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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
1
London dispatches report the Austro German drive on Warsaw halted for now as Russian forces hold lines and launch counterattacks. In the Narew sector the Germans are pushed back across the river with heavy casualties. Berlin notes only minor gains elsewhere.
The Austrian report notes a storming at Sokal but says von Mackensen’s sector near the Lublin Chelm line remains unchanged. German reports cite actions near Ivangorod and Novo Georgievsk, while Russians claim a Narwe crossing repulsed by a fierce counter-offensive.
The Cabot will settlement awards Mrs. Lloyd Vernon Briggs 25000 for counsel fees and 800 for expenses. Charles F. Choate and associates receive 136000 for fees and expenses. Executors seek to develop unproductive real estate worth 2 million across Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine and North Carolina. Judge Crosby’s telegram assent completed the agreement while en route home via Denver.
Supreme Court Justice Ford is likely to grant Lt Becker a new trial. Informants say Governor Whitman may stay execution to consider Becker's affidavits while Justice Ford reviews the witness testimony. District Attorney Perkins is named as the informant.
It is expected Justice Ford will call witnesses and Becker may be ordered to testify. Jack Rose is likely to be summoned as well. Governor Whitman declines comment on the case and on a possible new trial for Becker.
Charles Becker's bid for a new trial was not decided and is not expected before Thursday morning. Justice John J. Ford will rule on Becker's last chance to prove innocence in the Herman Roththal murder case. The death time is set for Friday at 6 45 a m and Governor Whitman may grant a further reprieve if time runs short.
Police investigated a taunting note found on the Summer street extension bridge at 10 30 last night. The note named Otto Panner of 17 Waite street Roxbury and hinted at self harm to test belief, while authorities searched Fort Point Channel and traced pawn tickets and hospital connections.
Charles A. Howe aged 28 of Roxbury and Bernard Clancy of Somerville were arrested by Roxbury Crossing officers for drug law violations after 15 packages of morphine were found in their possession.
In Port au Prince Hayti a July revolution flares with a blood toll. General Vilbrun Guillaume faces a northern challenge led by Rosalvo Bobo supporters. General Oscar orders executions including former president Orestes Zamor. he is later killed in the Dominican Republic.
President Guillaume and family take refuge at the French legation as rebels seize control of Port au Prince. The palace is partially destroyed after hours of fighting, with executions and mass arrests reported. General Oscar and police chief flee as loyalists retreat amid fires and a city in panic.
Captain W. S. Wood reported the second submarine escape within two months from the Leyland liner Etonian now in regular service between here and Liverpool. The attempt to destroy the Etonian occurred 90 miles south of Queenstown on July 9, the same day the Cunarder Orduna was chased and fired upon by submarines.
About 100 American horsemen aboard the Etonian faced a German submarine. Captain Wood ordered full speed as the steamer zigzagged to flee, reaching 14 knots. The chase lasted 50 minutes before the submarine was lost from sight.
The Rev. James J. Donovan, former assistant at Gate of Heaven Church in South Boston, died yesterday at relatives’ home in Norwood after long illness. He was about 15 years ordained, studied in Maryland and Brighton, briefly served in Arizona, and is survived by his mother, three brothers, and four sisters. Funeral arrangements await word from his brother in San Francisco.
The American steamer Leelanaw was sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea last Sunday night. The crew arrived at Aberdeen and say several shots were fired but they were warned before the vessel went down.
Captain Eugene Delk recounts a voyage from Archangel to Belfast with flax and tow as a German submarine attacked northwest of Kirkwall. The Leelanaw was torpedoed amidships after signaling for papers, forcing crew to abandon ship, then rescued by the submarine and later released near Orkney.
Mrs Celia McNabb 35 of 21 Perkins Street Charlestown lies in critical condition at Haymarket Square Relief Hospital with mercury poisoning from bi-chloride taken by mistake for headache powders.
Washington July 27 The Wilson note to Germany unsettled Britain and prompted a request to withhold publication of its British note defending the blockade of neutral commerce. A new note is to be sent. The delayed response defends Britain’s order in council controlling commerce with Germany amid U S protest.
The latest note to Germany warned that the United States would not tolerate curtailment of its high seas rights. The stance, while aimed at Germany, would apply to other powers, with England as the first to feel the impact beyond Germany. London papers show signs of nervousness amid the development.
Gustave F. Touchard a 27 year old former indoor tennis champion and noted outdoors competitor pleaded guilty to stealing golf balls valued at 140 dollars from Abercrombie and Fitch sporting goods dealers where he worked as a trusted employee. Judge Rosalsky of General Sessions remanded him for sentence until Friday.
In Seward Alaska the shade temperature rose to 90 degrees with 103 at Kenai Lake. Two months with only four rainy days. Several forest fires burning east of Anchorage.
Nearly 10 000 rain delayed fans filled Tea Way Park yesterday to cheer the Red Sox in a 3 to 1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Smoky Joe Wood silenced the challengers with a strong pitching performance as Boston maintained the lead in the American league pennant race.
In a near four inning duel the Boston team won mainly due to timely hitting from nearly every starter. Smoky Joe also delivered in his familiar form from 1972, underpinning the victory.
Yesterday's scores show AMERICAN results with Detroit 7 over New York 3 and Philadelphia 6 over St. Louis 4. NATIONAL results include Brooklyn 32 over Boston and New York 1 over Pittsburgh, with other regional games noted along with Federal and Colonial league totals. Numerous scores spanning Buffalo Chicago Kansas City Newark Hartford New Haven and more are listed.
2600 ballots counted in the referendum show 95 percent in favor of striking on the Boston and Maine railroad system. Thomas H. Condon, Boston and Maine Council chairman and international vice president of the Federation, announced the result at the Quincy House last evening.
Federation officers say two thirds of 4000 must vote yes for a strike. With 1449 votes still to come the result could require more ballots. Officials delay final tally and urge talks with Boston and Maine to settle disputes over July and August Saturday half holidays last granted since 1901.
Thomas Donnelly aged sixty a local shoe worker fell from a pier at Bretts Lumber Yard in Lynn yesterday afternoon and drowned. W T Donovan a life saver at the municipal bath house nearby recovered the body.
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