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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1915
Page
2
Italy waits with others as World War I fronts shift. German and Austro-Hungarian advances are repelled in several sectors near Arras and Ypres. Russian defeats in the Carpathians are admitted with large prisoner and material losses, while German reports claim Baltic checks and prisoner totals rise.
Italy awaits final reply from Austria. If unfavorable, Italy may seek negotiations. Germans advance toward Nieuwpoort and Vermerenhoek while Allies gain ground near Ypres and Arras but suffer setbacks. Russians drive Turks from Olti and South Pass. Austro German forces push into Galicia. Britain reports heavy losses in attacks near Lille and Ypres. Germany cites accidental torpedoing of Katwyk. official notes issued from Berlin Paris London The Hague and Petrograd.
Berlin reports progress along the Nieuwpoort coast and in Wanders with several trench advances and 162 British captives at Verlerenhoek. Southwest of Lille allied assaults are repulsed with heavy losses, while eastern Galicia yields more prisoners, over 12 000 in a single day and a total above 80 000 since May 2.
The war office reports expansion of gains between Carency and Sanchez with over 2000 prisoners by 3 pm, including about 40 officers and a colonel. More than 10 cannon and 16 machine guns captured in two days. Berry au Bac and the Forest of Le Petre saw repulsed German attacks.
In Shavli region of Kovno and Courland zones German forces press the front with success. Bavarian cavalry and Prussian Guards were attacked near Jeymistation after surrounding our troops. Western Galicia sees fights along Velepol e Novotanec with a German crossing near Krosno. thousands of enemy soldiers are reported captured. Caucasus army reports Turks driven from Olti area and South Pass toward Tabriz with tents and munitions abandoned.
Field Marshal Sir John French reports the British line to the east of Ypres remains substantially the same after a week of enemy attacks. He notes five unsuccessful German assaults yesterday with heavy losses, while the First Army front saw only artillery action today.
William Fraser, 70, who vanished from his daughter’s home at 832 Montello Street, Brockton, was found in a Taunton street store after walking 18 miles. Police located him. he planned to sail to Scotland later this month and was unsettled by the Lusitania sinking.
In Boston the campaign to ban The Birth of a Nation failed as the House defeated all amendments to the censor bill. The chamber voted overwhelmingly to pass the measure in its original form after a lengthy debate.
Prominent Black leaders and allies back Representative Rowley's amendment to allow two of three censors to revoke a license. The amendment failed 104 to 116. The main bill passed 175 to 43, creating a Boston censor board of the chief justice, mayor, and police commissioner with unanimous consent to revoke licenses. Other actions: Pure Milk Bill vetoed Senate common carriers. a bill to bar teachers' agency religious disclosures was killed. electricians’ registration bill referred again. Senator Wells aided the bill earlier.
Governor John M. Slaton, in New York, said he might not be called to act on the clemency appeal for Leo M. Frank. He noted Georgia Board of Prisons Commissioners was not in session and adjourned until June. Slaton’s term ends June 26.
The governor said the Board of Prison Commissioners may need time to review evidence in Frank's case and that recommendations might not arrive before Judge N. E. Harris's successor takes office. He noted the attorney could request a special session, potentially delivering recommendations in time to act before execution. He would consider clemency if the appeal comes before him. otherwise the incoming governor handles it.
Leo M. Frank was resentenced to death for the Mary Phagan murder with execution set for Tuesday June 22. He declared his innocence before Judge Hill and the court while Mrs. Frank sobbed nearby, stating no guilty knowledge and awaiting vindication “some day.”
St Francis Xavier parish South Weymouth will present a minstrel show featuring its young men and women. Rehearsals have been underway under Ralph Hawkes for weeks, with the event scheduled for Friday evening May 14 at the Fogg Opera House.
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