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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
1
Ambassador data indicate 28 naturalized U S citizens sailed on the Italian steamer with 23386 aboard. One known survivor reports 27 Americans missing and officials count unaccounted for as Washington awaits details with no New England victims confirmed.
Boston Park and Recreation Commission Chairman John H. Dillon receives severe censure from the city council and faces charges of deceiving council members after pressing for a 200000 appropriation to acquire property for Ward 19 expansion.
Alexander Patattivo of New York and Mrs Patattivo head a Patattivo family of four with Frances Mascolo Samura listed among others. Twenty unnamed third class passengers are noted. Mrs Cecil L Greil is the only American passenger known to have survived.
Ex-Governor John Quincy Adams Brackett of Massachusetts, aged 73, was moved to the private hospital of Dr. A F Christian in Back Bay yesterday after a nervous breakdown and partial paralysis. Doctors said the condition is serious but responsive to treatment and that he may leave for home in Arlington in a few weeks. The illness mirrors attacks he suffered 16 and eight years ago, from which he recovered with medical care.
Federal authorities say in May a German plot to sink a Hamburg American liner blocking the Hudson River was thwarted. Admiral Fletcher, Chief Flynn, and Dudley Field Malone oversaw conferences and a patrol of 80 men organized overnight to stop the plan as the fleet gathered to view President Wilson.
Two armed guards were placed at every hawser holding German American ships along the river. They had hastily rigged telephone lines to the docks and were told to shoot first if any officers or crews tried to move their vessels into the stream.
Mrs. Mary Rafferty was shot by her husband James Rafferty in Readville Tuesday night and remained in an extremely low condition at City Hospital. James Rafferty also injured, but doctors expect his recovery.
Mrs Charlotte Smith of the Women's Homestead Association sent a letter to New England Telephone & Telegraph Company claiming the office line is blocked by "typewriter affinities and old bald headed sinners" and preventing use of the phone amid a dispute over a company bill.
Mrs. Smith demands removing the telephone from the Women's Homestead Association citing endless calls from men seeking dates and social engagements. She advocates official regulation of affinity calls with censored lines and special wires to curb predatory chatter.
Today lists St Martin Day Martinmas customs in Scotland and northern England noting the slaughter of cattle for winter, roast geese and beet as feasts, and marks birthdays of Thomas Bailey Aldrich born 1836 Maud Adams born 1872 plus historical events like Washington statehood in 1889 and German capture of Dixmude a year ago and a British gunboat Niger torpedoed near Deal.
The passage notes moon phases from November to December with first quarter on November 13 and full moon on November 21, plus December phases. it marks the 815th day of the year and 40 days until winter and 43 days until Christmas. It lists Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars visible at sunset or evening, and gives streetlight and vehicle lamp times 4 58 and 5 28.
Forecast for Northern New England calls for fair and warmer Thursday with rain at night or Friday. Southern New England should be fair Thursday except far western areas, with rain and warmer conditions Friday. Moderate easterly to southerly winds accompany the change.
Yesterday's temperature data shows various readings with times and values. Specific figures include daytime and evening measurements across several hours, noting a range from the mid 30s to 80s in two sequences, with one entry around 85.
German submarines have launched a new campaign aiming to paralyze Allied troop movements to the Balkans. In the last day they sunk six ships, including the French steamer France and British vessels Californian Clan MacAlester Moorina, with Mercian escaping to port.
A cyclone hit the residential section of Great Bend Kas killing twelve people and injuring more than 100 many seriously. Rescue and relief teams rush to the scene as the storm damages homes and utilities. Local officials urge caution and shelter as investigations begin.
A Tunis despatch reports the Ancona was torpedoed near Bizerta after attempting to flee a submarine. The attack killed a woman a man and two children and wounded many passengers. 160 passengers and 10 sailors survived and were taken to Ferryville for care. Survivors include Venetians Greeks and an American woman Mrs Cecile Greil of New York.
News reports confirm 23 to 30 American citizens perished when the Italian liner Ancona was shelled and torpedoed by a submarine off Tunis on Tuesday afternoon.
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