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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1915
Page
1
The emperor signals a firm response to the U S protest and plans to confer with the envoy. The foreign office suggests American warships act as convoys for shipping to safeguard routes amid rising tensions.
Concord Feb. 14 A legislative measure by former Senator William E Chandler proposes the state of New Hampshire take over all leased lines of the Boston Maine railroad within its borders. The plan would have the state operate them directly or lease to individuals or corporations.
A statement by Mr. Chandler urges Massachusetts and New Hampshire to back loans for the Boston and Maine to avert insolvency. The measure would create a Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Railroads, including the Governor, to study state guaranteed loans and coordinate with Boston and Maine officials to secure federal loan guarantees and state support. The directors would seek Massachusetts cooperation in the plan.
George J. Raymond head of the Raymond Syndicate and famed for the advertising line Sold out to Raymond died early yesterday in Hot Springs Arkansas after a period of poor health. He was a prominent Boston businessman with a storied rise in commerce.
Chief James of the Hingham police was shot by bandits outside his station and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. A large south shore manhunt involved U S regulars militia and dozens of special deputies as authorities hunted suspects, with three Italian men questioned and one man named Joe Graspar suspected.
Under Captain Berrien a force of thirty and an equal militia unit rushed to the scene in autos with deputies awaiting daylight. The shooting of the noted police head provoked uproar in Hineland and nearby towns. Uniformed militia with fixed bayonets patrolled streets through the early morning as the garrison secured the area.
Chairman Herbert Hoover of the Belgian Commission for Relief thanks the New England Belgian Relief Committee for the first relief ship Harpalyce from Rotterdam. He urges continued generosity and notes a second ship will sail around March 1. Send supplies and small money to the New England Belgian Relief Headquarters Boston. checks to Joseph H. O’Neil, Treasurer.
A Brockville telegram reports three aeroplanes seen at 10 pm heading toward Ottawa, sparking Ottawa fears. Premier Sir Robert Borden was informed as military authorities prepared precautions.
At 11 o clock authorities shut off street lights in Ottawa and Parliament grounds while blinds hid the Parliament buildings. A Prockville police chief report said three or four airplanes crossed the St Lawrence from near Morristown New York, dropped light balls, and flew north toward Ottawa.
Readable fragments indicate yesterday's average temperature around Thompson's Spa with values ranging from the mid twenties to low thirties. Percentages and timestamps clutter the data, but the overall note shows an average near 31 degrees and a prior year average around 28 to 38 degrees.
American ambassador James W. Gerard has been invited by the Kaiser to attend a conference at field headquarters in East Prussia. The audience and purpose of the meeting remain unspecified, but it marks a formal high level engagement between United States diplomacy and German leadership.
Daily sky notes list moon rises and sets, lunar phase cycle, and evening and morning stars Jupiter Saturn Venus Mars. Includes Lent date, spring progress, and a list of today's anniversaries such as Maine battle, St. Louis origins, Susan B Anthony birth, Elihu Root birth, and 1848 American landing at San Jose.
Monday rain brings warmer air over Boston and vicinity, followed by a cooler Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. Washington reports New England outlook: rain and warmer Monday, then cloudy and colder Tuesday with strong south winds.
Berlin reports the Kaiser invites Ambassador Gerard to East Prussia for a conference as four days remain before the submarine war against enemy merchant ships begins. The foreign office drafts a friendly note but will not modify war zone conditions or accept mandatory searches of neutral ships, signaling a firm stance in harsher terms.
In a broad war update Albania makes a first appearance with troops crossing into Serbia as Austrian-influenced actions push the Serbian army and Prisrend municipality officials to retreat. German forces storm towns on the Alsace frontier taking prisoners and pressing in Lorraine and near Pont-a-Mousson.
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