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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1916
Page
4
The United States rejects Germany’s submarine policy and demands assurance that armed merchant ships will not be attacked without warning. Sweden warns its citizens against traveling on armed ships, while Senator Lodge argues U S neutrality would be endangered by capitulation.
Despatches from Bucharest report that Erzerum’s capture by Russians may push Roumania to intervene soon. Roumanian officials aligned with the Entente say a March troop concentration in Bessarabia will allow forces to move to the Bulgarian frontier. Allies accelerate transport of Serbian Albanian and Montenegrin troops to Saloniki for a coordinated offensive with Roumanian action.
German war desk says British efforts south of Ypres failed with heavy losses while German mining near Lens Arras yielded prisoners and one machine gun. French assault south of the Somme collapsed under German fire as aerial combat and bombardment continued in Flanders and Hudova in the Vardar Valley.
Berlin reports via Sayville that Austro-Hungarian forces with Albanian support have occupied Kavaya. Essad Pasha's gendarmes fled aboard a ship. Italian front sees reduced artillery activity while Malborghetto is shelled. In the Rombon area 37 prisoners and one machine gun were taken during foreground cleanup. Since recent clashes near Oslayia, seven machine guns two mine throwers and 1200 rifles are reported captured.
An advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion as a blood-building food to strengthen resistance to sickness. It claims 18 pounds of blood in a healthy adult and links weak blood to cold hands, study aversion in children, and rheumatic tendencies in adults. It urges fresh air and regular use after meals, notes popularity, and warns to beware substitutes.
Senator Lodge and fellow Republicans denounce Germany's plan to destroy armed merchant ships without warning. They argue U S ties to international law and oppose abandoning a core principle, warning that acquiescence could push the country toward war.
Senator delivers historical defense of armed merchantmen and neutral rights, arguing a shift would make the U S ally of a belligerent and invite war. He cites Lansing and Bryan notes, warns an embargo or port closure would alter war conditions and risk unneutral action. He dismisses press reports suggesting policy change as inconceivable.
State Department notes that the United States recognizes merchant ships may carry defensive arms in opposition to Germany. Sweden warns its subjects against armed merchant ships. Germany denies delaying torpedoing armed ships. British trenches south of Ypres repulsed. a German detachment takes prisoners and a machine gun near Arras. Allied air attacks on Flanders met by German retaliation on Poperinghe. Allied raid targets Hudova station in the Vardar valley. Austrian troops with Albanians occupy Kavaya on the Albanian coast. Italians shell Malborgeth. Austrians take 37 Italian prisoners and one machine gun in the Rombon district.
Washington February 18 Representatives Heflin of Alabama and Howard of Georgia after a State Department visit said officials believe the European war will not last much longer and that cotton prices will rise if producers hold their crops. Secretary Lansing noted need for more ships to transport cotton and foresaw improved conditions soon.
Berlin reports via wireless that a New York despatch claiming a postponement of the torpedoing of armed merchantmen from February 29 to April is incorrect. The foreign office says no order was issued and cites possible American delay requests. No delay request has been received.
Rome report says enemy shelled inhabited areas including Orosano and Borgo in Lagana valleys. Italian artillery dispersed detachments on Luserna road and workers in Astico zone. Infantry clashes occurred in Lugana valley with repulsion and prisoners taken. Sailboats targeted on the Middle Isonzo near Canale. On Carso front east of Vermegliano a detachments rushed an enemy trench with losses.
Special Cable to the Post from Rome reports King Ferdinand leaving Vienna for Sofia after news of Erzerum's fall. The Turkish retreat may force withdrawal of troops aimed at aiding Bulgaria along the Danube and the Black Sea and Aegean coasts.
The report states Austro German troops cannot replace Turks in Bulgaria and warn against weakening near Saloniki. It notes Roumanian intervention likely next month and Austrian massing along the Carpathians, Danube, and Transylvania. Ferdinand aims to save Bulgaria at any cost, even by seeking a separate peace.
London reports John Redmond urges Irish youths to join reserve battalions and begin training so Irish regiments can be reinforced only by Irish soldiers. He says front line fellows have asked Ireland to stand with them in France and Flanders and vows unity through shared sacrifices and duty.
Major General Dobell reports to the colonial minister in Berlin that munitions shortages forced a withdrawal from the Kamerun protectorate into Spanish territory. Troops and staff crossed the frontier on the 4th, with the first detachments reaching the coast yesterday. The Spanish government seeks to transport those from the protectorate to Fernando Po as negotiations proceed.
The French war office describes mines under a German trench near Hill 140 in Artois creating a large crater and securing the southern ridge. Artillery barriers south of Frise allegedly repelled a German attack, while near the Aisne a damaging fire was directed at the enemy salient. In Alsace the Germans briefly gained footing north of Largitson but were expelled by a counterattack.
The weekly Journal Bystander owners were fined £100, former editor Vivian Carter £50, and cartoonist Lieutenant Bernard £60 after publishing a cartoon showing a British soldier drunk and collapsed beneath a tree with the caption Reported missing. The case cited the defence of the realm act asserting the image harmed discipline and recruiting. an appeal was filed.
Milan February 18 report says the Pope is drafting a strong protest to Austria against bombing in Italy. He requests Emperor Francis Joseph spare Italian churches after an air raid damaged the famous ceiling by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in Venice.
The Pope received assurances that Austrian pilots would respect churches but deemed them idle as pilots could not distinguish churches from barracks from 9000 feet. Reports from Cardinal Farrari in Milan and other prelates swelled indignation, and the Pope reportedly prepared a strong protest to Vienna after two days of seclusion.
In 1908 Buffum, a Newark courthouse official, left an asylum with his sister’s help and eloped with Jessie Orr, a South Shore singer. After a confrontation in a Boston hotel they were secretly married in Newark with Mayor Hauslinger officiating. Mrs Buffum later testified to Buffum’s mental instability and coercive marriage.
War office dispatch from Petrograd reports Turkish forts at Erzerum filled with dead and remnants fleeing in disorder. Russian forces seized fortress artillery and large sums of arms, ammunition, and vehicles, with 200 guns counted. Also notes strikes by Russian ships, air raids, and battles along the Caucasus, Dniester, and Galicia fronts.
Myrtle B Jackson 17 disappeared from 124 Western Ave Cambridge on Feb 7 after a fall on Court Street. She was taken to Boston Relief Hospital then moved to the Boston Psychopathic Hospital where she used the name Nelly Green. The case remains only partly explained.
Premier William M Hughes of Australia, in Ottawa en route to London, was sworn into the Canadian privy council by the Duke of Connaught. He then sat with Canada’s cabinet to discuss imperial defence. It marks the first time a non Dominion overseas minister joined Canada’s government, signaling imperial fraternity.
Mrs. Marion Merrion allegedly smuggled morphine dissolved in coffee and a vial of heroin hidden in jam jars to her husband in Middlesex county jail at East Cambridge. She is under arrest at Police Station 1 Cambridge and previously resided at 15 Claremont Park Roxbury.
Mrs. Merrion, who visits her husband Louis Merrion in Middlesex jail awaiting Canadian extradition, allegedly doped coffee with morphine and hid heroin in jam to poison or incapacitate, prompting a State Board of Health analysis and a police warrant leading to her arrest after a car ride to visit the prisoner.
New York February 18 The indictment against Margaret Sanger editor of the Woman Rebel for improper use of the mails in distributing birth control material was dismissed in federal court by Judge Dayton on motion by Assistant US Attorney Content. Sanger was told by phone of the dismissal and the trial date was never reached.
Twenty civic clubs of the Wells School Centre held an annual demonstration in the Wells schoolhouse. More than 600 attendees, mostly recent immigrants, filled the venue and kept extra attendees from entering. The program featured recitations, orchestral selections, singing, and pantomime led by club members, with Franklin B. Dyer delivering the address. Samuel M. Schmidt presided.
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