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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
1
Boston greeted 1915 with a city wide celebration. In hotels, cafes and streets crowds toasted the new year at midnight with bells and noisy instruments. Officials note outdoor revelry was smaller than last year when the municipality organized festivities.
A split of 1915 New Year festivities in Boston shows church services with midnight music and choirs, hotels and cafes hosting elaborate programs, and broad participation from all social levels in welcoming the new year. Continued on Page 5-Third Co.
The Morning Post publishes Roosevelt interview from Oyster Bay denying he claimed Germany would win the war. He said he warned that if Germany took London the United States would be compelled to fight the Kaiser to avoid treatment like Belgium.
Mr Roosevelt told a Post correspondent that US foreign policy was lamentable and compared England’s policy blunders to American errors. He criticized the far east policy, accused Democrats of appeasing labor, and said Washington made illusory pacific promises while Navy adequacy lagged.
Wellesley College reports completion of a 2 million dollar restoration and endowment drive conditioned on receiving all pledges. The deadline for securing 1.25 million by general subscription to trigger a 750 thousand Rockefeller Foundation pledge expired last night.
A special meeting will disclose the restoration and endowment committee report on meeting Rockefeller Foundation conditions to win a gift of three quarters of a million dollars. Alumnae nationwide have boosted efforts. many small gifts poured in as students and alumnae sacrifice spending to rebuild after the March 17 fire. Jubilation followed word that a conditional pledge will be obtained.
An unidentified woman about 60 from Swampscott was struck by an express train from Salem to Swampscott yesterday around 5 pm as she crossed after alighting at Cliftondale. She suffered a fractured skull and multiple injuries and died en route to Lynn City Hospital.
The Senate failed to strike the literacy test from the immigration bill as Senator Martine's motion to remove it was defeated 47 to 12. The session advanced amendments including excluding African blood or black race shares of future immigrants and tightening the ban on polygamy believers.
All proposed changes to the literacy test were defeated, including amendments that would have expanded exemptions for individuals fleeing religious persecution.
Today marks New Year's Day with sun, moon and star listings. Anniversaries include Paul Revere born in 1734 and the Emancipation Proclamation taking effect in 1862.
Forecasts show generally fair conditions for Southern New England on Friday and Saturday with warmer temperatures and moderate variable winds. Northern New England expects fair Friday and Saturday with cloudier skies and higher temperatures.
Several hundred people from Greater Boston attended a party and fair by the Herzl Girls under the Junior Zionist relief committee at the Civic Service House 112 Salem Street. The event raised more than 400 dollars, added to the 100000 dollar fund led by Louis D Brandeis as chairman for Palestine war sufferers.
Mrs Mary A Burns of Nottingham was arraigned in Raymond district court on a murder charge after her husband Frank Burns died under peculiar circumstances on December 22. A cyanide potassium trace was found in the victim’s stomach.
Mr Burns pleaded not guilty and was held without bail for further hearing. If Mrs Burns was returned to Portsmouth jail, Burns died suddenly at home in Nottingham after drinking whisky. Police said cyanide was found in Burns stomach after analysis. Mrs Burns was arrested, proclaimed innocence, and welcomed an investigation.
British forces have occupied Bougainville the largest Solomon Island and hoisted the flag on December 9. The Solomon Islands lie southeast of the Bismarck Archipelago with Bougainville previously under German control since 1895. The island stretches about 140 miles long.
The French commander led troops in a fierce hand to hand battle against German forces at Steinbach in upper Alsace and repulsed the enemy.
Manager Bill Carrigan of the Boston Red Sox married Beulah Morse Bartlett of Lewiston Maine in Lewiston on a Wednesday night. The announcement surprised friends and admirers of the popular player and manager.
After a discreet marriage, the groom and his bride rushed to Boston. There were no bands or crowds to greet them and they avoided any ceremony as they traveled. He even phoned Secretary Riley of the Red Sox from his hiding place in the city.
Jan 1 report from London says Gilbert K. Chesterton journalist and author is seriously ill.
Berlin issues an official communique teletyped to London stating Germany remains united since the war began. It proclaims steadfast resolve, defiance of enemies, and confidence in victory in both the east and west with German pluck praised worldwide.
The United States protested Britain’s detention of American cargoes to neutral nations. The full text of the note, released by mutual agreement of the State Department and the British Foreign Office, urges early improvement in how American commerce is treated by the British fleet.
The Secretary of State informs the American ambassador in London that U S concern over seizures and detentions of American cargoes bound for neutral European ports has grown. It requests a frank, friendly briefing to Britain’s Foreign Secretary to clarify the U S position on British wartime trade actions and American rights.
An unofficial telegram from German army headquarters reports in Poland after Lodz and Lowicz battles that German forces have captured more than 67,000 prisoners and numerous cannons and machine guns. Since the start of the offensive in November total captures include 136,600 prisoners, over 100 cannons and more than 30 machine guns.
London reports a two day battle for Steinbach, Alsace, with French troops shelling Tuesday and advancing Wednesday. German resistance was stiff as street fighting continued into night, and the struggle is expected to resume at daylight.
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