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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1915
Page
3
An admiralty report lists British merchant and fishing vessel losses since the war began. It shows 56 merchant ships sunk by enemy cruisers, 12 by mines, and 62 by submarines, plus 83 fishing craft lost, with 24 sunk by mines. Since Jan 27 submarine attacks, 69 merchant vessels and 31 fishing craft lost, totaling 458,006 tons of merchant shipping and 13,585 tons of fishing craft.
London May 81 Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey rests his eyesight Premier Asquith asks Lord Crewe to run the foreign office with Marquis of Lansdowne aiding him Official statement says Grey temporarily steps back to recover his health and duties shift to Crewe and Lansdowne
The Danish steamer Soborg, 1333 tons not registered, built 1899 at Sunderland, was torpedoed in the English Channel by a German submarine. Crew were saved. She sailed from Baltimore on April 6, bound for Kirkwall and Aarhus.
Tokyo May 31 The budget committee approved an plan to expand Japan's standing army by two divisions about 24 000 men The Diet was dissolved by the Emperor in December for not backing military development The committee also approved a program to build three submarines and eight torpedo boats des.
George L. Newberry a Kirkwood New York aviator died after his aeroplane crashed at a picnic in Rensselaer Park Troy New York The craft rose to about 400 feet then exploded and fell into Oakwood Cemetery witnessed by thousands of spectators He was removed unconscious from the wreckage and rushed to a hospital where he died minutes later
The senior girls of Boston University living at the YWCA on Berkeley Street held a reception and dinner last evening to honor their mothers who are in town for the commencement.
Joe Knowles the nature man survived a dangerous movie stunt in Feather River Canyon Sierra Nevada for a nature series. While crossing a rapid on an improvised raft the craft broke up and he was slammed against rocks. D M Wiles and G W Johnson hauled him to shore with ropes as crowds feared for his life.
John H. Platts aged 75 longtime janitor of the First Congregational Church in Woburn died at his home 15 Park Street Stoneham after a brief illness. He lived in Woburn and Stoneham for half a century and was known as the oldest church janitor in the state. He is survived by two ...
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