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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1915
Page
1
Bankers and financiers back the Build Now campaign pledging support and funding for new building. Savings banks announce funds for small real estate loans and no mortgage rate increase beyond 5 percent, signaling broad financial backing for the effort.
A News of the World report recounts a Hogan earning the Victoria Cross, highlighting the surname’s prominence while noting the Boston family of Edward Hogan seeking a name change amid public interest and historic valor.
Sergeant John Hogan of the Second Manchester Regiment and Lieutenant James Leach led 10 men to recapture a trench at Festurbert after German gains. They moved traverse to traverse, killed eight enemies, wounded two, and took 16 prisoners in a bold afternoon action. Continued on Page 3.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor testifies in New York before the U S Commission on Industrial Conditions stating he does not believe any Rockefeller Foundation conclusions will carry conviction with workers or greatly sway employers. He argues for improving wages and living standards to enable workers to support families and buy homes. He emphasizes labor as an asset equal to machinery and buildings.
Former Congressman Samuel W. McCall announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor last night. Supporters urged an early start to contend with other candidates anticipated to enter the field.
Lieutenant-Governor Cushing may run though he calls it too early to declare. The piece notes possible candidates Alexander McGregor former Speaker John N. Cole and former Attorney-General James Swift. Samuel W. McCall announces he will seek the governorship if nominated, stating his readiness to lead the campaign again.
Governor Walsh said Henry S. Dennison treasurer of Dennison Manufacturing Company accepted the chairmanship of the Massachusetts committee on work for the unemployed. Branches of the committee will be organized across the state.
The Watertown Arsenal hosts the largest gun made in the nation a 16 inch weapon 49 feet 4 inches long. It arrived yesterday from Watervliet New York built for Panama Canal defense. The gun weighs 385000 pounds and rides on a car built especially for it. The bore is five feet across.
A 101 foot long gun car weighing 96 420 pounds carries a gun with a 2370 pound projectile and 669 pounds of powder. Tested at Sandy Hook, it impressed officials with its 38 000 psi chamber pressure and 2250 feet per second muzzle velocity. It can fire one mile and pierce 14 inch armor, requiring twenty crew. The weapon will be unslung next week then mounted on a carriage, sent by rail to Panama.
Governor Walsh had a minor operation in his hotel rooms at the Lenox yesterday afternoon. The procedure was needed due to an infection in the arm wound from a prior fracture.
Officials of Old Colony Trust Company deny Hogan was asked his religion when applying for a job. They cite Vice-President Lamson testifying he did not ask about religion and note many employees are Catholic. The company says the claim is preposterous and unacceptable.
Philip Crimmins of 2 Summer Street Malden was overcome by gas while preparing breakfast in a small poorly ventilated room at his lodging house. Gas likely consumed oxygen and produced heat, leaving him unconscious. He is resting comfortably at Malden Hospital.
Burrell's third floor office in the Oliver building at 141 Milk Street was broken into Thursday evening. Securities including 42 shares of American Telephone & Telegraph stock and various bonds were taken along with a $1000 check and about $500 in cash. Police had no clues as of last night, though Burrell recalled two men visiting names suspect.
Seven gifts of diamonds valued at 3280 plus a large solitary piece, a 285 gold mesh bag and 50 vanity box, 600 in Brussels, hats in Paris, two sealskin coats, 700 in Boston clothing, and an auto. During the third week of the breach of promise trial, Henry K. Mansfield testified that Elizabeth M. Ryan of New Haven became his principal heir in a will he later destroyed.
A brief overheard exchange hints at a woman recalling a trip to Ireland. The fragment mentions a caller on her evening and a reference to the Blarney Stone. No further details are provided in readable text.
A historical note recalls a claim from 1900 about a woman who allegedly kissed the Blarney Stone. The fragment suggests a local anecdote tied to Irish lore and landownership.
Moon tonight at 7:06 rising and sets at 4:46. New moon on Jan 15, first quarter Jan 25, full moon Jan 30, last quarter Feb 7. Eighth day of year with 52 days until spring. day length 9 hours 40 minutes, gaining 34 minutes daily. Evening planets Jupiter and Saturn visible. morning stars Venus and Mars. Auto lamps lit at 6:16, vehicles at 5:46. Anniversaries note William Pitt died 1806.
Weather bulletin for Boston and vicinity predicts unsettled Saturday with likely snow. Sunday turns fair and colder with strong to high east winds, shifting to westerly by Saturday night.
Allied observers report heavy fighting at the Alsace border as French and German forces clash near a central sector. Russian units push toward the German frontier as part of a broad eastern advance.
A conference of English French and Russian finance ministers met in Paris to discuss a 3 billion dollar joint loan. Russian advances along the Vistula toward Khorjele press German lines. Austrian forces mass in Bukowina. The Russian Black Sea fleet damaged Turkish installations and ships. German troops abandoned a trench near Berry-au-Bac. French attacks north of Verdun failed. Germans repulsed a German front north of St Mihiel. Germans repelled a major attack at Croix-des Larmes with French losses. In Vosges the Hartmann-Weilerkopf heights were taken, two French officers and 125 men captured. The French admitted losses in the Forest of Le Pretre near Pont-a-Mousson. French troops retreated near St Mihiel after a German bombardment.
Zeppelins again haunted the east coast of England with their propeller whirr heard near Cromer and King's Lynn. First flashes from Cromer just before midnight indicated renewed aerial activity as residents gathered in alarm.
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