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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
1
Canadian Sub-Lieutenant in an aeroplane survives a daring air battle with a German air force formation. He and his crewmen are forced to bail out. 28 men perish as they plunge about 6000 feet. The hero regains his bearings, lands behind enemy lines, and returns to his own forces.
Washington June 7. Officials say the new note to Germany, delayed in sending, will still satisfy the nation. The document has gained strength and tone after the President's revisions and will be submitted to the Cabinet tomorrow before transmission to Berlin.
London reports a German Zeppelin shot down by a Canadian pilot Reginald A. J. Warneford Royal Navy sub-lieutenant. The craft crashed near Ghent killing four and injuring many. Warneford hailed as England’s hero for single handed success against a $500,000 airship.
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull who claims relation to the late Lucky Baldwin wed Baron Andrew Vincent de Patterson after a vain search for a minister and a divorce decree issue. Justice of the peace Charles Silloway of Roxbury officiated in Boston.
The marriage required the combined effort of L C Prior, Hotel Lenox. Thomas Connolly, secretary to Governor Walsh. Congressman George Holden Tinkham. and the Baron. Dr Alexander Munn of Trinity Church refused to marry, citing the Baron's recent Ohio divorce. Attempts to find another Episcopal minister failed.
American results include Boston 3 Chicago 0 and Washington 6 Cleveland 3. Detroit 3 New York 2. St. Louis 4 Philadelphia 1. National Pittsburg 6 Brooklyn 1. Philadelphia 8 St Louis 4. New England Worcester 3 Lowell 0. Portland 38 Lawrence 1. 11 innings. Federal Brooklyn 4 Baltimore 3 first game. Brooklyn 3 Baltimore 2 in 10 innings. Colonial Pawtucket 6 Taunton 5. New Bedford 6 Fall River 3. Springfield 5 Brockton 4. New Haven 2 Hartford 1 in 10 innings.
Miss Marian Longfellow of Boston arrived for the season opening at the house where the poet Longfellow was born and was stricken seriously ill with acute indigestion and heart trouble. Her condition was listed as critical tonight.
Irving Rose a 15 year old from Auburn waded beyond his depth at the foot of the fall in the Androscoggin between Lewiston and Auburn and drowned. The body was recovered.
Miss Alice Marshall, superintendent of the Haverhill Tuberculosis Hospital, testified before the Municipal Council on charges of inefficiency. She described herself as the hospital Santa Claus last Christmas, handing out beer and whiskey to patients, despite Dr. Israel J. Clark’s disapproval.
The article notes she admitted or denied sensational claims including kissing a patient and midnight joy rides with a married man. It accuses her of cruel treatment, imprisonment in a death room, feeding rotten food, and playing cards and dancing Sundays as part of the scandal.
General Francisco Villa plans to request a meeting with General Venustiano Carranza to seek a neutral territory for talks on Wilson's note. The telegram, from Villa's private secretary Colonel Enrique Perez Rul, is dated Aguascali entes and received in El Paso.
Carranza army forces under General E P Nafarrate executed three Mexican generals and ten other officers tied to the Gutierrez forces. The executions were reported from Matamoros as Carranza advices reached the public tonight.
The note completed by the President demands that Germany accept the American position or face severed diplomatic relations. Secretary Bryan favors a milder tone, but the President insists on a clear restatement of the May 14 position and a decisive alternative if Germany rejects. Cabinet deliberations and legal review precede rapid cable dispatch.
London dispatch reports the King of Greece dying imminently as advices from Athens say Constantine is alive but with no hope of recovery. He may not survive through tomorrow.
The public anticipates the monarch’s death as a shift in neutrality and a swift move by a new king to align with the allies and enter the war. The Kaiser's sister queen is unlikely to stop her son from opposing his imperial uncle.
A fragment notes a kingbird driving a hawk while a small monoplane circles and buzzes, described in a brief page continuation line. The garbled OCR hints at a wildlife encounter with aerial overhead activity.
The entry lists moon phases from new to full including June 12 and June 26, plus first quarter June 20 and new moons July 12. It notes full moons on July 26, Aug 24, Sept 23, Oct 22, Nov 21, and Dec 21, plus day counts and celestial highlights Saturn Venus Jupiter. Also marks anniversaries for John Q A Brackett (1842) and Tennessee’s 1861 secession.
Forecast for Boston region shows Tuesday unsettled with showers and cooler air, followed by a generally cooler Wednesday. Washington reports northern New England showers and thunderstorms with cooler conditions later Tuesday, and southern New England plus eastern New York expect showers and storms Tuesday, cooler interior, then a Wednesday fair day.
Five men and three women were arrested in front of Tremont Theatre for sauntering and loitering while protesters opposed Birth of a Nation. Police dispersed a crowd of mostly colored pedestrians as mounted officers helped clear the sidewalk and street.
Eveland B Washington James H Kingsly Carl T Pinn J K Johnson Augustus Granville Miss Raven W Jones Estelle E Hill and Jane W Posey were bailed by Dr John B Wall. Police Commissioner Crowley and Professor Whaley discussed the incident as eight demonstrators were arrested for walking and protesting outside the Tremont Street theatre. The eight will appear in City Police Court this morning.
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