing for three weeks with his brother Horace of Springfield Massachusetts.
Word from Springfield confirms Alonzo Gardner shot in Florida and likely his brother Horace is dead as well. Henry Gardner travels south with Mayor Weeder to aid the search for a missing third man and the negro guide believed key to the killings.
Red Cross workers in Paterno after the quake hear faint moans and rescue 33 year old Cairolo who had been trapped 25 days. He survived on water and was uninjured. He walked from the auto to the town with no help.
An ad for the Neal Institute promises that three days of treatment will remove all desire for liquor by expelling alcohol from the system. It claims safe, proven results with pleasant surroundings and offers contact at 304 Newbury St Boston Back Bay 3970 and 60 Neal Institutes in principal cities.
In St Peter's Rome Pope Benedict XVI led a large service with 22 cardinals as he intoned a prayer for peace. Worshippers echoed the plea to the God of all mercies, King of Peace, from beneath the Bernini canopy.
The Pope arrived and departed to an ovation as crowds outside St. Peter's and 400 Rome churches rang bells at 3 PM. Over 66,000 filled the basilica for a rain soaked ceremony urging peace, with special seating for Sacred College members, patriarchs, archbishops, and diplomats.
Police seized brochures circulating as extracts from Spanish and Swedish newspapers praising Germany the army and Emperor William. Commission merchants had distributed the material in Paris to promote propaganda.
An old Bally snip advertises Castle Square Hotel at Tremont Chandler and Berkeley with near Back Bay rail access and ferries. It promotes first class cuisine and private baths in 50 single suites 1.50, 100 double suites two persons 2.00, 250 alcove double suites 2.50 to 8.00, free baggage transfer and club breakfasts 25 to 45 cents, inviting postal booklet requests.
The Foreign Office issued a statement defending the Lusitania captain and British policy on neutral colors. It argues using a flag of convenience complies with international law and the 1894 Merchant Shipping Act, and that Germany bears responsibility for any piracy if it destroys a noncombatant vessel and crew.
Passengers report the Lusitania, after leaving Queenstown, flew the American flag while crossing the Irish Sea to the Mersey. The flag change followed a late admiralty wireless message and prompted wide comment in London about the Cunard liner’s signaling and speed.
The note lists moon phases from last quarter on Feb 7 to full moon on March 1 and marks Lent beginning Feb 17 with Easter Sunday on Apr 4. It also gives day counts in 192 wartime year, positions of Jupiter Saturn Venus and Mars, and car lamp timing of 5 37 and 6 07 PM for dusk.
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