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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1915
Page
1
Government officers boarded the British steamer Lingan in Boston harbor yesterday and after a desperate hand to hand struggle with the Chinese crew seized the largest opium cargo ever taken from a ship at the port. An officer was nearly killed in the confrontation.
A German submarine deliberately sank a torpedo steamer flying the Dutch ensign in the English Channel. The vessel bore a Dutch home port and name painted on its sides, signaling an attack on a neutral or allied ship amid wartime hostilities.
A major railroad push outlined at the State House asks for legislation to let Grand Trunk or another line enter Boston by purchasing the Boston & Maine leased lines. Supporters claim it helps the leased lines survive a potential B&M failure, while others foresee a sweeping deal affecting Boston and northern New England.
The submarine I-4 with 25 men commanded by Lieutenant Alfred L. Ede went down during harbor maneuvers in Honolulu and likely all hands suffocated. Rescue efforts by other submarines and tugs failed to bring the vessel to the surface as the day progressed.
Late tonight the craft was found at two miles off Honolulu Harbor lying at 120 fathoms. Tugs and submarines attempted to surface it for hours with grappling hooks but failed. Attempts to contact the I 4 crew were unsuccessful and naval men fear tanks burst and crew suffocated by carbolic acid gas. By daylight the rescue attempts will resume.
The F-4 submarine, launched January 6 1912 by Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company, submerged two hours during builder's trial with no crew inconvenience. Costing 500000 dollars, the 142 foot 7 inch craft displaces 409 tons, is 18 feet 10 inches deep, 15 feet 3 and one half inches beam and carries four torpedo tubes with a cruising radius of 2400 miles.
The Cunard Steamship Company posts a profit of £1,417,826 for the year ending, with profits converted to $7,086,630. Directors propose a 10 percent dividend plus a 10 percent bonus.
Cleveland American league regulars defeated the Galveston Texas league team by 19 to 6. An advertisement promotes imports from Cuba with 10 cent Cherutos.
Opinion held that Grand Trunk or another large railroad seeks to weaken the Boston and Maine to secure an outlet at Boston and dominate New England rail business. Proponents of a leased lines plan argue the B and M opposition to reorganization aims to push the road into receivership, blocking any lease or sale.
Miss Rae Tanzer released four hours after being held for grand jury action on a mail fraud charge. Bail renewed at five thousand dollars. District Attorney H Snowden Marshall announced grand jury evidence suggesting a scheme involving Tanzer and her lawyers. Tanzer and her sisters cried as Commissioner Houghton ordered the grand jury hold.
Governor Walsh sent a special message to the Legislature proposing a state correspondence schools program tied to a proposed university extension system. The measure would create a five member commission with staggered terms and include the commissioner of education as a member, plus a governor designated education board member each year.
Deputy Mann led a midstream raid on the Lingan, a coal ship bound for Louisburg. Customs officers recovered 15 cans of prepared opium, five pounds of gum opium, a gallon of soaking fluid, a pipe, pipe bowls, and related paraphernalia hidden under bunks as crew resisted search and one sailor fought Inspector Sleep before being downed. The haul, valued in the thousands, was taken to appraisers for confiscation.
Paris March 25 Colonel Francois Desclaux former paymaster general in the French army was convicted of stealing military stores and sentenced to seven years solitary confinement and military degradation. His name was ordered removed from the Legion of Honor.
Madame Bechoff wife of a German is found guilty by the court martial and sentenced to two years imprisonment. A soldier named Verges receives one year. All other defendants are acquitted. Desclaux and Bechoff figures sparked a sensational trial with claims of a spy service and emplacements for German cannon.
The 76 aliens removed from the French steamer Floride after it was sunk by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich departed Norfolk for New York tonight. They are expected to be sent to Havre, after being brought from Newport News where the Eitel Friedrich is awaiting repairs.
Mrs John A Hall once a Stockbridge social leader stood beside her husband the ex treasure r of the Savings Bank who embezzled thousands as a pardon case was examined by a State House pardons committee yesterday.
Hall spoke with visible nerves and a wan appearance when asked what he attributes his pardon to. He answered simply that he owes it all to his wife.
Peter J. Donaghue of Ward 20 Dorchester reported his Ford touring car stolen from a Linden street garage. The theft occurred sometime Wednesday night and the vehicle bears registration 31208. He reported the loss to police at Station 11 Dorchester.
Despatches from the Brazilian minister, released by Secretary Bryan, recount that on March 11 Zapata soldiers tore and dragged down the American flag at the home of John B. McManus in Mexico City during a raid in which McManus was murdered and his house looted two weeks earlier.
Secretary Bryan said reparation for the insult to the flag had been asked from Zapata authorities with no reply yet. He noted no demand for a flag salute as in Tampico. General Palafox expressed regret for McManus’s death and promised indemnity for the family and punishment for slavers if caught.
The Dutch steamer Medea Amsterdam was sunk by German submarine U-28 off Beachy Head in the English Channel. Dutch crew, oranges cargo, from Salonika to London. German forces seized the ship’s papers. a British destroyer rescued the crew. The incident heightens tensions between Germany and the Netherlands and may threaten Dutch neutrality amid protests from Amsterdam.
Daily timings for sunrise and sunset, moon phases from tonight through the year, and notable dates. Includes future full moons and quarters, Easter Sunday on April 4, and historical anniversaries Marlboro 1676 and Taducah 1804.
Forecast for southern New England calls for rain and cold on Friday with unsettled conditions. Saturday turns colder with fair skies. Northern New England expects snow and colder Friday, followed by fair Saturday. Winds vary west to northwest in the region.
Four yeggs robbed Samuel A. Heller in his Chel Sea d grocery at Second and Chestnut, then fled along Boston and Maine tracks toward Everett. Citizens and officers pursued amid a heavy fusillade as a rear guard yegg fired back, one assailant described as swarthy and feared to be a negro.
Early morning gun clash ends with a running gunfight as four men burst into Heller's store in Chelsea. They escaped with cash and a diamond ring while police chase through Cherry Street and vacant lots. Interpreters and officers exchanged shots but none were captured.
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