Famous U 29 Submarine Sends Fifth Victim in Three Days
The U 29 of the German submarine fleet reportedly sinks a fifth vessel in three days. Crewmembers allegedly give the crew a chance to abandon ship while damaging three other ships.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1915
Page
1
The U 29 of the German submarine fleet reportedly sinks a fifth vessel in three days. Crewmembers allegedly give the crew a chance to abandon ship while damaging three other ships.
Colonel George Cornwallis-West and his wife actress Pat Campbell arrived in Boston after a Baltimore visit. The couple met reporters at the Touraine suite as Campbell drew attention to her husband’s past command of 9000 English troops at Antwerp during its fall.
British claim at Neuve Chapelle tallies German losses of around 10 000 with 1700 prisoners taken. French reports describe an extensive victory in the Argonne region as war news from London dated March 14. The French steamer Auguste Conseil sinking off Start Point adds to three days of German submarine activity off the Scilly Islands and Dorset coast with minimal crew casualties.
A motor truck delivered Billy Sunday’s pay to the tabernacle as three policemen and guards supervised sacks of coins and checks. Crowds cheered while thousands of dollars in government notes and precious metal were moved to the Land Title and Trust vaults. The day’s offerings were expected to exceed $100,000, with the full amount to be announced midweek.
Fragments report three occasions today when ushers rushed down the aisles of a tabernacle. The note references continuation on Page 11 Sixth column for full details.
Two elderly brothers Patrick and Michael Costello suffocated in a home at 102 Woburn Street Lexing ton early yesterday. Fire amid smoke trapped them in bachelor quarters as they awoke to flames and fought to escape but were overcome.
Patrolman James J. Sullivan and Driver Frank W. McDonald tried to save two elderly men found dead in a smoke filled wooden dwelling. Patrick Costello died sitting up with a lantern in hand and smoke suffocation. Michael Costello lay in a corner fully dressed as flames consumed the structure.
The aviator Lincoln Beachey was killed during an exhibition at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. At 7000 feet his wings collapsed on a sharp descent and the plane fell into San Francisco Bay, body recovered after sinking 40 feet. He had just begun a second flight after thrilling crowds with aerial somersaults.
A large crowd gathered at the fair grounds to watch Beachey attempt feats in a new monoplane after years of biplane success, a fatal fall attributed to his decision to trust his life to the untested craft.
Havana dispatch reports Governor Bustillo stating he will not prohibit or interfere with the Willard Johnson boxing match planned for Havana. He says no grounds exist for blocking the proposed contest and he sees no reason to intervene.
The Rev H G Burgstahler of the Greenwood Union Chapel in Wakefield explained to his congregation last night the idea of an ideal young man by reading replies to the question written by the women of his flock.
The minister analyzed various communications and defined the ideal young man as one who remains aligned with any era in core character while expanding civic involvement. A woman urged moral purity, avoiding cigarettes and liquor, steering clear of street corner loafing, and cherishing home life.
Severe laws have made drug sales hard to obtain and costly for addicts. The Neal Treatment promises relief from morphine and other habits, claiming withdrawal is painless and undetectable to patients. No charge for consultation. Neal Institute 304 Newbury St Boston Back Bay 3970 operates in many cities.
Colonel Cornwallis-West argues the war will end at Germany’s frontiers, not with victorious parades in Berlin. He calls the war scientific but brutal, notes German atrocities influenced neutral opinion, and says Antwerp fell due to ineffective Belgian weaponry from Krupp. He stands tall and decisive while delivering these remarks.
Pauline Schwartz aged 16 of 51 Grove Street West End was shot in the left hip by a bullet believed to have come from an electric car on Blue Hill Avenue near the Franklin Park library last night around 8 30. Police and doctors say this seems the only explanation.
A fragment from a Gloucester Newport chart lists 36m entries with times on the A. M. 11-10 line. The readable text shows partial scores or measurements for the two locations.
Moon wanes and grows with new moon on March 15 and full moon on March 31. The 381st day of the year marks spring approaching with five days left before the season. Saturn shines as the evening star. Venus and Jupiter rise in the morning. Easter Sunday falls on April 4. Anniversary notes include Andrew Jackson born 1767 and the 1744 start of the French and Indian War.
A woman walking with two friends heard a pop and felt hip pain as a car sped by. It is believed a ball cartridge may have been dropped or placed on the track, causing the incident.
An old classified notice features ARolina Cherutos advertising a leaf product described as mild aromatic. Details are fragmentary and the item appears in a small classified ad context.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for mostly fair conditions Monday with rising clouds Tuesday. Temperatures remain steady with moderate variable winds. Washington dispatch notes New England outlook similar with Monday fair and Tuesday cloudy.
Almost on the eve of her wedding Lillian Palmer, a cook in Dedham, discovers Orge Rowe, a former valet of the Prince of Thurn and Taxis, drowned in his employer C. L. Harding’s private swimming tank on Westfield street. Medical examiners Hodgdon and Pratt fail to revive him after over an hour of efforts with a pulmotor.
Second butler Rowe, an English immigrant employed in the Harding household, went to clean the pool and apparently drowned after entering the seven foot deep tank. Miss Palmer, his fiancée, and servants found his body and failed to revive him after an hour of emergency efforts. Rowe had lived at 14 Lawrence Street, Boston, and served the Harding household since arriving in this country.
The U S battleship Georgia arrived at Vera Cruz today with Delaware and the cruiser Washington in the harbor. United States warships remain on station as tensions in the region persist.
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