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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1915
Page
1
Providence July 15 The first day of the trolley employees strike left Rhode Island without a car running except in Newport and Westerly where lines are not part of the Rhode Island Company system. Only 33 of 455 cars operated. minor disorder reported as a conductor was beaten and wires cut but no major violence.
A crowd at Winthrop Beach watched two young women rescue Martin O'Brien of Coral avenue Winthrop after cramps left him adrift 390 yards off Winthrop Highlands. Emma Line Green and Virginia Carr swam out to bring him to shore with help from Richard F. Clark.
London reports Germany in contact with sources in close touch with German information that Berlin is making tentative peace proposals via the United States. The Financial News highlights the significance of these diplomacy efforts and the potential impact on the European situation.
An advertisement promotes the Boston and Worcester trolley line offering express and accommodation service to Worcester and intermediate points, highlighting route convenience and incremental stops.
The inventor says if Congress rejects the purchase recommendation he will build plants abroad while urging U S adoption. He notes the army and War Secretary urged Congress to buy the system for American security and to protect harbors, with Fisher's II harbor site among early installations.
John Hancock swerved to avoid a man who leaped from an electric car on Columbia Road and lost control. The car rolled over, landing upright after spilling four occupants. Walter Bergman, 15, of St Botolph Street, suffered severe facial and limb abrasions and was taken to City Hospital. others were bruised. Also in the car were John Hancock, 88, Eugene Alguoan, and Reginald D. Kellett.
The Times reports drastic government action to curb disaffection in Ireland. Three Sinn Fein members in Belfast County Clare and County Galway have been ordered to quit the country before week’s end.
National League games included Boston edging Pittsburg 3 2 Chicago defeating New York 5 2 Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 4 St. Louis 3. American League results saw Boston 4 Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2 St. Louis 5 Washington 2 in the first game. St. Louis 4 Washington 3 in the second game. Detroit New York rainout.
A delicious ice quickly made with Hays Five Fruit. It has many other refreshing uses. Sold by S. B. Pierce Co and Cobb Bates Yerxa Co. adort.
Police seek Harmon Powers of 35 Lynde Street and John Mason of Prookline in connection with the double gas death at 67 Revere Street West End. Mrs Florence Emma Mason and her 7 year old son Francis Dennis Mason perished in the incident. Authorities link the two men to the case as they investigate suspected intimate relations.
Germany urges Austria to take action while Turkey is asked to join, and Berlin intends to demonstrate to President that allies would stand with Germany if it breaks with the United States. The developments hint at mounting diplomatic pressure as wartime alignments shape responses.
Secretary Lansing called the German ambassador to confer and outline the U S position in the forthcoming reply. Germany admits torpedoing the Nebraskan but claims it was an accident.
The body of a young woman identified yesterday at North Grove street morgue as Mrs. Mason of North Cambridge. Relatives link the deceased to Harmon Powers, a presumed lover, who has been missing since a Sunday visit to the Smith home. Powers drifted through Boston area addresses and owed back rent at 36 Lynde street.
Secretary Daniels and Thomas A. Edison discussed the navy bureau of invention and the civilian advisory board with Edison to head it. Daniels would not name other board members until after returning to Washington. He departed for the capital at midnight.
Secretary Daniels hopes to form a naval board of renowned scientists and engineers including Edison to expand the submarine and airplane programs. He argues that future wars will be fought by machinery and brains and stresses the need for scientific preparedness and skilled naval personnel.
London July 15. With only two small Rhonda district collieries operating, coal mines in South Wales are idle. Some 150 000 miners voted 180 to 113 not to follow recommendations to resume daily work while awaiting an arrangement, despite government action under the munitions of war act and appeals by labor leaders.
Delegates cast 88 950 in favor of the strike and 41 500 against, showing division though extremists hold the majority. The conference plans to meet Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, to discuss the situation. Cardiff Coal Exchange work halted due to government requisition for coal. shipping and railways connected to the mines have little activity. The mood suggests the strike may be short, with workers wary but determined.
London July 15 Some of the miners of the western district of South Wales have agreed to resume work tomorrow.
The piece notes broad opposition from national labor leaders to a coming strike over a holiday. Aberdare valley syndicalists push for mine nationalization under the munitions act. Keir Hardie and the independent labor party back the stance as Asquith reviews extending defence of the realm powers.
Austria presses a protest over allied war supplies, aiming to divert in the German submarine dispute and threaten a broader rupture with Germany and its allies. Turkey is expected to issue a similar note to Austria's.
United States rights noted with moon phase dates for July and August. Full moons listed by date, along with the new moon timelines and a wartime day count. Morning stars Saturn Venus Jupiter appear. Auto lamp times given. Anniversaries include Santiago surrender 1898 and Mary Baker Eddy birth 1821.
Weather forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for unsettled conditions Friday and Saturday with occasional showers. Washington reports New England to be partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with likely local showers and light to moderate variable winds.
Ten minutes after a blaze started in a long shed at Tiske Rubber Company yard in Chicopee Falls at 7 30 p m a 50 gallon gasoline tank exploded with a roar shattering glass from the factory building 50 yards away and sending workers at the night shift into a panic.
An explosion at the Fiske gas and machinery plant injures one Italian worker and cuts multiple girls with flying glass. A sheet of flame rose miles high after gasoline detonation, drawing crowds from Springfield Holyoke and nearby towns. Losses include lumber tools and four B M A R boxcars worth over 2000 by the Ley Construction Company and about 15000 to Ley overall.
Nine year old Edward J. Kodac fell about 15 feet from a tree opposite his home at 527 Ashmont Street Dorchester. He was rushed to City Hospital with a fractured skull and is on the dangerous list.
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