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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
1
Constantinople residents abandon the city as British and French forces press the Gallipoli front. Banks send treasure to Asia Minor while a French battleship blocks Ottoman lines at Gallipoli and a Russian warship joins a pursuing fleet near the Dardanelles.
Allied ships press toward Constantinople. bombardment of the Dardanelles continues as panic grips the Ottoman capital. The Sultan and cabinet may flee across the Bosphorus with banks moving assets to Konieh. Relations grind toward collapse as Russians loom large and public unrest grows.
The House ordered a six member committee to investigate the pardon of John A. Hall ex-treasurer of the Southbridge Savings Bank who looted about 300000. The probe follows Walsh and the Executive Council last year and passed 156 to 63.
Eight Democrats backed the inquiry into the Hall case while ten Republicans opposed it. Rep Washburn led the prober push and praised Gov Walsh, as the probe panel would hear witnesses and require documents but not summon the governor or last year's council. The vote exposed deep party rifts at the State House amid filibuster battles and Senate rhetoric.
The postoffice appropriation bill reached final agreement in conference with the last supply measure. Space basis payment for railway mail service kept. Abolition of assistant postmasters eliminated. In a separate session the ship purchase bill ended after Senator Fletcher surrendered to opposition as Senator Weeks warned Republicans would filibuster if it returned.
Providence report says Brown and Dartmouth will renew athletic relations with two baseball games this season. Dartmouth visits Brown on May 7 in Providence and Brown travels to Hanover on May 10 for the return.
Planked Sirloin steak with French fries and greenhouse salad served for two. Fancy corn fed tenderloin steak on casserole with Delmonico potatoes and pineapple for two. Bluepoints on half shell and roasted chicken with Waldorf salad and condiments listed. Containing multiple dishes and prices, the menu outlines a variety of entrees and sides for two diners.
John Jay McDevitt known as Butch lingers at Hotel Lenox in a bridal suite, toying with a cigar and sipping grape juice. He tells a reporter he has not yet secured a partner, despite a two day hunt for the McDevitt feminine ideal.
Last night Jawn told the Press Club he would abandon bride hunting after poor results and begin charitable work immediately. McDevitt, tiring of telephone inquiries at the Lenox, then turned to Harvard noting that true democracy was not found there.
Harvard authorities consider a tuition hike from 18 to 200 dollars after a special committee found a growing annual deficit. The move would make Harvard’s tuition among the highest in the country, surpassed only by MIT’s 250 dollar rate.
Mrs. Anna Scanlon of 19 Crescent Street Winthrop was bound and gagged during a robbery at her home. Police theorize the motive may be to seize the marriage certificate after learning of a Scotland wife and children. Suspects William Foley and J Chester O Donnell, both from Winthrop, were identified by the victim.
A hot water boiler exploded in the basement of the Brookline building at 52 Vernon Street yesterday about 3 30 causing the boiler head to burst through the first floor. It tore holes in dining room walls and ceiling and wrecked furniture and bric a brac. Damage estimated at 3000 dollars.
Miss Emily Madison, maid to Philip J. Sondheim, was alone in the block when the boiler exploded. The blast blew the boiler head from its fittings, collapsed ceilings and walls, shattered furniture, and broke windows as the maid fled toward the cellar in search of the janitor.
Worcester march 4 two quarry workers were seriously injured when a black powder charge exploded while being placed in a large rock at the Miller Farm near the Milbury line Frank Sturgis 18 of Millbury street lost both eyes and part of his face along with a skull fracture Walter Eliisas 22 of Millbury street had his left ear blown off and injuries to eyes and face both men were at City Hospital.
In New York city March 3 the jailed anarchists indicted for bombing St Patrick’s Cathedral spoke via interpreter Abarno. They claimed they were framed by detective Poligani known as Frank Baldo, and said Baldo was the brains of the plot.
The two prisoners describe a plan sparked by Baldo's urging. Abarno says Baldo met Carbone last December in the basement of the Bresser headquarters in East One Hundred and Sixth Street and urged action to blow off the earth of the hated capitalists. Carbone confirms the meetings and support. They also corroborate statements by Officer Poligani.
Carbone first met Baldo at an IWW meeting in Union Square last May. He and Baldo later met at anarchist headquarters and denied Bresci membership while admitting attendance. They describe studying bomb making after a book about health led to explosive trade talks.
The note lists rising and setting times, moon phase changes, and celestial sights with Saturn evening, Venus and Jupiter morning, plus a full moon March 1 and other lunar data. It records anniversaries: William Penn's 1681 Pennsylvania grant and American possession of Dorchester Heights in 1776.
The forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair skies and continued cold conditions Thursday. Friday should be fair with gradually rising temperatures and diminishing northwest winds.
In Washington on March 3 the Senate, by unanimous vote, adopted a substitute for the House joint resolution that enlarges presidential authority to prevent infringement of American neutrality. The measure targets ships departing U S ports with men or supplies bound for belligerent warships.
The Senate substitute approved in the House would, after passage, enable President Wilson to instruct customs collectors to withhold clearance from vessels believed likely to carry fuel arms or troops to a belligerent warship. The measure emerges from a White House conference with foreign relations members and goes to the President for signature.
The crew of the steamer Dacia will depart Brest Thursday afternoon for Havre. The captain remains at Brest pending prize court decision.
King George sent a message to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe after returning from the fleet voyage. He said he was impressed by the efficiency and spirit of officers and men and has no doubt the navy will uphold its great traditions.
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