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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1915
Page
1
The cotton laden vessel Maine Wien, under skipper Maine Wien, reportedly sank after a German submarine attacked several ships in the Channel. British and Norwegian vessels were sunk while a cross-Channel passenger boat suffered damage. The Evelyn crew remains missing and Germans claim both vessels were off course.
Notes from the United States seek agreement with Britain and Germany to allow civilian foodstuffs to pass through or reach noncombatants amid wartime shortages. The dispatch outlines humanitarian aims and calls for safe corridors for essential goods.
Lawrence reports former Representative Dennis H Finn, a leading jobless agitator, marched into City Hall and shot Alderman Paul Hannagan, head of streets and engineering, in the city engineer's office. Finn spoke to Hannagan's chauffeur then fired as Hannagan sat at the telephone.
In a violent confrontation at the office, Finn struck Han nagan under the jaw and twice more during a chase through to the corridor. Night Police Officers Taylor and Laurie intervened, arresting Finn as a crowd gathered. he was taken to Cottage Hospital for X rays and later to jail. Medical officials fear complications from recent operations.
About 100 Boston ministers and laymen touring Philadelphia to sway Sunday to come to Boston led two large revival meetings. Some 20 000 attendees filled the revival tabernacle, rising to cheer as the delegation entered. The crowd joined in a chorus of Onward Christian Soldiers led by Singer Leader Rhody.
The story describes first impressions of a 182 pound “cannonball evangelist” as Dr. A. Z. Conrad and Rev. Dr. Cortland Myers observe him in action. He shouts that the devil can be found in churches as surely as a thunderstorm hits a Sunday school picnic, eliciting strong reactions.
In Chicago on February 23 the women voted for the first time under full suffrage, defeating Carter H. Harrison in his bid for a sixth term as mayor. Robert M. Sweitzer won the Democratic nomination for mayor by an estimated 75,000 plurality.
After counting 1000 precincts, Harry Olson and William Hale Thompson trailed each other by about 300 votes with Olson leading. Progressive workers aided Olson while women voters shifted support to Sweitzer on a separate women’s ballot, granting Olson a lead. Harrison, a suffragist, gained support through his wife’s speeches.
The entry lists sunrise and sunset times for Portland and Gloucester, moon phases from February to March, and calendar notes including the 55th day of the year and 208th day of the war. It mentions evening stars Saturn and Jupiter in the southwest at sunset, morning stars Venus and Mars before sunrise, and a Sunday date of April 4. It also notes auto lamps and several historical anniversaries.
Lieutenant-Governor Cushing charged at a Ward 25 Republican Club event that old guard GOP figures led by ex-Senator W Murray Crane, United Shoe Machinery Corp and other large corporations, and corporate-controlled press aim to nominate McCall for governor.
Weather outlook shows Boston area with occasional rain Wednesday. Thursday turns colder as winds shift from southeast to southwest. Northern New England expected rain Wednesday with Thursday partly cloudy. Southern New England and Eastern New York expect rain Wednesday and Thursday fairer but colder.
Paris opera world notes Maurice Bernhardt reports his mother Sarah Bernhardt has rallied after a right leg amputation. She underwent a high knee amputation in a Bordeaux hospital and is resting comfortably, with the operation described as perfectly successful.
A physician issued a bulletin at 5 PM reporting temperature and pulse excellent and Madame Sarah Bernhardt's condition very good. The injury to her leg occurred during the act in Joan of Arc, forcing surgery after she refused to alter the scene.
In her seventieth year the woman retained remarkable cheer and self control as she prepared for a surgical operation, the note stating she stayed calm right until anesthesia and the procedure began.
Mrs. W F Cockrell of Del Ray Virginia climbed the monument shaft landing near the top and leaped into the elevator shaft, falling more than 500 feet. She left a note to her husband saying she could not recover from illness and was dead before impact.
The district coroner certified death by own action after Mrs. Cockrell left a farewell note on a physician’s prescription plank and asked for cremation. While visiting the monument opened since 1888, she climbed to the third landing and fell into the shaft, striking rails as spectators and the watchman cried out. Colonel Harts coordinated the response as officials notified her husband.
The Hague February 23 Inquiries fail to locate 13 Evelyn crewmen who left the sinking steamship in a small boat. Naval experts note they endured fog and cold since Friday and may have reached a Dutch coast island.
Reports from Berlin say the sixth day of Germanys naval blockade saw the American liner Carib and the steamer Evelyn sunk near the German coast in the North Sea. A Norwegian vessel was sunk off Dover and two British boats were damaged by torpedoes in the Channel.
Proposals have been made informally by the United States to Great Britain and Germany suggesting a basis for an understanding on civilian foodstuffs and submarine warfare against merchant ships. Officials guard the negotiations due to delicacy.
Despatches report the steamship Carib blown up near the German coast as officials seek early understandings with belligerents. The prior Evelyn disaster is seen as a possible mine field accident. Officials weigh proposals of far reaching importance in hopes of easing tensions.
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