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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1915
Page
1
Mayor Curley plans a 50 cent tax rate increase to $18 per thousand from $17.50 to cover department expenses. The move seeks restoration of 5 percent salary cuts and funding for street, hospital, and fire services, with a request to the Legislature for authority to raise the levy.
The Mayor warned that failing to raise the tax rate will trigger wholesale layoffs across city departments and cut needed improvements while sustaining retrenchment. He links higher costs from 1918 salary increases and the Widows Pension Act to a budget shortfall, noting a threefold maintenance cost versus revenue gain. The budget, prepared with City Auditor Mitchell, trims departmental estimates by 1.9 million before Monday’s City Council presentation.
A Sugar River train wreck near Claremont New Hampshire left many women dragged through broken windows but none screaming. Conductor Chandler is seriously injured and not expected to live. About fifty passengers survived as cars lay half submerged or hanging from the roadbed at the Old Swimming Hole. An investigation into the wreck’s cause has begun.
Shortly after 7 am the Boston bound train tipped toward the river as the roadbed gave way. The locomotive baggage car passenger car and smoker plunged into swelling waters. Conductor Daniel Chandler was injured with a skull fracture while Mrs Lena McCarthy of Nashua sustained back injuries. Fireman D J Mahoney escaped by leaping to the locomotive. Multiple crew members survived unharmed.
Police search for Mrs Loranna T Cole and her husband George W Cole of 124 Ashmont Street Dorchester after they allegedly confessed to stealing 22000 from the Collateral Loan Company once touted as the biggest pawnshop in America Officials say DA Pelletier criticized loan officials for delaying reporting the crime and for public statements while grand jury action looms Rowley, a Collateral director, reported the probe results to the mayor and sparked the pursuit.
Mrs Cole, until recently a bookkeeper at the Collateral, is tied to an alleged swindle with her husband described as the alleged "outside" man in the case.
Allies reject President Wilson's compromise proposal and unite to enforce a strict blockade of German ports. Prime Minister Asquith will unveil a plan of reprisals outlining intensified measures against Germany.
Charles H. Griffiths says an anonymous typewritten letter, to be handed to federal authorities, may link Richard P. Stegler to letters alleged from Captain K Boy Ed of the German embassy. Stegler reportedly told authorities Boy Ed wanted him to go to England as a spy.
The Navy Department dismissed 200 Charlestown yard workers and furloughed many others after rejecting the idea of furloughing instead of discharge. About 1200 workers total were employed yesterday, the smallest since just before the Spanish–American War.
London reports a planned British blockade of Germany to be announced Monday as a reply to neutral commerce concerns. Public opinion backs it, with a formal note expected that uses Britain’s sea power fully, while Washington’s note on neutral trade is acknowledged but not cited.
The note lists moon phases from March including full moon on March 31 and first quarter March 23, mentions planetary shows with Venus and Jupiter in the morning and Saturn as the evening star, and records anniversaries such as Henry W. Longfellow born in 1807 and General Sheridan's raid into Virginia 30 years prior.
Fair on Saturday with increasing clouds Sunday. Northwest winds moderate. Washington weather bureau notes fair conditions for New England through the weekend with similar pattern Chicago to follow.
The menu lists stacked entrees for two including Sirloin Steak with fries and salads at 1.20, Fancy Corn-fed Tenderloin at 1.20, Whole Native Chicken with Waldorf salad and sides, Half Shell oysters, Guinea Chicken with Chestnut Dressing and Partridge, all priced and described for two diners.
Wreckage found near Christiania suggests the German submarine U-9 has been destroyed. U-9 was one of Germany’s best known sea terrors, credited with sinking three British cruisers and targeting merchant ships since the war began.
A hold up man entered Joseph Marlow & Co in South End on Washington Street last evening around 9 30 and forced liquor store manager Richard V Kearns to hand over the register contents about 66 dollars while keeping a pistol at his hip to avoid attention. Police investigate Kearns story of the robbery.
A holdup at a liquor store ended when a customer interrupted the crime and bought a bottle of wine. The robber slipped a revolver into his pocket, warned the manager, and later fled after stuffing cash into his pockets. Kearns chased a second attempt, and a description was given of a white male about 28 to 30 years old, 5 feet 8 inches, 160 pounds, brown overcoat, black hat. proprietor Joseph Marlow returned shortly after.
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