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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
1
Russian forces retreat along a 24 mile front north and west of the city after a stubborn battle. Big guns boom as General Mackensen’s army closes within 11 miles of the Galician capital.
Italian forces in a major Isonzo River battle drive Austrian troops from the riverbank while French units open a Lorraine invasion and seize a German position. Vienna reports Russian retreat across their front with Lemberg at risk as German forces close in on Galicia.
Belief centers on a governor’s afternoon announcement regarding Frank Likely 10. Commutation thought likely as the outcome of the case lies with state officials.
Atlantic City N J June 20 seven bathers including prominent Philadelphia summer colony members were drowned when a giant wave and undertow pulled them into deep water. Dozens more were carried to shore unconscious after lifeguards battled to rescue them. One additional man drowned as six fishing smacks capsized off Mississippi avenue with a dozen fishermen thrown into the water.
A savage offshore offset and strong undercurrents near a Philadelphia beach led to multiple drownings. Miss Marion Cranmer age 18 and others including John Lysle 25 and Charles Matlock 28 perished after aiding rescuers and beachgoers. Lifesavers and volunteers fought to save swimmers as the sea pulled them under.
Memorial services were held yesterday for Richard R. Freeman Jr. at 49 Grand View Avenue Wollaston. The Rev Adelbert L. Hudson of the First Unitarian Church of Quincy officiated. Freeman's body was never recovered.
Macon Georgia June 21 Sheriff Mangum of Fulton county said Leo M. Frank's sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Slaton and Frank was taken to the State farm. Atlanta Georgia June 20 Leo M. Frank awaiting governor action on commutation will likely learn fate by tomorrow afternoon with the governor undecided on timing.
Wagering in Atlanta centers on Frank with many betting that the Governor will commute his sentence. Reporters note a possible Friday evening decision after Frank is moved to Milledgeville. Family visits remain steady as Frank, calm and confident, insists on innocence and hopes for clemency.
The Rev. Herbert W. Stebbins, former chaplain at the State prison Charlestown, died yesterday at Baptist Hospital Roxbury at age 56. Cause was a shock following an operation. He earlier served as Chelsea and Medford pastors and lived at 70 Tuttle Street Dorchester. He is survived by a wife prominent in musical circles and once a Wellesley College music teacher.
Edmund Trowbridge Dana, widower of Jessie Holliday Dana, gives a detailed interview at his father Richard Henry Dana’s summer home in Manchester by the Sea. He discusses his romance with the English woman and the events leading to her death in Nantucket waters.
Dana, ill and confined by shock after his wife’s death, speaks from his bed to a Postman reporter for two hours. He recalls courtship and marriage, notes his wife’s strength and influence, and says he might remarry if the woman resembles his late spouse.
The New Haven railroad faces a noon deadline to meet demands of 1800 clerks demanding a conference between General Manager C L Bardo and grand vice president J J Forester. If refused a strike from Harlem to Boston could be declared with strike-breakers ready.
New Haven system workers report to protective committees after a day of activity updates. If road stance does not change by noon, committee members will be telegraphed to act. A strike ballot already authorizes the general committee to order a strike at any time.
Police order autopsy after Karup Kileshian is shot at his store at 732 Harrison Avenue South End. They doubt brother Giragox Kileshian’s account of the events and say he was asleep in the rear of the store during the shooting.
A woman from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, drowned herself in Quarter Mile Pond near the Stoneham line, and a physician committed suicide by stabbing yesterday in Medford.
Police theory finds no struggle evidence in the store scene. Kileshian closed the grocery about 1 30 Sunday, was killed. A mop, brush, and pail lie on the floor. milk bottles overturned. Giragox says he was asleep in the rear room and woke to a gunshot, finding his brother unconscious with a chest wound.
Newport and Gloucester times note moon phase dates and an ongoing war day count. It lists moon quarters, full moons, and planetary visibility with vehicle lighting times, plus a Cuba arrival anniversary from 1898.
The body of 61 year old Dr J E Cleaves was discovered in a Medford wood shed with a knife to the heart. Soon after police found the floating body of Mrs Sarah P Stone 64 an inmate of the New England Sanitarium at Stoneham in Quartermile Pond near the Stoneham line. The doctor had lived on Salem street for 33 years and his son made the discovery. Mrs Stone had been recently hospitalized following an operation and no reason is given for her death.
Forecast calls for fair skies in Boston and vicinity on Monday and Tuesday. Light variable winds shifting to northerly, with interior warming in New England.
The record notes an unclear weather fragment with temperatures listed as yesterday 70 and 63 for last year, alongside a dated time line. It references Thompson's Spa and a coded sequence of numbers and initials, providing no clear event or outcome.
St Louis defeated Boston 8 to 2 and Chicago topped Brooklyn 6 to 1 in the first game. Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 2 to none while Chicago won 7 to 1 against Cleveland in game one and 0 to 0 in game two. St Louis edged Detroit 1 to 0.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Duncan of Yonkers New York died in a South Norwalk Connecticut vehicle collision as twelve others were reported injured. The incident details indicate a deadly crash with multiple victims and ongoing investigations.
In New England yesterday a severe series of auto accidents left one man dead and 100 others injured or seriously hurt. The most serious crash occurred at South Norwalk Connecticut where 81 year old Elizabeth Maria Duncan of Yonkers New York was killed when the car she rode in plunged down an embankment and overturned. Other family members in the vehicle escaped unharmed.
In Greater Boston two deadly risks are noted with injuries across several incidents. Lysander M. Heath of Bethel VI suffered a crushed chest after his car toppled a 30 foot embankment. Florence Allen, 5, of Alton NH, was thrown through a windshield, the glass slicing her throat. Dedham reports five hurt when a truck veered up a hill and overturned. Melrose sees two injured and five others narrowly escape as a car skidded into an electric pole.
A truck left High street in Dedham yesterday plunging 15 feet up a hill then back onto the road. Five men were severely injured and 30 others bruised or shaken. Names include W. P. Eligner Patrick Monahan William Beverlander Carl J. Allen and William Briggs among the injured with various wounds and strains.
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