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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1915
Page
1
Despatches from Saloniki report the French left bank position on the Cerna River menaced by a rapid Bulgarian concentration aided by advanced German troops Force withdrawal to the river's right bank The Serbian armies have been driven toward Montenegro and Albania reducing their role in Allied operations against Bulgarians and Austro Germans
New York reports General Ford aims to call a million-strong European truce on Christmas Day if diplomacy fails. Louis P. Lochner, Ford's secretary, says the effort rests on faith and moral suasion as the world-wide peace mission proceeds.
The only definite element is a potential voyage for the Ford peace mission with John Wanamaker as the sole prominent American invited so far. Lloyd Lochner noted Wanamaker’s interest but said final decisions hinge on Monday talks and details remain unsettled. The Oscar II voyage was misreported, with only cabins secured and no ship confirmed beyond that.
The page lists moon phases from Nov 21 to Dec 29 and planetary positions with Jupiter as the evening star and Saturn and Mars as morning stars. It notes 8324 days of the year, 465th day of the war, 26 days to Christmas, and anniversaries such as Magellan’s Pacific entry in 1520 and the Cane Hill battle in 1862.
Forecast for southern New England and eastern New York calls for fair Sunday and Monday with rising conditions. Northern New England should see light rain Sunday and Monday then fairer and colder. Winds from the south to west will be moderate. Temperature trends show a fall Monday night.
Fragmentary OCR note reports rolls and votes with scattered numbers. Mentions average temperature yesterday and compared values to last year. Includes disjoint references to Rohe and Wie, but lacks clear events or entities.
Extract from Brand Whitlock's letter to the New England Belgian Relief Committee urges stronger help as Belgium faces mounting winter needs. He notes the rising demand for food and clothing for women children and noncombatants and warns it will increase significantly this season.
Six people were found shot to death at a rural New Brunswick farmhouse three miles south of town. Five were murdered and a sixth appears to have killed himself after opening fire. Authorities say a farmer and his family were slain along with two foreign farm hands, with one employee carrying out the shooting while others slept Tuesday night before dying by suicide.
Prosecutions report a double murder at the Weitzmann farm near the Cranberry turnpike with Samuel Weitzmann and his wife killed in bed, followed by Beatrice Kigner and two farm hands, one of whom died kneeling after praying. The suspected killer, a farm hand, died by self-inflicted gunshot after locking a rear room. The motive remains unknown. identities of the farm hands are undisclosed.
Army defeats Navy 14 to 0 in a college football clash. Notre Dame overwhelms Rice Institute 55 to 12. A game between Everett and Waltham ends uncertainly with a 6 point spread.
Everett High won the Massachusetts football championship at Fenway Park with a 6 to 0 win over Waltham High. The battle was tight with Waltham threatening in the first period and Everett delivering a pair of long runs, 80 yards in the second and 40 in the fourth, that sealed the win despite Waltham’s persistent offense.
The body of William H. Hitchens, 62, of 46 Harbor View Avenue Winthrop, was found wedged between rocks near Point Shirley after waves swept it ashore. Hitchens, a real estate agent for Henry W. Savage, lived with John C. Johnson’s family and swam daily. He was unmarried with possible relatives in Somerville.
The French statement says Serbian troops have pulled back to the Cerna right bank, weakening flank support for the French line. Allied forces face a likely Teuton Bulgarian assault unless reinforced quickly, with rumors of 120,000 troops landed at Saloniki and 24,000 daily arrivals. Russia and Italy actions could alter the balance. Continued on Page S8 Fifth Column.
London reports say the Greek crisis deepens as the Entente note prompts skepticism. The Athens note demands a prompt reply while Premier Skouloudis meets the King for an hour and the cabinet debates the issues, finding only some points acceptable and describing the situation as grave.
In Rutland Vermont on November 27 farm hand John Brown fired at a large animal he mistook for a deer. The animal, a buckskin horse owned by Jacob Bidgood of Clarendon, collapsed after the shot. Brown alerted authorities, who were undecided on action.
At West Point on November 27 the Army football team defeated Navy 14 to 0. Elmer Oliphant scored two 42 centimeter shell like advances through Navy defenses as the cadets broke through to win the annual rivalry in a drizzly, gray afternoon.
Mayor Curley accuses millionaire Storrow of using the Boston City Club and Good Government candidates to secure a Mayoral bid two years hence. He says Storrow seeks a council favorable to him and to harass Curley in the meantime, portraying the move as self serving.
The narrative suggests Oliphant avoided a early wound as a powerful middle line runner for the visiting side. His rapid pushes remained unheeded by harsh defense, turning away chances to shift momentum in a tense confrontation on the field.
Coast guard patrols from Muskeget and Madaket sighted a vessel ablaze in Nantucket Sound. The bright glow suggested a large ship. locals speculated the wreck of the six masted schooner Alice M. Lawrence may be burning off the shoals.
A volatile municipal campaign intensified as Mayor Curley accuses James J. Storrow of seeking the mayoralty with City Club backing. The Storrow Attridge Collins Kenny group counters with a rebuke and cites ex Mayor Fitzgerald’s opinion praising Curley while alleging corruption in the city administration.
Mayor Curley denounces Millionaire Storrow for using his City Club leadership to push his political ambitions. He urges resignation if he continues, arguing the club should stay free of politics and serve civic interests. Curley claims the club has become a vehicle for corporate influence.
The German embassy resents accusations against Captain Karl Boy-Ed in New York Federal Court. Ambassador von Bernstorff planned a vigorous complaint to the State Department seeking retraction or apology at trial’s end.
The German embassy has not decided the protest form and ordered a stenographic report from New York to know what was said in court. Officials want to see if Captain Boy Ed was inferentially named among those “riding rough shod over the laws.” They argue he acted within his rights as a naval attaché and that the matter may be overstated.
An advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a cold remedy that heals the throat and lungs and builds you up. The copy emphasizes health support and strength during illness.
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