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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1915
Page
6
Excerpted speech argues neutrality remains intact amid German American tensions. It praises the President, defends policy, and urges German Americans to support peace with honor while opposing actions that might push the U S toward war.
Former Secretary Bryan expresses satisfaction at a softer press tone toward the American note to Germany. He cites reduced forecasts of war and emphasizes the public’s support for peaceful solutions amid submarine threats to merchantmen. He recalls urging voters to decide war and notes his own past enlistment.
Russian forces halted the Austro German advance across the Dniester near Zurawna and held the east bank after heavy losses. Petrograd reports 6700 prisoners, 17 cannons, 49 machine guns, with Mosciska and Zurawna–Zydaczew actions closing on Lemberg.
Officials see the American note to Germany as a potential path to a peaceful settlement with honor to all, with the U S offering good offices between belligerents to change sea war conditions while neutrals gain safety on the high seas.
Paris dispatch details a series of gains: three 77 millimetre guns, three mitrailleuses seized at Neuville St Vaast area, 1590 prisoners including a major, and German line bent over two kilometres. Reports also note many wounded, hundreds of dead, and continued trench advances near Hebuterne and Beausejour.
An advertising note from the Chicago and North Western Railway promotes a booklet titled 40 Ways to the California Expositions. It outlines forty routes from Chicago to California with maps, suggests packing a Pacific Coast trip via Expositions, and promises time and money savings. Free mailing of literature includes rates and full train-service details. address J. E. Brittain in Boston for the materials.
Skirts feature flounced hems that alternate with plain panels from waist to hem. The design creates a two tone effect as the rows of flounces echo the plain sections. This decorative treatment emphasizes the garment’s length and movement while preserving a tailored silhouette.
The German army headquarters report Western theater failures to advance near Lorette Hills Neuville and Mesnil while noting French attempts to seize trenches near Champagne were repulsed. In the east on the Dubysa NE of Birgola several Russian attacks were repulsed with 300 prisoners taken. Galicia front unchanged.
Petograd reports an official army headquarters statement detailing a defeat of Austro German forces on the Dniester with 6700 prisoners 49 machine guns and 17 cannons captured or lost.
Reports list submerged Allied and neutral vessels sunk or damaged by German subs near the British Isles. Serbian forces advance into Albania seizing Elbassan and pushing toward Durazzo on the Adriatic. French authorities report large captures of German materiel near Neuville Saint Vaast and gains near Hebuterne with 150 German prisoners. Russian forces defeat Austro German units east of Stry, taking 6700 prisoners and 17 cannons. Other fronts see French attacks repulsed near Lorette and Neuville, while German counterattacks south of Mesnil and Beausejour Farm fail. On the Dubysa, German forces repel Russian assaults, taking 300 prisoners.
A military communique reports successful operations on the Dniester front. Russian forces claim to have repulsed enemy crossings near Zurawna and east of Stry, countering with the capture of 17 cannon and 49 machine guns. They report 188 officers and 6500 men taken prisoner, including a full company of the Prussian Fusilier guards.
Vienna reports southeast Galicia and Bukovina attacks repulsed. Pflanzer's forces push Russians toward the Dniester, with resistance on the river’s left bank. Italian fronts see renewed raids repulsed, bridgehead at Gorizia defended, and Isonzo artillery actions ongoing. Tyrol sees several attacks repelled with ongoing artillery skirmishes.
The Rindge Technical School of Cambridge won the open Cambridge High Schools meet at Russell Field North Cambridge yesterday afternoon. They scored 50 points to Cambridge High and Latin's 32.
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