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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1916
Page
1
The United States formally protests to Germany over deporting thousands of Belgians to work for the German government. President Wilson has instructed Charge Grew in Berlin to deliver the disapproval. The State Department calls the act contrary to international law.
Boston and New England face record cold with 7 degrees below freezing last night as weather bureau readings signal the coldest November 15 since 1873. Forecasts call for continued fair, cold weather today and tomorrow as residents hunker down with coats and furs.
A weather bulletin notes fair and continued cold conditions for southern and northern New England with fresh northwest winds. It forecasts fair Wednesday and Thursday for both regions, with continued cold temperatures and specific transit timing references for Boston area mentions.
An experienced executive with twenty five years in major stores seeks a half interest in a growing general store near Boston or within twenty five miles. References available. If you seek a motivated partner, contact J. P. L. Boston Post.
Edward C Sortwell Harvard '11 son of Cambridge mayor Alvin F Sortwell and Mrs Gertrude W Sortwell was injured in Saloniki with the American Ambulance Field Service and died in a hospital there on November 12. A cablegram reached relatives in Cambridge confirming the death.
The 27 year old Harvard graduate born in Cambridge who later studied at St Pauls School and Cambridge attended Harvard College entered India after 1911. He returned two years ago and spent time in Calcutta before joining the American ambulance corps. Last May he was sent to Saloniki with Section 3 which did independent work with the French armies and included many college men and wealthy volunteers.
Washington reports Britain rejects removal of American firms from its trade blacklist. Viscount Grey signs the note to Ambassador Walter Page, defending the action as municipal and aimed at shortening the war, while leaving room for further negotiation.
A section attracted official attention by debating peace based on the claim that the blacklist serves no military necessity. The argument presumes the American position that allies do not require the blacklist for strategic reasons.
A $25,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie to Phillips Andover Academy will go toward buying the former Andover Theological Seminary estate. The property near 1.5 acres includes four school buildings two dormitories and 19 residences for instructors, with the full $200,000 price now largely covered by Carnegie’s donation.
President Wilson and the Emperor of Japan will exchange messages tomorrow to inaugurate a trans Pacific wireless service between the United States and Japan. The announcement came from the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America in New York.
Salem report states Sigfried Seman a 39 year old machinist killed himself this afternoon in his room at 26 St Peter Street. The body was discovered in a closet by his landlady’s 10 year old son.
British forces in fog and rain seize Beaucourt on the Ancre north bank as part of a five mile offensive. The gains include Beaumont-Hamel and St Pierre Divion, with over 5000 German prisoners taken and more captives reported.
British advances east of the Butte de Warlencourt and gains near Ba paume are reported amid a wider war update. German shelling and French counterfire persist south of the Somme while Austro German forces push in Transylvania and along the Danube. Russian positions retreat in Gyergy and uncertainty remains in Dobrudja as central powers, Berlin, Petrograd, and Bucharest offer only unchanged status.
Irving E. Olmstead, who shot Violet C. Moors in Winter street, was committed to the Boston Psychopathic Hospital by Judge White. He had been held without bail on an indictment for first degree murder in the Charles Street jail. The commitment follows District Attorney Pelletier's petition citing peculiarities in Olmstead and aims to evaluate his sanity.
Mayor James Chambers of Everett will join police chiefs from suburban cities at the Everett Police Relief Association ball in the armory on Friday evening November 24. Sergeant Herbert W. Card mailed invitations and organizers aim for a banner social event with hundreds of tickets sold.
Saugus police shot eight cats and five dogs found in a one room shack off Aberdeen avenue after receiving a letter from Mary Benson who had just begun a Deer Island sentence for begging in Boston. The felled animals were her pets and the shack was burned.
Mrs. Kate Doody of 127 Spruce Street, Lawrence Navy, dying with no close kin except her nephew Joseph Gillespie, whom she cannot locate. She last heard he was 35 to 40, working in or near Boston.
Collections for two days totaled 11 125 40 dollars with 179 64 945 76 as the day’s payments. Afternoon and evening meetings contributed to the total while revised figures cite larger sums from other cities where Sunday revival campaigns have been held.
Four thousand Boston businessmen formed a vast delegation as Billy Sunday preached at the Tabernacle. A throng of 10,000 roared while Sunday swung a chair and ranted to defend the revival, calling it the most needed institution in America. Bankers, brokers, lawyers and civic leaders left saying it was wonderful, unlike anything they had heard before.
Billy Sunday electrified 55,000 people across three audiences on a Sunday opening but failed to find his rhythm until last night. Reporters describe gasps as he collapsed onto the platform with his head bowed toward the sawdust.
Henry Ford testified before a Circuit Court Commissioner that his aim is to work for fun and to do the greatest good for the greatest number. The remark came during cross examination by Elliott G. Stevenson representing John F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge in a suit seeking to restrain Ford company expansion and to require distribution of cash to stockholders.
During cross examination Ford details a novel plan for River Rouge smelting plants to import ore directly in Ford ships and cast from the ore. He asserts the method will produce stronger, more uniform castings, save money, and is something no one else has done. He says the work is done for fun and the greatest good of the greatest number.
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